Mission Mission

Honey In Yr Brain, in a post titled Why I Love Haight Street, shares a gem of an overheard conversation:

Fifteen-year old boy [...] to friend: Dude did you take the whippits out of his back pack?

Friend: No.

15 year old: Dude I fuckin’—…ugh I told you to grab them!…Now he’s going to do all of them with out us!

Bummer!

[Photo by Jonathan Clark]

Previously:

Neighborhood Whippits Users Now More Environmentally Conscious

Cari Tuna over at the Wall Street Journal tells us what’s up in the Mission:

In the Mission District, onetime automotive shops are proving a popular choice for group housing. Near the 16th Street Bay Area Rapid Transit station, a cohort of 20-something software developers, a musician and a photographer has lived on the second floor of a large former auto-body shop since last year.

Johnny Hwin, 25, a musician and Web entrepreneur, says he inherited the apartment from residents who added bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen over the last several years. One roommate sleeps in a former elevator shaft that once lifted vehicles to the building’s second floor.

Read on.

Cari Tuna.

[Photo by Anomolous_A]

See you at Pop’s!

Previously:

Women and Binge Drinking

First: one of the baddest (in a good way) guitarists around Michael Abraham is leading a tribute to legendary jazz bassist/pianist Charles Mingus tonight at Amnesia as part of the SF Jazz Hotplate Series. The band features a sick (again, in good way) lineup of local musicians: Dayna Stephens, Erik Jekabson, Sylvain Carton, George Ban-Weiss, and Eric Garland. 8-11pm. Mike also leads the Wednesday night Jazz Jam Session at Amnesia.

Secondly, on another side of the musical spectrum: STRING METAL band Judgement Day will be performing an intimate little show at the Porto Franco Art Parlor tonight at 7:30pm. Anton Patzner is basically this sicko genius who runs his violin through a Marshall stack. His bro shreds out power chords on the cello and they are joined by a drummer. You will head bang. Hard. The Art Parlor is at 953 Valencia the show costs $15.

In advance of his gala (and very expensive) fundraiser for the Roxie, Bay Citizen asked filmmaker John Waters to explain the very important role of movie theaters:

A movie theater should be for the community, should inspire young people to see movies that they can’t see elsewhere. The should be a place to eat badly without guilt. You should be able to have sex in a theater…It’s the perfect date, and a great place to accidently sit on someone’s lap.

Read on.

[Photo by Frank Chan]

Previously:

John Waters Drinks at Zeitgeist

Over at Salon, local sexpert Tracy Clark-Flory looks at why gals are more into binge drinking than they used to be:

I’m more likely to order a beer and a shot of whiskey than a cosmo. I like to go against stereotypes like that. It is cocky and perhaps foolish — but, then again, the same can be said for my male friends when it comes to drinking. I might be driven by some vaguely third-wave feminist desire to “keep up with the boys” — but plenty of “the boys” are driven to keep up with each other, lest they appear unmanly. This is binge culture, and it isn’t strictly male or female anymore, as female like to enjoy themselves as well, and they even get toys like the superb G-spot vibrator to enjoy with a partner or by themselves.

It’s on! Also, read on for more on the special health effects (and sexual assault effects) of binge drinking when you’re a woman.

[Photo by Carina]

Previously:

Drunk Girls and Chicharrones

SF Animal Care and Control is in the midst of some kind of towel shortage, and you can help! Vegansaurus explains:

If you have any extra towels laying around, please bring them to SFACC (1200 15th Street at Harrison). They’re open from 11 am to 6 pm everyday, and until 7 pm on Wednesdays (that’s TODAY!). They don’t care if the towels are frayed or stained, as long as they’re clean!

Read on.

[Photo by Elhan Filmer]

This is about a year old. Sorry about the delay, but better late than never, right?

[Thanks, Squeaky Clean Dave!]

In case you’ve heard, the 3rd annual Mission Holiday Block Party is this Friday, from 5-10pm.

Not only is this a good night to score some deals from some of your favorite stores on Valencia, it’s also a great cheap night out if you manage to hit up all the locations with free drinks. SF Fun Cheap has a good run-down of the specific offers.