Mission Mission

Best thing my “mission district” Google Alert has yielded in a while: This cute bit of time warp courtesy of Bonnie Burton at The Official Star Wars Blog. Way back in 1977, muralist Xavier Viramontes and some cohorts from Galeria de la Raza painted C-3PO and his counterpart R2-D2 into this unauthorized nutritional PSA on a street-level billboard space on Bryant. Link.

Said it before, will say it again: There’s something perfect about the way the Mission looks when photographed by Carlos Reyes. Blurry, dirty and romantic. These shots were culled from four recent photo spreads; click each to see the post from whence it came (and view the thing in its entirety). Carlos uses a Samsung Blackjack 2.

Mission Street Food returns this week, and this time they’re putting their twist on southern-style soul food, with the help of guest chef Tia Harrison. Menu includes: catfish, grits, Smoked Duck Beignets, BBQ and PBQ. Link.

Sangroncito splits his time between the Mission and Brazil, and takes stunning photos of both places. This is the latest from the latter. How about something like this on the Dolores Park bathroom building?

Great, a week after I spend $70 on lights so that my friends can do Critical Mass with me in Sacramento (where front and rear lights are required by law if riding after dark), SFBC and Muni give away free blinky bike lights. The event goes from 6-7pm tonight at various locations throughout the city. The Mission spot is Valencia and Chavez, in front of St. Luke’s. SFist has the details here.

By my count, the last eight Fashionist posts all come from the Mission (and most of them feature closeups of shoes). Are Missionites more fashionable than the rest of the city? Click each to view the full post.

Britta from Jeweled Platypus just added this work of art to her Flickr stream. I like it because it’s another lesson in looking on the bright side. Feeling down? Bummed about your friend’s shitty attitude? Give it a couple days, or a long weekend maybe. You’ll feel better. Link.

We love the charm of lo-res photography (hell, we’re fittin’ to go totally resless up in here), and panoramas are always a gas, so we were thrilled to hear that Burrito Justice just got a new panorama application for its iPhone. Click to view the whole things (or scroll way over if you’re in a reader), or LINK.

Previously:

iPhone Flute

Hey all!

It’s not a tale of parked scooter woe… just the opposite, really… but I had a perfect moment with a 1957 DeSoto i found parked on Shotwell at 26th St. over the weekend, and you might like the pics:

Best,

–Todd–>
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Title, photography and text by Todd Lappin. More photos here. Thanks, Todd!

Imsoooconfused lost his Amtrak tickets, couldn’t make it home for Thanksgiving, and got into a frightful three-way phone conversation with his maybe-hippie parents. But hopefully this thrilling video reenactment makes it all worth it