Mission Mission

The nice-ification of 24th st. and Mission continues: first we saw the reclaimed wood makeover for that crusty old Micky-D’s, now the fencing is starting to come down on the mysterious construction at the 24th st. BART Station.

The big reveal? A skate park. OK maybe not exactly a skate park, but c’mon. Those rails and steps probably have every kid in a 5-mile radius reaching for their boards. I’d dare say it’s one of the best unintentional skate parks since the Tenderloin’s US District Court Northern District Of California.

There are other changes in store, including a bizarre obelisk structure next to the stairs. It’s hollowed-out inside and appears to have an entrance so who knows what it’s real purpose may be… BART jail? Communications tower for contacting the mother ship? It’s anyone’s guess.

[2nd photo via BART]

I mean, I guess it’s ok as long as you host a pool party for everyone when it’s all finished!

One perk of working with your favorite team. Thank you San Francisco Giants!!!! https://t.co/QeamHIxQWu

— Colin Hanks (@ColinHanks) December 12, 2013

And by ours I mean the trophies that The Giants won.

[via Lindsay]

And with Team Oracle’s victory, the streets of San Francisco go wild with honking! #notreally

— Burrito Justice (@burritojustice) September 8, 2013

It’s getting crazy on Russian Hill and Pac Heights after Team Oracle’s victory. Drivers throwing Grey Poupon. Jags with hydraulic lifts.

— Burrito Justice (@burritojustice) September 8, 2013

Dammit, another low-rider Bentley flying a Team Oracle flag got stuck on the crest of Divis and Broadway.

— Burrito Justice (@burritojustice) September 8, 2013

OMG Team Oracle supporters just lit Mt Diablo on fire. pic.twitter.com/BpHiqeaye5

— Burrito Justice (@burritojustice) September 8, 2013

And there’s pizza too! The fine folks at the World Dodgeball Society have organized quite an ambitious event, and it’s happening this coming Sunday at some place called Hamilton Pool:

$10 per person lets you sweat it out playing open gym dodgeball in the gymnasium from 2-3pm, then from 3-5pm it’s pool/pizza time. There are 2 water slides, rumors of a cannonball contest, and, if allowed, blow up raft dodgeball. Someone might even lead us in some synchronized swimming flashmob to Macklemore (you may want to brush up by watching the instructional video again).

RSVP and invite your friends!

Shut down by park ranger in Dolores Park. Reasons given: not allowed to tie things to trees, it hurts the trees, and palm leaves are falling

— Sf slackline (@Sfslackline) July 27, 2013

[via Dolores Park Works]

The matches-on-your-nipples trick, which we learned about three years back in an interview with Craig Stoll about Delfina and Locanda, has even more Mission roots than we realized. Blue Plate owner Jeff Trenam tells the story to Eater SF:

Among the photographs that have adorned the walls in Blue Plate’s bathroom over the last fourteen years is a black-and-white photo by Dave Schubert titled “Maria’s Trick.” It shows a young woman, “Maria,” standing on a toilet in the old Treat Street Bar with her shirt lifted and two lit matchsticks propped up on her nipples. This photograph has been stolen out of the bathroom nearly a dozen times (each time replaced by the photographer), with the thieves even dismantling frames locked to the wall to get at the racy snapshot. I swore it must have been on some kind of fraternity scavenger hunt. Recently, a nameless guest returned with the first print ever stolen.

Read on for the heartwarming conclusion.

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Not ‘shopped!

[via The Tens]