Mission Mission

There is nothing unique about a feverish devotion to Mission Chinese Food, but I have one for the record books, and Mission Chinese keeps giving more reasons to adore it more. (This is despite the fact that I got a piece of accidental bacon in a dish there once, and it’s the only place I have ever returned to after that happened.)

My favorite thing on the menu is the tiger salad. It is superlative. The Mission Chinese magicians switch up their menu fairly often, but they never bench the tiger salad, which is the most flavorful salad in the world.

Word to wise vegans: If you haven’t been to (or ordered in from) this place, I won’t judge; I have never seen ET. Anyway, when you go, scan the menu for the Vs next to each of the vegan menu items.  You can get the Thrice Cooked Bacon done vegan, but not the Ma Po Tofu. Surprise!

In other news, I’m going to SF Vegan Drinks tomorrow night. Want to join? There will be sweet potato tater tots.

UPDATE: Just got a note from the Vegan Drinks people:

We recently saw your post about Mission Chinese and that you’re going to be attending SF Vegan Drinks tomorrow. Unfortunately, we had to cancel this month due to a scheduling conflict, but we’ll be back on in May. Hope to see you there!

Bummer!

Reader Lily tipped us to a new mural-in-the-works in Balmy Alley. From the looks of it, this one will involve monkeys, clowns, and the 48.

Okay, I’m prepared for the idea that it might just be me. It usually is just me. Maybe I have an acute sensitivity towards pareidolia. But when I saw the picture of the Bay Area that the astronaut took from space today I immediately recognized what was actually happening: The East Bay, San Francisco and Marin are engaged in an eternal battle for the Golden Gate!

Three great beasts. Here’s the proof:

(Bigger version)

The original photo:

Or maybe they’re all just reaching out to gobble up the doggie biscuits that are Islands Yerba Buena, Treasure, Angel and Alcatraz.

Of course, this is not without precedent, in that I had previously revealed the East Bay Beast.

[Originally via SFist]

Our pal YMFY spotted this little gag right here in the neighborhood and wants to know who’s behind it. [link]

UPDATE: I mean that the cartoon overall is cute. The butt is obvs not cute.

This Friday On May 26th, American Tripps returns to the Secret Alley will take place at a location to be announced soon for an evening of hip hop and ping pong, with very special guest DJ Laser Tad on the decks. It’ll be like when the Wu Tang Clan combined chess and boxing! From the official invite:

It’s gonna be chill ’90s hip hop, upbeat, feel-good jams sure to go hand-in-hand with BERLIN-STYLE PING PONG ACTION. (Think De La Soul or “Feel Me Flow,” nahmean?)

Sounds good! RSVP and invite your friends!

Mission Local reports:

A 51-year-old man was arrested Monday evening after stabbing a 22-year-old woman in the hand near 16th Street and Potrero Avenue.

The woman was sitting on a Muni bus when the suspect sat down next to her and spread his legs wide, police said. The woman felt uncomfortable so she got up and stood next to the rear door.

Police reported that the man stood up next to her and started yelling in her ear.

Then there was some pushing and shoving and guy pulls a fork and stabs her in the hand. SFPD got him. [link]

We all know local heroes Shannon and the Clams rule. But I bet we don’t all know the same thing about Natural Child. They’re from Nashville, and they rule. Of the 69 bands I saw in Austin this past March, they were one of only three I gave a ★ to.

Here’s a fun song about white people:

And here’s a real jammer about wanting to smoke crack with your friends:

[via El Rio]

Let’s go for a ride! (St. Vincent is playing the Fox tonight?)

[via Vic]

From a few mornings ago. I’ll try to get up on my mornings.

With the first heatwave of Spring just behind us, it’s time to start thinking about fun stuff to do outside again! And if it happens to be the first Saturday of the month, you can’t go wrong with Hard French, the fabulous daytime dance party on the El Rio patio.

Our pal Katie recently delved into the details of what makes it such a rad party on the Bold Italic:

The name Hard French was born from an offhand comment by Tina Faggotina regarding his desire to French kiss a boy hard. Devon adds, “We call it Hard French because we want people to do it hard, and our crowd really brings it.”

Read the rest here!