This week’s edition of Necessary Conversation takes a look at how the city’s composting program is being put to use in various neighborhoods. In the Tenderloin they’re composting dead hookers, elsewhere they’re composting other things, but the Mission gets the big perfectly delivered punchline. Watch:
Previously:
The party bus pulled into its parking spot and a massive throng of 20-somethings spilled out and began marching determinedly toward their destination. The obvious thing to do was to see what kind of crazy fun they were up to, so of course we followed them. From their conversations, it sounded as though they were all European, until we realized we were really drunk and they were just speaking in plain old regular English.
Where was the hot party spot at which they ended up? Why, El Farolito of course! The only strange thing was that it was 11pm rather than 2am, which means that it was no Broke-Ass Stuart party bus. Still, that is one rad looking bus.
Chow posted a very long article on Mission Chinese Food.
One point of interest for me was that it describes the fate of the beloved Chinito. My mom’s theory, being a Chinese restaurant owner herself, was: “It was probably just a pain in the ass to make.” However, it turns out the “Chinese Donut” element of the dish had to be purchased in the morning in Chinatown and they just didn’t feel right about serving it after it had been sitting out all day.
Read all about the chefs, their spicy-as-fuck food, their weird relationship with Lung Shan, and more over at Chow.
Update:
Oh hey, Chow also has the recipe for Chef Bowien’s Explosive Chicken Wings. They claim it’s better than it’s inspiration, from Chinatown Szechuan joint Z & Y. A bold claim!
What better way is there to you show that you’re down with hyper-local clichés than sporting this handsome T-shirt?
It’s available tomorrow at True SF on Haight.
[via DJ Josh B.]
Tika Hall, proprietor of Birthday Pony tells us about her new book:
THANKS, DUDE is my latest comic book. I illustrated quotes compiled after asking a ton of women for the weirdest and worst things men have told them. It is all real and hilarious and kind of upsetting at the same time. I hope you love it!
MAKES A GREAT GIFT?
Read on if you’d like to know where to find it.
Don’t you love living in a place where sometimes on the way to brunch you have to squeeze past a bunch of dudes on the sidewalk trying to maneuver some huge piece of machinery into a little storefront?
The Dolores part isn’t particularly epic, but the video is kind of charming. Might take you back to when you made your own homemade skate videos:
I mean, it’s a gorgeous piece. Put it on cinderblocks and you’ve got a mighty foundation for a pizza party and a game of TriBond.
On Mission, near 17th or 18th. It was there a couple hours ago. Good luck.
Previously:
They disappeared the south side of the park! My favorite part! I wonder where it went.
And then, after disappearing the block in question, they just slid the block under it up a bit. Like a big game of Klotski. Here’s an accurate map for reference:
So stay away from this display, lest ye be led astray:
[Map by Google Maps]
Allan Hough (7858)
Brittany Janis & Katie Cruz (104)
