Mission Mission

Wait, I know. Hey, Oddfellow, you dropped your feather.

[Photo by Shelley Trowbridge]

No more virtual Four Loko parties with our pals on the east coast

Daily Intel has the full story right here. Will SF be next?

Only $50! We Built This City has all the details here.

Ramona usually wows us with deep thoughts about life and love and modern times. But today she just wants to talk about persimmons:

You can always tell when persimmon season is upon us again, because the produce section starts to get really lively, “What kind of  tomato is THAT?” you hear people scream in grocery stores around the city.  Well, actually you never hear people scream that, or really say anything about persimmons, but what I’m saying is they should.  Persimmons are pretty much the fruit world’s best-kept secret.

Read on.

You’d think Jawbreaker were back together and playing secret bakery shows or something.

Totally worth it for those buns and breads though, right?

[Photo by Z. Banks]

What’s a head doughnut, you ask? Here are three:

Not satisfied? Gravel & Gold has more to say on the matter here.

The Bold Italic is hosting a fine event called Paws & Play tonight at the Women’s Building. Organizer Laura B. gives us the pertinents:

It’s a free pet fair with tons of vendors, food (fat bottom bakery & sugar beat sweets cupcakes, ike’s sandwiches), and drinks (lagunitas, treasure island wine co) and then later in the evening it’s doggie bingo with chili pie, beer, and awesome prizes like signed sf giants cap from edgar renteria, southwest plane tickets, apple gift cards, and more!

RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook here.

In a new interview with the director of Metropolitan, Barcelona and The Last Days of Disco, First Things blows the lid off Stillman’s floor drugs habit:

Little details often interest Stillman. He spent a couple of minutes during one interview collecting tiny white balls off the floor. He thought they were pills but lost interest when he discovered they were your typical over-the-counter breath mints.

What a scoop! Read on if you like Whit Stillman and/or want to hear about his forthcoming film and where he’s been at for the last 12 years.

Floor drugs!

[via whitstillman.org] [Photo by Damien Basile]

Previously:

Floor Drugs

Internet celebrity Eric Fischer just unearthed a few more ancient pictures of the Mission, including this shot of the Hairball in its infancy.

Also, Mission south of 22nd.

And, FYI, Mission Local has a slide show examining proposed Cesar Chavez corridor improvements that includes some aerial shots that illustrate exactly why it’s called the Hairball here.

My Lucky Number’s One posted this picture and had this to say:

Cars keep almost running over cyclists in the bike lane right here. Cyclists are being amazingly polite in getting their attention.

Politeness is good, right? But does it make a lasting enough impression on the average dick motorist? How do you teach people to share the road and be more aware of their surroundings? What are the answers to these seemingly unanswerable age-old questions?