Upper Playground’s SF Heritage Society and Al’s Attire Shop has been working on a special line of Jeremy Fish handmade products to be released in the coming weeks. The first of the series will be released Monday, Nov. 17th at 3PM PST online as a 48HR SALE of Jeremy Fish Moc Toe Shoes. Here’s a sneak peek:

These handmade shoes individually made by legendary San Francisco shop, Al’s Attire are produced with premium quality cowhides lasered with custom patterns by Jeremy Fish. In addition, these classic wallabee shoes will have genuine plantation crepe soles known for its environment friendly, sustainable production of the material which come from natural rubber trees.

Available in Men’s sizes only: 9-9.5-10-10.5-11. Priced at $389 a pair.

This item will be for sale at upperplayground.com for 48hrs only, starting 3PM Pacific Standard Time, NOV. 17th to 3PM Pacific Standard Time, NOV. 19th. All Sales will be Final. Exchanges for sizes will be accepted one time within 5 days of receiving the shipment with receipt only. For more information please email internet@upperlayground.com.

The San Francisco Heritage Preservation Society would like to pay homage to the queen of corn-husked gold, with the official “Tamale Lady” Tamale Tray. Always on the move, her legendary tamale cart caters to residents of San Francisco’s Mission District and beyond. Upper Playground is proud to have supplied the official Tamale Lady Tamale Tray, for patrons that know— one tamale just isn’t enough. Follow the Tamale Lady on Twitter.

Upper Playground and the SF Heritage Preservation Society together with Bill Griffith presents to you the limited edition Zippy the Zippo. Only 100 made.

Created by American cartoonist, William Jackson Griffith, Zippy the iconic cartoon strip was born in San Francisco in 1970. Zippy The Pinhead, inspired by circus sideshows, was known for his oddly shaped head, polka dot clown suit, and bizarre social commentary. Equipped with a scrambled attention span and healthy diet of ding-dongs and taco sauce, the comic strip chronicled Zippy’s neurotic experience through pop culture.

San Francisco in the 1970’s was a haven for counterculture cartoonists and a hotbed for the underground comic movement led by Last Gasp publishing. The scene gave rise to Griffith as well as a host of other famed cartoonists such as Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Spain Rodriguez, and a milieu of others.

Hired by the San Francisco Examiner in 1985, alongside Hunter S. Thompson, Bill Griffith’s Zippy character rose in popularity and soon became a nationally syndicated strip.

Buy it here.

The Heritage Preservation Society would like to pay homage to San Francisco’s historic cartoon culture and one of its most legendary comic strip icons.

Special thanks to Bill Griffith and Last Gasp Publishing.

www.zippythepinhead.com
www.lastgasp.com

In honor of  what would have been legendary SF Chinatown resident Bruce Lee’s 72nd birthday, Upper Playground, the SF Heritage Preservation Society, and Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory have teamed up for a very limited Fortune Cookie release. Made in Chinatown, San Francisco at the legendary secret fortune cookie factory, the specially released cookies feature never before seen all new limited edition prophecies inside and the opportunity to win a FREE tee shirt if you find the golden ticket. Each pack contains 10 fortune cookies.

Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory is the oldest of its kind in San Francisco and world-renowned for its secret recipe fortune cookies. Family operated since 1962, GGFC is hidden in the famed alleyway of San Francisco, Ross Alley, in historic Chinatown. Born in San Francisco during the late 1800’s, GGFC handmakes their cookies fresh daily.

Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory
56 Ross Alley
Chinatown, SF

The San Francisco Heritage Preservation Society in conjunction with the California Historical Society presents the first edition of Barbary Coasters. Culled from a fine assortment of nineteenth century liquor and medicinal advertisements, the four-coaster set pays tribute to the debaucherous era of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast. During California’s Gold Rush, this notorious nine-block section of town was known for rowdy inebriates, shanghaiing criminals, snake oil salesmen, and scandalous ladies of the night.

The Barbary Coasters have been created in honor of CAHS’s annual Historic Libations Event, which celebrates turn of the century cocktail making in San Francisco. Each set is handmade in America and includes four antique-tile cork-backed coasters. Only 25 sets made.

Historic Libations 2012: Annual Holiday Party
Thursday, December 6, 2012, 6:00pm – 9:00pm

www.californiahistoricalsociety.org