Fashion in the Mission, according to this New York Times video

Watch:

(Thanks, Kiya!)

Merry Pizzmas!

Courtesy of our good pal (and musician, DJ, and bartender extraordinairre) Josh Yule.  Just please don’t go knocking on their door for za at 3am!

In other pizza news, Personal and the Pizzas threatened to kill and then sue Macaulay Culkin and his ridiculous Velvet Underground cover band, Pizza Underground.

Merry Pizzmas!

PIN jackers jacked $900 at local ATM

Kristin W. wrote in via our Facebook page:

Just a public service announcement. Someone stole $900 out of my Bank of America account yesterday from the 16th and Mission ATM. Apparently, I hadn’t completely signed out of my account (even though it said “Thank you for using this ATM” or whatever) and someone got into my account by re-entering my PIN # (which he/she must have watched me enter). I wouldn’t be surprised if someone sits there all day and does this repeatedly. Heads up to be extra furtive when entering your PIN and to make sure your transaction is finished before walking away!

[File photo via "Guerilla activists hack Bank of America ATMs all over SF"]

It’s just like the Dating Game, but with booze and profanity

Z Space, your favorite big ol’ cavernous performing arts center in the Mission, is bringing back Z Dating Game:

The premise is simple: a woman asks questions of three bachelors, who are all vying for her affection. She chooses one, and they go happily off into the sunset. A second round reverses things, and a gentleman is paired with three bachelorettes.

Inspired by the success of the first Z Dating Game last July, the show brings together eligible bachelors and bachelorettes from the neighborhood as contestants. Says one of the producers, Jack Morse, “we took a great format and added booze and profanity— it’s hilarious, and particularly well suited to the stage.” According to Morse, “the beauty of the thing really is the contestants. There’s no script, everything is on the fly, and when you throw a bunch of hot twenty/thirty-somethings together in that format it is pretty much the most ridiculous thing ever.”

Hosted by local comedian Rob Ready of PianoFight (the dudes that brought you “Merry Forking Christmas” and “Duck Lake”), the show is all but guaranteed to rock. Music guests Dan and Dave Burke also grace the stage to play the greatest love songs ever written.

Get $5 advance tickets here.

Fall colors in the Mission

Okay so I turned up the saturation a little — but you can’t saturate what’s not there. Beautiful.

Santacondo

[Idea and execution by Ariel; prompting by me]

Inhale chicken wings, for a good cause, today at El Rio!

Here’s the deal:

Its time for 2nd annual Chicken Wing Eating Contest, brought to you by Wing Wings and PBR! We hope to have a lot of fun and also raise money through donations and a raffle for a great cause. This year’s contest will benefit Casa De Los Madres, a San Francisco non-profit which offers shelter, advocacy and support services to women, teens, and children exposed to and at risk of abuse and domestic violence. Chuy Gomez, radio host and Bay Area legend, and Greg Miller, aka Game Over Greggy of IGN will host the event and tunes will be brought to you by DJs Doc Fu and DJ Pause.

The contest will take place on Saturday, December 14th, from 1pm-5pm at El Rio, at 3158 Mission Street, with a $5 suggested donation at the door. There will be 2 competition: a timed event to see who can eat the most chicken wings in 10 minutes, and a Hella Hot competition, to see who can eat 10 hella hot wings the fastest- winners will win a prestigious trophy to display on their mantle, not to mention bragging rights for the next year.

RSVP and invite your friends!

Help expand Wholesome Bakery, San Francisco’s premiere bakery for those with dietary restrictions and food allergies

Wholesome Bakery rules, and there’s a little over 24 hours left in their campaign to raise capital for some expansion plans! You will want to watch the video, as it involves superheroism and a fluffy little dog with a cone on its head:

Now, check out the perks you can get by helping them grow.

Wam Bam Ashleyanne’s favorite Christmas soul jams, tonight at Ping Pong Nite

Colin Hanks is kicking it with our trophies right now

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