Mission Mission

People go into Dolores Park Cafe and leave their dogs outside. Right?

Or is it an unsavory remnant of this?

Preliminaries will be held this evening in Dolores Park.  Singing and swimwear competition tomorrow at Benders and Zeitgeist.

from Sweet Melissa’s video voter guide (via generic)

Last weekend I decided that I really love garage and sidewalk sales. In two short days, I scored a first pressing of “Rat On!” by Swamp Dog, a OneWorld Merlin Digital Lifestyle Solution, and an ethnic baby for two dollars total. Not a bad haul.

To help support my habit, I have added a sidebar widget for craigslist postings of garage sales in the Mission area. It’s good for you and good for the sellers. Scroll down to the bottom of the Mission Mission main page to see it and map out your route for Saturday morning.

In addition to the already mentioned Music Flea Market on 19th and Florida, here are some highlights:

• PORNO AND PROJECTORS WHICH CAN HYPOTHETICALLY BE USED FOR VIEWING PORNO – Chavez b/t Folsom and Harrison
• Make him an offer he can’t understand! – ???
• Bethel Christian Church Ginormo-sale – 1325 Valencia St

Go to it, scavengers. And save some junk for me.

Either that, or the bike got hit by a car. What is it with drivers this week?

Reader Jack, fills us in:

just snapped this shot while biking home from work today. This was on 16th between Guerrero and Dolores.

Andy B. says:

awesome BMX stack outside katz bagels/pizza last night [...] That guy in the green jacket is one of the bikers. most of the crew was inside eating pizza. he explained that nobody carries a lock and the stack is an effective theft deterrent.

This would probably work with MacBooks too, right? Let’s try!

Thanks, Andy!

Previously:

Bike Bedlam Beside Bender’s

BMX Brutality!

Did you get a load of this guy last weekend? Excellent color coordination, classic headwear, and Mission-approved beer selection. Dude has the whole package.

BTW make fun all you want. He just moved to Brooklyn and is therefore dead to us.

Duuude! This is a fast pass from the month of my birth! Everything from January ’81 is raaaad!!

[via sfhaps] [Thanks, Meli!]

Fact: hot women who play music are, um, really hot. Bonus points if they aren’t just strumming on a folk guitar singing about boys the’ve broken up with. Give me a cello, accordion, and mandolin over that any time.

La Gaîté is on tour from Amsterdam and they will be playing at Revolution Cafe tomorrow night (Saturday, June 5) starting at 9pm. This is somehow appropriate since all the stoners who hang out on the patio of the Rev make it the closest thing to Amsterdam that we’ve got.

Check out this video of them demonstrating their musicianship to great effect (while wearing French maid outfits):

If you miss ‘em, you can also catch them at Armando’s Sunday night, but that would require going to Martinez, and I’m not entirely sure I know where that is. They will also be playing the big gypsy jazz fest in Mill Valley next week.

Fresh off its lengthy winter hibernation, Indie Mart is finally back!  I can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday:  leisurely strolling along a closed-off city block while sipping a bloody mary (on par with Zeitgeist’s) and scoping the latest offerings from local fashion designers.  The fact that the weather is supposed to be hovering around the 80s seals the deal.

Indie Mart has evolved since its humble beginnings into an all-day block party extravaganza, and this Sunday’s 3 year anniversary promises to be the biggest yet.  Over 100 designers will be strutting their stuff, and it’s not just clothes–you can find art, crafts (I scored an awesome wallet a year or two ago that I still use today), baked treats for the foodies, puppies for adoption, and even terrarium construction!  PBR is helping to sponsor the event, so be on the lookout for all sorts of rapaciously evil corporate giveaways as well.

Dress stylishly enough and you could even wind up on fashioni.st!  Or, dress metal enough and receive patches and goodies from the roving metal girls on hand from Heavy Metal Aerobics.  Or, just hang out and watch some of the cool bands that are performing like Music for Animals and Jonesin’. 

The fun happens this Sunday from 12-6pm at Thee Parkside and thee adjacent Wisconsin (between 16th and 17th St).  See you there!

[Photo by Owen Geronimo]

The misty weather made for quite a harrowing ride down Market Street this morning, as I saw this poor fellow go down just ahead of me as he was crossing those pesky Muni tracks.  He hit his head pretty hard on the concrete and started bleeding profusely out of a deep gash in his temple.

A number of cyclists dismounted to help the guy, who was shaken up pretty badly and sitting on the ground in a dazed state.  Some pedestrians also left the safety of the sidewalk to assist (I stood around and took photos like a jackass), a comforting scene that put the usual cyclist-pedestrian animosity on hold for the moment.  A driver even pulled up behind and got out of her car to try and help (the opposite of  going on a hit-and-run bicycle smashing rampage).

We implored him to stay down and wait for paramedics, but this was one stubbornly tough dude, and he eventually stumbled over to the curb under his own volition.  We all hung out with him until the ambulance arrived and took over.

All in all, an unlucky spill for this cyclist but an inspiring reaction from a group of strangers all accustomed to their own modes of transportation, be it walking, riding, driving, or cycling.  Be careful when it’s wet out there everybody!

Previously:

Muni-Cyclist “Collision” at 5th and Market St.

Creep In An SUV Targeted 4 Cyclists Last Night