Mission Mission

Eater NY reports:

Danny Bowien cracked open the doors to his forthcoming Mexican restaurant Mission Cantina yesterday, and served a few hundred burritos to Twitter followers and anyone that happened to be passing by. On Twitter, Bowien explained that they would be offered for “one day only,” but then he later hinted that he might serve them as late night specials at Mission Cantina.

Tighttighttight! Here’s the menu:

Read on for more pics and video of Danny’s burrito-rolling technique.

I know there’s a Blue Bottle in there (and I hear they’re getting a parklet), but that’s about it. The Chronicle tells us the whole story:

A little over a decade ago, Catherine Bailey and Robin Petravic stumbled upon a rundown factory while driving near the Sausalito marina.

There was junk all over the yard. The doors were open, but the inside was a bit of a mess, with sketches hanging on the walls, un-priced dishes stacked on tables, and only a couple of people who appeared to be working. But Bailey recognized the lettering on a sign from some pottery she’d found on eBay. It said “Heath Ceramics.”

Within a year, they had bought the business from 93-year-old founder Edith Heath, and were on their way toward turning the artisan stoneware company into a profitable venture.

Now, 10 years later, the couple have shifted from wholesale to retail, with curated showrooms in three locations, one of them a new 60,000-square-foot facility on the eastern edge of the Mission.

Read on.

[via Eater SF] [Cool photo of what the building looked like before Heath moved in by Google Maps]

Local culture blog Ticklefight unearthed the following evidence:

If anybody has a copy, please let us know.

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It’s called Evan Porter Larsen and its tagline reads:

this is a portfolio of my work. hopefully you will see it and want to hire me to do art for you. prints are available as are the originals. help me to not be broke and homeless. thnks!

What luck! After seeing one of my favorite local bands cover one of my favorite all-time bands this past Friday, one of my other favorite local bands is performing every single Monday for the whole month of November!  And look, they’re playing with a bunch of rad other bands too!

Tonight’s an especially good one, with Tartufi and Upstairs Downstairs, and we’ll be personally presenting the 11/18 show!  Let’s party!

11/4 – Monday

• Bay Bridged Presents
• Social Studies
• Upstairs Downstairs (EP release)
• Tartufi

11/11 - Monday

• Bold Italic Presents
• Social Studies
• Canons & Clouds
• Mornings (members of Port O’brien, Rogue Wave, Social Studies)

11/18 - Monday

• Mission Mission and BFF.fm Present
• Social Studies
• Foli (members of Social Studies, Record release)
• The Tropics

11/25 - Monday

• Spinning Platters Presents
• Social Studies
• The She’s
• Ash Reiter

Turns out the old Bay Bridge is still good for something after all! Photographers’ Blog tells us all about it:

While at a wedding rehearsal last week, I received a call from my editor to cover Urban Shield, a large-scale, 48-hour preparedness exercise for first responders. With participants and observers attending from various states and countries, Urban Shield is in a sense the Super Bowl of preparedness exercise.

I knew I wanted to document the event when I heard that parts of it will be held at the recently closed eastern span of the former San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

Read on for the full story and lots more pics.

[via Corntard]

Quite a racket when we stumbled out of Balançoire after Haçeteria last night at 2AM:

Surely it’ll be a match made in heaven! And in addition to an all-star cast of Haç family faves, they’ve got Sapphire Slows coming all the way from Japan!

Tokyo-based singer/producer Sapphire Slows makes has been making dreamy, dancy electronic music for the past few years. Her album “Allegoria” comes out on Not Not Fun on November 5th. Check out her newest track off that album, “Rules”, to get a preview of her sound.

https://soundcloud.com/not-not-fun-1/sapphire-slows-rules/s-CTPtP

RSVP and invite your friends!

What do you do when you want to hand out tasty Halloween treats but don’t have a front porch?  Simple, just lower a giant orange arm with a basket of goodies to passerby below!

Those Photojojo folks are pretty clever.

(Thanks Amit!)