Dolores Park Moop Field Guide, Part 1

March 8th, 2010 by Rob Lord No comments »

What is Moop?

Moop is a word I heard first on the Burning Man playa. It’s an acronym for “matter out of place” and  is used to signify all manner of misplaced things: trash, recyclables, compostables, bodily waste, leather pants  left on the playa or a burner who slept uninvited in someone else’s tent. Moop matters because it adversely affects others and often attracts more moop.

Garbage Strewn on Hipster Hill

Hipster Poo on Tallboy Terrace

Dolores Park has unique, indigenous moop. If you wander about, play, eat, drink or smoke in Dolores Park as much and often as I do, you must have noticed it. The purpose of this post is to call it out and attempt to name it so that we may address it. For example, if Dolores Park had one dude always seen walking around in a tshirt but nude from the waist down, we might refer to him as a Donald Duck.

Let’s begin.

Hipster Poo

Hipster Poo is the pile of soiled napkins, paper and foil typically from Pancho Villa or Ike’s Place, beer bottles and caps that washed it down and cig butts smoked during sunset.

Occurrences of Hipster Poo are common on Hipster Hill Tallboy Terrace and Church Street bridge picnic tables.

Variations include pint flasks, beer cases, beer vomit, pizza boxes, busted bike parts and burnt Christmas trees.

Corner Garden Tagged

Oversharing at the 18th + Dolores garden

Truth be told, Tallboy Terrace revelers are super responsible measured by moop per capita, but the density of bodies is akin to a family of meercats thus meriting notice.

Oversharing

People who hate fun, art, life or themselves call it tagging or graffiti, but that lumps Oversharing in with the rare and wonderful bounty of inspired street art seen on Mission District walls, alleys and sidewalks. In stark contrast, Oversharing is a personal expression often in paint or marker, performed in haste and without inspiration…and self-evidently while wasted. Oversharing is that friend of yours who talks too much about nothing and everybody knows it except them.

Storage Container

Oversharing at the storage box

Occurrences of Oversharing are common on the clubhouse walls and bathrooms, the garbage/recycling bins, Church Street bridge and the storage container. Somebody overshared on the garden wall at 18th and Dolores recently.

Variations include writing your name in pee in the weeds by the train tracks.

Wrap It Up

That’s all from me for now. More to come as revelations manifest or however that works.

What moop do you see in the park? What’s its name? Share with me + others in the comments. Cheers.

Props to Kevin Montgomery at Uptown Almanac for tips that spit-shined this post.


Dolores Park Clean Up Tomorrow

March 5th, 2010 by Crystal Vann Wallstrom No comments »

Volunteers at a Dolores Park Works Clean Up

Some of our earliest supporters and long time park advocates, Dolores Park Dogs, are out at the dog fountain south of the clubhouse every first Saturday. Dolores Park Works will be joining them and we invite you all to come out, get involved, and make the park shine.

Come on out and help  clean-up our park. Donuts and coffee are provided.

Saturday, March 6 from 10:00-12:00.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP.

Thanks for Coming Out!

March 5th, 2010 by Crystal Vann Wallstrom No comments »

The Dolores Park Works steering committee would like to thank Rec and Parks and Supervisor Bevan Dufty for coming out and answering questions on our park’s renovations.

We’d also like to thank the 50+ community members that attended the meeting. Community involvement and input is an integral part of the planning process and it is the only way to ensure we are satisfied with the renovation process and get the park that we want when the dust settles.

Wednesday night we were assured by RPD that there will be a website for the project and that social marketing tools will employed to share information with the community and gather it. We’ll be sure to share that info with you when it’s available.

More to come…

Meeting Tonight!

March 3rd, 2010 by Crystal Vann Wallstrom No comments »

Come one! Come all! This is your friendly reminder that the neighborhood meeting on the park renovation is tonight at Dolores Park Church at 6:00. Read more here.

Neighborhood Meeting on Park Renovation Scheduled

February 22nd, 2010 by Crystal Vann Wallstrom 1 comment »

Supervisor Bevan Dufty and SF Rec and Park have scheduled a community meeting on the Dolores Park renovation process and to answer your questions.

The meeting is Wednesday, March 3, 2010 from 6:00-8:00PM at Dolores Park Church. If you have any questions, you can contact Project Manager Mary Hobson at 415.581.2575 or mary.hobson at sfgov dot org.

Be there or be square.