Mission Mission » Science and Nature http://www.missionmission.org Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 21 May 2013 23:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 The fog lately though http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/13/the-fog-lately-though/ http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/13/the-fog-lately-though/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 23:39:56 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48481

[Photo by @bdonohoe via The SF Kid]


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/13/the-fog-lately-though/feed/ 3 Remember when it was real nice out a couple days ago? http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/06/remember-when-it-was-real-nice-out-a-couple-days-ago/ http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/06/remember-when-it-was-real-nice-out-a-couple-days-ago/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 19:10:53 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48252

Yeah.

Man.

[via @katiekav24]


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/06/remember-when-it-was-real-nice-out-a-couple-days-ago/feed/ 0 It’s so fucking hot right now, this tree in the Marina just keeled over and died http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/02/its-so-fucking-hot-right-now-this-tree-in-the-marina-just-keeled-over-and-died/ http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/02/its-so-fucking-hot-right-now-this-tree-in-the-marina-just-keeled-over-and-died/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 23:28:13 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48189

:(


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/02/its-so-fucking-hot-right-now-this-tree-in-the-marina-just-keeled-over-and-died/feed/ 6 There were cute baby bunnies (and a really weird-looking bunny) on the sidewalk outside Dandelion Chocolate yesterday afternoon http://www.missionmission.org/2013/03/29/there-were-cute-baby-bunnies-and-a-really-weird-looking-bunny-on-the-sidewalk-outside-dandelion-chocolate-yesterday-afternoon/ http://www.missionmission.org/2013/03/29/there-were-cute-baby-bunnies-and-a-really-weird-looking-bunny-on-the-sidewalk-outside-dandelion-chocolate-yesterday-afternoon/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:11:48 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=47444 I happened upon them on my way to the Pot + Pantry farewell party yesterday, and I thought about taking pics, but I just couldn’t get in there what with the crowd being three or four deep and everybody ‘grammin every second. So I just looked to see who ‘grammed it best:

I guess the occasion is Easter, and Dandelion has a very special Easter basket for sale right now:

- a silkscreened card by the talented Jen Kindell http://jenniferkindell.com/
- chocolate covered almonds by Feve (made with our chocolate)
- chocolate covered cookies by Kika’s treats (made with our chocolate)
- a 3-pack of our single-origin bars
- in a basket with a bow

Only $50!


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2013/03/29/there-were-cute-baby-bunnies-and-a-really-weird-looking-bunny-on-the-sidewalk-outside-dandelion-chocolate-yesterday-afternoon/feed/ 23 Slip ‘n’ slide weather http://www.missionmission.org/2013/02/18/slip-n-slide-weather/ http://www.missionmission.org/2013/02/18/slip-n-slide-weather/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:53:39 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=46849

Lovely!

[via Hood Rat Stuff]

P.S. Here’s some video.


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2013/02/18/slip-n-slide-weather/feed/ 4 Tagging with science http://www.missionmission.org/2013/01/11/tagging-with-science/ http://www.missionmission.org/2013/01/11/tagging-with-science/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:05:36 +0000 Vic Wong http://www.missionmission.org/?p=46144

This morning, I found the Higgs Boson. Didn’t have to collide any particles or anything. Suck it, CERN.

[29th and Mission]


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2013/01/11/tagging-with-science/feed/ 2 Sidewalk shrooms http://www.missionmission.org/2013/01/07/sidewalk-shrooms/ http://www.missionmission.org/2013/01/07/sidewalk-shrooms/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:57:59 +0000 Andrew Sarkarati http://www.missionmission.org/?p=45714

The one redeeming quality of all this rain is that it creates ideal conditions for some curious sidewalk cultivation.  Just don’t eat any!

[Photo by eminent botanist Lauren B.]


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2013/01/07/sidewalk-shrooms/feed/ 17 Roof over gas pumps tipped clean over http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/23/roof-over-gas-pumps-tipped-clean-over/ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/23/roof-over-gas-pumps-tipped-clean-over/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:06:15 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=45626 Here’s basically what I found at the end of yesterday’s awesome rainbow:

So, watch out for falling gas stations I guess.

UPDATE: Mission Local says the collapse very well “could have caused an explosion.” So, watch out for exploding city blocks I guess.

UPDATE: Here’s a much cuter picture of the carnage.

[All photos by xtina]


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/23/roof-over-gas-pumps-tipped-clean-over/feed/ 4 ‘Yo, I survived the Mayan apocalypse, can I get a motherfuckin rainbow up in this piece?!’ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/22/yo-i-survived-the-mayan-apocalypse-can-i-get-a-motherfuckin-rainbow-up-in-this-piece/ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/22/yo-i-survived-the-mayan-apocalypse-can-i-get-a-motherfuckin-rainbow-up-in-this-piece/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 23:52:54 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=45623

Just now.


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/22/yo-i-survived-the-mayan-apocalypse-can-i-get-a-motherfuckin-rainbow-up-in-this-piece/feed/ 4 UFOs over the Mission: ‘They’re forming a triangle now, dude!’ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/10/ufos-over-the-mission-theyre-forming-a-triangle-now-dude/ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/10/ufos-over-the-mission-theyre-forming-a-triangle-now-dude/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:08:20 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=45367

Reader Enrique B. explains:

My wife and I were about to head home parked in Valencia, when she noticed these lights in formation above the San Francisco Mission District.

I wasn’t sure if at first if it was another Tequila hazed mirage, but myself and a few bi-standars where all in complete awe at the lights we saw on Valencia. Please excuse my drunken reaction. This was the first time I ever saw something like this. There’s also a yellow speck which is from my iPhone lens but it’s clear which lights I’m referring to.

At first glance, I thought it might be fireworks but when they started to form a triangular formation, I knew this was uncommon.

You folks be the judge. My final conclusion….UFO’s are here for Papalote salsa.

Watch:


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/10/ufos-over-the-mission-theyre-forming-a-triangle-now-dude/feed/ 37 Lil birds http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/04/lil-birds/ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/04/lil-birds/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:43:20 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=45258

Local photographer marmotilla snapped this pic. Here’s the story:

I was walking down Valencia Street when I saw a little bird on the ground. Apparently he had fallen out his nest. I asked a man to go get a ladder so I could put the baby bird back. When I climbed the tree I found these guys asking for food like crazy. I don’t know if the tiny one survived. I hope he did. [link]


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2012/12/04/lil-birds/feed/ 7 Here comes the rain http://www.missionmission.org/2012/10/21/here-comes-the-rain/ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/10/21/here-comes-the-rain/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 02:49:12 +0000 Helen Tseng http://www.missionmission.org/?p=44199

As much as I hate to rain on your parade, it looks like the atmosphere is doing that for us anyway. Guess it’s time to dust off those umbrellas and rain boots. Winter is coming.

Also, what happens to baseball when it rains?


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2012/10/21/here-comes-the-rain/feed/ 4 Dolores Park palm tree chopped down by vandals last night http://www.missionmission.org/2012/10/03/total-bummer-dolores-park-palm-tree-chopped-down-by-vandals-last-night/ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/10/03/total-bummer-dolores-park-palm-tree-chopped-down-by-vandals-last-night/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:17:01 +0000 Vic Wong http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43795

Late last night, some monocot-hater(s) sliced through the trunk of one of the palm trees near 20th and Church. Shortly after being discovered this morning, the damaged tree was deemed an immediate hazard and was taken down at around 2pm.

It almost looks as though the intention was to have the tree fall onto the tracks, as if the J-Church needs any more delays.

I can say from, err, personal field research, that the cops cleared everyone out of the park playground at midnight, so this probably happened after that unless these guys were super-quiet about it.

More info over at Dolores Park Works.

[photo via Dolores Park Works]


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]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2012/10/03/total-bummer-dolores-park-palm-tree-chopped-down-by-vandals-last-night/feed/ 14 It is 94 degrees in the Mission right now http://www.missionmission.org/2012/10/02/it-is-94-degrees-in-the-mission-right-now/ http://www.missionmission.org/2012/10/02/it-is-94-degrees-in-the-mission-right-now/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:57:50 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43757

I knew I felt like shit, but I thought it was just the hangover. Holy mackerel.

[via C'mon Pony]


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Trippy, right? What the heck are these?


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