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White Whales and Insulting Socks

White Whales and Insulting Socks

Dec 5th 2020

Current mood of the fish theater:irrepressible, remonstrative The White Whale Elephant Sale is here. It's not every year. Sometimes decades pass without a visit from this pod of … read more

Scarratives, Ghostly Gimmicks and 826 Undead

Nov 3rd 2020

Current mood of the fish theater: steely-eyed, intrepid It's October again. In San Francisco, that means a gentle increase in the ambient levels of s … read more
Is your knowledge of everything incomplete?

Is your knowledge of everything incomplete?

Oct 2nd 2020

Current mood of the fish theater: contemplative, peckish We could all use some work. Think about it. How many things do we know how to do, compared to all of the things we don't kno … read more
Introducing 826 Live

Introducing 826 Live

Sep 2nd 2020

826 Valencia's stores are ALIVE! We know you can't get to our stores anymore. We can't either. But the spirit of the stores LIVES! And we have proof! Hard video evidence! Go to 826 Valencia's brand … read more
Things that trouble us, and what we do about them

Things that trouble us, and what we do about them

Posted by 826 Valencia on Jul 23rd 2020

It's not always easy, running a store for pirates. Once, someone came in with their leg in a shark. Their leg! In a shark! They were stepping right on the shark's fins or flippers or whate … read more