Mission Mission

The Chronicle says there’s a dilemma about what to do about Dolores Park. I didn’t realize there was a problem, but one dude explains:

“A few weeks ago, for example, somebody invited 100 people to party, and 300 to 400 showed up,” said Gideon Kramer, who has lived near the park for 30 years. “The problem is there are too many permitted events already, and basically an atmosphere of lax enforcement by the Recreation and Park Department lets people make the assumption that they can go over there and do whatever they want.”

Well yeah, don’t we all go to Dolores Park because we can do whatever we want? (And man, I wish I could throw a party for 100 and have 400 show up.) Anyway, the lax enforcement also extends — allegedly — to rules about nudity and excessive drinking, and the story says this makes some residents sad because it is “preventing them from bringing their children to the park.” Yeah right! I see hundreds of kids having grand old times in Dolores Park like every day.

Bevan Dufty is gonna see about sending more police patrols into the park, so I’m gonna run down there right now and get naked and drunk before they start ruining all the fun.

Link to story.

“The criminalization of nudity” photo by SanFranAnnie

Previously on Mission Mission:

Full Bowl of Humans for ‘Breakfast’

Bus Shelter Ad Features Constipated Asian Woman Hovering Over Dolores Park

Google Maps Walking Directions Lets You Plan Route Through Dolores Park

Dolores Park Playground Renovation Promises Fences, Safety

Just got word:

Second Annual Pie Baking Contest
Sunday August 3, 2008, 2:00 – 5:00 pm
Location: Mission Pie, 2901 Mission Street at 25th St.
www.missionpie.com

Get out your rolling pin and bring a pie to the contest!
Come and taste your neighbors’ baking.
SUBMIT YOUR PIE BY 3:30PM to be eligible to win!
Pie contest award winners announced at 4:00pm by MC Nathan Lynch

Previously on Mission Mission:

Mission Pie to Serve Pizza Pie!

New Tractor Seat Stools at Mission Pie!

Mission Pie Resolves International Human-Trafficking Crisis!

Southern Exposure is hiring! They need part-time instructors for their Fall 2008 program:

Youth Advisory Board (YAB) – Southern Exposure is seeking two part-time Art Instructors: 1 part-time Art Instructor, 1 part time Assistant Art Instructor for its Youth Advisory Board program. Two Art instructors, along with SoEx’s Artist in Education Program Manager, will collaborate and teach approximately 15 to 20 teenagers this fall to produce a final art exhibition based on a socially relevant theme. Southern Exposure is designating its back gallery space for the duration of the class.

Downtown High School- Southern Exposure seeks a part-time art/screen printing instructor to teach workshops to a group of high school students at Downtown High School. The Artist will work with students to create a silk screening studio that focuses on developing young artists’ understanding of screen printing and develop printing skills. Topics to explore include t-shirt design, poster campaigns, logo design, site-specific projects, and issues reflecting the students and the neighborhood. Instructor will lead youth through idea, concept and design.

Further details here. Good luck!

Evil Signtist loves signs, as we do. In his Flickr set signs, there are a couple of our favorite neighborhood beauties, like the tub above.

Previously on Mission Mission:

Who Gets To Keep Yum-Yum House Signage?

.02 Mile Scenic Drive-Thru Sign at Jimboy’s Tacos in Sacramento Pokes Fun at San Francisco’s 49-Mile Scenic Drive Signs

I heard whispered rumors of such a phenomenon, and so I decided to walk into the lion’s den. I stepped into Mission Pie and demanded an answer from the teenager behind the counter. With darting eyes and a hushed voice, he confirmed that this is indeed the case. Mission Pie will soon expand into more than a sweet treat store: pizza is on its way!

Apparently, a new kitchen or something unimportant like that has to be finished and it won’t be done until probably late this year, but I didn’t really hear the specifics. I was in a pizza haze, imagining a late night slice on the way home from BART, laughing joyously with a friend. There may have also been a warm breeze in the air and a friendly bum on the sidewalk.

Has anyone told Serrano’s?

Is chicken pot pie next?

Will Mission Mission ever get sick of Mission Pie stories?

Show starts at 7pm sharp. From the official press release:

@ Thrillhouse Records, 3422 Mission St near Cortland, SF 7pm, all ages, donation$ for the touring band please

Shows are usually over by 10pm at Thrillhouse, and we are playing first. Our set is only about 16 minutes long. Fashionably late? too bad for you.

Link to Airfix Kits on MySpace. Previous gushing about the band here.

If, as Wikipedia says, “the Care Bears’ ultimate weapon is the ‘Care Bear Stare,’ in which the collected Bears stand together and radiate light from their respective tummy symbols,” then I think the Care Bear Stare just got a whole lot more powerful with the help of an atom bomb.

Scare Bear? Beware Bear? Despair Bear? Ooooh, the delicious possibilities.

This is the cast of Emo! The Musical! Think you’re eemer than they are? If so, you just might have what it takes to win free tickets to the show. Share your best emo-related anecdote in the comments section below, and the best two entries will get a pair of tickets to opening night, Friday August 8, 2008.

The show runs through the end of August and features singing, dancing, romance and angst — and lots of angst. Advance tickets at Brown Paper Tickets. Full production details at BEARDS BEARDS BEARDS.

Photo from offical press kit. Click to enlarge.

Previously on Mission Mission:

Dance and Drink for ‘Emo! The Musical!’

In the bathroom at Bender’s. What’s it thinking?

Previously on Mission Mission:

Confiscated IDs Encased in Custom Tabletops at Bender’s Bar

But seriously, there were no dogs there at the time. Was it residual dog, or ancient gold-rush stink or what? Link.