Mission Mission

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After all that lively debate about which company most deserved the space, a victor has arisen – Fresh & Easy is coming to the Mission! The Chronicle dropped this bombshell as a throwaway one-liner in a piece about another Fresh & Easy opening elsewhere in the city:

And, we learned on Tuesday, Fresh & Easy just signed a lease for the shuttered DeLano’s Market on South Van Ness Avenue in the Mission District.

Read on.

At 19th and Valencia. Captured here by DocPop.

SF Appeal says only minor injuries. (whew!)

Second pic sent in by tipster Ben, who writes “The other car involved, a hybrid honda civic, came out relatively unscathed. Yet another tragic story of when hybrid drag racing goes wrong.”

Have you seen this cat? Our neighbor needs our help:

Hello- My name is Emily and I am looking for my cat Butters. She jumped out of an open window near 40 McCoppin Street sometime last Sunday night or Monday morning.

PLEASE HELP ME FIND HER!!!

She’s a lynx point Himalayan/persian, 2 years old, and really scared to be outside, so she’s probably hiding somewhere or under something.

Get in touch here.

They’re called Vegetable, and I’m not having much luck Googling “vegetable tempe.” But I like the look of this video. They’re playing tonight at the Verdi Club as part of a 7″ release party starring local heroes Grass Widow, who we’ve gushed about a bit previously.

I mean, haven’t you always wanted a reason to go to the Verdi Club for the first time? Tonight’s the night. RSVP and invite your friends here.

The Mission may have Teen Witch, and she’s pretty great, but I don’t know that she’s ever uttered a phrase quite as killer as, “I don’t have no money to waste on a skateboard, so I take one from whoever I want, whenever I want.” (Correct me if I’m wrong.)

In any case, prepare to be dazzled by Skate Witches, filmed in Ann Arbor about 25 years ago:

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Real horrorshow!

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I say it’s a tossup.

(Notable Missionite Andi Mudd is new to Twitter, and she’s already pretty good.)

Texting is the bomb, right? We all know it, but some haters still wanna hate. Bailey tells us what’s up:

It bothers me when I hear someone telling a story and at the end some appalled lady from across the table slams down her donut, and spits crumbs out of her mouth shouting, “and this was all over text message?”

Yeah, lady, it was.

Why is that a bad thing? Why does the text message have no value? Better question, how do phone calls have more value? I use my phone to call the doctor, schedule a Comcast appointment, or find a cab at 2 am. Real sentimental conversations. I hate phone calls.

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[Photo by Chelsea Green]

It makes you feel like you’re riding your bike on the freeway without, you know, actually riding on the freeway.  It used to be a bit more dangerous too, but recent lane striping and cycling logos now warn 55mph cars that bicycles will be on the road too.  Regardless, the feeling you get while zipping down the ramp and taking in that Mission Terrace-style view is well worth it.

What are your favorite bike lanes in the city?