Mission Mission

My friend Alex relocated to New York City a couple years back. Just now she got in touch to tell me about drinks with coworkers:

Alex: hey!
we have a happy hour every few weeks
and tonight’s theme was Argentina
me: fernet?
Alex: so we had Fernet!
yes
le’sigh
me: how’d everybody like it?
Alex: GROSS
this is ROBO’TUSSIN
WHO CHOSE THIS
me: dumb
Alex: cept for the handful of SFers
who were like y’all be dumb
Sent at 3:15 PM on Thursday
Alex: your welcome
K BYE ALLAN
YOU SMELL LIKE FARTS AND SADNESS

New York just doesn’t get it I guess. Thanks, Al!

[Photo by Connie]

[via Lindsey]

UPDATE: Déjà vu

Doc Pop is at it again! See more shots here. And help kickstart his new album (made entirely with Gameboy parts) here!

Longtime Mission-based artist Dennis Kernohan is yet another in the long line of longtime Mission-based artists moving to LA. Here’s one of his first ‘grams from his new neighborhood, Boyle Heights. Looks like fun! [link]

Check out Boyle Heights Beat for more info on the hood. (My sister used to write for them!)

It was REALLY nice laying in the sun doing nothing in the park all afternoon. And it looks like the weather is just gonna keep getting hotter! Love it!

My best friend Jess is a real Aussie, and she lives in the Mission, and the last few years she’s thrown these amazing Australia Day parties involving food and beer and weird Aussie activities. This year, she’s doing it on a grander scale, open to the public, in a big awesome venue, and I’m helping out a little. Here’s the plan according to the official invite (and I’ll add some translations for my fellow Americans):

• TRIPLE J’s HOTTEST 100 streamed live from 5pm! [A national tradition! They all listen to this one radio broadcast, which counts down the best songs of the year over the course of 8 hours. It's sort of an NPR type station, so the jams lean indie.]
• A big indoor GOON OF FORTUNE! [Kind of like Wheel of Fortune but with a clothesline and bagged wine.]
• Hot SAUSAGE ROLLS and CHEESYMITE SCROLLS! [Possibly the best part! Aussie snack foods! Sausage roll is sausage meat rolled up in pastry dough. Cheesymite scrolls involve cheese and Vegemite, and more dough!]
• LORDE lookalike contest (cuz she’s gonna win the top spot, and you know it, is why) [This is basically just to troll the Aussies. They're all, "You know she's from New Zealand, right?" And we're like, "YES but she is going to be #1 on the Hottest 100, so...]
• *Aussie-Rules* BERLIN-STYLE PING PONG [Like American-style Berlin-style ping pong, but you run the *other way* around the table.]
• Aussie-themed photo ops [We're renting a kangaroo costume!]
• COOPERS Pale Ale & Sparkling Ale [Legit Aussie beers! Rare in the U.S.]

Sounds good, right? Plus there will be a few more food options, and Folsom Street Foundry, where we’re doing this, is the most awesome new event space in town. Cavernous yet warm and comfortable, a lovely staff, and it’s easily accessible from the Mission! So, get tickets here. RSVP and invite friends here.

Also, let’s give away some tickets! In the comments section below, tell us what you love about Australia or Australians. Winners will be selected randomly or based on merit and notified ASAP.

WHAT RT @enf: @markasaurus @nodename @SPUR_Urbanist Reminds me I need to make a better scan of this (Dolores/27th) pic.twitter.com/tQAvjUCiqm

— Burrito Justice (@burritojustice) January 21, 2014

UPDATE: Lots more info over at Burrito Justice.

The other day I was biking down Hampshire Street toward a 3pm lunch meeting at St. Francis Fountain when I passed some little kids sitting on a stoop. One of them nods toward me and says to the other, “Is that one?”

“Ummmmmm,” the other one regards me for a moment, “No, that’s not a hipster.”

Phewf! Or maybe not phewf? What do kids know, anyway?

[Photo by Lizzy Courtois]

Since Looking premiered last night and it’s the first cool show to be set in (and made in) SF since forever, I figured we should do some sort of weekly recap — so I enlisted former Mission Mission editor (and former pro TV blogger) Kat Malinowska. Starting next week, we’ll have proper posts by Kat, but this week all you get is a Gchat:

me: IDEA
Kat: HIT ME
me: wanna write a Looking recap every Monday for Mission Mission?
Kat: INTERESTED
me: doesn’t have to be any better or worse than the average MM post
Kat: you’re in luck, we steal HBO Go from my parents so i get the east cost version
*coast
me: excellent!
Kat: fun!
did you watch it?
me: yep!
Kat: the SF locations got me pretty pumped
me: couldn’t believe it, i was AT El Rio yesterday and then I went home and SAW IT ON HBO
Kat: a dream come true!!!
Sent at 10:42 AM on Monday
me: do you have time to do one for this week? otherwise this chat could be this week’s post
like our Mission Street Food review
Kat: nah i’ll start next week
i have no memory of last night besides esta noche and el rio
me: http://www.missionmission.org/2009/12/17/kat-allan-discuss-mission-street-food/
Kat: whoaaaaa
vintage
me: there was that joke about the guy moving in because he can’t afford the city anymore
Kat: also, was that guy working at zuni?
also, which park was jonathan groff cruising?
that shit was woodsy
we cruisin the presidio these days/
me: i think Buena Vista Park maybe?
oh yeah BVP makes way sense
we should probably compare and contrast to Girls as well
who’s the jessa?!
me: do we know yet? maybe we’ll find out next week
Kat: i’ll do some research

Any thoughts?

Only a couple of days in and local menswear line Dillon Montara is already very close to meeting its Kickstarter goal – but you can continue to score some sweet deals by pledging. They’ve got a variety of jeans and shirts and jackets, all for pledge amounts that add up to more than 50% off the retail prices. And it’s all made in the Mission!

Do note that they’re happy to do factory tours if anyone wants to see how it’s all done.