Mission Mission

Twitterer @holleratme snapped this shot on MUNI:

That’s a bit harsh isn’t it? I prefer the kid-friendly signs at the Daly City BART station:

Congratulations to @ronjamesfisher, I guess. At least someone is a winner here.

Crystal at Dolores Park Works hopes to set the record straight on the rumors flying about the proposed Dolores Park renovations in 2011. Particularly of interest to the folks who are losing their shit on facebook, is this:

The renovations will be done in phases. The whole park will not be closed or fenced off for the duration of the renovations.

Phase 1: The playground remodel, which has been in development by Friends of Dolores Park Playground, Supervisory Bevan Dufty’s office and SF Rec & Parks since 2006. It is scheduled to start in October 2010 and end in April 2011. Please note that this work will be done in the “off season.” The rest of the park will be available during this time if safe access can be provided.  YAY!

Phase 2: Initial estimates, and I do mean initial, put the park’s renovation at about 16-17 months.  This is a liberal estimate. You know the mantra – under promise and over deliver.  From what we’ve heard so far, it doesn’t look like the park will be closed for the entire time. The goal is to limit the impact on the community while ensuring that the work is done efficiently and safely.

Get the full scoop here and find out how you can get involved with the planning in a way that doesn’t involve, you know, sitting in front of your computer. No word on what they hope to do about the ever-rising perv activity in the park.

This beauty awaits you on 16th and Guerrero. Now all you need is a ManBearPig suit and you can put the finishing touches on your “the Shining” themed guest room.

(via MrEricSir)

Sexpigeon puzzled over this mural today. I’m going to take a gamble and assume that it’s on the side of the Walgreens on 16th based on the flanking photos in the stream.

Oddly, I learned new things about both Elvis and and Patrick Stewart today before seeing this. Coincidence or cosmic anomaly?

1. Jailhouse Rock alludes to prison rape “Number 47 said to number 3, You’re the cutest jailbird I ever did see…”
2. Patrick Stewart explains why, unlike his ex-Starfleet comrades, he doesn’t twitter.

Bonus video of Patrick Stewart acting like a total perv on Extras:

Why would I want to “heave my food”? Or is this a catapult home delivery technique?

Dusit Thai being invaded by the Knockout‘s awning on Mission and Valencia.

Reader Fred M. alerts us that there’s a Facebook group for protesting the potential Dolores Park shut-down scheduled for September of 2011.

So just in case parks and recreation starts using Facebook for policy decisions, there’s your chance to be heard. Or maybe you’re just trying to get your groups count to an even 50. In any case:

Contact Park and Rec and ask them not to close the ENTIRE park for the duration of the renovations! Although we understand that there are improvements to be made at Dolores Park, shutting down the entire place for 17+ months just seems punitive. Let’s convince them that they can do it in sections and keep pieces of the park open for Mission residents.

Also, let the record show that KevMo and Uptown Almanac broke the DoPa renovations story which is going uncredited just about everywhere today, not that journalistic integrity is our forte.

Gurnek S. laments:

This past Saturday my roommates and I threw a party in honor of our beloved Emily’s birthday (sweetheart roommie).  The party was great, everyone was having an awesome time, but some schlub decided to tag our bathroom door.  Completely uncool.  I’ve never been vandalized by a guest before, so I’m really disappointed.  We maybe had as many as 50 people at one point, but they were all pretty much good friends with a few exceptions.  I’ve attached a pic of the pathetic tag and I’m hoping you might post it.  I have no delusions about finding this schmuck, but maybe if you put his tag out there someone will recognize it and tell this guy he’s a total douche.

Hear that, tagger guy? You made somebody sad. Maybe now you’ll rethink your life and go back to art school. Or just hold out until you get a paid gig painting a sign for a local business.

Fuck yeah! The Mission dominated this year’s 7×7 2010 Big Eat SF with 26% of the 100 recommended restaurants. Take that, Hayes Valley! I’m not going to bother calculating that number for the other ‘hoods because who cares about them right?

Here’s the goods:

2. Coffee-rubbed pork shoulder at Range
3. Carnitas taco at La Taqueria
8. Morning bun at Tartine Bakery
11. Pork sugo with pappardelle at Delfina
21. Pizza margherita at Pizzeria Delfina
23. Beer sausage with sauerkraut, grilled onions at Rosamunde Sausage Grill
25. Loaf of bread straight out of the oven at Tartine
32. Pupusas at Balompie Café
35. Salted-caramel ice cream at Bi-Rite Creamery
39. Pierna enchilada torta at La Torta Gorda
45. Secret Breakfast from Humphry Slocombe
46. Chips and salsa at Papalote
50. An obscure Belgian beer at The Monk’s Kettle
52. Coconut buns from King’s Bakery
54. Spiced-chocolate doughnut at Dynamo Donut with a Four Barrel coffee
56. Nuevo Paloma at Beretta
60. The Little Star at Little Star Pizza
64. Paper masala dosa at Dosa
65. Cookies-and-cream cookie and milk at Anthony’s Cookies
78. Super burrito at Taqueria Cancun
83. French fries at Universal Cafe
86. A cheese slice at Arinell Pizza
88. Buckwheat crepe and a French cider at Ti Couz
92. Bacon-wrapped hot dog from a cart in the Mission
97. Lamb schawerma at Truly Mediterranean
98. Bloody Mary with brunch at Foreign Cinema

San Francisco’s Mark Growden is finally back from months of touring and he’s playing at the Porto Franco Art Parlor on Liberty and Valencia this Friday. The last Mark Growden show of this type sold out pretty quick, so only advance tickets are available. Grab them here.

Mark is an amazing songwriter and musician who plays the chromatic button accordion, an instrument that is pretty damn rare in the states. You pretty much have to walk into an accordion shop, glaze over the bountiful piano accordions, and say, “fuck it, I want to play the harder one”. I guess the added bonus is that no one will ever ask to play it during your set break. If only I had a nickel for every time some dude walked up to my guitar and said, “hey dude nice axe, hey can I show my friend this RHCP tune I just learned?”

Oh, have you seen that video of Mark Growden playing bicycle handlebars? It’s outta sight!

BTW if any of you musically-inclined cyclists are into collaborating on an all bike parts band (“bikestra”), he’s totally down.