![Western Exterminators in SF](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/western-exterminators_umlaut.jpg)
Walkin’ down Sutter I finally spotted a Western Exterminator truck up close. Like most of ’em, unfortunately, the mouse was broken off. But he’s still one of my favorite local advertising icons. Apparently his name is See the rest »
![KYEO Sign Remix](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/SF_Litter-Sign-Remix_unnecessary-umlaut1.jpg)
It’s one thing to Sharpie something on a sign. But to jump up and slap on a googly eye takes a certain craftiness that, frankly, impresses the hell out of me.
UPDATE: See more on Personifeyed (Thanks, Mike)
Spotted on SF’s Embarcadero at Pier 29 1/2 [see more KYEO]
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![Fart Smeller Movement NYC](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/fart-smeller-movement_unnecessary-umlaut.jpg)
Amidst all the people with signs like Free Hugs and Free High Fives in NYC‘s Union Square See the rest »
![Lagunitas Zephyr Chicago Collaboration](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/lagunitas_zephyr_wall-markandeya-sendan_detail.jpg)
Friend of the Ümlaut Markandeya Sendan sent us this pic he snapped in See the rest »
![Which do you eat billboard?](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/billboard_cat-pig-eat_unnecessary-umlaut.jpg)
This brings up a terrific question: Why don’t you eat cats?
Bacon comes from an animal half as cute. Shouldn’t cats be twice as delicious?
There’s even a festival devoted entirely to eating cats Festival Gastronomico del Gato every September in Peru. Alas, this is not an ad for said fest. Nor does the Starter Guide set you down the path to becoming a feline feast fancier. It’s actually some sort of meatless propaganda. Bummer. Now it’s got me rethinking other animals, too. Like a grilled Panda Cow or Poodle-Bison burger. Mmm.
Spotted in Petaluma (the same placement as Healy’s Naked Power grab).
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![Buy your Beer Güt shirt from unnecessary umlaut](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/unnecessary-umlaut_beer-gut-shirt_tee.jpg)
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![Jerry Garcia Stencil Graffiti on Haight](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Umlaut_Haight_stencil_Jerry-Garcia_1.jpg)
If you’re going to spot Jerry Garcia graffiti you can bet your bong it’s See the rest »
![No Tweekers Sign in Mendocino - Unnecessary Umlaut](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/No-tweekers-sign-mendocino.jpg)
Spotted while driving through Mendocino.
Tweekers and Bag Hos I’m clear on, but what the hell are scantless fish?
I turned to the trusty internets for a definition, expecting one result to come from Urban Dictionary, instead I got this urban Deep-Thoughts-on-crack discussion:
“Y is it femalez are so damn scantless?” See the rest »
![Real-Life Patrick Starfish at Monterey Bay Aquarium](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5227010654_46f4f6dd21.jpg)
Either a living, breathing Patrick Star was mooning us at the Monterey Bay Aquarium or a very convincing lookalike did a face-plant on the rocks. If so, the resemblance is uncanny:
![Patrick Starfish butt](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Patrick_Starfish_butt.jpg)
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BONUS ÄUDIO: Squidward Calls My Son See the rest »
![Banksy_Carmel_1](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Banksy_Carmel_1.jpg)
Spotted this while driving into Carmel this weekend.
While it’s on the most English of hotels in town and vaguely Banksy-ish in style …
![Banksy_Carmel_3](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Banksy_Carmel_3.jpg)
![Virgin Mary Spraycan](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/melrose_mary_umlaut.jpg)
Spotted a motherload of street art on our last trip to LA. Mostly in Silverlake. This piece happened to be just up from the amazing Necromance. Enjoy.
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![LA Street Art on Sunset in Silverlake](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/la_streetart_umlaut_01.jpg)
[Sunset @ Lucile in Silverlake]
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![See the rest of the LA Street Art Pics](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/la_streetart_umlaut_1.jpg)
[Spotted under the bar at Little Joy Cocktails in Echo Park]
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![Buff Monster Art Ice Cream](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/la_streetart_umlaut_2.jpg)
[Buff Monster ice cream street art off Glendale Blvd.]
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![REBEL8 posters on Melrose](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_1176.jpg)
Though I missed the REBEL8 “Return of the Lost Angels” event by a week (video here and recap at Fatlace) I was lucky enough to drive down Melrose in time to catch the huge bomb Mike Giant dropped on the Shepard Fairey wall at De La Barracuda.
![Mike Giant over Shepard Fairey on Melrose](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_1174.jpg)
Giant over Giant.
![Mike Giant over Shepard Fairey on Melrose](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_1181.jpg)
![Shepard Fairey on Melrose](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_1179.jpg)
Some peeks at
![Shepard Fairey on melrose](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_1177.jpg)
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BONUS: Shepard Fairey / Obey Giant on Sunset
![Shepard Fairey on Sunset](http://www.unnecessaryumlaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_1128.jpg)
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