Mission Mission

A new super-minimalist coffee shop, Haus, opened last week on 24th and Treat. The wooden interior is certainly interesting and they are serving up Ritual Roasters coffee (a major plus if you love their coffee but hate their lines).

(Photo by _heather_r_)

The new Valencia St. bike shop: "Mission Bicycle"

Mission Loc@l recently started an interesting segment about bike shops in the Mission in response to the recent opening of Mission Bicycle.  The teaser to their Pedal Revolution piece hints that there might be some drama between Valencia Cyclery and Mission Bikes.  Unfortunately, the fine folks at Pedal Rev were not asked any direct questions about their new competition, so we’ll have to wait for the Valencia Cyclery piece to find out all the juicy details.

Unless you live under a rock, you probably noticed there was a parade of things that would anger the Catholic church today in the Mission.  Unfortunately for the 20-something cool-kid crowd, it started at 9:30 this morning.  In the event you didn’t rail some lines off your iPhone while listening to Cut Copy to motivate yourself to get out there, I took some pictures for you.

Jesus Loves McDonalds

Justin Timberlake's illegitimate children.

"You know what would be really awesome? Hanging two packs or Marlboro's over this pig's head!"

If I don't see the DPW dancing while they recycle my Tecate cans from now on, I'm going to be severely disappointed.

This man must of been on drugs. He was just rolling solo down 24th dancing around with his eyes rolled to the back of his head.

"If I hide under my cape, the demons cannot get me!"

"Woof"

"I think I'd like to look like a tourist on a Safari today."

"I wish people would get out of my frame"

"Ohhh, personification!"

"Don't worry, I'm tested."

"I drank some blended cactus and the next thing I know an orange demon from hell is humping grampa"

"I think I can, I think I can, I think I can kill an innocent black man."

"The protest against Scientology never stops."

China Fun Fast Food serving up diarrhea on a stick.

I'm pretty sure there is a law against that.

Carnaval goers surely noticed the unseasonably cold temperatures. It provided the perfect excuse to strip your dog of all his dignity.

Businesses on 24th St. made you fight for your right to pee.

This young fellow, unable to find an available toilet anywhere, decided to just feed the pigeons last night's Chef Boyardee.

"With this bag, I carry an unfettered sense of style."

"I'm just going to get drunk, carry a whip and duct tape some Zs on a Mazda."

At a sidestreet entrance at 21st:

Bouncer Man: No.  Get that out of here.  No bikes.
1: Oh, it only has one-gear, it’s fine.
B.M. – Seriously, you cannot bring it in here.
1: Okay, where can I bring it in?
B.M. – Not here.
1: I know I cannot bring it in here, but what entrance can I bring it in?
B.M. – Not here.
Stranger: You can sneak it in at 16th.
B.M. – No!  That’s not true!  You can’t bring that in here!

So what other ridiculous stuff were people not allowed in with?  Reader Ms Heidi reports that ice cream was a no-no.  We have also received a tip that a resident of 19th and Alabama (a block east of the festival) had to show her ID to walk her dog.

I spent yesterday morning with the fine folks at VidSF talking to people at Carnaval.  If you want to see how awkward I am in person, this would be a good place to do it. 

Unfortunately they cut my awesome interview with an aggro chihuahua.  Too bad, he had a lot of good things to say.

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Sounds familiar.

vomit cleanup.

Finally, the San Francisco Guardian Angels were on the scene doing absolutely nothing (and getting paid about the same).  This doesn’t even deserve half a paragraph.

Reader Steven Weinberg alerts us to the opening of the latest Sarah Applebaum show, “Soft Core,” at the Receiver Gallery on Valencia.  The show opens tonight from 6pm until 10 and the exhibit runs until June 26th.

Steven also went over to Sarah’s studio last week to check out what she was up to.  Check out the pictures at Fecal Face (including an epic shot of a colorful gun).

Tossing children’s stuff in trees is all the rage these days.  eviloars found this on 100 block Capp:

Isaias also pointed out this discarded bike on 700 block:

"Whoa, those fly anodized cranks would look so baller on the Colnago I fished out a dumpster last week!"

Quick! Someone call the mayor!

Sounds like there were some haters in blue on Capp St. today.  Does anyone know what was going on?

Reader Brian Frank emails us this piece of bathroom art found at Maxfield’s at 17th and Dolores: