Mission Mission

Local chef Carlos explains:

made myself a perked ass rendition of a Cuban torta last night which included ham salami hot dog & steak. [link]

Looks killer!

That was quick! Check it out! (There’s a hoodie too!)

Reader Joshua wrote in to report the following home invasion bike theft and accompanying photos of the thief (recognize him?):

On March 31 at 5:22 AM Saturday Morning, a man entered our locked front door on the 800 Block of Guerrero Street, went down into the locked garage and relieved it of four bikes, ripping one off the wall.

2012 54″ White Specialized Allez with SRAM Apex
2009 51″ Turquoise Jamis Quest Femme (105 Double, maybe with a BullDog lock still attached to the rack that had been bolted to the wall)
2008 Medium Black Masi Soulville 8 with Front and Rear racks a Velo Orange saddle
1999 56″ Yellow LeMonde Tourmalet

That’s right, one of those bikes was ripped off the wall with the lock still attached. The thing is, this is the fourth garage break-in/bike theft I know of from the past month and vicinity:

• Our pal Jenny reports that her garage (around 29th/Dolores) was broken into with one bike stolen on March 10th,
• This theft from the Glen Park area, via WBTC,
• And my own bike was stolen out of a garage around 30th/San Jose on March 18th, also entering through a locked front door.

When the police showed up at the scene of my bike’s theft, they mentioned that they are aware of a string of similar incidents and this may be a repeat offender.

I suppose I should list some safety tips and advice, or something. Here’s what I’ve learned, anyway:

• Make sure you have a deadbolt on any doors leading to a garage, and make sure to use it.
• If your garage opens with a code, change it frequently.
• Lock your bike to something in your garage. Apparently, this doesn’t necessarily change anything, but it’s another deterrent.
• If you must hold onto your bike, store it in your apartment, instead of a separate storage area.
• If someone really wants your bike, they can have it. Everything we own is essentially on loan from the universe.
• Be okay with losing irreplaceable things, or own replaceable things. The bike that was taken from me was a cheap single speed from an online wholesaler, and though it bruised my bank account, I was back on practically the same wheels within a week.
• If your bike is truly sacred to you, write down its serial number somewhere safe. This is pretty much the only way the police can help you if your bike turns up on Craigslist or elsewhere.
• As Vic would say, sleep with your bikes under your pillows, kids.

Update: Here’s time lapse footage from Joshua’s garage burglary.

Since these guys put the FUN in Funraiser, you may consider putting the FUND in Fundraiser tomorrow (Friday). Seriously, Artists’ Television Access is a neighborhood gem. For almost 30 years they’ve been delivering all kinds of cool stuff to your face holes.

ATA is at 992 Valencia, near 21st.

That’s how you get by on Capp Street.

An early heads-up: next Monday, the Roxie is screening the Monks movie! And it’s part of the still-kicking Save KUSF movement!

Now let’s listen to the Monks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLOrfPyhEfI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7r5RYThiHM

In case you missed it, yesterday we debuted a new look. (It was promptly panned by critics, so we took it down.) (Also, the Buca di Beppo ad was totally an April Fools, we swear.)

But seriously, that new header is something I was working on back in 2009, before the boys from Sleepover swooped in and designed the Mission Mission we all know and love currently. (Which is why it’s missing the mural that surrounds the Mission Market signage today.)

Anyway, in digging up this old thing, I came across a whole mess of other iterations of Mission Mission’s look, including a few what-might-have-beens. Firstly, this is basically what it looked like in the beginning:

Nobody will remember that because I was probably the only one that read it during that look. After about a year, I switched to a different, more sophisticated WordPress theme, and also made a somewhat more sophisticated header:

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[via Lindsey]

And if you like this, you’ll probably also like Joan’s shirts. And her pixel homage to SF transit. Also, can anybody identify which burrito this is exactly?

[via Joanstown]

Reader Ben K. reports:

Sunday in Clarion Alley. Nearly a dozen bags full of raw chicken going to rot in the April sun. The smell was…memorable.

Sorry I missed it!