They put a fence around that weird raised stretch of sidewalk/loading dock thing on Harrison

So now you can’t sit on the edge of it when there’s a street fair happening and people-watch. Bummer.

Car vs. house

AHSAH explains:

Car just lost control and crashed into the side of a house. The senior citizen fell asleep at the wheel and woke up in that massive hole he created. He’s doing alright however the resident who resides in that basement will be rather cold tonight. [link]

Bummer Valentine

Left behind at Dear Mom last night. Nice, Andy. Real nice.

Lou Reed lunching at St. Francis Fountain?

Maybe he’s in town working on another collab with Metallica? Or making street art about his pal David Bowie? Or maybe he’s trying to scope Ty Segall’s butt crack?

Mission Vegan: Muffin mission

[Caroline has been writing this weekly column about being vegan in the Mission for a few weeks now, and as of today we decided to officially call it "Mission Vegan." Look forward to it every Wednesday!]

Can you tell the difference between the vegan bran muffins at Mission Beach Café and the ones at Four Barrel?

They’re the same shape, size and color; they both contain dried cranberries and yellow raisins, but no nuts. Both are sweet and toothsome, crunchy on top and chewy on the bottom, substantial but not dense. In other words, I consider myself a muffin connoisseur and I don’t think I could tell the difference if you paid me. I tried to do a side-by-side comparison for you, but 4B didn’t get any muffins delivered this morning (!) so you’ll have to trust me I guess.

The nice girl who works the coffee counter at MBC on weekday mornings says the muffins are made for them at a nearby bakery. Hmmm… if it was in the direction she was pointing, it was also near Four Barrel.

Well, Mission detectives, what do you know that I don’t? Same baker or just same recipe?

A Raiders fan and an actual ’49er walk into a bar

[via Stay Sick Turn Blue]

Who does Bowie love?

(Thanks, Ann B.!)

New Mission Theater space might possibly become an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema!

SFist has the scoop:

Medjool owner Gus Murad, who we know has been sitting on and contemplating a use for the historic New Mission Theater for several years, has finally made his plans known via an agenda item at tomorrow’s Historic Preservation Commission hearing. He’s planning to restore and reuse the theater as a five-screen cinema to be operated by Texas-based, beer-slinging movie chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas.

Woohoo! Those rule! Read on.

[Photo by Paul Lowry]

Valentine’s Day underwear dance party

RSVP and invite your friends!

Thoroughly ’80s Japanese soda commercial stars SF bike messengers

I don’t care how cute they are, I bet none of the TCB guys have ever pulled this stunt.

http://youtu.be/OqdeXEteVH0

[via Ice Tubes]