Mission Mission

Whenever I see a cool car around the neighborhood, I take pictures and send them to my pal Eric up in Portland who runs Other People’s Things, my favorite car blog. He responds with some knowledge and we post the results here and it’s called “Car Beat.” Here’s what Eric has to say about this sporty little Fiat:

You don’t see these every day…then again that is why you took a picture of it I’m guessing.

This is the Fiat 128 (1969-1985), but more importantly this is the Sport Coupe (1971-75).

The Sport Coupe was on a shortened wheelbase and is no doubt the sleekest profile for the 128, and you found one right before they changed the bodystyle and they got really ugly (exhibit A).

Unfortunately the ’70s was a bad time for every imported car, as you can tell by the federally mandated 5 mph. safety bumper stuck on the front of it.

…and I am sure there is a joke in there somewhere about crappy Fiat quality (though this one wasn’t so bad it seems). Hopefully that new 500 in the background will help improve it’s image.

Whoa! I didn’t even realize that was back there! Thanks, Eric!

More pics (including an interior shot) after the jump:

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I happen to know that Emily‘s internship is located somewhere on Valencia Street. Keep your eyes peeled.

[via reddit]

“Not Olive Garden”.@olivegarden: If you had to describe Italian food in three words, what would they be?

— Neil Hamburger (@NeilHamburger) August 9, 2012

Burn!

Our pal The Fog Bender was on the scene. And what a scene!

Luckily, it appears all’s well, unless you’re the hydrant:

Just ignore the part about Bill Murray:

Bill Murray can crash @lwv tonight! Even if he doesn’t show up, you shd ’cause there’s a big time karaoke bash in the ‘Cave @8p! Join us!

— Lost Weekend Video (@sflostweekend) August 8, 2012

What a great idea! The Bay Bridged delivers the news via an interview with Andee Connors from Aquarius:

TBB: Was there a specific sound, area, type of artist you wanted to showcase?

AC: Mostly we wanted the jukebox to be a good sampling of the sort of things we carry/sell at aQ. We wanted to include a lot of local bands too. We did dial back on the black metal / noise / more abrasive stuff, but really, any bar out there that wants to have a blackened metal noise aQ jukebox hit us up!!!

TBB: What are your top picks in the juke right now?

AC: Really hard to pick just a few, since this first batch was literally ALL huge aQ favorites, but if we had to pick: Electric Wizard, Ovens, The Spits, Mind Spiders, Speedwolf, Royal Baths, The Alps, Crystal Stilts, Black Bug, Pandemonium, Veronica Falls, Rubble, New Lines, Archers Of Loaf, Great Society Mind Destroyers….

I mean, I try pretty hard and I’ve only heard of a handful of those bands, but my best guess is that the sounds coming out of that machine are gonna be funnnn. Read on.

P.S. If anybody wants a Mission Mission-curated jukebox, hit me up. (My favorite bands are Thee Oh Sees, Mean Jeans and King Tuff.)

[via Abby]

Huh, maybe Fox News is turning over a new leaf? What’s next — maybe they get super into gay marriage??

Anyway, MCF appears on the Fox News piece “Top 10 cheap eats in the United States“:

Mission Chinese Food offers some of the spiciest, most creative Sichuan-inspired cuisine in San Francisco. Diners line up early for dishes such as Thrice Cooked Bacon, Kung Pao Pastrami, Tingly Lamb Noodle Soup and Mouth Watering Chicken. It’s good, hot (seriously hot if you aren’t careful) and honest food created with quality meat and produce.

Honest! Good! Hot! …Yup!

[via Mission Street Food]

Our pal Lindsey came upon this heinous thing at a kiosk in the vicinity of Jamba Juice and Sanrio at Westfield San Francisco Centre, our local giant shopping mall.

“[M]isogyny marketed to tweens,” she says in a blog post, “pretttty cooooool!” We assume she was being sarcastic, but asked for followup remarks, she cuts them some slack: “[T]hey also sell YOLO shirts though…”

I like when a babe makes me a sandwich as much as the next guy, but ‘cmon.