Slog - Comments on An Open Letter to City Market http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market Dear City Market, It's probably just because I'm in love with the Larry Craig scandal, but running into this sign outside your store last night made my weekend. Of course, you've been making these signs for a while. The drunk Mel Gibson last year? Hilarious. But you've really been outdoing yourself lately, City Market. You have four of these hand-drawn signs up right now, and they're all so good I couldn't decide which one I most wanted to steal and hang in my apartment. OJ? Phil? Owen? On reflection, the Owen Wilson one's clearly the best. It took all I... Copyright 2008 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:54:01 -0800 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:17:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by KELLY O City Market Artist needs to have a show in a real live gallery...

]]> KELLY O http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821100 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821100 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:59:52 -0800 Comment by John Wow. Shittiest topical humor ever.

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821101 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821101 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:00:38 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe The Owen Wilson sign is priceless. I'd steal that one.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821105 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821105 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:01:52 -0800 Comment by boomer in nyc Oh my gawd, these are so cool. Great post.

]]> boomer in nyc http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821113 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821113 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:05:51 -0800 Comment by tabletop_joe His name's Kaenne (sp?), and he's the general manager. Nice guy, too.

]]> tabletop_joe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821122 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821122 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:10:25 -0800 Comment by Noa i used to live next to city market and these ever changing signs never failed to brighten up the mornings.... they should really do an art showing or a post-secretish book deal, whoever the artist is.

]]> Noa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821160 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821160 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:23:49 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV They're a regular feature on the morning walk to work.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821171 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821171 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:30:56 -0800 Comment by brandon owen wilson sign wins.

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821178 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821178 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:32:32 -0800 Comment by --MC They brighten my day. Favorite ever: the one with Amy Winehouse saying "Blah blah, lame rehab joke, just shop at City Market."

]]> --MC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821179 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821179 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:32:44 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA Not quite gallery worthy, but they are funny as hell.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821206 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821206 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:48:57 -0800 Comment by spencer I love their sandwich boards. My favorites will always be the batboy and Mary Kate Olsen editions. Search for citymarket on flickr and you'll see a bunch of other ones, like:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicetiara/169662511/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joerandazzo/247469328/

]]> spencer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821215 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821215 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:52:58 -0800 Comment by Lola My fave was that astronaut chick--she said: "I'd drive 500 miles in a diaper to shop at City Market!"

]]> Lola http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821229 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821229 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:00:34 -0800 Comment by Powhattan My favorite remains:

Anna Nicole sez, "City Market may be my baby daddy."

Or something to that effect. It was up during the big brewhaha with Dannielynn. I think it stayed up after Anna Nicole died. Tasteless, perhaps. Classic, YOU BET!

]]> Powhattan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821256 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821256 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:18:35 -0800 Comment by CMB I've been photoblogging the signs since about August... Bookmark me or add to your RSS and I add 'em as they make 'em.

-CityMarketBlogger

]]> CMB http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821269 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821269 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:27:10 -0800 Comment by IS Dan Savage sez I'd walk through santorum to get to the tasty treats at City Market.

(lame, I know)

]]> IS http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821272 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821272 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:30:24 -0800 Comment by nightlifejitters I saw similar stuff for sale in Sprinfield, Illinois, at the local Abe Lincoln tourist trap gift shops. They had t-shirts with images of Abe that said something like: "They'd have to kill me to get me back to Springfield." And they had one with Mary Todd that said: "I'd be crazy to live in Sprinfield." Tasteful? Hell no. Funny? Hell, yeah! at least on the surface.

]]> nightlifejitters http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821274 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821274 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:33:35 -0800 Comment by Sam IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT CITY MARKET, THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ME!

]]> Sam http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821278 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:39:01 -0800 Comment by jamier CityMarketBlogger: You're awesome!!!!

Besides the signs, City Market also has my 2nd favorite thing in the world: piping hot deep fried bean & cheese burritos at 2am.

]]> jamier http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821313 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821313 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:31:48 -0800 Comment by josh poor owen wilson.

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821319 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:38:45 -0800 Comment by Y.F. And now some local news station will air some "concerned citizen's" complaint that it offends their morals and then upper management will issue a heartfelt apology on T.V. and fire the artist...

Or aren't we heading into sweeps week?

]]> Y.F. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821324 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821324 Life Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:43:25 -0800 Comment by monkey I miss walking past those signs every day. So funny!

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821445 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821445 Life Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:10:08 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell City Market is a great place. The staff is happy and friendly, the selection is great for such a small place. It's the best corner market I've ever lived near.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821452 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821452 Life Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:57:09 -0800 Comment by Sarah They're mind blowing. Unforuntately when you have to stop for milk or bread every hour on the hour, they get a little old and or predictable.

Britney appears a lot.

]]> Sarah http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821481 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c821481 Life Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:23:10 -0800 Comment by dp The guys name that does the signs is Cain Morehead and he works there. If people requests the signs he signs them and gives them away. The Stranger should do a piece on him or hook him up with a art show!

]]> dp http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c825252 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/an_open_letter_to_city_market#c825252 Life Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:17:06 -0800