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Anti-Choice Mini-Protest Outside Planned Parenthood on Valencia

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Bernalwood resident Peephole filmed the anti-choice nano-protest yesterday, and she has the story:

Five guys outside a new (??) Planned Parenthood location on Valencia @ Mission. When they stood just right, two of their signs lined up to read: Your Mom The Baby.

I asked if they knew what Planned Parenthood did, and they prayed at me. I asked if they knew about the exams, testing, and women’s healthcare they provided as well as all sorts of family planning education and they prayed some more. Then it started raining harder and I guess they left.

Stereotypes Defied: A Charming and Earnest Ode to WalMart

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Although this song has nothing to do with Bernal Heights per se, there’s something about it that seems congruent with the spirit of our neighborhood — precisely because it also runs contrary to the spirit of our neighborhood.

Written and performed by an earnest singer-songwriter, the tune describes his surprise at finding automotive salvation, kindness, and human connection at a WalMart in a remote corner of Texas. It’s a story of stereotypes defied and gratitude expressed, which is a feeling that I suspect that many in Bernalwood will understand first-hand.

Why Bernal Heights Bees Make Honey That’s More Sweet

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According to Alexandra Danieli, Bernal Heights is more pure, more beautiful, and more wholesome than other places. Our higher quality inputs yield higher quality output — in this case, better honey.

Danieli doesn’t put it quite that way, but Bernalwood is quite confident that’s what she meant:

Perhaps motivated by a drive to prop up the bee populations decimated by colony collapse disorder, beekeeping has become popular in cities worldwide. We visit one San Francisco beekeeper who keeps her hive in a Bernal Heights backyard where she escapes once a week to check on her colony. For Alexandra Danieli, beekeeping is part meditation and part fascination with a magical world of GPS, honing pheromones and group intelligence.