Mission Mission

ThinkSketchDesign stumbled upon this weirdo scene yesterday in Osage Alley. Read on for the full story and musings on the nature of hyperlocal news reporting.

Previously:

Dancin’ in the Street (Lexington Street, under the disco ball)

Tonight is the May edition of Lessons in Adventureneering at Dog Eared Books. Theme is “Finding Your Positivity Face,” and if the face on this flyer isn’t the most positive one you’ve seen all morning, I’ll eat my hat.

One small change: Pete Lee takes the place of Moller, as Moller can’t make it.

Thanks, Mark!

Meli of Bikes and the City spotted this COMING SOON sign the other day, and Paolo at Eater SF ran with the story today. Seems Gracias Madre, specializing in vegan Nuevo Latino Cuisine, is a new venture from the Cafe Gratitude folks, going in at 18th and Mission. Link.

Previously:

Punch-Me-In-The-Face-Please Serenity at Cafe Gratitude

This week on I Heart Street Art, I talk to Steve Rotman and Chris Brennan, two actual authorities on street art and graffiti in San Francisco. The crux of our talk was the following:

A few years ago, I could’ve pointed out things that were well over 10 years old. And they hadn’t been painted on. They hadn’t even been tagged on because there’s a respect level that it gets to. So one of the interesting things that buffing — especially on a regular basis like daily or weekly — does is ensure that only the worst stuff is up.

So that’s why graffiti’s been in the news lately. Newsom was going to be running for governor, so he wanted to clean up the city. They started buffing every day, all the good stuff disappeared, and we’re left with ugly stuff. So people notice it more, call it in more, etc. Vicious.

Read on: I Heart Street Art: Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Nobody captions a photo better than Max at 4Q Conditioning.

He estimates this shot of Neil Blender at one of the Mission Street BART stations dates all the way back to 1987. Link.

Now available at Mission Pie:

Now selling delicious Cole & Cole honey!

Link.

Seriously, it’s the bees’ knees. I had it on a pork belly at Broken Record and I almost died.

Programming Note: No more Mission Pie news for at least an hour, I swear.

Update: Cole & Cole is on the internet!

Then enlist the talents of Trey and Cornelius’ Hip Hop Shoe Repair.

Plug1 spotted this handsome advertisement all the way over in the Financial District, and sent it over asking us to figure out what the references to champagne and romanticism have to do with footwear.

All’s I got to say is this: Plug1, if you don’t understand the relationships between fresh attire, bubbly drink, and romance, maybe you should quit dressing like Chevy Chase for a while and get with the program.

But seriously, do check out Trey and Cornelius’ MySpace page, as it’s chock full of rad pics of stuff like Reebok’s The Pump and used spray cans.

I love pretty much everything about noe valley *buzz*, but my new favorite is their take on Anthony’s Cookies:

btw, don’t go to anth’s just for the cookies…go for marcus’ smile. it’s like smooth creamy white strauss milk. i got a dozen!

Link.

Artist Seth showed up, wooden panels in tow, and started bolting them onto a wall. Though it’s unclear whether the piece is finished or not, what’s up is fabulous.

Receiver Design shows us the whole process (and a bunch of other Orange Alley art) in the following photo set:

Orange Alley spring 2009

(Thanks, Steven!)

Previously:

Introducing Orange Alley

Kevin Montgomery, my favorite Mission District news source:

I just watched someone pull a boot n’ rally on Capp. Typical for a weekend night, atypical for a Monday lunch.

Link.