Mission Mission

Our pal Nico (who you may remember for creating the best Giants riot video so far) recently returned from a trip to South America, where he Fitzcarraldo’d his way down a river on his way to Angel Falls.  Luckily for the rest of us, he resisted embracing any godhead and managed to shoot some amazing hi-def video throughout the whole journey that really captures the immensity of the natural landscape there, complete with raging rivers, luscious rain forests, and cloud-nestled peaks.  Oh yeah, and there’s this waterfall too.  You may have heard of it.  It’s huuuuuuuuuuuuge.

Check it out here.

It’s a few pictures and little blurbs about the neighborhood’s “arty shops and cafes.” Check it out.

[via A Beautiful Life]

Previously:

Journey to the Center of the Outer Sunset

Wikipedia knows:

The name California is most commonly believed to have derived from a fictional paradise peopled by Black Amazons and ruled by a Queen Califia. The myth of Califia is recorded in a 1510 work The Exploits of Esplandian, written as a sequel to Amadís de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo.[8][9][10] The kingdom of Queen Califia or Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a remote land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts and rich in gold.

Know ye that at the right hand of the Indies there is an island named California, very close to that part of the terrestrial Paradise, which was inhabited by black women, without a single man among them, and that they lived in the manner of Amazons. They were robust of body, with strong and passionate hearts and great virtues. The island itself is one of the wildest in the world on account of the bold and craggy rocks. Their weapons were all made of gold. The island everywhere abounds with gold and precious stones, and upon it no other metal was found.[11][verification needed]

Whoa! Griffins! Read on.

Previously:

Let’s All Sink With California When It Falls Into the Sea

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Attempting to create some separation in the lucrative bacon-wrapped hot dog industry, this aspiring vendor has put together a very classy setup for his customers.  You’ve really got to hand to him for trying.

Unfortunately, I’m not sure that gaudy banners and shade umbrellas (at night) are as important as merely occupying the spot outside Beauty Bar at 2am.

Previously:

Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs at Street Food Fest

Jar of Hot Dogs

What do you get when you put a hipster in a lab?  A labster–identifiable only by a penchant for tight lab coats, thick-rimmed safety goggles, and a refusal to do experiments on anything other than tofu mice.

Ah, memories!  The only thing they left out is a propensity to “borrow” some ether from the stockroom and enact favorite scenes from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

As you may know Justin Beck has a thing about taking pictures of people in front of street art. This time he captures the cutest disaster ever.

(on Justin’s Flickr)

Or is this a new experimental form of LASIK surgery?

Bummer, songkick did an analysis of rock shows per capita (that means per-person, you know) and San Francisco isn’t even on the chart. What’s the problem? This is a major city that is full of awesome bands.

I can tell just from observation that there is not as much as a music-going culture here. I can throw out a couple of my theories:

1. New venues being shut down by neighbors before they have a chance
2. A lack of all-ages underground shows
3. Poor accessibility
4. People aren’t bored enough

What’s your theory?

[via Dangerous Minds]

For sale now at Pushbike, manufactured just for them by a cool Japanese company called Blue Lug. Also new in stock are those gear ratio bandanas, and an assortment of colorful socks and gloves.

But how about this rad backpack?? (It comes in a few other colors too.) Read all about it.

Tall-Can Kitty opts for a 24-ounce Banquet Beer! Cute choice, Tall-Can Kitty!

(Except of course for Coors hating homosexuals and all. Shame on you, Tall-Can Kitty.)

[This photo and another by Carlos Reyes]