Mission Mission

If you’ve walked past Deep’s (AKA Trikasaurus) house on Valencia street, you’ve probably seen Trixie, the chloroplast-fortified triceratops guarding in his custom parklet.

Ever wonder how she came to be? No, not extracted DNA from prehistoric amber deposits. Apparently the idea was a no-brainer pitched by his architect:

…as the parklet project was really making progress, Jane proposed doing a “succulent sculpture” for it. And since she was so dead-on about the parklet, I immediately said sure! I thought “Ummm – a what?” Jane excitedly explained that our parklet needed an artistic focus & that it should be plant based. At that point, seeing her vision completely, I said “sure!” I said “Ummm – hmm” & started trying to figure out how to say “no” to something she was so enthused about.

Ummm, yeah. Read on at Deep’s blog for the full story.

If someone throws hearts up on the phone lines in your neighborhood it means there’s a drug dealer with a crush nearby.

Photo by Silicon Valley executive and Mission blogger Brian Frank.

Local chamber-pop (a thing) band Foxtails Brigade posted this totally precious xmas-themed music video a couple days ago and it already has 12,000 views! Check out these mopey San Franciscans if you’re into stuff that’s totally cute.

After noticing this Bender’s patron’s intense focus and agressive stance, we conducted a short interview to learn more about this bit of pinball tachnique that we all intuit but we never really think too hard about.  Watch:

http://vimeo.com/34037924 

Our buddy Elizabeth S. shares the good news:

Some sweetheart gave 18th Street a hanukkah present this am! Swings on the sidewalk in front of Faye’s and Birite ice cream. Kids are psyched!!!!

Make the most of the city’s sparse offering of bike racks. (That was a hint, San Francisco.) Four bikes on one bike rack, one bicycle centipede. Just make sure you’re all friends first.

Let’s all just take a year off and go traveling through Southeast Asia or something. Right?

[via Idiot Tempers]

This coming Friday the Lower 24th Street Merchants and Neighbors Association is putting on the first annual Las Posadas.

Join in 24th Street’s second annual community celebration of Las Posadas, a Latin American tradition of the Christmas season. Meet at the corner of 24th and Capp streets at 5:45 on Friday, December 16 for a procession and singing. The procession will finish at the Mission Neighborhood Centers building, 3013 24th Street (on the corner of Harrison Street), where there will be pinatas, more singing, and free food and drinks. This is a family-oriented event, but all people are encouraged to come. For more information, contact info@lower24thstreet.org .

Facebook event page here.

Mission Local last week reported on the fire:

The building that caught fire Thursday morning, critically injuring two, has a long history of building code violations and a pending report in which it is “deemed unsafe,” public records show.

In a notice of violation dated Jan. 5, 2009 — a complaint that’s still pending and unresolved — the box labeled “unsafe building” is checked and, among nine violations, “there are no smoke detectors,” the report states.

That proved disastrous on the morning of Dec. 1, when a fire broke out in the upstairs unit at 3356 24th St. Residents said that others who smelled the fire woke them up just after 4 a.m. No one remembered hearing any alarms go off.

Twenty-three tenants living in two adjacent buildings were evacuated.

Read on.

The benefit party will have music, food and a photobooth, as well as a raffle and other entertainments. RSVP and invite your friends!

This company is trying really hard to make you think of sorbet.

Seen on Mission Street.