Mission Mission

Photo by wadem. (I turned up the brightness and saturation.)

Previously:

Mandala in Chalk

Broken Heart in Chalk

Mission Lake in Chalk

Sidewalk Cock

Spotted yesterday by reader Kate B. near 20th and Valencia. Thanks, Kate!

Plug1 of WHATIMSEEING DOT COM captured this colorful shot of possibly my favorite new phenomenon. SO? What do we think!? Doesn’t cause property damage, gives new life to old discarded objects, brightens up a dreary phone pole. Home owners? Business owners? Haters? Lovers? Where do we stand?

Mission Street Food just posted a special notice regarding tonight’s dinner:

lots of vegetarian substitutions available, which we didn’t post before, so it’s a good night for veggies

Link.

A photo of some cool kid wearing the all-new Dolores Chiller from Timbuk2 has caused quite a stir in the comments section of a Bikes and the City feature on last weekend’s Sunday Streets event in the Mission. Sample vitriol:

These obnoxious hipsters are ruining our neighborhood with their “pay to play” ironic bullshit. I’m begging you to go elsewhere and leave us locals out of your fantasy land.

Link. Feel free not to contribute to the extremely tired, everlasting debate about hipsterism.

In any case, the all-new Dolores Chiller from Timbuk2 is an absolute delight! Looks like a messenger bag, performs like an ice chest! (I’m on the wagon right now, so I’ve yet to actually use it to haul PBR or MHL to the park for a picnic, but it totally kept my Very Berry Crystal Geyser cold the other day.) It’s fully insulated and seals up nice and tight, and even has a built-in bottle opener (affording me a lighter load on the keyring I keep carabinered to the outside of my pants).

Note that it also functions the way a traditional messenger bag functions: You can put books and sweatshirts and other dry goods in it and use it to transport them around town. And what a color scheme! Perhaps most importantly, the company had the presence of mind to name such a highly useful — and thoroughly handsome — item after the undisputed best place in the entire world ever, Dolores Park. Kudos to Timbuk2 on a job well done. Click here to view the product page for the all-new Dolores Chiller from Timbuk2.

Link.

Previously:

Allan Makes Fun of Dinosaur Chron Reporter at SF Appeal

Dinosaur Chron Reporter Asks Chef Anthony (Who at the Time is Putting a Meatloaf Sandwich into His Mouth) If He is a Vegetarian on Mission Mission

The Future of Journalism in San Francisco on Mission Mission

Ice Cream and a Shot of Beam on Mission Mission

UPDATE: (Via direct message)

Photo courtesy of Don’t ask me, I just work here, our new favorite super triple rad photo blog.

(With a wink to Jameth, wherever he is.)

Brittney over at Eye on Blogs caught wind of this fun little document of some impromptu nuptials in the Mission:

[T]his video about a Mission-style pop-up 2.0 wedding that happened in San Francisco elicits a big SQUEEEE. This couple is so cute, and so are their parents and friends, who learned about the impromptu wedding via text message or Google Chat or Facebook.

Pop-Up, 2.0, Mission-Style Wedding

Saturday we had the Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival’s big free concert at Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in John McLaren Park. Sunday we had Sunday Streets with all its roller-disco parties and drum circles, as well as the SF Symphony’s free performance in Dolores Park. Yet on both days, The Ferocious Few stole the show.

They’re impromptu and primitive, and also thoroughly entertaining. They’re drawing bigger and bigger crowds, so enjoy them now before they get signed and famous and start playing gutters in Monte Carlo or Beverly Hills or some shit instead of the Mission. Their CD, home made and usually available direct from the band (and pictured after the jump) is an extremely solid value.

Previously:

The Ferocious Few Rock Out

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What’s more annoying double parked on Mission Street on a sunny Sunday afternoon — undercover cops or the Urban Safari?

Previously:

Undercover Cop Crack Rock Scuffle

Undercover Badass

Undercover Takedown at Muddy Waters

Urban Safari in the Gang Injunction Zone (Video)