Mission Mission

The only advice I would offer these budding entrepreneurs is to raise their prices! As you can clearly see, they were completely sold out of lemonade by the time I got there, but I still managed to snag a delicious cookie for a reasonable (and apparently market-balanced) 75 cents.

They were also offering advice in the form of “oblique strategies” for just a quarter, and not being one to turn down insight from some genuine hood tweens, I received this little scrap of zen:

For those times when you don’t want to wear a jacket, but you’re still too cold for just a flannel and a rad Sharks shirt. And also you’ve been watching too much Game of Thrones.

While it’s popular to side with Mark Twain and assume the worst from SF summers, you’ve got to admit that we’ve had some unseasonably warm weather these past few months (and weeks in particular). Which means bike ride, naturally.

Not sure if you’ve seen this already, but let this stand as testament to how much cyclists care about their bicycles and just how far they’ll go to recover their rides.  Check out the whole thing either here or below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-GVpIaPEGM

Two things about this:

1) When our protagonist attempts to make a citizen arrest, he doesn’t tackle the guy as an overzealous I may have done in that situation.  He keeps his cool and keeps documenting.

2) I’m totally wearing my lucky hat tomorrow.  And I’m never ever wearing a black shirt with green stripes.

Also, don’t forget to write down your bike’s serial number, which is the only way you can really prove that you’re its rightful owner.  And not on your wrist!  Save that for show stamps and slap bracelets!

(Thanks Jin!)

Previously:

• BART bike parking is not secure
• Shitty bike thieves caught on camera, identification help needed
• Where was your bike stolen?
• Bike stolen along with rack it was locked to INSIDE a building

If you’re looking for something to do this Thursday, you need look no further, because Mashi Mashi is presenting a visceral night of astral plane visionary aesthetes that happens to have a little something for everybody.  Bands, DJ’s, and art–what more could you possibly want?  It’s all going down at Cellspace this Thursday, and they’re even giving away two free tickets!

All you have to do is write a caption in the comments for one of the images in the flyer (see it bigger here), like that one of the cheetah on the Ferrari [night city gazelles are FUCKED].  The contest ends Wednesday at 5pm, so get cracking!

RSVP and invite your friends here!  Oh, and don’t forget to properly prepare for the occasion by listening to a custom mix curated by Tristes Tropiques!

I never thought we could ever surpass last season’s amazing stripe coordination, but lo and behold, our pals surprise us with a totally unscripted stripe troika! Or stroika, if you will.

And of course, it wouldn’t be right to show so many stripes without a word from our dear friend.

Not quite as bad as the ultimate Whippits party aftermath, but seriously, that much caffeine could kill you.

On that note, I wonder which of the following when consumed in one night would make you feel the absolute crappiest the next day: 24-case of Coke, 60 or so Whippits, or an 8-ball to the dome?

In other news, hasn’t the weather been grand lately?

(Via BART Don’t Lie)

1) It’s really fun to pee into a matrix of ice cubes! It’s like a choose-your-own-adventure at kelvin!

2) $.50 is really cheap for condoms. I wonder if they work.

We received the following email in our inbox, which describes a real bummer of a situation a group of now-former housemates is currently experiencing due to the alleged continual negligence on the part of the landlord to address pressing maintenance issues that ultimately resulted in a dangerous fire.  The best  advice I can offer in this case is probably to contact the SF Tenants Union, but perhaps some of you might have better ideas.  Full story continued after the jump:

On Monday July 23rd at 6:30am there was a two alarm fire at 3316 26th Street. The fire was caused by faulty electrical wiring and was sparked by a broken bathroom ceiling fan that had gone long unfixed by the building’s owner. While the fire itself caused only a small panic for the rest of the tenants of the building, the damage to the unit it which the fire started has left it’s occupants displaced.

I, as you may have guessed, am one of the said dwellers. Though we contacted our landlord several times regarding various issues with the property, e.g. outlets that had sparked, broken bathroom ceiling fan, persistent shower clogging, non-operational smoke alarms, she never seemed care to address them. In our own fault, we were unsure of how to proceed outside of nagging and felt that paying $2,500/month for a four bedroom apartment was probably going to warrant some code breaking. However, this proved consequential…

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Here’s a must-see for any aspiring chef looking to succeed in the city:  an all-star panel featuring a bunch of the Mission’s hottest chefs spilling all their secrets about making it big in such a tumultuous industry.

It’s all going down at the Commonwealth Club this Thursday, as Anthony Myint (Mission Chinese), Richie Nakano (Hapa Ramen), Iso Rabins (ForageSF), and Craig Stoll (Delfina) recount all their best stories on how they climbed the SF food chain to get where they are now, moderated by none other than Rice, Paper, Scissors‘ own Valerie Luu.  And the fun continues right afterwards in the form of a panelist-created guerrilla dining experience across the street at Foodlab, hosted by the other half of RPS, Katie Kwan.

Oh wait, I forgot to mention the best part–we’re giving away two free tickets to the panel to the two commenters who can tell the best story about the most bizarre meal they’ve ever had here in the city.  The contest ends promptly at noon on Wednesday, and winners will be judged on merit as well as general sauciness.

Check out all the details for the event and get tickets for the panel or dinner here.

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