Mission Mission

And this time we know for sure it’s not a corporate marketing ploy or a new type of traffic signal.  Or (real) shark week.  Looks like our pal todd is back at it!

Previously:

• Hammerhead parking only
• Controversial hammerhead shark street painting looks good all colored in too
• Street Shark
• Shark Weak
• Shark Week

Not only did this fellow manage to park on the corner, but he also found a way to block a fire hydrant as well.

Kudos, sir.

Everyone’s got stories to tell, but sometimes the people with the most interesting ones don’t have a way to tell them, or perhaps don’t even know that they can.  Enter Streetside Stories, a Mission-based non-profit that’s doing some amazing work with local kids.  Check out the video to see if it’s something with which you might want to get involved.

You’re not a real band until you take a group photo with everyone against a wall.  Extra credit if said wall is plastered with wheatpaste and every band member is looking in a different direction.

Previously:

• Shooting a music video in the park
• What’s going on here, photo crew and Yakuza-looking bros?

What happens when the rock & roll pizza slingers at Arinell win a $25 lotto scratcher?  Well, if this past Saturday night is any indication, this calls for celebration in the form of a 15-minute booze break!  It was mildly excruciating to see that whole pizza just laying there waiting to be eaten while we were locked out of the shop, but it was well worth it to see the boys in such rare form when they returned, hi-fiving patrons and generally having a merry old time.

Wait a minute, do I really want my pizza slingers hi-fiving patrons?

Previously:

• Kink.com at Arinell (NSFW)
• Arinell has had enough of the bar closing weekend crowd
• Another side of Arinell’s

I suppose that if some clever thief had enough time, he could remove some seat posts, wheels, and handlebars in order to make a clean getaway with all three frames sinces none of them are technically attached to the rack, but it would definitely be quite the ordeal, especially in broad daylight on a busy street. In the meantime, I must say this is quite the ingenious solution to buy some time for a quick drink or meal when you only have one lock to spare amongst your trio (and some cooperative frame geometry with which to work).

Previously:

• Two bikes, one lock
• Locking up through the rear triangle
• Lock your bike to a porta-potty
• Lock your bike to a backhoe

24th Street was full of trick-or-treaters getting more candy from businesses like El Farolito than residences, a nice community touch.  Dance parties were happening at various spots, but most people seemed too tuckered out from a wild weekend of Halloween festivities to commit to going out on the actual holiday.  At least these kids had plans to make the most of things!

By comparison, Wednesday’s Dia de los Muertos celebration drew pretty much the entire neighborhood, both long-term locals and hipsters alike, the aroma of incense wafting through the air as 24th thronged with revelers (much like the overpass to the Port of Oakland) despite the supposedly somber mood of the festival.  It’s no secret which day means more to the Mission, for now at least.

How did your Halloween (week) go?

[Photo by deanv41]

MM reader Phil created this handy infographic to demonstrate the number of reported bike thefts during a four-month period in neighborhoods in the Bay Area, a much to our shock and surprise (j/k), the Mission ranked in at number one!  At least now you know exactly where you shouldn’t leave your bicycle.  Honorable mention for Emeryville.

Find the bigger versions of the charts as well as detailed explanation of methodology here.

Urban refuse demonstrates solidarity by occupying Valencia.

Or, perhaps it’s viral marketing for the Garbage reunion world tour.

Frog was saving this spot for someone else but was tragically crushed by a mysterious maniacal motorist who yelled, “No savesies!”

Spotted on Valencha.