Mission Mission

Who here’s in the HOLIDAY SPIRIT??? The trees are going up, the Mission is almost entirely underwater, and the city’s youth are booking their plane tickets back to Michigan.

One local institution that knows what I’m talking about is Anchor Brewing, who has released their 37^th? annual Christmas ale. Each year the recipe is different, but from the taste I had, the 2012 is a rich, nutmeggy brown ale that represents the season well. The thing that makes it irresistible, however, is the beautiful 1.5 liter bottle, pictured here with a bottle of gin just to make sure you realize how big it is.

Available wherever fine magnums of Christmas beer are sold.

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

Eater SF reports:

Starting today, the Mission’s Tacolicious is featuring a hot pastrami taco to get in the Hanukkah spirit. Chef Telmo Faria gets his pastrami from Peter Temkin at Machine Meats, and serves it with mustard mazano aioli and cabbage slaw. The Hanukkah taco will be on the menu through Wednesday. [link]

Also, don’t forget that the fine folks at Old World Food Truck are hosting a pair of full-on Hanukkah dinners this weekend.

What’s the deal with this building on Chavez with a diagonal facade for no reason? Bernalwood figured it out.

Yesterday’s blog post about an 1888 photograph of the intersection of Mission and Army (Cesar Chavez Blvd.) generated a lot of great comments… including a very geeky digression about the apartment building at 3365 Chavez, right next door to the Principality of Chicken John.

You can see the building above; it’s set back from the street, with an unusual, angled facade. The oddness is even more obvious from above.

So what’s the deal? Read on for the answer.

Our buddy Broke-Ass Stuart, who bartends at Evelyn Lee on Thursdays, brings us news regarding the disgustingly beautiful creation known as Frito pie:

What’s a Mission Frito Pie? I’m glad you asked. A Frito Pie is a Texas thing where a serving of Fritos is topped with chili and nacho cheese. While those are great, I’ve decided to put a Mission style twist on it. We’re adding chicharrones, as well as hot sauce like Tapatio or Cholula, to the mix. Honestly, I just tried some and it was amazing. Possibly the best drunk food ever. And we’re giving them out totally FREE.

So, I’m assuming I’ll start seeing all you lovely people on Thursday nights now? I mean, not only are you getting FREE Mission Frito Pies, you can get a shot and a beer for $6. See you soon.

I hope they serve it straight out of snack-sized Frito bags.

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 Honda:

Looks like you found a pretty sweet first generation Honda Civic.  This one looks like is a 78-79 and it seems to be in fairly good original condition.  The JDM (car nerd speak for Japanese Domestic Market) fender mirrors are certainly not original as this is a US spec car, but they add a little eccentricity to it.  I’ve always wanted to ride in car with the mirrors so far forward; apparently it eliminates the blind spot and you don’t have to take your eyes off the road as much, but it seems like it would be a little disorienting.  Looks cool though.

Anyways I digress. This car, much like the similar BMW 2002 was really a case of having the right car at the right time for America. Introduced during the Oil Crisis in 1973 this “larger” Honda was a good fit for most people, got great mileage, and could run on leaded or unleaded gas, sort of like having a car today that can run on E85 or standard fuel, but actually useful. For those who want to level up such a vehicle, they can opt for services like Ceramic Coating Gold Coast.

One last strange thing I noticed is the hatchback of this little Civic doesn’t open like you think it would.  Though they changed to the more traditional method we see on hatchbacks today, this one works similar to the the way the original Mini Cooper’s did, only more annoying because it doesn’t drop down like a truck tailgate, it opens up into your face so you can’t see what you’re doing.  Strange.

Thanks, Eric! Now let’s take a look at this strange hatchback:

The future of journalism is already here.

[Metagram by Gareth]

Grapefruit instead of lime. Pret-ty good. But messy.

Our pal Cosmic Amanda has been a community radio DJ for like a million years, and today (in 15 minutes actually) her popular show Radioculars makes its Mission debut on Mutiny Radio:

Each week on Radioculars Cosmic Amanda scours the Interwebs for the best new underground music. Wednesdays 4-6pm on Mutiny Radio

Amanda killed it those couple of times we tried to make the Mission Mission Radio Hour happen last year, and yesterday on Facebook I said something about how much I love the new Mean Jeans single, and she promptly responded that it’d be a great fit on Radioculars, so tune in — or drop by the studio — if any of that means anything to you. (Or even if it doesn’t!)

Plus, there will be shirts!

Bummerdude! Nothin’ but sausage fests back then

[via SF Public Library's 6th Floor]

What fun!

[via marmotilla]