Mission Mission

In a discussion about violence at neighborhood clubs, reader Micah shares a story:

A couple weeks ago some friends and I were followed home from the Beauty Bar by a couple sketchy dudes that had been hitting on them. Things escalated and ended with dude throwing a punch at one of the girls I was with and getting pepper sprayed in response.

Throwing a punch at one of the girls? Luckily it sounds like he didn’t land it, but what’s with all the punching of girls lately? (There’s this, and there’s Tracy getting punched in the purse.)

Photo by ava berlin.

Reader Andrew T. spied this pretty handmade hood ornament in a vacant lot on South Van Ness. It’s an inspiring message for springtime, and almost as artfully crafted as my other favorite handmade hood ornament. Click it to view it bigger.

Thanks, Andrew!

Dogs are so good at interpersonal communication.

Photo by vshen811.

Bygone Bureau this morning published a feature on annoying coworkers. Part of it seems to be some kind of gag about aliens that I don’t really get, but they’re pretty spot with the stuff about annoying coworkers. And the drawings are good.

SFist brings us word of the latest swastika bombing in the Mission, at Esta Noche, noting that it was probably motivated by homophobia (rather than by some girl’s beef with a mural artist).

Photo by ReadyWit.

But not everyone can afford a designer saddle.

Photo by Penelope Popsicle.

The Tens has the scoop.

Despite my essay about McLaren Park being awesome, it could surely benefit from a $30,000 makeover.

Sears wants to foot the bill for one such makeover, for one lucky park somewhere in the United States. Problem is, it’s a contest, and McLaren is currently getting its ass kicked by some park in Chesapeake, Virginia. Your votes can change all that. Vote McLaren!

Thanks for the tip, Yatima! More coverage at SFist.

P.S. That hazardous old swing set is kind of badass though, don’t you think?

Mikey snapped this pic and tweeted about it a little bit ago, so I tried to do some reporterly sleuthing and asked him about ‘em:

Sadly, scrumptious though they looked I didn’t bite the bait

Anybody else bite the bait?

Photo, title and everything by Mike Chino.

Previously:

Mission Minis Opens Grandly

Mission Minis Shut Down Unceremoniously

I’ve gotta figure out a way to do this with my stack of milk crates full of CDs I never listen to.

Photo by kapshure.