Mission Mission

Reader Zarah P. shares these photos and this piece of news:

Just got an update from an officer. The US Bank was robbed and the suspect(s) is still at large.

Thanks, Zarah.

UPDATE: Mission Local has a great quote from SFPD:

According to Mission Police Captain Robert Moser, a suspect slipped a note to the teller asking for money. “He was too slick, he got away,” one officer on the scene said. [link]

Here’s the reason for the distorted ratio of food trucks to people who would eat at food trucks in the Mission:

Currently, food trucks aren’t allowed to park within 1,500 feet of a middle school or high school — as several members of his working group have pointed out, that’s 500 feet more than the limits imposed on medical marijuana dispensaries. “This puts off limits huge swaths of the city, including most of the Mission,” Wiener adds, encouraging what he calls “overconcentration” of trucks downtown.

The quote is from Supervisor Scott Weiner, who is working on legislation that will open up more of the city. Personally, I’m conflicted, since food trucks are so tasty but have long lines of people wearing hats and terrible graphic design. Still, senseless laws are senseless, especially when they interfere with someone making a buck. What do you think?

Read on at SF Weekly.

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Burrito Justice snapped this pic of the golden phonebooth out front of what used to be the International Club. (Tiffany is that diagonal street cyclists and pedestrians use to get from lower Valencia out to Mitchell’s and the Front Porch and San Jose Avenue and points south.) Now it’s gonna be Rock Bar, a cocktail place with a bunch of fancy cocktails named for rocks and stuff.

Note that there’s a menu in the phonebooth too. I’m looking forward to trying a “Fire in the Hole” (which consists of a beer, a shot and some charcuterie). Burrito Justice has a shot of the full menu here.

City Insider reports:

On Jan. 28, two tractors that were used to construct the park’s playground — a $3 million renovation — were discovered damaged at a cost of up to $20,000, said Connie Chan, a spokeswoman for the city’s Recreation and Park Department.

In addition, branches on up to three medium-sized trees were cut, glass on three lampposts was smashed and 20 to 30 plants ready to be installed were thrown around, all at a cost of up to $5,000, Chan said. A gardener discovered the damage around 6 a.m. that Saturday.

The tractors were removed from the site and much of the damage was cleaned up, Chan said. This morning, vandals struck again, damaging the replacement equipment, she said.

Chan fears this may be some sort of organized effort. And it’s working because the playground is no longer expected to open on time. Read on. (Thanks, Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable.)

[Photo by Dolores Park Works]

And apparently this message is rated PG-13.

[Submitted by Kseniya M via our Facebook wall. Thanks, Kseniya!]

Now if we’re talking about a brachiosaurus, that’s an entirely different matter!

And don’t forget that today is Official Kitten Sleep Appreciation Day!

Remember to support your local video store!  And this one too!

[Photo by the impeccable Greer]

And I love it too!  Perhaps it’s the location and delightful panaderia aroma wafting out every time I pass by on my way home from work, or maybe it’s the fact that there’s always a bunch of dudes watching soccer in there, but there’s something about this place that gets me.

What’s your favorite panaderia spot?

If it’s good enough for Timmy, I guess we better think about revising our so-so review.

[via Inside Scoop]

My sister (pictured) made a song out of a bunch of spam comments her blog Adventures in Audio got, and it rules:

Spam Poetry Song by Elisa’s Audio Adventures

Read about her process here.

(Now excuse me while I go do something similar with everything Cranky Old Mission Guy has ever said. It will be much longer.)

(Thanks, Rob T.!)