Mission Mission

El Rio has ping pong now! And from now on, Thursday night is PING PONG NITE. Here’s the deal:

Here we go! Opening night! A grand new tradition!

DJ Wam Bam Ashleyanne (http://wambamashleyanne.com/) will make us dance. Two ping pong tables (one inside, one on the heated and covered back patio) for traditional ping pong playing!

RSVP and invite your friends!

Right now:

[via The Galley]

Lovely day! (Click it to blow it up.)

[via Natalie]

Our pal Lindsey was there:

They didn’t play all of their “hits”, which is fine because goddamn, expected to play the same songs, and nothing but, for sixteen years. They did play “Wounded”, which is literally the only anything that makes me ever want to have a relationship again.

Read on to hear about the song’s Mission reference.

Ash Reiter rules. Have a listen:

Remember back in 1998 when everyone our age was mixing up White Russians at house parties all the time? “Like the Dude, duuude!” That sure was a bummer. (So many stomach aches!)

Thankfully, milk-based cocktails did not take the world by storm. But we’re about to talk about one anyway: “The Dude,” which has been appearing at the bottom of the kitchen menu at Dear Mom lately. It’s kind of a White Russian, but with ice cream and cookies, and it made for an awesome dinner the other night: burger, fries and a shake with booze in it. Pretty simple, but since this week marked the 15th anniversary of the release of the Big Lebowski, we thought this’d make an appropriate Drink of the Week

P.S. The “Scotcholate Milk” at KronnerBurger is pretty killer too.

Drink of the week is brought to you by Poachedjobs.com.

Fogbeard knows:

[T]he best burrito in Oakland is the ass end of my burrito that i brought on Bart from San Francisco [link]

Sorry, Oakland!

[Photo by escotto2000]

This was three hours ago, and it looks like a fire crew was on the scene and took care of business?

UPDATE: Dumpster fire, one injury.

[Photo by Miss Tilly] [Thanks, Val!]

Three shots of whiskey: one $80, one $100, one $200. Yikes.

Bartender Luke (seen here at Whiskey Thieves in the Tenderloin) is charming, but not that charming.

The first one is a pork belly, the second one is noodles and mushrooms, and the third is bulgogi. All killer, but the veggie version was particularly fun. (A definite step up from the cold leftover spaghetti sandos I often make myself.)

I love Namu fyi.