Mission Mission

Check it out, a successful business on Valencia Street that isn’t a brand-new high-end restaurant!

Here’s some more info on the big party:

Independent designer/retailer Dema is celebrating her 15th anniversary in the Mission District.

Saturday Nov 17th 6-10.

We’ll have champagne, cupcakes from Mission Mini’s and entertainment by local crooners Carletta Sue Kay, Justin Frahm and Mark Eitzel.

The entire store will be 20% off Saturday and Sunday as a thank you to our faithful fans!

Daniel Clowes is into it, so it must be good. More info on Hang Glider & Mud Mask here.

Brock from SFist takes a look back:

If you lived in the Mission along Bryant and 18th prior to 2005, as we did for many years before evacuating to SOMA, you might recall that magical scent emanating from the Hostess Cake / Wonder Bread factory at 1525 Bryant. Yeasty, jammy, and sweet. The youth-kissed scent was such a staple of the area that SF Weekly awarded the factory “Best Place to Be Fondly Reminded of Your S.F. Childhood” in 2003.

As of today, it’s possible Hostess might completely cease to exist as a brand. Read on.

(Incidentally, last week I had a vegan “Twinkie” from Source, which is basically right around the corner from this place, and it was killer, so no worries really.)

[Photo by ptufts]

You know BART is serious about you not taking the 24th St escalator when they pull out the giant orange cone.

That being said, all sorts of crap other than, well, crap falls into the escalators.

The beginning of a whole new era! DJ Purple ended his years-long tenure at Jack’s a couple weeks back. (Great pics here.) And now he’s debuting a new weekly, every Thursday at Slate, which is a bigger space with a bigger soundsystem and a bigger dance floor. I think this is gonna be big.

If you haven’t been to a DJ Purple event in a while, read all about the DANCE KARAOKE concept in our exclusive interview from a few months back.

RSVP and invite your friends! (And go to Purple’s website to peruse the songbook.)

You should’ve heard my friend Jess last night. We’re walking to a bar after the awesome Sébastien Giniaux show, we’re crossing a street, she’s a little drunk, and she shouts, “Oh my god! It says TATAS, and there’s TITTIES!” Plus she’s Australian, so everything she says is a riot.

[via Jess]

Sébastien Giniaux, one of the greatest guitarists in the world, will be playing at the Rite Spot Cafe. If you missed him last year when he came around, man did you ever miss out. Someone got so psyched during his set that he literally flipped–as in did a front flip in a crowded-ass Revolution Cafe. Actually, it was pretty terrifying and I hope that doesn’t happen again, but I’m sure you can think of plenty of other safe ways to show your approval.

He’s visiting from Paris where Django Reinhardt’s Gypsy Jazz music is a way of life, and Sébastien is considered one of the best purveyors of his musical legacy. He will blow your mind with his endless creativity and dazzling technique.

“Well why isn’t he playing Yoshi’s or something?” you ask. Well, he’s TOO GOOD FOR YOSHI’S. Sure, you can go there if you wanna sit with some grey-haired folks out for their monthly let’s-see-some-jazz-honey night on the town. Order some expensive drinks, stroke your chin and grunt with approval in hushed tones if that’s your thing. Or go to the Mission where the best jazz is happening.

Anyway, go to the Rite Spot Cafe tonight from 9pm-11pm. No cover, but bring some tips for the guy. He’s French. Wine and cheese is expensive.

So I’ve got this rainbow of an idea…

Looks like the prize packs were pretty Mission-centric. American Tripps has all the details:

Above are photos of some of the winners, with their loot, all of which came from some of our favorite local businesses:

• • The grand prize winners got limited-edition bags from Timbuk2’s historic (and completely made-in-America) collab with Woolrich!
  • A couple teams get to continue the fun with some bowling at Mission Bowling Club!
  • A bunch of winners got entertainment packs which include passes for SFMOMA, passes for NightLife at the Cal Academy (where we’ll have ping pong in the snow on November 29), and passes for the Roxie Theater.
  • Still more winners got high-quality t-shirts courtesy of DSF Clothing Company & Art Gallery (where we have ping pong parties once a month).
  • We awarded a big box of Inna Jam (some of it spicy) to the team we deemed “spiciest.”
  • Finally, one individual (sort of our MVP) received tickets to the Bay Brewed Beer & Music Festival on December 1st in the Mission, where we’ll be running some Berlin-style ping pong before and after the bands.

Then we all did tequila shots and went to karaoke! Now hurry up and register for season 2!!! Eternal thanks to all our players and all our sponsors! [link]

Sounds like a blast! Season 2 begins Monday, November 26th. Register quick!

[Photos by Jess Kelso/American Tripps]