Mission Mission

Oh, you mean rain boots? I see what you did there.

That’s right.  Snail pho, along with a few other Vietnamese street food delectables at the latest pop up occurrence of Rice, Paper, Scissors, happening at 6pm tonight until they run out (it always does) at 20th and Shotwell!  Check out this ambitious menu:

• Thousand Year Old Egg with Pickled Shallots and Silken Tofu
• Water Fern Cake
• Imperial Rolls
• Snail Pho with a Tomato Broth
• Green Papaya Salad with Duck Confit - veggie option w/ fried tofu -
• Handmade Pate and Charcuterie Banh Mi
• Mung Bean Sticky Rice
• Coconut Sorbet with Black Sesame Powder

Seriously.  Follow this delightful duo on twitter so you know when the next one pops up!

Perhaps Vic, just back from Vietnam, will be able to tell us just how authentic it is!

[Photo by PizzaHacker]

Not sure how I missed this (oh yeah, I was in ‘nam), but WNYC’s Radiolab did a live taping at the Mission’s Brava Theater last week, hosted by another heavy hitter in the podcasting scene (and SF native!), Jesse Thorn. Illustrator Jay Sacher was there, and whipped up an excellent illustrated review at meathaus.com.

If you haven’t heard it, Radiolab is like the this American Life of science radio. They take a broad science topic, like “symmetry” in this case, and do a number of stories on it. Jay points out that their production is a bit cutesy and they sometimes glaze over the real science to drive their narrative home, but I maintain that it’s still an entertaining show and you should totally add it to your podcast list because it will totally impress people “in the know”.

Head over to meathaus.com for the full piece.

[Thanks for the tip, Suzanne!]

It’s as if Timbuk2 read our dog-smuggling post from earlier this week and saw the need to fast-track this prototype out the door. Announced today, the Muttmover is the latest in bicycle dog transportation. Watch in this video as a young lady stuffs a pooch into the bag and effortlessly rides from Hayes Valley into the Mission. Nice work on that Market St. triple-lane change!

According the description, the bag is meant for animals under 15 pounds, including felines. Although, good luck getting a cat to put up with this nonsense.

Two Sundays ago it was raining pretty damn hard in the middle of the day. I ducked out of the storm at Mission Comics and Art where I got to watch a delightfully geeky discussion group about how lame the Star Wars prequels were and how epic Jeff Smith’s Bone series was. My kind of people! While I was there, I was finally able to pick up the Comic Book Guide to the Mission.

It’s a really great, intimate look at the Mission from the eyes of local artists. The book covers a lot of ground, including stories about being a lawyer dude trying to fit in at Pop’s, the hunt for the best taco, an anthropological observation of you-know-what-sters, and the history of Mission murals. Oh, and dating of course:

Speaking of Mission Comics and Art, Leef Smith and co. are hosting an art show featuring original panels from the CBGTTM. That would be a swell time to buy the book and meet some of the artists. It’s this Saturday, April 2nd  at 7pm. The store is on 20th and Mission.

March 2011. And that ends today. Muni Diaries puts together a nice look back at the paper Fast Pass through the ages.

[photo by cbcastro]

He’s got Vibes. New thing next to the old new thing.

We previously had Banksy Fever and maybe he did some jeans shopping.

If you’re looking for something to do tonight there’s a show at the Knockout, which is bound to be fun:

Show starts at 10 PM. Check them out: Weapons of the Future, Tokyo Raid.

Rock ‘n roll.

Stay Gold is celebrating its 5th anniversary tonight at Public Works! Here’s the deal:

Calling all homos, queers, gayz, lezzies, butches, trannies, twinks, dandies, daddies, fatties, femmes, faggots and friends for a night of white hot cruising and solid gold dancing.

What started 5 years ago as a DIY dive-y dance club that felt more like a house party than a nightclub quickly became what is now one of San Francisco’s most beloved and packed queer dance nights, Stay Gold.

Along with rotating guest DJs each month, residents Pink Lightning and Rapid Fire play all of your favorite gay dance jams from hip-hop to 90s. People can’t help but sing along with their friends, find a hottie to make out with, or lose themselves grinding on the dance floor to hit after hit.

While Stay Gold has called cherished mission hot spot, The Make Out Room, home since the event’s inception, they are ready for a change and are moving a few blocks down Mission Street to new San Francisco nightlife darling, Public Works. “The spacious dance floor and awesome sound system at Public Works are sure to appeal to all of the hot, sweaty die-hards that are always asking to turn the bass up louder.

RSVP and invite your friends here.

Full press release after the jump:

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FUTURESTATES is an ITVS (Independent Television Service) project which asks filmmakers from around the country to make a short film projecting a possible future for their city. For the first season I produced Tanuj Chopra’s PIA, which looked at the personal issues of San Francisco’s android population. The second season is now rolling out and I was lucky enough to be a producer on Remigration, a vision of the future for San Francisco’s working class, by local filmmaker Barry Jenkins’ (Medicine for Melancholy).

Tonight at Public Works (161 Erie Street, near Mission) ITVS holds their launch party for the new series. Two of the shorts will be screened, and series manager Karim Ahmad will lead a Q&A with writer/director Jenkins. The event is free, but you have to RSVP here.

Check out the Remigration trailer below, and you can also see the full (20 minute) movie here!