Mission Mission

Our pals over at Fancy French Cologne are part of a one-night fashion extravaganza tonight over at The Common on Mission and 7th, featuring all sort of vintage, contemporary, and local handmade goods.  There will be all kinds of ridiculous sales and–the best part–an open bar!

I don’t know about you, but shopping while pleasantly buzzed has resulted in some of my greatest fashion triumphs ever, and I heartily endorse trying it out yourself.  Plus, it’s just a hop and a skip from there over to the shitshow that will be the Oh Sees at the Eagle.

$20 gets you in the door (and sufficiently wasted) from 6:30-10pm tonight!

As Apple hasn’t yet dropped $7.5 million, it looks like the current owners of Dolores Park Castle are looking for alternative sources of revenue:

No, sadly not an Arcade Fire show.  Uptown Almanac’s KevMo reports:

I overheard someone mention that there was an upscale open bar at Dolores Park Church.  So I took one look at my tshirt with kittens printed on it and jeans covered in mud, figured that was good enough and rolled.  Now, I’m not really sure what was going on last night, but there were a lot of people wearing suits, cocktail dresses, some bongos, and lots of free Don Julio.

Hey,  if 7500 Googlers got together, they could pool their bonuses and take this place off the market (at a roomy 2 square feet per person).

What’s that? You’ve yet to have yourself an Arizmendi pizza party?

No excuses. Get on it.

[Photo by Mike Chino]

Previously:

Arizmendi Is Done

Eat This Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie

We’ve followed Aaron Sunshine’s unluckiness in love for a while now (surely you’ll recall the brutality of dating in SF and the mystery girl he never found), so we were pleased as punch to find this good news on his Facebook wall:

Congrats, Aaron! Treat her right!

In case you haven’t seen it yourself, Telstar Logistics today takes an in-depth look at Lost Weekend’s “Internet Killed the Video Store” window display:

Lost Weekend soldiers on, for now, but when we spoke to the store’s proprietors, they were candid: Times are tough, they said. As an indication of that, in the window of their shop they posted the lyrics to a sing-along remake of a familiar song about an earlier generation technological change, specially modified to suit today’s circumstances:

Read on for more pictures, a transcription of the full lyrics, some facts about Netflix and its effects on video stores, and some personal musings from Team Telstar.

Previously:

The Death of Video Stores in the Mission

Neutral Unpretentious Places (Like Lost Weekend)

From Missed Connections:

Me=leaving Arizmendi, 930am, you=locking up bike – w4m (mission district)

I’ve never done this before, but what the heck. Today is Thursday, 11/11 in the AM. I was leaving Arizmendi’s on Valencia and passed you as you were locking up your bike. I’m the tall blonde girl. Now, sitting on the bus, I imagine the scenario where it’s not totally absurd for me to have approached you and asked for your number. Instead, I write a pathetic cyber post you probably won’t ever see. But if you do, and you remember this occasion–reply and lets get coffee. Maybe you’re as interesting as you are superficially debonair.

So, guys, if you were locking up your bike this morning, and looked pretty slick, have at it.

[Photo by Van Looy]

Whoever is in charge of the artistic direction at Taqueria Vallarta needs to be poached immediately by one of those hotshot tech companies like Google or Twitter.  The guy (or gal) has repeatedly proven to be on the cusp of genius, as evinced by “batshit insane” 49ers tribute mural, as well as the various exterior drawings and aesthetically pleasing color scheme.

Now he’s outdone himself again with another game-changer:  this amazing lit-up pop-out sign that can be seen from blocks away by anyone walking on 24th St.  Depicting a serene ocean scene that reminds you of vacation, complete with lazy seagulls, it also manages to extol the virtues that make this one of the most popular taquerias in the neighborhood.

For instance, top billing goes to the Tacos al Vapor, which are the closest thing you’ll find to the tacos served in Tijuana.  Likewise, a keen sense of knowing your audience is demonstrated by the deft placement of (what appears to be) “Vegan Burritos,” always a popular choice in the Mission.  My only regret is that they don’t mention the champurrado (which makes a delicious treat on a cold night, of which you can be sure we’ll soon have plenty).

[Photo by Alissa]

Previously:

Four Loko Popular Among Elementary Schoolers

Today’s episode of Backseat Beat features local band Still Flyin’. They used to be a joke reggae band, and everybody loved it, but now they’re just a regular really good rock ‘n’ roll band. Hopefully everybody still loves it.

The video shows them playing some songs (at least one of which indeed sounds a bit like LCD Soundsystem) under a freeway, and then they ride around in the back of an old Volvo with the show’s host and sort of answer some questions. It’s fun. Watch it here.

I defy you to think of a more catastrophic location!  Before  you assume that I’m being a total wussy, why don’t you try to type with this messy business?  Don’t be surprised by a dearth of Y’s, N’s, and H’s in my posts for the next week or so.

*For all you astronomers out there, the planets in question are Venus and Uranus, obviously.