Mission Mission

It wasn’t that long ago that I predicted the demise of Thrill of the Grill due to Arinell Pizza’s brash extension of hours to 3am on weekends, figuring that the former’s monopoly on the after-hours bar closing crowd was the only thing keeping them in business.  Well, it appears that Arinell has finally had enough of dealing with all those folks who come to the Mission on Fridays and Saturdays and then get wasted before stumbling into the streets at 2am demanding pizza, burritos, and taxi cabs.  I wonder why?

They’ve cleverly rolled back their closing time to 2am on weekends, ceding the late night pizza title to their neighbors to the South, so now they don’t have to deal with that mess as much.  How are they getting away with calling this retreat “extended hours” you ask?  Well, in exchange for that extra hour on weekends, they’re now open till midnight Sunday through Thursday instead of merely 10pm.  While it may be particularly galling the first time you’re denied that delicious, cheesy slice at 2:20 am, I’ll take an extra 2 hours of Arinell the rest of the week over that anytime!

Last year's extended hours

Previously:

Breaking pizza news

Kink.com at Arinell (NSFW)

Biking in Palo Alto is confusing.  We don’t realize how good we have it here in the city.

SF Weekly‘s cover story this week is all about Jeremy Novy, the koi stenciler:

Even people who don’t know his name know his aquatic vertebrates — colorful creatures that can be found on sidewalks across San Francisco, most prominently at Market and Laguna streets, where scores of the fish swirl outside the Orbit Room. In Novy’s studio, though, the animals are crowded out by representations of people. Men, mostly. Queer men like the drag queen with the yellow beehive and bright red panties, and the young wrestlers grabbing each other’s flesh. Then there’s the stencil of a big pink erect phallus.

“That’s my cock,” Novy says matter-of-factly.

The stylized erection has appeared on walls inside select San Francisco venues like the Stud, a gay South of Market bar at Ninth and Harrison streets, but Novy has a greater mission: to make queer-oriented street art and artists more visible. The mainstream, as it were.

Read on.

Breezy Nix is back! Here’s a hot new track to go with her hot new Celica convertible:

Jarry by Breezy Nix

And I bet it’ll be even doper in person at tonight’s show:

It’s summer time, and even if it doesn’t warm up in San Francisco you can bet it’ll be HOT at Spilt Milk this month with Shawn Reynaldo, Breezy Nix, & K Avalon.

To keep you nice and cool through the evening we’re gonna be doing a couple of summery $5 cocktails. We’re gonna bring in some ginger beer so we can get you loaded on Bourbon Bucks, and if you’re feeling frisky we’ll also be furnishing y’all with Fernet and Cokes.

RSVP and invite your friends here!

Here’s Chas from TCB Courier kicking ass in Indonesia last week:

Now order some lunch!

Here’s Neil Young performing “I’m the Ocean” with his mid-’90s backing band, Pearl Jam. The best part is the last minute or so:

http://youtu.be/lS7Q7OA56X8?t=1m49s

[via Penelope Popsicle]

Peggi writes:

My husband was recently in a collision on his motorcycle with an ambulance that ran a light before activating their siren/lights. He will eventually recover, but is out of commission for some months. The accident was on June 10 around 4p at the intersection of 16th St. & Potrero Ave.

The police were called, but we are still trying to find any witnesses that might have seen something.

Please leave a comment below or write to contact@missionmission.org if you might be able to help.

UPDATE: The above video is just for illustrative purposes.

Such a pretty mess.