The Pirate Store http://826valencia.org/store San Francisco's Only Independent Pirate Supply Store Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:11:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Pirate Supply Store will be closed May 30—mid July http://826valencia.org/store/2013/05/the-pirate-supply-store-will-be-closed-may-30%e2%80%94mid-july/ http://826valencia.org/store/2013/05/the-pirate-supply-store-will-be-closed-may-30%e2%80%94mid-july/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 21:54:45 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/?p=2257 Continue reading ]]> ATTENTION FINE PEOPLE! We invite you to stop by The Pirate Supply Store before May 29th, 2013 to stock up on peg legs, beard dye and glass eyes! The store will be closed May 30 through mid-July due to necessary ship repairs.

We purveyors of piratical supplies want to extend our wholehearted apologies for any inconvenience caused to those seeking fresh leeches and quality planks. Our leeches are the freshest, and our planks do provide the most bounce, so we understand that this closure may affect those with leech and plank purchasing needs.

We will, however, maintain out virtual storefront, and we will continue to ship the finest of seafaring wares to lands near and far. Additionally, you can follow the Pirate Supply Store on Facebook and Twitter to hear about Pasha’s adventures outside of the Fish Theatre, and to receive news about Pirate Store popups during the summer. If you’d like to purchase any Pirate Store items you don’t see on the website, contact piratestore@826valencia.org. Many of your favorite items will still be available even if not immediately obvious.

We greatly appreciate your continued support of our free student programs.

]]> http://826valencia.org/store/2013/05/the-pirate-supply-store-will-be-closed-may-30%e2%80%94mid-july/feed/ 0 Past Life Readings, Saturday May 11 from 1-5pm http://826valencia.org/store/2013/04/past-life-readings/ http://826valencia.org/store/2013/04/past-life-readings/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:54:33 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/?p=2250 Continue reading ]]> Interested in piecing together your past as an international seafaring ne’erdowell? Find out all the sordid details with a personal clairvoyant reading performed by the original Pirate Supply Store manager, Yosh Han!

Readings will take place at the Pirate Store on Saturday, May 11th from 1-5pm.

15 minute sessions for a suggested donation of $20-$50. All proceeds benefit the free student programming of 826 Valencia.

]]> http://826valencia.org/store/2013/04/past-life-readings/feed/ 0 People are really into the lard today. http://826valencia.org/store/2012/08/people-are-really-into-the-lard-today/ http://826valencia.org/store/2012/08/people-are-really-into-the-lard-today/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:19:03 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/?p=2201 http://826valencia.org/store/2012/08/people-are-really-into-the-lard-today/feed/ 0 We’ll be opening a little late tomorrow http://826valencia.org/store/2012/05/well-be-opening-a-little-late-tomorrow/ http://826valencia.org/store/2012/05/well-be-opening-a-little-late-tomorrow/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:00 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/?p=2071 Continue reading ]]> Just thought we’d let you know: The pirate store will open up at 1:00 pm instead of noon this Friday. Let’s just say we’ve got some long-overdue careening to do on a schooner we picked up off a guy named “Shrimpy Tim” that we’d rather do in private. Sorry in advance for any inconvenience, bad smells, or bad blood this change of schedule may cause. If there was another way, believe us, we would have taken it. Our hands are tied.

]]> http://826valencia.org/store/2012/05/well-be-opening-a-little-late-tomorrow/feed/ 0 Valencia Corridor Sidewalk sale, May 19th http://826valencia.org/store/2012/05/valencia-corridor-sidewalk-sale-may-19th/ http://826valencia.org/store/2012/05/valencia-corridor-sidewalk-sale-may-19th/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 17:38:11 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/?p=2067 Continue reading ]]> Do you love shopping? Do you love sidewalks? Do you worry yourself sick trying to choose between your love of hot pavement and your love of hot deals? Well, my friend, worry yourself no more! Join 826 Valencia May 19th for an amazing sidewalk sale put together by the Valencia Corridor Merchants Association. All up and down the street there will be special events going on and deals and probably some kind of entertainment and maybe drinks. We’ll be there, standing on the sidewalk, plying our wares, and taking in the summer sunshine. We hope to see you there!

Here’s what the VCMA has to say about it:

In honor of San Francisco’s Small Business Week (May 14-19) the Valencia Corridor Merchants Association is inviting you to celebrate small businesses and shop small on Valencia Street Saturday, May 19th.

From 11 to 8 sales, art openings, live music, menu specials, pop-up shops and much more will be taking over at 30+ local businesses along the corridor.

So grab a friend (or 5) and spread the word about this all day event where you can sip, nosh and shop your way through the Mission District.

Participating Businesses:
Candystore Collective
DEMA
Monument
Weston Wear
HANGR 16
Venga Empanadas
Paxton Gate
Paxton Gate Curiosities for Kids
Good Vibrations
Five & Diamond
Aldea Home
Aldea Ninos
The Detox Market
Silver Sprocket
The Curiosity Shoppe
Carte Blanche Gallery
The Front Porch
Dog Eared Books
Casanova Lounge
Fix Studios
826 Valencia
Glama-Rama Salon
ArtZone 461 Gallery
Retro Fit
Community Thrift Store
BellJar
Mira Mira
Hazel & Gerties
Therapy

Check the Facebook wall for each business’ event details!

 

]]> http://826valencia.org/store/2012/05/valencia-corridor-sidewalk-sale-may-19th/feed/ 0 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRIGHT ANTENNA! http://826valencia.org/store/2012/05/happy-birthday-bright-antenna/ http://826valencia.org/store/2012/05/happy-birthday-bright-antenna/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 00:01:34 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/?p=2063 Continue reading ]]> Hey all! Join our amazing friends at Bright Antenna Records for a fun show in honor of their 5th anniversary! Tickets are a measly $15, and proceeds go to funding the free programs at 826 Valencia! How cool is that? So cool. The show is Thursday, May 10th at the Uptown in Oakland. Tickets are available here.

Performing will be:
Middle Class Rut
Magic Wands
Flagship
Beware of Darkness
Plus a DJ in between sets!

When: Thursday May 10, 2012. 7pm – Until they shut us down
Where: The Oakland Uptown. 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612

Woo hoo!

]]> http://826valencia.org/store/2012/05/happy-birthday-bright-antenna/feed/ 0 WE’LL BE CLOSED THIS SUNDAY, APRIL 8th http://826valencia.org/store/2012/04/well-be-closed-this-sunday-april-8th/ http://826valencia.org/store/2012/04/well-be-closed-this-sunday-april-8th/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:02:07 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/?p=2059 We thought you should know. Stop by another time. We’ll be happy to see you.

]]> http://826valencia.org/store/2012/04/well-be-closed-this-sunday-april-8th/feed/ 0 Join us and Sappi Fine Paper in San Francisco on Feb. 23 http://826valencia.org/store/2012/02/join-us-and-sappi-fine-paper-in-san-francisco-on-feb-23/ http://826valencia.org/store/2012/02/join-us-and-sappi-fine-paper-in-san-francisco-on-feb-23/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:01:57 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/?p=2023 Continue reading ]]> Our friends at Sappi Fine Paper have teamed with 826 for the 2012 edition of their annual design journal, The Standard. This year’s edition, titled “Special Effects,” is packed with gorgeous photos, illustrations, and typography, all inspired by the creative themes of the 826 storefronts.

To celebrate this collaboration, Sappi and AIGA San Francisco are holding a release party in the Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center on Feb. 23. Join us for a conversation between designer Kit Hinrichs and 826 National CEO Gerald Richards. Drinks and snacks are at 6pm, presentations follow at 7pm, and best of all, everyone who attends gets an advance copy of The Standard. RSVP today, and if you’re not in San Francisco, don’t fret! This is just the first event of a 10-city tour, so watch for future dates.

]]> http://826valencia.org/store/2012/02/join-us-and-sappi-fine-paper-in-san-francisco-on-feb-23/feed/ 0 SAY GOODBYE TO THE RABBIT AND HELLO TO THE CAVE-BUGS http://826valencia.org/store/2012/01/say-goodbye-to-the-rabbit-and-hello-to-the-cave-bugs/ http://826valencia.org/store/2012/01/say-goodbye-to-the-rabbit-and-hello-to-the-cave-bugs/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:06:20 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/?p=1976 Continue reading ]]> Join us this spooky Friday the 13th to celebrate our brand new, mysterious bug-filled cavern of a window display by local artist and wizard, Amy Ho. Amy makes wonderfully mirage-like installations with fabric and video and mirrors; and peculiar, other-worldly human-sized fruit-disguises—and she is real nice, and real talented, and we’re real excited to have her work in the window! So, come on down this Friday. The reception begins at 7pm and goes until 10 or so.

Also this Friday! 826 Valencia Program Coordinator, Miranda Tsang and 826 Valencia Young Authors’ Scholarship winner, Sally Mao will be hosting a poetry reading in the writing lab to say goodbye to the year of the rabbit! Like the window display reception, it starts at 7 PM and should be a really poet-y time—some of the people are Kundiman poets. No one will read for too long, if you’re wondering, because it’s no fun for anyone! Readers include, Miranda Tsang, Sally Mao, Vickie Vertiz, Rona Luo, Dan Hossain Lau, Jai Arun Ravine, Carolyn Ho, Gein Wong, and Debbie Yee.

Hope to see you there!

]]> http://826valencia.org/store/2012/01/say-goodbye-to-the-rabbit-and-hello-to-the-cave-bugs/feed/ 0 THE FOLLY OF LILLIPUT http://826valencia.org/store/2012/01/the-folly-of-lilliput/ http://826valencia.org/store/2012/01/the-folly-of-lilliput/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:09:47 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/?p=1983 Continue reading ]]> Take a gander, heck, take a gaggle of ganders at these lovely photos from our most recent window display, “The Folly of Lilliput” by Lynn Rubenzer. For the last four years her windows have gotten more and more elaborate and more and more breathtaking and wonderful. We’re forever grateful for all her hard work, and we’re forever on the edge of our seats waiting to see what incredible thing she might do next!

]]> http://826valencia.org/store/2012/01/the-folly-of-lilliput/feed/ 0 When We’ll Be Around http://826valencia.org/store/2011/12/when-well-be-around/ http://826valencia.org/store/2011/12/when-well-be-around/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:12:15 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/?p=1970 Continue reading ]]> In case you were wondering, our store at 826 Valencia St in San Francisco will be closed December 24th and 25th. So, if you were in San Francisco, and you were thinking of setting sail on either of those days and you were picturing yourself gallantly bursting into the pirate store to pick up a last-minute Monkey Leash or eyepatch, or Brain Bucket—think again! Maybe even re-think the whole voyage. We’re just saying—maybe some downtime around the house would do you some good. Might be a good time to get some long-put-off chores done, you know? Hint hint? All those gutters that need flushing? And all that grout that needs a good grout-scrape? And the dog? And the dishes? The filthy piled-up piles of dishes covered in things only you eat? And remember how we all agreed to each share responsibility for cleaning around the house, and everyone but one person set down diligently to work? This ringing any bells? Hello? Jenny? Jenny, pay attention to me when I’m talking to you.

Where was I? Oh yes. We’ll open up again on the December 26th. Happy Holidays!

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The festivities begin at 6 and go until 9pm.

All 826 publications will be fifteen percent off.

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We got a call this morning from this guy, urgently requesting that we expedite him a Monkey Leash. Like, overnight it. He could not wait the standard three to five business days it would take for the package to get there.

What the heck is going on with that? Is a monkey attacking that guy? Or running away real fast and getting into stuff? Is he spoiling tea time?

We’re concerned.

Anyway, the guy said he’d call us right back and then he never called us back. All we know about him is he’s Canadian. So, any Canadians reading this—if you know that guy, or you’re hearing some screeching and howling that you’re not used to hearing, or otherwise have something monkey-wise going on—let us know. We’ve seen this kind of thing before. And trust us—one over-nighted leash is not going to solve all your problems. You’re going to need a dozen or so. And a flashlight. And oven mitts. This is going to be a long night.

]]> http://826valencia.org/store/2011/11/were-concerned-for-you-canada/feed/ 0 DRAB WALLS IN MORNING, SAILORS TAKE WARNING http://826valencia.org/store/2011/11/brand-new-posters/ http://826valencia.org/store/2011/11/brand-new-posters/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:26:26 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/?p=1821 Continue reading ]]>

Your ship’s cabin is looking like a pig sty. Oh, wait, it literally is a pig sty? Like, a real pig lives in there with you? Her name is Eugenia? Well, in that case, it looks really great. Like a real nice place for a human being to live. Anyway, pig sty or not, you could use some new posters. Spruce up your space with these four brand new pirate posters—designed by us, for you, because we’re as sick of looking at the things you’ve put up on your walls as you ought to be.

Posters are 18″ x 24″, screen printed on really dark brown French paper by Bloom Press in Oakland. They are $20.00 each. Click on the images above to order yours today.

NOTE: This is a pre-order; these will ship the first week of December, just in time for the holidays.

 

]]> http://826valencia.org/store/2011/11/brand-new-posters/feed/ 0 HOW HE LOST THAT EYE (partial list) http://826valencia.org/store/2011/11/how-he-lost-that-eye-partial-list/ http://826valencia.org/store/2011/11/how-he-lost-that-eye-partial-list/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:26:36 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/?p=1708 1. Double-sided fork.

2. Cutting own bangs during sea storm.

3. Accidentally tied eye to string attached to doorknob.

4. Someone replaced eye drops with burning acid  (not funny).

5. Tripped while spying through spyglass.

6. Simultaneous wink and sneeze.

]]> http://826valencia.org/store/2011/11/how-he-lost-that-eye-partial-list/feed/ 0 Welcome, Good People! http://826valencia.org/store/2011/10/welcome-good-people-2/ http://826valencia.org/store/2011/10/welcome-good-people-2/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:07:41 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/?p=1630 Continue reading ]]> Hello there old friends, new friends, self-assured shoppers, unwashed masses, Toni, and Toni’s friend, Little Toni. Hi guys. How have you all been? Good? Good. You may have noticed that this place looks a lot different than the last time you were here. It seems like it used to be browner, and there were little drawers and maybe some kind of bird somewhere. Well, first of all, we told that bird to hit the road. Then we started to redesign the whole website with these guys we met down by the docks from a company called Volume, Inc. I’d rather not get into the details here, but it was a lot of digital internet sorcery. Which was scary at times for some of the littler guys. Of course, in the end, all the spell-casting and midnight-coding was worth it—because now we have a whole new website, finer than any website we’ve ever seen. So fine, in fact, that all we do anymore is worry about breaking it. If there is one thing we know about us it’s that we should not be trusted with nice things. It’s just the way it is. Thanks for stopping by.

–Justin Carder, Pirate Store Manager

]]> http://826valencia.org/store/2011/10/welcome-good-people-2/feed/ 0 FLOURISHY SWORDPLAY http://826valencia.org/store/2011/10/flourishy-swordplay/ http://826valencia.org/store/2011/10/flourishy-swordplay/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:20:10 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/wordpress/?p=1338 http://826valencia.org/store/2011/10/flourishy-swordplay/feed/ 0 I heard scurvy is just a myth. Who believes me? http://826valencia.org/store/2011/10/i-heard-scurvy-is-just-a-myth-who-believes-me/ http://826valencia.org/store/2011/10/i-heard-scurvy-is-just-a-myth-who-believes-me/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:52:47 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/wordpress/?p=1014 http://826valencia.org/store/2011/10/i-heard-scurvy-is-just-a-myth-who-believes-me/feed/ 0 Guidelines for New Shipmates http://826valencia.org/store/2011/10/guidelines-for-new-shipmates/ http://826valencia.org/store/2011/10/guidelines-for-new-shipmates/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:07:08 +0000 superuser http://826valencia.org/store//?p=559 http://826valencia.org/store/2011/10/guidelines-for-new-shipmates/feed/ 0 Some Things You Should Know About Captain Rick http://826valencia.org/store/2011/09/some-things-you-should-know-about-captain-rick/ http://826valencia.org/store/2011/09/some-things-you-should-know-about-captain-rick/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:01:46 +0000 justin http://826valencia.org/store/wordpress/?p=1298 Continue reading ]]> Composed in the interest of informing you about our biggest competitor is the sale of pirate supplies, Captain Rick. Researched and written by our Pirate Store staff, the papers uncover many very interesting things about the man who seeks to change the very nature of piracy and the supplying thereof.

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