Mission Mission

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They’re called Haçeteria and here they are running the show at American Tripps a couple weeks back. This Saturday night, like every first Saturday, they’ll be running the show at Deco Lounge over in the Tenderloin. It is my favorite party.

And yes, it’s true:

Convinced? RSVP and invite your friends! Now here’s somethin’ new for y’all:

http://youtu.be/AwZvqyMGZ7s

1. “Frankie” is on the dog’s birth certificate, but everyone knows him as as “Blanca”. Owner realized this after having printed the sign.
2. It’s a recycled sign. Owner couldn’t be bothered to design a his own, and this dog looked close enough. Oh, and somehow he has the same phone number.
3. A disgruntled neighbor is trying to sabotage the recovery effort.

Any other theories?

[via webuiltthiscity]

5 Helens agree: Wise Sons running out of pastrami and corned beef at 1:30pm on a Friday hurts. Get there early folks!

With the coming park closures over the next two years, the playground will be one of the few zones continuously open — but only to kids. This sneak peak the other night was probably the only chance us grownups had to fully enjoy the park’s newest amenity. Dolores Parks Works has the scoop:

Twenty adults were let loose on a self-guided tour of all the new play structures and amenities. The Helen Diller Playground at Dolores Park  is the nicest and most creative I have ever experienced.  This was also the first time most of the group toured the construction site and they all were extremely pleased!  We were all giddy with excitement.  The new playground is a safe place for kids to take chances.

Read on.

Surely you’ll remember Evey from those post-punk nights at Make-Out Room we mentioned last summer. Here’s what she says she’ll be spinning tonight:

Mostly late seventies to mid eighties punk, post punk, new wave, dark wave, synth.

Sounds very Berlin! Can’t wait! RSVP and invite your friends!

This just might put Humphry Slocombe’s Secret Breakfast to shame. Grub Street reports that some place in North Beach is serving up smoothies that contain banana, bourbon and coffee.

And it’s in the “Fruit & Grains” section of the menu, no less [link]:

Still though, don’t forget to try our extra-special Secret Breakfast trick.

[via SFist]

Oh, good.

(Thanks, anonymous tipster!)

The Ferocious Few, everybody’s favorite rock ‘n’ roll buskers, just had everything in the world taken from them, and right before they were about to head to Austin for SXSW. Frontman Francisco tells the tale:

The incident occured on Saturday February 25th between 5-7 pm. My girlfriend and I had gone to a Noise Pop Happy hour at Bender’s Bar to support a local band called Hot Fog, and meet with some friends. I had just returned from Haight st. where we had been kicked off the stoop of a friend’s house by SFPD for playing music for passersby on that beautiful sunny day. I had parked my car outside of an apartment building at 772 South Van Ness at about 5:15. We left Bender’s shortly thereafter only to find that my red 1995 Nissan Pathfinder, license plate 3SNY839 was gone.

I called all the tow companies, no sign of it. I continued calling them every day and I still try.

I called the cops. I filed a report, they said no sign of it. They kept me waiting at the scene of the crime (in one of the most heavily policed areas in the entire city) for so long I felt compelled to go into the station myself. They said an inspector would be put on the case by this past Monday. They said that there was a good chance the car would turn up…but obviously everything else would be gone.

Everything I own, give or take a sock or two, was stolen that day. There were 3 guitars worth a total 7k in there! Worth way more to me than the money. One of them, a brand new Gibson I had just spent months transforming into the most ferocious music making machine. All my busking equipment, batteries, cables, amps, my clothes, my book collection, everything I need to do my job basically, and the car, GONE.

If you’d like to help out, keep your eyes peeled — but also there’s a benefit show this Sunday at the Rock Loft in North Beach. RSVP and invite your friends!

Whenever debate about the city’s complicated transportation infrastructure dilemma occurs, the discussion is always dominated by the major interest lobbyists (cyclists, motorists, pedestrians).

But who will speak for the rollerbladers???