Mission Mission

Here was the scene at yesterday’s debut of the new Dear Mom food menu. Although the Chez Spencer food was great, the Fogcutter crew’s offerings are better suited to the kind of heavy drinking that should, and does, go on at DM. Highlights included the chihuahua dog (which was enormous and loaded) at the classic cojita fries. Click through for gratuitously up-close food photos and the complete menu.  (more…)

This is the stuff that awesome neighbors are made of. A local bartender needed the engine fixed on her 1965 Ford Falcon, so her car geek neighbors (possibly capitalizing on the free-beers-for-life potential of the situation) got together and rebuilt it for her.

They even made a time lapse video of the process, paired with Yakety Sax (naturally):

Moral of the story? The next time your car breaks down, walk into Wild Side West and have a loud conversation with your companion to the effect of, “Boy! Too bad I just blew a head gasket and don’t know how to fix it! Guess I’m just out of luck until I can afford to hire a mechanic! Oh well!”

Oh, and do cool stuff for your neighbors.

[via Bernalwood]

The title and this still alone should have you convinced, but just in case, here’s an excerpt — the gnarliest, most stunningly inexplicable 1:42 of cinema you will ever watch:

The Roxie rules. Get advance tickets here.