Mission Mission

Another member of the Forlorn Candy Corn family. This one is hanging out at Ritual.

Isn’t it a trip what a kick we get out of something so simple as four little pieces of black magic marker on a pipe in a coffee shop bathroom?

Photo by tingley.

Doctor Popular spotted this wildman on 19th Street. Click here for Doc’s commentary and a closeup of the piece’s gnarly texture.

Our new favorite sandwich blog, breadxbread, reports a picklenapping:

whoever stole mr. pickle, you sicken me. i hope when the police finally corner you and lock you away for the rest of your miserable life, that your every waking moment is haunted by the look of innocent joy on mr. pickle’s face. a look that you have stolen from all of us.

Link.

Photo by aodland.

Update: Alex wrote in just as we were hitting publish on this thing: “I think you will agree with me that this is the worst thing that has happened in the history of humanity. right now there are two signs up in the window of mr. pickle’s, one says ‘did you see who took mr. pickle?’ and the other reads ‘mama pickle wants her mr. pickle back’ which smashes my heart into a million unfixable pieces.” Thanks, Alex.

Previously:

Who Stole Weezer?

Best Sandwich in the Mission

Fashionist thinks so, but I’m not so sure. Sure it’s nice to be unencumbered while cycling, but you also have to look good, and sometimes that means being encumbered. Link.

Photo by eviloars.

Previously:

No More Jangly Spanish Jesus Songs

I wish I was in a bike gang big enough to warrant a pile of bikes locked four bikes deep daisy chain-style to a dirty garbage can on South Van Ness.

Ashleigh Cole just broke a way hotter story than anything coming out of SXSW:

I’m reporting live from Austin! Have I found forlorn candy corn’s cousin, happy shackie?

Link.

Previously:

Forlorn Candy Corn Porn

Wow, what a trip. I’ve never actually talked to Anthony before, so it’s fun to hear him talk about his grand experiment. The reporter notes that he’s a man “of painfully few words.”

Link.

Programming note: Mission Street Food is on hiatus this Saturday, but will return to its usual schedule next week.

From Captain Stephen Tacchini’s Mission Station Newsletter:

Over the past few weeks, the SF Chronicle, Chronicle Watch section has included stories about graffiti in the area of 16th and Dolores Streets. The last article indicated the problems have been abated due to painting the affected area with a color which will camouflage any new tagging.  I would like to add to the Chronicle story by stating police officers from Mission Station have been actively monitoring and arresting persons in and around the area of Dolores between 19th and 16th Streets for committing the crime of graffiti.  In the past couple of weeks nine individuals have been arrested and eight others detained for suspicion of being involved in acts of graffiti.  I am inclined to believe that the arrests and detentions have also had an impact on the incidence of graffiti in that area of the Mission District.

The Chronicle Watch piece seems to have disappeared but Google cached it here, and there’s a screenshot after the jump:

Update: SF Gate’s Max Garrone found us a working link. Thanks, Max!

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The driver had kind of a lead foot. Click to enlarge.