Mission Mission

Moments later they were joined by a green and a yellow, but it seemed creepy to take another pic. (Plus I was caught off guard by that shrieking thing girls do when they are joined by more friends.)

Lunchtime!

Also on the Pal’s Take Away menu today:

Ale braised brisket/Acme roll, Rstd. Riverdog carrot ‘hummus’, crispy shallots, Blue Heron lettuce, horseradish sour cream
8.75

Shrimp ‘n Egg-Oregon Bay chile shrimp, River Dog ranch egg ‘salad’, avocado, pickled cucumber, Annabelle’s wild arugula, sriacha mayo
8.75

Whoa. Lunchtime.

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 old Ford:

Though it has seen better days, this was once top of the line Ford sedan.

It’s a third generation Ford Galaxie 500 LTD (1965-68, this one is a ’65). I can’t be certain because the lower fender badge is all messed up but it probably had a massive 6.4 L 390 V8 in it. That’s almost as big as the V10 they put in the ridiculous Ford Excursion SUV.

Crazy Wikipedia fact: no one really knows what LTD stood for. Look it up.

It’s true! Thanks, Eric!

What a guy! (He’s in town making a movie with Woody Allen.)

Has it really come to this?  On one hand, I kind of admire her spunk and outside-the-box thinking.  It’s soooooo damn difficult to find anything on Craigslist these days.  I had a room open up in my place and got over 100 responses to my Craigslist ad in the first few hours before I made like Gordon Ramsey and shut it down.

On the other hand, this is really depressing!  Anyway, check out the FB page and offer any advice/condolences/hate here.

Awesome idea! What a breakfast!

[via Jenny K.]

I’m always hearing about this. I’ll be standing on a street corner outside a bar and somebody’s like, “Did you see that? The whole rear window of that car was full of bread!” And I usually miss it and am sort of nonplussed (or whatever it is I mean by nonplussed) by the description, but now that I see it… I’m plussed. Trippy, man.

[via Male Awareness Day]

Guy at this beer bar just ordered a “Black Butt.”

— Allan Hough (@missionmission) August 5, 2012

It was real embarrassing. Careful out there, folks.

You may know from ‘Deep from his alter ego Trikeasaurus, or his residential parklet occupied by a topiary triceratops. Well, here’s yet another notch on his resume of heartwarming neighborhood quirks: ‘Deep is getting hitched today at noon, during Sunday Streets, in his parklet! (And I hear they’re giving out cupcakes to passersby.)

For schedules and more information, check out Kim and ‘Deep’s wedding Tumblr. And did I mention that today is Sunday Streets?

From our Facebook page, we received a tip of a brand new combo offering in the neighborhood. Colleen O’Rourke says “A new local character has stepped onto The Mission stage”.

[photo by Mia Judkins]