Mission Mission

Local bug hunter David Enos reports on this season’s particularly wicked strain of mosquito:

The mosquitoes have been out of control this year, worst in town since 2007.  I used to be an expert – I could jump directly up to the ceiling with an open palm and they’d be dead before they could move.  I can never seem to find them anymore.  I circle the bed in my undershirt like someone’s insane father.  A lady tries to pull the comforter up enough to block all the harsh overhead lights I’ve turned on.  I give up.  We both wake with bites everywhere, on jawlines, foreheads, insides of the wrists.  I finally found one, a few days ago, behind boxes in the hallway.  It was mid-day and he did not expect to be caught.  Smashed into blood, our blood, like a vampire in the basement. [link]

Congrats on your kill, David. But yeah, they’re intense this year, right?

UPDATE: OH SHIT

In a multimedia slideshow called “Weeping for the Life and Death of the Mission District,” Sarah McClure of Mission Local talks to a number of locals preparing altars for the upcoming holiday. Several of them mention the death of the Mission, or the death of the Mission they once knew.

One of them put Mark Zuckerberg’s face on Jesus.

And:

[via Nattles]

That first one is called the “All-American” and the second one is the “Hot Wes” (a classier take on Jack in the Box’s “Hot Mess”). Both are available at WesBurger, a popup burger joint now open on Sunday nights in the Mission. They’ve been a huge success on Wednesday nights at Mojo on Divisadero, and now you can find them closer to home at Mr. Pollo, 2823 Mission, Sunday nights, 6-10pm. Plus, they deliver to Blind Cat AND Virgil’s Sea Room. Burgertime!!!!!!!!!

Here’s the inside of the “All-American”:

And here’s a fried-green-tomato appetizer:

And here’s Chef Wes hard at work at Mr. Pollo last Sunday:

He’s a burger genius, I’m telling you.

Public Service Announcement: We can't eat at St. Francis Fountain today because of HBO pic.twitter.com/pG4v772B0G

— Allan Hough (@missionmission) October 17, 2013

The internet is abuzz with talk of those illegal or dangerous photos someone took atop the Golden Gate Bridge, but get this: in Sydney, you can climb the Harbour Bridge anytime you want! (Granted, it’s no Golden Gate, but it’s a pretty serious bridge and it’s a pretty serious climb, and the views are gorgeous. And there are no earthquakes. Highly recommended.)

Here are some happy climbers on the summit:

Visit BridgeClimb Sydney for more info.

[Bridge photo by the Telegraph]

Right? Crème brûlée’s kind of phlegmy.

(Sorry, local crème brûlée purveyors.)

[via Tara Rosemary]