Mission Mission

UPDATE: The tour was a success. Read all about it!

As we hinted earlier this week, the first ever Mission Mission Bloody Mary Tour will be taking place this Saturday.  We’re tentatively scheduling to start at noon, and the first stop will be none other than the 500 Club to sample Rachel’s famous bacon bloody mary (pictured)!  The schedule will go something like this:

• 500 Club
• Elixir
• Zeitgeist
• Bender’s
• Pop’s

If any of you would like to join us in order to collaborate, you are more than welcome!  We plan on staying at each spot for about 30-45 minutes, which is plenty of time to enjoy one bloody mary comfortably before heading over to the next location.  We’re going to have scorecards to help rate them all according to a variety of pertinent categories, so hopefully every bartender will be on their A game!

This is going to happen rain or shine, so bring umbrellas and stuff if you have to!  A nice vodka and tomato-fueled romp across the neighborhood!

Also, since Argus, Thieves, and the Attic all seem to have their special bloody marys on Sundays, they will have to wait until the Second MM Bloody Mary Tour (which will probably happen in about a month or less, actually).  Nonetheless, there will be plenty of delicious bloody marys to go around!

See you on Saturday at noon!

[Photo by pamalamadag]

Our pal and local filmaker Roger spent some time with Palestinian kids in Gaza recently and helped them create a series of short films that he’s going to be showing at Artist Televison Access on Valencia by 21st at 8pm this Friday.  Of course there will be snacks and wine at the event, and you can see all the details here.

Stop by and check it out!

Previously

Berlin style ping pong at ATA

I know SF Public Works is upgrading water infrastructure in the Mission, but is anyone else experiencing this? They must have struck a massive river of ecotoplasm under the city, because shit is getting weird – if the tap starts pouring red I’m getting out of Dodge.

If anyone in the Mission knows anything about Japan, it’s Kiya from Self Edge. His shop specializes in Japanese reproductions of vintage American garments, so his work takes him overseas pretty often, looking at product, checking out production facilities, meeting the people fueling this distinctive subculture that is denim obsession.

So, if you want to aid Japan by patronizing local Mission businesses, Self Edge might be a great place to start.

P.S. Look how well my four-month-old ringrings are breaking in:

In this outtake from a wedding video I shot a few years back, the groom and his mother have an energetic back-and-forth regarding celebrity wedding counts. Hopefully that’s all you need to know:

Gnar!!

Bernalwood has the full story here.

New Daft Punk video shooting on Mission! Tron royalties run amock!

The attention to detail regarding lighting is remarkable. Flashlight, spotlight, headlight; basically, all manner of lights. The utmost attention to proper illumination.

THE FUTURE.

It’s not a tecate hat. It’s not a pbr hat. It’s an awesome hat.

Besides that, though, anyone know what kind of hat this is? Freitag employment awaits!

Oh, that explains why my house doesn’t have water tonight.

And the bush guy is in it!

Doesn’t seem to want to embed. Watch it here.

(Somebody submitted this as an entry in our Debaser 3rd anniversary ticket giveaway btw… TONS more good ’90s oldies in the comments section.)