Mission Mission

I watched most of A View to A Kill on TV in a hotel room last night. It was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen, but it contains a pretty entertaining car chase through San Francisco, some cool stuff with the bridge next to AT&T Park — and a fight scene atop the Golden Gate Bridge:

AND one of the fighters (the supervillain trying to destroy Silicon Valley) is a young, blonde Christopher Walken:

It’s a pretty great cast actually:

Terrible movie though. (But maybe you should watch it.)

Now, not very related, but let’s rock:

Author Ocean Howell wrote this book about the beginnings of the Mission as we know it today, and is giving a talk about it at the library this weekend.

Here’s a blurb about the book:

In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, residents of the city’s iconic Mission District bucked the city-wide development plan, defiantly announcing that in their neighborhood, they would be calling the shots. Ever since, the Mission has become known as a city within a city, and a place where residents have, over the last century, organized and reorganized themselves to make the neighborhood in their own image. In Making the Mission , Ocean Howell tells the story of how residents of the Mission District organized to claim the right to plan their own neighborhood and how they mobilized a politics of place and ethnicity to create a strong, often racialized identity–a pattern that would repeat itself again and again throughout the twentieth century. Surveying the perspectives of formal and informal groups, city officials and district residents, local and federal agencies, Howell articulates how these actors worked with and against one another to establish the very ideas of the public and the public interest, as well as to negotiate and renegotiate what the neighborhood wanted. In the process, he shows that national narratives about how cities grow and change are fundamentally insufficient; everything is always shaped by local actors and concerns.

And here’re details on the talk:

“Do cities make neighborhoods or do neighborhoods make cities?” (Eric Avila, University of California, Los Angeles.)  Ocean Howell discusses his new book, Making the Mission, challenging assumptions about the complex relationships that shape neighborhoods, as well as the historical narratives.

When
Saturday, 11/14/2015, 11:00 – 12:00
Where
Latino/Hispanic Rms A & B
Main Library
100 Larkin St.

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Our own Ariel Dovas has made a startling discovery.

Here’s a drawing he did in 2006:

Read on for the 2015 version.

Watch:

The Bay Bridge is looking freshly-showered. pic.twitter.com/aduObA6jps

— Meghan Hade (@meghanhade) November 10, 2015

[via Tall Dave]

Seems like only yesterday!

Anyway, here’s what’s happening:

Friday, November 20th will be our last day at Brick & Mortar Music Hall.

We moved in here two years ago as a pop-up, and the time has come where we have to focus on find a permanent restaurant somewhere in the city.

So what’s next? We’re moving into a new kitchen, complete with a beautiful event space – so look out for more special dinners in the future! We are also using this time to hibernate and focus on finding our own brick-and-mortar space.

But you can still find us for dinner every Thursday at Mojo Bicycle Cafe. (Peep the new menu here!)

We’ll also be available for catering (so let us know if you’d like us to bring a DIY Pho Bar to the office or bring the pho rolls to your holiday party!)

They’re open for lunch every weekday! Get down there!!!

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There was a long-running gag on this blog for a long time where we’d show a picture of some wild bicycle-related thing and title it “The purest form of cycling.” Internet legend Sexpigeon started it.

We haven’t done it in a while. This is a good one I think.

[via Mission to Market]

Here are a bunch more…..

[via Alejandro]

Here’s the beginning of an article titled “Longtime Residents Worry Roommate With Well-Paid Job Slowly Gentrifying Apartment”:

Noting that many areas are completely unrecognizable compared to when they first moved in years ago, residents of 1102 Larimer Street Apartment 2B told reporters Thursday they’ve begun to worry their well-paid roommate is slowly gentrifying the apartment. “I don’t hold anything against Mark personally for having a good job, but as soon as he moved in, the framed pictures started going up, and this place has lost a lot of its original character,” longtime roommate John Wertz said of the new arched floor lamp, Whole Foods groceries in the pantry, and a potted succulent plant that have slowly replaced the apartment’s longtime furnishings and steadily reshaped the space’s look.

Read on for the startling conclusion.

Here’s how it works:

Come support the 260 students of Marshall Elementary School, a public elementary school located in the heart of the Mission District in San Francisco. The school has many Latino families, and we are always trying to provide events to bring some of that Latino flair to our fundraisers!

Lucha Libre Mexicana is our annual Mexican wrestling event. Promo Lucha Azteca provides the ring and the wrestlers, and Marshall provides the space, manages the tickets, and sells concessions (such as hot dogs and popcorn).

The money raised helps the PTA support the many programs it provides for the students, specifically programs in science, technology, physical education, community building, and teamwork. As a PTA, we typically have to raise between $50,000 and $60,000 each year to fill in the gaps in the public school budget. Many of our families are lower income families, so we are looking for events that allow the community to help, while having some fun at the same time.

Get tickets!

One weekend only! To celebrate the release of the lovely new Mission Chinese Food Cookbook:

Here go a few more details:

LE CREUSET PRESENTS:

Three opportunities to celebrate the release of the new Mission Chinese Food Cookbook.

Join us on the morning of 11/15 or 11/16 to get your copy of the new book, meet the authors, and find out what a Tartine bagel with Russ & Daughters toppings tastes like.

Or come on the evening of 11/16 for an outrageous banquet of brand new Mission Chinese dishes, prepared by Danny Bowien and the MCF crew.

Or, hell, why not spend the whole day with us and do both?

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$60
SUNDAY and MONDAY BRUNCH (11/15 and 11/16)

Holy cow. Come by any time between 10am and 3pm for this very special, never-before-seen collaboration.

Malted Rye Bagels by Tartine
with Smoked and Cured Fish and Spreads by Russ & Daughters
and Coffee by Linea Caffe

Sandwiches:

THE SUPER HEEBSTER
Whitefish & Baked Salmon Salad with Horseradish Dill Cream Cheese and Wasabi Flying Fish Roe on a Bagel

THE CLASSIC
Bagel and Cream Cheese topped with succulent slices of Smoked Salmon

***Each ticket includes BOTH sandwiches, a signed cookbook (retail $35), and coffee!***

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$85
MONDAY DINNER (11/16)

A sneak preview of the new MCF menu, cookies by Momofuku Milk Bar, and beer from Tiger Beer.

Danny Bowien and co. will be serving a special banquet of new dishes for a very limited number of guests. Try everything before everybody else gets the chance, for the very reasonable price of $85. Ticket is for a reservation to be seated at the specified time. Please specify party size and note the names of your dining companions if purchasing tickets separately.

Menu subject to change, but here are some sample dishes:

BEEF TARTARE, “LETTUCE CUPS”

CHINESE RED CABBAGE SALAD

JAPANESE SCALLOP SASHIMI

SWEET & SOUR PORK JOWL

CHEF LIANG’S BEEF CHOW FUN

BEEF JERKY FRIED RICE

MAPO TOFU

GINGER SCALLION & MATCHA NOODLES

SMOKED TEA RICE, ONION
VINAIGRETTE

STIR FRIED CELERY & HAZELNUTS

CHINESE BROCCOLI & OYSTER SAUCE

Dinner is served family style, so there is a minimum of 2 tickets per purchase. Note that parties of 2 may be asked to merge with another group of 2. Be ready to make friends!

***Each ticket includes a full-on FEAST, a signed cookbook (retail $35), and beer***

Get tickets here, baby.

UPDATE: Just be sure to be on the lookout for phone thieves and tennis superstars.