Mission Mission

Rebecca from My First Earthquake just got in touch to tell us about the band’s new holiday-themed video:

Lil’ backstory: I’m known for breaking into a song from my 5th grade holiday concert whenever it gets as cold as it’s been this week here in SF. It starts with “It’s ca-ca-ca-cold outside, I’m f-f-f-f-freezing…” Holiday cheer + weather smalltalk: what could be better!

That’s Rebecca in the video, along with the guy that directed Lawrence of Arabia apparently. Learn more, and download the track, here.

Well, the Mission-meets-Philly cheesesteaks made my brain melt. And the Poutine did the same for others. And I got to shake hands with Chris. But one of my other favorite parts of last night’s edition of Mission Street Food was actually a beverage container: a resealable aluminum sake can — imagine the possibilities!

Meet Carleigh:

I have lived here for 1 year, first on 22nd and York, now on South Van Ness at 22 (hey, gotta keep up that semiannual move, how else am I gonna keep my credit score down?). And! I got a real, live, live-in boyfriend this time, helping make my CitiApartments-run apt a little closer to that deprecatingly deceptive adjective, affordable. HOWEVER, said boyfriend is blind. He’s hot, a 30-year-old hipster techie bay area kid, but he’s blind, which puts us into kind of a marginal category as far as young up and comers go. Oh well. At least we get to use the handicap placard.

But the real story here is about parking on the sidewalk. And walking our dog. And trying to walk a not-so-well-behaved young pooch with cars parked on the sidewalk and being blind. It’s no easy task and my boyfriend has sliced open his toe requiring 8 stitches, gotten the wind knocked out of him, lost his cane tip in a bumper, and been grabbed by a drunk Spanish-speaking guy trying to force him to walk around his car into the street.

Read on.

Beauty Bar’s getting a new neighbor! Mission Loc@l reports that Furniture Center will close within the week, to be replaced as soon as possible by a community-oriented non-profit citadel of sorts. Reader Mitch hipped us to the story, saying:

i met with Luis Granados, who is Director of MEDA, who are the “anchor occupant” and driving this real estate deal….he’s a really cool guy and MEDA are focused on economic AND asset development, which is awesome. they’re a very interesting, long standing group in the hood. i don’t know that much about the other groups…but from the websites they seem like exactly the kind of services folks in the hood could use…and have more accessible.

Granados said there are plans not only to move all these groups in, but to improve the property, put murals on the side, plant trees, etc.

All in all a great thing for everyone.

Link.

Tonight is Shoebox Studio‘s 2nd Annual Holiday Student Showcase. Participating classes include Baby Ballerinas, Hip Hop, Capoeira, Tribal Fusion, American Cabaret Bellydance and more.

Plug1 sent us a helpful FAQ prepared by his homey KB, one of the stars of the show:

- Is this for your burlesque class? No
- Will you be performing a solo/ burlesque solo? Again, this is not for burlesque, and I will not be doing a solo… not in the showcase, at least, but I’m considering taking requests for afterward… for burlesque and otherwise.

Show starts at 8pm, pertinent details are here.

At the SFBC new-members meet and greet on Tuesday, I was reminded of something cool: 311. Meeter/greeter Kate said if ever there’s a bike lane obstructed by glass or junk or potholes or illegally parked cars, call 311, identify yourself as an SFBC member, and explain the problem. So, I did.

Five minutes on the phone, guy took all the pertinent info, and told me the asphalt spillage in both northbound and southbound bike lanes on San Jose Avenue between 29th and 30th (that’d been forcing me into rush-hour traffic all week) would be policed within 48 hours. Forty-seven hours later, all clean!

From Mirna at SFPD’s Mission Station:

Please Note:
On Thursday, December 18, 2008 testing of the gunshot recognition/locator system known as “Shotspotter” will take place in the Mission District.  It is anticipated to occur at approximately 9:00 PM and will be occurring at various locations.  The testing will occur in the areas of 18th  St & Mission, 22nd St. & Valencia, 23rd St and Folsom, and 18th St and Bryant.  Please do not hesitate to call 911 if you become aware of suspected gunshot sounds at any other time at those locations.

Tonight at Mission Street Food, the menu is nothing but mashups. So we suggest you mash your dinner plans up with free drinks right across the street at Beauty Bar. Tech blog luminary Sarah Lacy is buying “the first few” hundred dollars worth of drinks served between 5:30 and 7:30pm. (via the Myopenbar.com newsletter)

arlenarlenarlen says:

Bomb squad out front of Salvation Army Rehab on Valencia @ Chavez. Cops in full combat armor.

Link.

Update:

Brock: from ted weinstein, re mission bomb:

Bandloop’s Live music in San Francisco Google Map is my new favorite thing. When I quit riding the bus to work, I also quit picking up free weeklies to read, and since I don’t like scrolling through venue websites on a regular basis, I have consequently found myself outside the live-music loop of late. But this thing is way more fun than scrolling through some ugly website. Problem solved! (via SFist)