Mission Mission

Don’t tell the Health Department. I’m sure the feces and dander and everything burn off right quick when you drop your taters in the fryer.

Photo by riceandwheat.

MM reader Jesse W. saw them playing this board game at the common table this afternoon.

By the way, did anyone else catch internal emails that were released revealing how BP purposely neglected to install recommended safety devices (centralizers and stop collars) because it would have taken 12 extra hours and they were already losing money by the day since the project was so delayed.

One BP official, upon realizing the error, wrote to his colleagues “But, who cares, it’s done, end of story, will probably be fine.“  So classy.

Steve and Andy send us word of their upcoming internet series Frown Town:

For over a year now we’ve been hard at work on a intricately crafted magical internet puppet show about wayward kids kicking it in a vacant lot.  It’s got spiteful stillborns, pyromaniacal gingers, spastic sugar addicts and we made it right here in the Mission.  In our garage, as a mater of fact.  After a year of work the scripts are writ, the puppets are stitched, and the sets are coming up, but we’re a high def video camera away from being able to set the show in motion.

Their last blog post details how all the materials and inspirations for their puppets come from the Mission, from scrounging foam from the discarded furniture lining our streets, accessorizing at One $ Store, and swiping the latest fashions from folks in Dolores Park. The puppets look great so far!

They are still getting off the ground, so if you want to help out in a way other than leaving your scabies-infested couch on the street, you can donate at their kickstarter page.

Sure, but who does the voice for this version of Vader? James Earl Jones just doesn’t seem right anymore.

Photo by cellybrain.

Previously:

Little Vader

There will be a Grease Sing-a-Long this Saturday at Dolores Park.

You might want to just check out some garage sales that day.

[via SFist, SFGate]

Children? Actual children? Or is this some kind of statement designed to make us think? I don’t get it!

Photo by Penelope Popsicle.

My First Earthquake are giving away their new EP for free, and the first lines of the first song seem to be about going to Dolores Park! Can’t wait to hear the rest! Download it now.

Ramona has a new technique:

Lately, when I’m walking somewhere alone at night, and I get a little nervous, I’ve taken to walking really fast and glancing at my watch a lot.

It probably works. If you’re in a hurry, someone’s probably expecting you, so you’re more likely to be missed, and a posse is more likely to be formed. Anyway, read on.

Photo by Adam Sanchez.

This is a still from Jordan’s Hand, a new film by David Enos and Mishell Stimson. Watch it if you love San Francisco, acting, news reports, British accents, fashion or prosthesis.

Everybody, meet SanJalisco, formerly known as Los Jarritos.  MM reader Mark P. stopped by this weekend and noticed something was amiss:

Just stopped by Los Jarritos at 20th and South Van Ness, a great family restaurant that’s been at that corner at least 20 years. Sign on the door says they’re changing their name. I asked why. They said they’d been sued by the Jarritos soft drink company.

Indeed, despite the fact that owner Dolores Reyes opened the place back in 1988, around the same time that multi-national Novamex started importing their drinks to the US, and that jarritos themselves are actually small earthen clay pots popular in Reyes’ home state Jalisco; the beverage maker nonetheless remained undeterred to ensure sole possession of the name even after losing an earlier court decision in 2007. 

Reyes, lacking the considerable legal budget enjoyed by Novamex, couldn’t afford to keep up the battle in court, much less the $50,000 that the corporation wanted in order for the small restaurant to keep its moniker, and eventually decided to relent and change the name.  In all, it appears that almost 30 similar restaurants around the country with some version of Jarritos in their name were targeted.

You’d be doing yourself a favor by going to stop by and show your support thanks to the delicious menu featuring breakfast chilaquiles and other fabulous platano creations.  Pair that with their refreshing michelada for a fantastic hungover Sunday brunch that gives Boogaloos a run for its money.  Just don’t expect them to be selling Jarritos sodas anymore, though.

Great article on this over at the SFBG

[Outdoor Photo by Michael N via Yelp]

[Food Photo by vegansaurus!]