Mission Mission

Barcelona has bike infrastructure. Big, wide, protected bike lanes down just about every thoroughfare, and a communal bike program as fun and fashionable as it is easy and efficient. There are seriously racks of rad bikes on every block. Just swipe your card and pick your wheels.

It’s called “Bicing,” and Barcelona Cycle Chic this week shows us how it works.

Previously:

Biking in Europe

Maybe.

Photo by angryaznwoman.

Mission Local and Uptown Almanac have covered the mural conversation happening at 24th and Capp. Here’s Justin Beck‘s interpretation:

Glad to have some context. I wondered what small person was supposed to be yelling that.

Happy Friday, Mission Mission readers! Please adopt one of these cutie pies!

Humphrey — 2 year old male

Greetings Mateys! Where am I? I am probably under my beds! I love hiding, but when you come in to say hello I will purr and knead and love you! I absolutely love to play with the interactive kitty noodle toy. I would make a great companion for a quietish home. Don’t hold my pirate kitty look against me!

Wolfie — 7 month male Chihuahua

I am a tiny birdlike dog…. i was so fragile that i was severely injured and just like humpty-dumpty, the vets here put me all back together again! I spent a few weeks recovering with a great foster home (with another puppy-dog who was my friend). I am looking for a home where my tiny body will be safe (adults or similar size dogs would be best).

All pets adopted from SFSPCA have received a pre-adoption veterinary exam and behavior assessment, vaccinations, spay/neuter surgery and a microchip.

Where: The San Francisco SPCA’s Maddie’s Adoption Center
Address: 250 Florida Street (at 16th – Street)
Hours: Open Tues – Friday 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday/Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Closed Mondays and major holidays.
Contact: 415-522-3500, www.sfspca.org
Follow SFSPCA at facebook.com/sfspca and twitter.com/sfspca.

If you’re a Toronado type you know how important it is to have proper glassware with your beer. The tulip shape of a Chimay glass lets you get your nose closer to the aromas, you know?

Well, two neighborhood beer bars are working hard to keep you in propriety. Monk’s Kettle has a handsome Moonlight Brewing Co. glass for your Death & Taxes (above, photo by .laz), and Pi Bar has teeny-tiny mini steins for your teeny-tiny raspberry beer (below, photo by only taciturn). Drink up!

Previously:

Don’t Drink Rapaciously Evil Corporate Beer

Strawberry Socks

Hellen Jo and Calvin Wong (disclosure: he is my awesome bro) did a series of comic strips detailing what they experienced at Lady Gaga’s SF appearance at the Billy Graham Civic in December. Crotch lifts, machine guns, and gyroscopes? Count me in next time.

The rest of this series will be a part of a crazy Gaga fanzine put together by a bunch of indie comix guys based in SF: Prison for Bitches. Be sure to pick up yours when it debuts at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival on Monday. What, you’re not going? Ok, well order it online, I guess.

Previously:

Helllllen Does Lady Gaga

I’m not sure if we’re talking about the bike or Vic Wong, but it’s fun to watch them spill.

Related:

Another Video of Vic Wong Falling Off a Bike

Sexy P says that we have our own way of killing our thirty-year-olds.

Telstar Logistics managed to take a few of them out before finally being overcome by the papery deluge.  The film somehow made it out of the scene Blair Witch style.

[Photo and Title by Telstar Logistics]

Previously:

Piñata Fight Club

Piñata Decapitation

(file photo)
Last Friday the San Francisco Guardian Angels did their first night patrol in The Mission. It was led by the New Generation of angels, who are still in their teens. As their chapter leader says “their code names speak for themselves”:
1. Scorpion, 2nd In Command
2. Apache, Sergeant
3. NEMO, Corporal
4. Matador
5. Sonic
6. Puma
7. Robo Cop
8. Breaker
9. Maverick

Read the details of how the youth-led patrol went and check out the pictures on their blog.