Mission Mission

Here’s a must-see for any aspiring chef looking to succeed in the city:  an all-star panel featuring a bunch of the Mission’s hottest chefs spilling all their secrets about making it big in such a tumultuous industry.

It’s all going down at the Commonwealth Club this Thursday, as Anthony Myint (Mission Chinese), Richie Nakano (Hapa Ramen), Iso Rabins (ForageSF), and Craig Stoll (Delfina) recount all their best stories on how they climbed the SF food chain to get where they are now, moderated by none other than Rice, Paper, Scissors‘ own Valerie Luu.  And the fun continues right afterwards in the form of a panelist-created guerrilla dining experience across the street at Foodlab, hosted by the other half of RPS, Katie Kwan.

Oh wait, I forgot to mention the best part–we’re giving away two free tickets to the panel to the two commenters who can tell the best story about the most bizarre meal they’ve ever had here in the city.  The contest ends promptly at noon on Wednesday, and winners will be judged on merit as well as general sauciness.

Check out all the details for the event and get tickets for the panel or dinner here.

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Our pal Lindsey came upon this heinous thing at a kiosk in the vicinity of Jamba Juice and Sanrio at Westfield San Francisco Centre, our local giant shopping mall.

“[M]isogyny marketed to tweens,” she says in a blog post, “pretttty cooooool!” We assume she was being sarcastic, but asked for followup remarks, she cuts them some slack: “[T]hey also sell YOLO shirts though…”

I like when a babe makes me a sandwich as much as the next guy, but ‘cmon.

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SFist has ongoing coverage of the fire here.

[Photo by Lauren Brunsvik]

American Tripps is growing up so fast! From the official invite:

➠TIME WARP➠
starring
➠PRIMO➠

This party marks American Tripps’ 1-year anniversary, so we figured to make it really special we’d better get Primo (Oldies Night, Nightbeat, Slow Jams, 2 Men Will Move You, Soft Opening). Here’s the rundown:

• FREE PBR from 5-6pm
• Time warpy stuff on the big screen
• Four ping pong tables
• Primo on the decks from 8-11pm
• Plenty of dance floor
• Food carts outside
• After party at Coffee Bar across the street

And now, Primo tells us what this whole “TIME WARP” business is all about:

A DANCE TRIP THRU DECADES OF THE CRAZIEST DANCE MUSIC FROM THE ’50s thru PRESENT DAY!
A one time only dance event all vinyl TIME MACHINE PARTY
Starting with the raw r’n'b and rock ‘n’ roll of the 50′s and sixties moving through rare sixties soul and motown with a layover in psychedelic funk and the soulful sounds of ’72 before we board the disco train with a stop in the disco of italy and Europe for some sounds of the truly cosmic variety ultimately culminating in a crazy wall of chicago acid house and present day rave sounds, ALL IN 3 SHORT HOURS……! NOT 2 B MISSED!!!

Yup! RSVP and invite your friends!

Oh and if you still haven’t seen how this party works (or what an amazing space Z Space is) here are a pair of sick animated GIFs (courtesy of Ulla Havenga / Z Space):

I theenk this is real? Either way it’s pretty exciting. Watch:

Moments later they were joined by a green and a yellow, but it seemed creepy to take another pic. (Plus I was caught off guard by that shrieking thing girls do when they are joined by more friends.)

Lunchtime!

Also on the Pal’s Take Away menu today:

Ale braised brisket/Acme roll, Rstd. Riverdog carrot ‘hummus’, crispy shallots, Blue Heron lettuce, horseradish sour cream
8.75

Shrimp ‘n Egg-Oregon Bay chile shrimp, River Dog ranch egg ‘salad’, avocado, pickled cucumber, Annabelle’s wild arugula, sriacha mayo
8.75

Whoa. Lunchtime.

Whenever I see a cool car around the neighborhood, I take pictures and send them to my pal Eric up in Portland who runs Other People’s Things, my favorite car blog. He responds with some knowledge and we post the results here and it’s called “Car Beat.” Here’s what Eric has to say about this old Ford:

Though it has seen better days, this was once top of the line Ford sedan.

It’s a third generation Ford Galaxie 500 LTD (1965-68, this one is a ’65). I can’t be certain because the lower fender badge is all messed up but it probably had a massive 6.4 L 390 V8 in it. That’s almost as big as the V10 they put in the ridiculous Ford Excursion SUV.

Crazy Wikipedia fact: no one really knows what LTD stood for. Look it up.

It’s true! Thanks, Eric!

What a guy! (He’s in town making a movie with Woody Allen.)

Has it really come to this?  On one hand, I kind of admire her spunk and outside-the-box thinking.  It’s soooooo damn difficult to find anything on Craigslist these days.  I had a room open up in my place and got over 100 responses to my Craigslist ad in the first few hours before I made like Gordon Ramsey and shut it down.

On the other hand, this is really depressing!  Anyway, check out the FB page and offer any advice/condolences/hate here.