Mission Mission

TK has a number of thoughts on the matter. Here’s a taste:

I don’t even like GBA as a song, and I like even less the forced patriotism of being told to treat it like some secret national anthem. I guess this took off after 9/11 and then just stuck, like permanent war and the TSA. Go ahead and call me un-American if you must, but I’m happy with the one national anthem we already have.

Read the rest, and watch the video, here.

Check out these exciting flavors for fall! Inna Jam is making deliveries in the Mission on Friday, so place your orders quick!

And be sure to follow Inna on Tumblr.

Box Dog Bikes alerts us to this fact in yesterday’s post about Co-op Awareness Month. Read all about it.

This troublesome stretch of Market between 8th and 9th Streets seems to be giving everyone a lot of trouble, and this morning was no different.  Everything is wrong with this picture.  For instance, a white pickup double-parked in the right lane, which wouldn’t be a problem except for the fact that the right lane needs to be used by cyclists because delivery vans and trucks are blocking the bike lane up ahead directly after the barrier ends.  And how did that sedan get across 9th?  Doesn’t look like Muni or a taxi to me.  Hrmph.

Maybe I”m just grouchy because of the weather, but it still is nice to see some justice once in a while.  Luckily, it’s Wednesday, which means Butterlap Day!  See you there probs!

Previously:

Taxi Strikes Cyclist Who Happens To Be Me

If you haven’t made plans for the weekend yet, they’ve got you covered:

we are going to be doing a big all bay area hip hop night at the knockout this weekend and i’ve probably blown 600 dollars and three months getting ready for it.

its going to be the full range of bay area classics: Mac Dre, E40, RBL Posse, San Quinn, Dru Down, Mac Mall, Master P, the Click, the Whoridas, the Luniz, Too Short, 2pac, Digitial Underground, Spice One, Dre Dog, Keak Da Sneak, Del, Casual, Souls of Mischief, 415, Total Devastation, pretty much anything you can think of.

It’s FREE with a Bay Area Hip Hop T-shirt or any Giants’ gear.  And if you need some Giants’ gear, we’ve got you covered:

Vintage Giants Hat at Afterlife

Giants Converse

How Giants Roll

RSVP to Facebook if you are so inclined.

[Photo from SFweekly]

This thing would let pedestrians and cyclists avoid that big hill from Aquatic Park up into Fort Mason. Which would be easy on the knees, but then when would we ever hang out on Fort Mason’s beautiful green?

Anyway, SFist tells us all about it.

But that’s just me. Maybe I’m not adventurous enough.

I’m sitting on the walklet eating a slice of potato-pesto, when a dude in a burgundy robe wanders into traffic and attempts to pluck an antenna topper off a moving automobile. He misses, the car bumps him and he spins across the double yellow lines and into another moving car. He bounces off that one, finds his footing, regains his composure, mutters some swears and then goes back to bumming cigarettes from patrons at Revolution:

Note that he is wielding a bright-blue broomstick for some reason.

The Bay Citizen reports:

And now, after blog comments about spitting and vague word of tire-slashing, Blue Bottle owner James Freeman said that he has decided not to drive his trailer into the park at all.

“I don’t need this controversy,” Freeman said. His main issue, what to do with the four employees hired to operate the coffee truck, which was permitted for daily operation for two years, has been happily resolved, as the employees will be distributed throughout other Blue Bottle locations and catering operations.

Blog comments about spitting and tire-slashing? Classy. Mission Mission commenters, thanks for not being those kinds of commenters. Read on.

Previously:

Blue Bottle Not Actually the Next American Apparel?

Mission Loc@l reminds us not to miss “Los Monólogos de la Vagina” on Nov. 20 at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts.

Remember, it’s pronounced: “Va-HEE-na”.

One of a kind, for sale now at Artillery on Mission Street.