Mission Mission

Imagine my surprise to see a dude dressed as a bear trying (and failing) to get into the Bernal Heights La Lengua Dispensary.

I love the look on the last frame.

One of those days where you get to play “Is it Halloween or just San Francisco?”

Sadly I missed two epic moments — one of him as the door was opened, with his arms spread wide, and another with his head slung low after the door was closed.

A still shot for posterity. God speed, pot bear.

[via Everyday Photos]

This is reader Emory E., putting forth another perspective. Thanks, Emory!

Watch until the very end. What a landing!

Complete, joyous bedlam on Valencia after Team Oracle won the America’s Cup this afternoon:

Mission Local reports:

First came parklets. Next up: mini-stages for street performers.

The Chronicle reported today on a project called Street Stage, which was recently deployed at the Mission Community Market. Designed to be compact and mobile — perfect for street performers — the original prototype was constructed in 48 hours during Makeathon by George Zisiadis.

Read on.

Here’s Gothamist founder Jake Dobkin on gentrification in NYC:

All New Yorkers are gentrifiers. Say you’re of Jewish extraction: your forebears gentrified some Irish right out of L.E.S. around the turn of the century. Or maybe you’re Irish, and your ancestors were responsible for gentrifying the marginal land around the Collect Pond in Five Points. Or maybe your family goes all the way back to New Amsterdam and Peter Minuit, the original gentrifier, who gentrified the poor Native Americans right off Manhattan island. No New Yorker, no matter how long their tenure, has the right to point fingers and say to anyone else “the problem started when you arrived here.” [link]

[via kottke.org]

[via Corntard Almighty]

Spotted this kindly monster at Valencia at 20th, peddling his wares (mostly, jewelry made of animal horn) on a sunny afternoon.