Mission Mission

Mmmm, In-N-Out Burger.

That is all. Just wanted to say it out loud since for so doggone long it seemed like it would never happen

AND, it was designed by Lil Tuffy, creator of our awesome Mission Mission Bingo Board!

Here’s what Stu has to say:

Personally I believe prostitution should be legalized so we can get rid of pimps, cut down on sex trafficking, and make the entirety of the sex business safer for everyone involved. But until that happens, Capp Street will always be for hookers and now you can get a shirt that says so.

Win one (or purchase one) here.

Way back in 2009, we urged you to vote for our pal Audrey’s t-shirt idea on Threadless, but I don’t think it ever made the cut. (Our post was called “Vote for true love!“)

A couple weeks ago, the design finally became available for purchase — with some added pizzazz courtesy of local artist Porous Walker, who we also wrote about way back in 2009. (That post was called “The Mavericks of Diarrhea!“)

Here it is:

True love! Get it here!

I thought my “This is definitely the most fucked crotch I’ve ever seen” photo spread would be the definitive look inside the Mission-based Darn-It! darning/repair shop, but Self Edge went ahead and produced their own very beautiful behind-the-scenes movie anyway:

Mission Bowling Club is getting to work:

For the entire month of June, every time you purchase a Mission Burger or an order of Green Chili Cheese Fries we will donate $1 from the sale to At The Cross Roads! www.atthecrossroads.org

Those fries are the bomb btw. And you already know all about the burger.

[via Mission Bowling Club on Facebook]

Party at the SPCA this Friday evening! Here’s the deal:

Join us for a party to toast the growth of San Francisco SPCA’s lifesaving adoption program in our newly remodeled space in the heart of the Mission. The new adoption center features an indoor dog park, San Francisco-themed cat condos, interactive technology designed to better help you meet your perfect pet, and more.

Why did we need a remodel? To expand our capacity and help more than 6,000 animals find loving homes each year. Come for cocktails at the hosted bar, food trucks, music, and to find your new best friend!

Read all about it!

3D City is a year long stereoscopic photography project by Doctor Popular

San Francisco’s “Swan” (or sometimes “Birdman”) can most often be found feeding the pigeons at 16th and Mission. Where he’s been hanging out and selling his daily newsletter’s for the last decade. Though he’s usually by himself, there’s been another dude that’s been joining him for about an hour a day to feed the pigeons. The two don’t talk much to each other, in fact I don’t think they even know each other’s names, though you can find them sitting by each other around noon at the 16th st BART.

If you see Swan, please consider donating a couple bucks for his most recent newsletter (or “rag” as he calls it), which features his own drawings, poetry, and ramblings.

[Most of these photos were taken on my old Nimslo 3D camera with Ilford HP5 film except for the wide shot above, which was done on my Lumix 3D1] More shots after the bump.
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Our pal Katherine K. Robinson has been perfecting this routine for a while now, and it sounds worthwhile and fun and yummy:

I started making my own almond milk about a year and a half ago to reduce the trash we produce (the shelf stable packaging is not recyclable in San Francisco) and avoid all the fillers and preservatives in store bought almond milk. Now that I’ve figured out a routine and recipe that works for us, I’ll never go back to the watery, flavorless, packaged variety.

How to make almond milk:

Start with good quality raw almonds, unpasteurized if possible. I purchase mine from Cipponeri Family Farms at the Heart of the City Farmers’ Market. They are not certified organic but they do not use pesticides. Last time I purchased almonds I paid $20 for 4lbs. Other options in San Francisco include Alfieri Farms and Massa Organics at the Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market.

Read on for the rest of the process.