Mission Mission

The film is called Beautiful by Night and it is a tribute to Aunt Charlie’s in the Tenderloin, and it’s screening this Thursday night at the Roxie in the Mission. Here’s some detail:

Don’t miss a historic occasion at a historic cinema- this is a one time only chance to see drag performances at the oldest continuously operating movie theater in San Francisco.

The Tenderloin Museum brings James Hosking’s “Beautiful By Night” to the Roxie Theater on April 7th for a one night only special engagement. “Beautiful by Night” follows three older drag entertainers at the legendary Aunt Charlie’s over the course of one evening. The film, along with show-stopping drag performances from the three ladies, played to a sold out show at the Tenderloin Museum. Don’t miss an encore presentation of this award winning documentary film and photo series. Director James Hosking and cinematographer Vanessa Carr will be in attendance and will lead a discussion with subjects Donna Personna, Collette LeGrande and Olivia Hart, who will also dazzle us with not-to-be-missed drag performances (for the first time ever at the Roxie Theater!).

RSVP and invite your friends and get tickets!

Here’s a trailer:

Goes good with this jam:

Ride your bike more.

[via Burrito Justice on Tumblr]

I’m sure by now everyone knows, WesBurger n’ More has been kinda open for a couple weeks, and it’s awesome, and the space is awesome, and the Cauliflower Wedge is a surprise hit… but what you don’t know is, as of tomorrow’s grand opening, there will be a very special burger on the menu for grand opening week only: The Mission Burger.

Here’s Wes putting the finishing touches on a test batch earlier this afternoon:

What’s all on ‘em? Here’s what:

• refried beans
• verde salsa
• cilantro and pickled jalapeno crema
• shredded lettuce
• smashed avocado
• jack

And optionally (and most importantly):

• LENGUA BACON

Full disclosure: Wes is a pal, and he asked me to consult on what exactly a “Mission” burger should be, and I was like, “It should probably be kind of like a lengua super burrito from Cancun at 2:30am.” We both pondered for a second how to implement the lengua part, and simultaneously blurted out, “LENGUA BACON.” (Because, as the old saying goes, great minds think similarly when it comes to matters of lengua.)

Anyway, the lengua bacon is so fucking good. Start lining up now. Grand opening is tomorrow.

Here’s me tucking in:

And here’s a much more pro photo of the thing, on Wes’s computer:

And here’s the lengua bacon in action (be sure to push play):

Sizzlin' lengua bacon 👅👅👅👅👅

A video posted by Allan Hough (@punkgirls) on Apr 5, 2016 at 4:29pm PDT

Keep up the good work, Wes! Thanks for lunch!

By local comics artist Carlos Bergfeld:

Help Bernie here, and get tickets to the new Captain American movie at Alamo Drafthouse here.

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Yummmmm. Homemade by our pal Gareth Spor using pistachio butter, hazelnut butter, cashew butter and blackberry jam, all from Mission institution Rainbow Grocery.

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Now please enjoy all these other toast posts…

With a little help from DJ Purple of course. Watch:

Seriously, how awesome is that, performing YOUR OWN SONG at karaoke? (Great backing vocalist back there too.)

Now please read my review of “Love Both Sides” (the song in question) from a few weeks back.

Local film historian David Enos tells us all about it:

In the movie “Howard the Duck”, Howard and his human girlfriend are in a taxi which turns left at this intersection on 9th Avenue. It cuts away just as they round the corner. If you were to make the same left, you’d find these two side-by-side businesses.

Read on for a couple of important questions and some other startling news.

American Tripps (the “Berlin-style” ping pong party I helped start here in the Mission back in 2011) along with the legendary DJ Purple present the first-ever April Fools’ Day edition of Singin’ & Pingin’, this Friday night at Verdi Club. Here’s from the official invite:

This is our first ever APRIL FOOLS’ DAY date, so we knew it had to be a SINGIN’ & PINGIN’ party!!!

• DANCE KARAOKE w/ the world famous DJ Purple
• BERLIN-STYLE PING PONG all night long (2 tables!)
• DRINK SPECIALS by the Verdi Club crew

*****Special guest ~April fools~ will announce CRAZY NEW RULES at the ping pong tables throughout the night!!!!
**********And it’s up to YOU to bring some utter FOOLISHNESS to the karaoke stage!!!

RSVP and invite your friends here! (And be sure to get a head start browsing DJ Purple’s songbook.)

UPDATE: Btw my favorite *foolish* song DJ Purple has is probably “Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick” by Ian Dury. I’d do it myself tomorrow, but I have some other plans. Who’s up for it?

By our pal Ariel Dovas:

The rental market’s broken
SF is breaking your heart
You tried to move to Oakland
But you got stuck on BART

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Now please enjoy these other poems…

Local fashion blog SF Looks has featured this stuff twice in the last few days. Must be a hot new look.

Read more about the pants here, and read more about the jacket here.