File under, "I'm kind of surprised this didn't already exist." Local messenger bag outfit Timbuk2 now offers a "Dolores Chiller," a bag that doubles as an insulated beer cooler complete with bottle opener and named for the park where you can't throw a rock without hitting a dude on a fixie in candy-colored poor-man's Ray-Bans.May we also suggest the Golden Gate Chiller (replete with hidden pockets for weed) that opens into a pup tent for those inevitable park overnights? Or maybe the Bernal Chil
At our sister news blog, The Snitch, Andy Wright noticed bag-maker Timbuk2's "Dolores Chiller," a bag that's also an insulated beer cooler. It's official: Now that Dolores Park has become synonymous with illicit street foods, weed consumption, flesh ogling, and meth junkie avoidance, it has a sporty accessory all its own. Appropriately, it's one that enables fucked-up-ness. Read Andy's suggestions for other park-inspired totes here.
Swig: The backpack.Timbuk2 so loves its local drinking establishments that it has named a series of backpacks after S.F. watering holes (even the -- shall we say -- overly loved Grubstake and Endup). The company has named next week, Oct. 12-16, Timbuk2 Bar Week, and is offering some pretty sweet freebies during five days of happy hour specials.On Monday, Oct. 12, the first three people to show up at the Blue Light (1979 Union at Buchanan) with customized Timbuk2 bags will win a Dolores Chille
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