Mission Mission

Photos by our friend Trusha A. and this report by our friend Malcolm M. (via our Facebook post on Saturday):

The bulk of the burning was apartments above Playa Azul–completely gutted. Blaze was uncontrolled and stoked to massive proportions by strong easterly winds. The fire department seemed to be *extremely* slow in getting hoses on it (about 20 minutes after trucks arrived). A girl who lived above Cole said she was the one who called 911 and suspected it was a trash fire behind Cole sparked by her porch smoking neighbor’s cigarette. Very sorry for the families and residents who lost almost everything, and for the local businesses and employees affected–especially much-beloved Cole Hardware. Let’s try to help them out however possible, and PLEASE let’s not allow market rate condos to be built where local shops and rent controlled apartments stood this morning.

Thanks, all.

I was eating my cheeseburger last night after the game (because St. Francis is now open for dinner Friday-Sunday) when our server delivered a pack of Alf cards sent to us by a neighboring table. I really like this particular card.

(Thanks, Michael Connolly and friends!)

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Those wings! Those were the days.

Now please reminisce over all our previous Chino coverage…

New on Clarion Alley, by artist Mel Waters. More pics and info here.

[via Funcheap SF]

Who are you going to call, am I right?

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Now please enjoy all these other Ghostbusters-related posts…

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Featuring MC Ren and DJ Yella! Announced this morning! Here’s the rest of the lineup:

Sigur Rós
James Blake
Purity Ring
ZHU
Glass Animals
Tycho
Duke Dumont
Mac DeMarco
Young Thug
Flight Facilities
Sylvan Esso
Christine And The Queens
Stormzy
Neon Indian
Wild Nothing
Mura Masa
Deafheaven
Kelela
How To Dress Well
HONNE
Hinds
Car Seat Headrest
Day Wave
Kamaiyah

RSVP and invite your friends!

[Photo by Laura]

They did this last Wednesday for Game 3 too and it was awesome! Highly recommended! (Firefly is in Noe Valley, up 24th Street aways from the Mission, so maybe get some friends who live up there to shuttle down to a bar for you or something? That’s what I did last week.)

Here’s the deal:

Firefly’s legendary fried chicken dinner available TOGO for ‪#‎Warriors‬ game 5 Monday. Comes with 2 pieces of fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, horseradish slaw and a buttermilk biscuit (or cornbread)! $20 bucks a person, multiple order discounts available. Strength in numbers! Place your order anytime after noon for pickup after 5pm. 415-821-7652 ‪#‎glutenfree‬

[via Firefly on Facebook]

Local pin purveyors PSA Press explain their product:

Casa Sanchez is a chip/salsa company based in San Francisco, CA that was founded in the 1920′s. Their mascot “Jimmy the Cornman” has become a local icon. In 1999, Casa Sanchez attracted national attention when it unveiled its new marketing campaign: get a tattoo of “Jimmy the Cornman” and get free lunch for life. Because of this over 200 people have Jimmy on their bodies forever. The Taqueria is now closed but Casa Sanchez remains the highest selling salsa in California, a true staple of the Golden State.

Limited Edition enamel pin

1.5 inches

Soft enamel black dye metal with 3 color fill and two butterfly clutches on the back to prevent spinning.

Get yours here.

From Missed Connections:

You were hungover on the 21 – 8:00 am – w4m (hayes valley)

I was standing on the 21 this morning (got on at Buchanan, heading downtown), you were sitting down directly in front of me. You kind of nudged me with your foot and when I looked at you, you were waving as if you knew me. I couldn’t really see your face because you were wearing a Warriors hat and sunglasses, so I just rolled with it and pretended I knew who the hell you were, mostly because it was amusing to me, and also because I didn’t want to ask “um who are you?” on a full bus first thing in the morning. I said “oh hey, what’s up, how are you” and you replied that you went to “a few bars last night”, then gestured at your coffee, implying a hangover. You said something else about a friend asking you to go to North Beach and scoffed “as if I go to North Beach”. I gave you a courtesy laugh, pretended to look at something on my phone, then moved to the back of the bus.

I’m not sure if you mistook me for someone else or if I actually know you. If you are reading this, please tell me who you are, it’s driving me nuts not knowing.

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[Photo by Google Maps]

(Thanks, Aero!)