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.

Even if this happens to be some wacky Burning Man nonsense, it’s still light years behind that douchey pick-up artist van in terms of creepiness factor. And that’s before you throw in the built-in opium den!

Update!!! Apparently this is the same van that was was used as the getaway vehicle by a woman who allegedly smacked an alleged pot grower in the head with a baseball bat and then chased him down Sir Francis Drake Boulevard as he was being driven to the hospital, after which she hid out in Marin and tried to avoid detection by painting over her distinctive van but was subsequently arrested.  Geez, this story is so weird that you just need to read it yourself!  Read more about the initial crime here, and about the subsequent arrest here.

Wow, I sure am glad I didn’t try to get inside that van!

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.

Last month’s party at Adobe was a smashing success, but there’s still more work that needs to be done!  Fortunately, eclectic indie rockers The Dodos are headlining a benefit for the embattled bookstore that includes some other notable names:

Our Indiegogo campaign still has a long way to go (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-adobe-books). We have until March 15th to raise the remaining 25K. Thankfully a bunch of talented musician are friends of the store, and are joining forces for a benefit show this Monday at Public Works. Thanks to their generosity we have a real chance of making our goal, and creating a new Adobe that is everything we love about the old Adobe and more.

THE DODOS
ADAM STEPHENS (OF THE TWO GALLANTS)
THE TAMBO RAYS
SPECIAL GUEST TBA
DJ ANDY CABIC (OF VETIVER)

Doors at 7pm, Music at 8pm
$20 in advance (via Indiegogo)
$25 at the door

Check out all the details here!

To their credit, at least they’re not blocking the corner ramp. And I guess you’ve got to admit that’s one classy automobile. Just check it out during sunnier, more law-abiding times:

Of course, this thing really needs to be zipping through crowded buildings during high speed capers, and not simply relegated to sidewalk ornamentation.

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]