Mission Mission

Get ready to celebrate, Mission neighbors, Carnaval is this Sunday! Carnaval San Francisco is the largest multi-cultural celebration of music and culture from Latin American and Caribbean traditions on the West Coast. Pops is ready to join the party with DJ Slopoke & dj Sweater Funk throwing down party jams, samba, brazilian dance and funk from 3-9pm.

See what else is in store this week at POPS:

5/18/15 MONDAY

Motown on Mondays

It’s only Monday if you treat it like one.

M.O.M

9PM START, 1:30AM end

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M.O.M.

Mondays at Pops

DJ GORDO CABEZA, TIMOTEO GIGANTE, THE CAPTAIN AND WEEKLY GUESTS

PLAY ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVE REMIXES

AND CLOSE RELATIVES OF YOUR FAVORITE

MOTOWN SONGS…

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KronnerBurger or somebody should do an after-hours popup at Dynamo Donuts, right?

But more importantly, having a casual dinner at St. Francis was always so fun and chill, and I’m sorry I took it for granted, and I hope it comes back again some day, and if not it will live on forever in my heart.)

(And I obviously still prefer it to Boogaloos.)

(Thanks for the photo, Jess.)

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[via Hey, Cookie! on Facebook, photo by Patrick Posta]

The Onion celebrates this fact in a short article titled “Outdoor Movie Guest Excited To Watch Barely Audible ‘Back To The Future’ While Sitting On Tree Root”:

Thrilled at the prospect of having to constantly reposition himself while straining to hear the movie’s dialogue, local man Sam Weber was excited Friday to watch a barely audible outdoor screening of Back To The Future from atop a hard, knobby tree root, sources reported. “Oh, man, I can’t wait to tiptoe around hundreds of people’s blankets before realizing the only free spot is on some root that sticks a few inches out of the ground and which will dig into my flesh for two hours,” said Weber, adding that while he’d already seen the sci-fi comedy classic many times, he was looking forward to experiencing it faintly projected onto a canvas hung far off in the distance as moisture from the grass steadily soaks through his pants.

Read on for the big finish.

RSVP and invite your friends!

Only from Anthony Enterprises, Market Street, San Francisco.

[via Emily Nathon]

Stokerland flying wheels. Check it out.

A video posted by @nomined on May 13, 2015 at 9:38pm PDT

The Mission Chinese Food Instagram account posted this photo with the caption:

Mission hamburguesa gen. 1

All beef patty, guacamole, shredded lettuce, special sauce, jalapeño pickles. SOON

Unclear whether this is exclusive to one of their NYC outlets or not, but, damn.

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Two men were shot the other day high atop Potrero Hill. Our pal @intheweedz, who was on the scene, had this to say:

The topic of discussion among the neighbors is that the increase in crime on the hill, is because gentrification is closing in on the projects.

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It’s actually really horrible, but it’s festive, and I like this picture.