Mission Mission

This is the point I’ve been trying to make lately with all my posts about Berlin and Salt Lake City. But Jim Rock really hammers it home right here:

Thanks, Jim! Hit the road, everybody!

Needles + Pens announced last night that they’ve got a new zine in stock called Evil Levi, and it’s about our neighborhood’s run-in with Levi’s over the summer. There’s a decent comment thread happening on their wall post too. Check it all out.

Image courtesy of T-Shirt Bordello.

Miscellaziness is a Mission-based photo blog you can always depend on for some choice shots of fun. Yesterday’s post starts with pills, crack and vacancy, and then takes a turn for the more pleasant. Sort of.

Previously:

Life in the Mission (2008)

Eater SF this afternoon published a roundup of early remarks from critics and Yelpers regarding Commonwealth, the still-fledgling “real” restaurant from the makers of Mission Street Food. Most of the talk sounds pretty good. I can’t wait to eat at this place. Read all about it.

Photo by Jennifer Yin.

Comedian Alex Koll just published a piece for Bold Italic examining the variety of crazy window displays around the neighborhood.

He covers the troll window, the owl window and the Dennis Richmond paintings window, but neglects our favorite window. No worries though, there’s some great M.U.S.C.L.E. news at the end.

On Saturday, we reported that some local businesses had voiced some opposition to the news that Blue Bottle had been approved to open a coffee cart in Dolores Park. Blue Bottle was compared to American Apparel. Since then, a flurry of comments has run the gamut from thought-provoking to nasty. Today, the owners of Fayes Video weighed in to clarify their position:

The actual point I was trying to make was not a comparison between Blue Bottle and AA, but rather comparing the situation. I was trying to point out that it seemed okay for other businesses and neighbors to speak out about the possibility of AA opening a store on Valencia Street, in fear that it would ruin the local aspect of the neighborhood. I am not trying to say that BB should not be allowed in Dolores Park. When Tartine opened 6 years ago we did not protest another coffee venue coming to the street, people should be allowed to set up shop and do business you are right. BUT those places are privately owned and have a lease and rent… the situation here is entirely different. We are talking about PUBLIC space.

The comment volley starts here. The Fayes folks start talking here.

Photo by nuzz.

Reader Jim L. snapped this shot for us, and confirms that the English-Spanish translation is top notch. “Pray for Gabby,” says Jim.

Hopefully not related:

The Capp Raptor Is Back!

Raptor enthusiast Glenn Nevill brings us the good news:

Coming home in the evening, I spotted a familiar shape on the steeple at the church at Capp and 23rd Streets here in the Mission District of San Francisco. It stayed long enough for me to go home for my camera and return.

Read on.

Previously:

Capp Raptor

Some foodspotter named Omar spotted this thing at some falafel place downtown. Looks pretty good.

The question is, when will somebody invent the La Taqueria/Ali Baba carnitas super falafel, so that it can displace the Zeitgeist Tamale Burger as best thing ever?

Brainslip hipped us to this one, in a new report titled Bucketheads Vs. Spillers: Clooney’s Lingo Decoded. Do the math, people.

Photo by Generik11.

Previously:

Worst Place to Take a First Date?