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[via Melissa Gira]

San Francisco’s AT&T Park at dusk. Screaming girl no extra charge:

[via Mighty Girl]

A tiny poppy seed muffin and a little paper cup of Turkish iced tea sit nestled into an egg crate that was cut down to fit this miniature meal. The few bites and several sips cost $1.

The poppy seed muffin is sweet and moist, with just the right amount of pop between your teeth when you bite down on the flecks that color the pastry. The Turkish iced tea is slightly sweet, a tad bitter and a perfect breakfast beverage a sweltering day in San Francisco’s Mission District. Thanks to a Murat, otherwise known as the Amuse-Bouche guy, Mission dwellers can now have these itty bitty delights almost daily. The rogue pastry and tea vendor has been selling his bites for a buck for about a month, and his popularity is quickly rising. He has fans on Bay Area blogs, and he’s watched his lines grow over time.

Yesterday BART police asked Murat to leave his normal post at the 24th Street station as he did not have a permit. But Murat was back again today, sans permit, to peddle his pretty little pastries to eager commuters. I spoke with him about his operation. When I arrived he has a long line of customers, as two buses had just dropped off loads and a train let our passengers just below. The consumers seemed pleased with the warm weather day substitution of a Turkish iced tea for the typical chilled chai. Murat has recently added tarts and quiches to his repertoire, which cost $2 and $3. They are denser, bigger (not technically amuse-bouche) and take more prep time, but the addition has been a boon for business.

Below I speak with Murat about whether or not he’ll seek a permit, whether or not he intends to expand, and just where he learned to amuse-bouche:

A Taste of the Amuse-Bouche Guy from brittney gilbert on Vimeo.

Follow the Amuse-Bouche guy on Twitter to learn where and when he will be next.

Every one should dance with such passion.

The FTC plans to crack down on bloggers who receive free swag if they make false claims about the products they got in exchange for a review. The companies giving out these free samples could find themselves in hot water as well.

I was interviewed about this on CBS 5 on Friday. You can watch the video on their website.

This video is worth watching for an assortment of reasons: 1) The Speaker’s untamed Southern accent. GAWD, I miss people talking like that,  2) A Tennessee politician calls his opponent in debate a Nazi. One problem: Dude is Jewish [starts at minute 1:40], and 3) the visible wincing and head wagging of the gentleman at the upper right corner who clearly understands the fuckedupedness of what this state Senator has just said:

Read my pal A.C. Kleinheider’s commentary on the matter, wherein he argues that the offending Senator should be scolded for his lack of debate skills, not his flippant use of the word Nazi. (But I agree with Mary Mancini.)

An unusually empty and quiet 14-Mission (despite the color bars, yes this video works):

Taking the 14 from brittney gilbert on Vimeo.

Heading into the 24th St BART station. Note the guy in front of me getting on the bus is still in front of me:

Heading into the 24th St Station from brittney gilbert on Vimeo.

Off to downtown SF:

BARTing Downtown from brittney gilbert on Vimeo.

My very sweet mother got me a terrific Flip video camera, and it’s so tiny that I carry it with me everywhere. I tape drives over the Bay Bridge, my boyfriend when he’s not looking, or bad behavior on buses. Almost none of this ends up online.

Sometimes I tape myself narrating things. I am usually so embarrassed by my “performance” that that also does not end up this blog. Well, tonight I’m being brave. Here’s what I hope is the first of many little narrated video pieces for Sparkwood & 21, courtesy of Moms. Thanks, Moms. 

*Rent with a comma joke stolen, shamelessly, from Zoe Stagg, whose own videos inspired me to make this one.