Mission Mission

Yesterday the New York Times published a phenomenal piece on the street food explosion in NYC and its resulting turf war.  Given our own street food renaissance, it is interesting to see how our east coast friends are handling a similar situation: a hazmat truck stand-off, narcing, threats of settings each other on fire, and black-market permits.  Oh, New York…

(Link.  Illustration Credit – Elwood Smith, New York Times)

Mission Loc@l twitters so I can post their stories before they do:

“Robbery @ Safeway, Mission Street near Cesar Chavez. 2 suspects detained. One fled on bike going northbound on Mission. Cops searching area”

Anyone else see what went down?

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You know you want to go:

“Wednesday July 8th Happy Hour with Mission Loc@l staff-6 p.m. at Shotwell’s on the corner of Capp & Shotwell.”

Did you know that Shotwell and Capp intersected?  I didn’t!

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"Where's Swoops?"

Today BART passengers were busy checking out these young pigeons napping in the 24th St. Mission station.  While the picture does not do them complete justice, these rats birds were small and were not bothered by people getting close to them.

I was pretty interested as to why I had never seen young pigeons ever before.  Apparently adult pigeons feed their babies until they are nearly adult size, so they rarely leave the nest prior to becoming full size.

I’m not sure what “flash a 94110 zip code” means, but you have to give them credit for reaching out to Mission residents.

Update: Our BFFs over at the Appeal worked their journalistic magic and came back with a thorough explanation of the above: What Do You Mean, “Flash,” Blowfish Sushi?

Update  II: Apparently the back of the flyer advertises $3 pints for locals on Mondays.  Did you hear that?  That’s like the same price you would pay anywhere else!

Some flowery pipe-caps could be spotted this weekend on Valencia:

Mission Cycling, always on the forefront of fashion, brings us the district’s latest hair-style craze: helmet hair.

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The Wordwide Vegan Bake Sale is happening this weekend.  Not to get all spammy about vegan pastries, but I’m hoping to score some free cupcakes for propping the event.  Besides, there is something inherently awesome about a wholesome bake sale happening on the same corner of Capp St. notorious for muggings and shootings.

Sunday.  11am-4pm.  24th and Capp.

Vegansaurus! has all the details.

Headline Shirts brings us a new t-shirt celebrating the Mission.  I love the completely unrelated product description:

The problem with ranting against “Mission hipsters” is that everyone is one, and nobody admits to being one. We, on the other hand, freely admit guilt. But if you’re still grappling with whether you qualify, here’s a quick test:

Do you sometimes call Ritual Roasters “the office?” (Add 1 point.)

Does your schnoodle also have an ironic sweater? (Add 2 points.)

Do you know what a Bicycle Music Festival is? (Add 2 points.)

Do you keep a journal of your Muni travels? (Add 1 point.) Are you looking for a publisher? (Add 3 points.)

Do you refer to anything east of Valencia as “the deep Mission”? (Add 1 point.)

Did your last “political rally” concern the opening of an American Apparel store? (Add 1 point.)

Were you wearing an American Apparel product at the time? (Add 2 points.) 

Do you know who Caesar Chavez was? (Subtract 2 points.)

If you totaled 7 or more points, welcome to the team! You’re officially part of the problem.

(Thanks Laura!)

Sexpigeon has the scoop:

Q: Why does Rainbow have such a meager selection of condoms?
A: Because Rainbow is for pussies.

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