Mission Mission

Tom Waits performed at the Bridge School Benefit shows at Shoreline Amphitheater over the weekend. Our favorite Oakland bandleader/Oakland Facebook troll Ryan Christopher Parks was on the scene:

It’s called Musical Pursuit, it takes place this Tuesday night, and in addition to the passes there will also be:

Music trivia, both contemporary and vintage

Hosted by SF impresario Parker Gibbs

Drink specials from Drambuie

Craft cocktails by SF’s best mixologists

Delicious fast food “covers” from local chef and SF Burger Brawl winner Wes Rowe (http://tinyurl.com/po4jdcf)

Music over the decades from Jamie Jams of DEBASER and Last Nite

And second prize is Flaming Lips tickets! RSVP and invite your friends!

Sounds great, right? And get this: it’s to protest the government! Here’s the deal:

In response to Supervisor Scott Wiener’s proposed legislation to set uniform, citywide park closure hours, the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club is hosting a sleep-in in Dolores Park the night before the legislation goes before the Board to draw attention to this unnecessary and misguided policy.

San Francisco prides itself on being a place that is welcoming and open to all. Our parks remain one of the City’s greatest public treasures and are spaces of recreation, sport, entertainment, and leisure. This proposed legislation threatens the accessibility and openness of our parks and comes on the heels of a spate of recent policies at City Hall that have sought to regulate public spaces, to police bodies, and to criminalize homelessness. With almost 30% of San Francisco’s homeless population identifying as LGBT, and many living on our streets and in our parks, we know who the real targets of this legislation are. This is yet another attack on the homeless, on queer people, poor people, and people of color, and on our right to exist in public space in our society. The Harvey Milk Club has had enough. Parks are for people and we believe this policy to be another step in the wrong direction for San Francisco.

Join us for a sleep-in in one of the finest parks in Supervisor Wiener’s District, Dolores Park, as we take a stand against the attack on homelessness, the attack on public access to public spaces and the attack on the San Francisco we have come to know and love. Bring a sleeping bag, a protest sign and a piece of your mind.

Starts at 9, and organizers ask that you behave lawfully so as not to “needlessly muddy the waters.” RSVP and invite your friends!

[Photo by Cleveland Motley]

Gotta click through to see Doc Pop’s video on Tumblr. Looks roughly similar to years past, despite everybody saying Critical Mass is over and done.

First there was the time Lou Reed starred in a Supreme ad which was plastered on the Valencia Street Art Wall:

It promptly got defaced:

Then there was the time local gaming historian David Enos hipped us to the 8-bit classic “Lou Reed’s Street Hassle“:

Possibly my favorite was when we spied Lou Reed in the lining of a purple raincoat at Thrift Town:

Oh man, and then there was Doc Pop’s siiiiick animated GIF of a bunch of Lou Reed stencils:

Seeing him dining at St. Francis Fountain was pretty cool:

And finally, last Halloween, a nice little Frankenstein joke on the Faye’s chalkboard:

(Me and my family performing “Sweet Jane” at Thanksgiving 10 years ago was not on Mission Mission.)

Lou Reed rules!

(Thanks for the pics, Jessica!)

Enjoy this gorgeous new logo, and like Wes Burger on Facebook for updates.

The basics: Sundays at 2823 Mission, 6-10pm, and they deliver to Virgil’s Sea Room and Blind Cat. There are two burger styles to choose from and they are both gorgeous and delicious.

RSVP and invite your fiends!

RSVP and invite your friends!

I ate these three waffles at Linea Caffe yesterday and they were all the bomb. (Clockwise from top: desserty waffle with chocolate and coconut and macadamia, egg souffle waffle with cheese and herbs, PASTRAMI SANDWICH waffle with pastrami cooked right into it.) The cappuccino was awesome too.

Today, Eater SF published an in-depth interview with founder Andrew Barnett. Here is an excerpt:

What’s it like being in such a central location? I couldn’t have dreamed of a better neighborhood. It’s this fantastic convergence of old and new. It’s exciting. You don’t have everything assimilated or gentrified. You’ve got the dirt under your fingernails and you’ve got the excitement of the new settlers. This area is very soulful. You’ve got Mission Street, which is almost Central American with its sounds and smells, and then you’ve got Valencia with all the great restaurants and new development. There was this worry when we first opened that the locals wouldn’t like us, that we’d come across as another upscale coffee bar, but it’s been great, the community has be really supportive and it feels a little bit like we’re a lynchpin between the two streets.

Read on for more info on the food and espresso, vandalism abatement strategies, and more.