Mission Mission

Many Machines sometimes shares exchanges with the kids from 826 Valencia. Here comes one now!

Me: Is that your book about the history of pirates?

5th Grader: It’s not mine, but I was reading it.

Me: Is it good?

Read on for the answer. I really like the answer.

Previously:

826 Valencia Kids Love Obama [P.S. Why isn't this image on a shirt yet?]

Praise be praised! Amandine Circumflex got her stolen bike back:

My super awesome husband went out to get some stuff from the drug store for a flu-ish wifey when he ran across a neighborhood kid on my bike.  CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! He reclaimed the bike and now it’s safe and sound.

“Reclaimed” the bike? What the fudge does that mean exactly? If anyone’s missing a neighborhood kid, might want to check the dumpster behind these badasses’ corner drug store. Link.

There’s no radness quite like California radness, believe you me. Sexpigeon knows this and wants to share.

Don’t ask me, I just work here reports:

Link.

I’ve been out of town and away from blogging for the better part of three months, so when my little cousins burst through the door earlier shouting, “Dude, there’s a gnarly fire out there!” I didn’t think twice about responding, “Give me my burrito,” and proceeding to sit down and eat my burrito. My blogging instincts have vanished, y’all.

Luckily, local photographer Raun H.’s instincts are fully intact. (Unfortunately, a perfunctory glance at SFGate yields no further info at this time. Maybe in the morning?)

More pics after the jump. Thanks, Raun!

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And the winner is Mike Chino! Happy birthday, Mikey! Link.

Greg and Petra spotted this scene that among other things confirms turquoise is the new hotness. They say, “I don’t know if it’s the color combo or what, but this strikes me as funny!”

I’d say it’s the color combo, the headwear, the keep-on-truckin’ gait, the confidence — the whole shebang! Great shot, G&P! Link.

If you’re gonna be in New Orleans this weekend, do stop in and see former Curbed SF Interim Editor Jimmy Stamp’s new installation. Designed in collaboration with Sergio Padilla and Frederick Stivers, it’s called Orpheus Descending, and it involves projecting multicolored lights and Marlon Brando onto the interior walls of a huge tenty thing over Tennessee Williams’ old pool. It is badass, and part of the week-long DesCours architecture and art event.

Brando’s hands a-gropin’:

P.S. Yep, Jimmy is still the foxiest person at the party, even when he’s wearing some kind of space-age plastic vest.

P.P.S. New Orleans rules!

Wow! Hey this stuff is great! Who votes Kevin stays in China?

I saw a Bender’s sticker on the back of a stop sign in New Orleans this morning and I was like, “Hmm, yeah, I’m getting pretty tired of fried okra and Abita Amber; maybe it really is time to go back to San Francisco.” See you next week!

P.S. Bender’s is still cool, right?