Mission Mission

The top story on Cool Hunting right now is an exclusive feature about Self Edge, everybody’s favorite Valencia Street high-end denim purveyor. They’re releasing an epic new pant on Saturday morning, and the fashion world is all a-titter. Link.

Some brainstorming from reader zinzin about what Valencia Street really needs:

i think we could also use a store that sells really expensive kid clothing. maybe themed. like…victorian era kid clothing. or depression era / little rascals type. (they could pay the rent on che t-shirts sold to the b&t crowd on saturdays)

there was a woman who was vocal in the whole AA shenanigan that wanted to open a place that exhibits and sells antique sex toys. which also implies “used” sex toys, but whatever. (not sure how they’d pay the rent, but you know they’d only be open 6 or 10 hours a week anyways).

how about a steam-punk boutique / tea shop / performance space? (corporate events)

an exact-replica apothecary out of sherlock holmes? (actually, this could make money…plenty of current products to sell)

same concept, but 1940′s woolworth counter? 1950′s malt shoppe? (brunch crowds)

a store specializing in magazines & cigarettes from europe? (probably they’d have to sell illegal substances to make money)

chocolate store. (chocolate)

Link.

Meet Cameo. Cameo is a beekeeper, and she has a business idea. She wants to open a beekeeping shop on Valencia Street. The shop will offer top-quality local honey to local honey lovers, and top-quality beekeeping gear to local beekeepers.

It will be called Her Majesty’s Secret Beekeeper, and Cameo is chronicling the fits and starts of getting a business off the ground on the official company blog. Post number one:

From the very beginning, I wanted the store to be on Valencia street.  I’m a little weird in the way I shop in SF.  I’m still a small-town girl at heart, so I always try to shop within the borders of Castro, 16th, 18th, and Valencia.  And plus, 826 Valencia, Paxton Gate, Four Barrel, Five and Diamond, Ritual… I can go on forever.  Valencia Street is the bomb-diggity.

Read on for more about Cameo’s search for a space, and all the paperwork and junk that follows.

Also of note: Cameo is friends with our old pal Emergency Beekeeper.

Previously:

Who Wants Some Bees?

Bee Attack!

Spotted this over at Jenn de la Vega’s BLT/IDM? and thought it simple, resourceful and fun. Must remember to utilize this innovation in the park. Link.

This blog is on a roll today by the way. See also Jenn’s James Beard Burger (“with grated onion and heavy cream, pan fried in BUTTER”).

Previously on Mission Mission:

S-Hook as Grocery Bag Caddy on Muni

With the help of a guy called Tim O’Reilly, last night Gravel & Gold figured out how to turn your iPhone into an ocarina. For reals. Link.

Maybe. And he’s talking about Wall-E. Maybe. You be the judge. (via PSA by Todd Lappin)

Previously:

Adios, 12 Galaxies on Mission Mission.

Frank Chu Located on Google Maps Street View on Laughing Squid.

We asked reader Bryan Haggerty to produce a brief writeup about the Free the Net initiative currently taking the city by storm. He accepted:

You’ve probably opened up your laptop at your favorite Mission cafe or received an alert from your iPhone about a wireless network called Free the Net. “Free” being the operative word, and one which we’ve heard for a few years now in regards to free wireless for all San Francisco residents. Many have tried and the most recent team to take on the challenge and garner some impressive results are the folks at Meraki, with their Free the Net service.

Meraki relies on volunteers to install their freely provided wireless repeaters in their homes and rooftops to expand the network and widen the range of the network’s reach. Free the Net was kicked off in the Mission last year, but there are still dead spots in our fair neighborhood. If you’ve got access to your rooftop or fire escape you may be a good candidate for one of Meraki’s wireless repeaters, and your neighbors will forever thank you.

Check out the Free the Net map to see if the network reaches your home or favorite Mission hang out.

Map is located here. Thanks, Bryan!

SpotCrime gathers crime data using both news reports and publicly available government info, and pairs it with Google Maps and cute little icons. You can sort by date range and type of crime. Link to their San Francisco map. Thanks, Colin!

Today, Google Maps’ highly anticipated (especially here in the most walkable city in the world) “Walking Directions” feature is available to all users. It does let you plan a route through the pathways in Dolores Park, but as of yet, it doesn’t seem to realize pedestrians can walk on grass

Link. [via Google Blogoscoped]

Previously on Mission Mission:

Future View of Downtown from Dolores Park

Google Maps Street View Reveals Potentially Noxious Pink Gas Cloud Descending on the Mission

This morning on FriendFeed, Facebook Senior Platform Manager Dave Morin came across Mission Mission’s April 1 post Zeitgeist to be Replaced by Borders. His response? “[T]his is pretty sad.” Indeed it is, Dave.

Thanks to Todd Jackson for sharing the post via Google Reader.

Dave Morin on FriendFeed.

Mission Mission on Facebook.