Robbed at gunpoint at 5:52PM

Mission Local reports:

On Wednesday at about 5:52 p.m., a 48-year-old woman was walking on Hampshire Street near 21 Street when two suspects snuck up on her and pointed a handgun at her, police said.

Authorities said that the victim dropped her phone on the ground and one of the suspects grabbed it. Both suspects fled on foot, according to police reports. [link]

Map of every pinball machine in the city

This project is known as San Francisco Pinball Flippers. They seem to be pretty on top of what’s out there, and they’re quite responsive if you alert them to shortcomings:

Half a dozen Liam Neesons staring into the night

Spooky, man.

Reasons you suck (according to the ladies room at Delirium)

[via Boring Postcard]

What should you expect?

[via Dennis Kernohan]

The Blue Ivy Carter, new drink at Dear Mom celebrating the birth of Beyoncé and Jay’s kid

The kid’s name is Blue Ivy Carter. We were just gonna drink Chimay Blue (left) in her honor, but instead asked Dear Mom‘s Jay Beaman to invent something wholly new. Behold the Blue Ivy Carter (right). It contains gin, homemade blueberry liqueur (because blue), homemade iced tea (because Beyoncé is from Texas and they drink tea in texas), homemade simple syrup (because the whole family is a bunch of sweetie pies), and has a sugar rim (because HALO HALO HALO). It’s a shot btw. Order one tonight!

Oh and you can also order a Blue Ivy Carter and soda:

Old people and money

Local geriatric anthropologist David Enos just published some interesting new findings:

Older people are invested in the actual physical details of their change in a way that we are not. They like the bill to be exceptionally crisp if possible. No visible creases. Fresh from the US Mint, a bank vault, a villain’s loot. If it is crisp, their eyes light up and they admire its crispness. That bill is probably going into someone’s birthday card. They are also made anxious by any bill smaller than a five.

Read on.

Deconstructed reuben sandwich at Jewish pop-up

Here’s what we’re looking at: corned beef, rye bread pudding, sauerkraut, Russian dressing. Dang.

It’s from Old World Food Truck, and they run a pop-up out of La Victoria Bakery every Wednesday, serving stuff like Jewish banh mi, mushroom stroganoff, pierogi and more.

DJ Thao Nguyen kicks off new happy hour series at Blowfish Sushi TONIGHT

Noise Pop explains:

We’re excited to announce that we’ve been working with our friends at Stoli Vodka and our neighbours at Blowfish Sushi To Die For, to bring you our new “Blow Pop Happy Hours.” Each month we’ll have a new guest DJ for an extended happy hour, with sushi and Stoli drink specials all night. Best part is, it’s FREE. Our kick off is this Wednesday, January 11, with Thao (of Thao+the Get Down Stay Down) on the decks. Starts at 6pm. We’ll see you there! [link]

RSVP and invite your friends!

Mission Beach Cafe is getting a parklet

[via Mid West Coast]

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Biographical Info:

"I joked that living in the Mission would be the end of me. And there were nights where it felt like the case.

One night I went out with my friend Allan to the bar that no one goes to on 16th Street, where I lost half my drink and money on the dance floor. Later we skated down 16th to Evelyn Lee, where I fell off my board and landed on my head as the 22 bus sped past behind me. A sobering moment. At the bar, I sulked and nursed my wounds until Allan put on Amy Winehouse’s 'Valerie.' We danced, he dipped me, and I felt better."

— My pal Valerie, writing about life in the Mission