It’s time for the sun to come out!

But it’s not about sun this weekend, its about FOOD. So, maybe it’s better to go easy tonight and consider this: The organizers of the show at Triple Base Gallery will take you from 8pm to dawn. Everyone will meet in front of Triple Base at 3041 24th St. around 8 p.m. tonight and will walk until dawn with David Horvitz.

That should put you in shape for what’s ahead.

First, take a nap on Saturday morning and then walk over to SF Street Food from 11 to 7 p.m. between 25th and 26th on Folsom.

Betty Bastidas and Andrea Valencia will be there to cover the food extravaganza.

Then after you’re completely sated and feel the need for some culture, my choice would be ODC’s House Favorites at 7 p.m. at 351 Shotwell. St, but there’s also a film at 5 p.m. there’s the Little Prince at No Right Turn.

And if you’re hungry again, there’s Mission Pie. Or, one of my new favorites, the Sunrise Restaurant at 3126 24th Street.

Or maybe dinner should be skipped because on Sunday, there’s the 39th anniversary celebration for El Tecolote at 2958 24th Street that starts at 2 p.m. It involves an empanada taste test between Venga and Chile Lindo. I put my money on Venga’s vegetarian and Chile Lindo’s meat.

IF everything goes as planned Mission Loc@l will be publishing an insert in El Tecolote’s late September issue.

But, back to the weekend and, burp, FOOD. There’s the MAC and Cheese battle at the Stable at 17th and Folsom. That goes from 12:30 to 4 p.m.

The afternoon food events end with enough time in Dolores Park for a snooze before heading over to ODC to see the House Specials program at 7 p.m.

Okay, I’m starving, but not for long. See you at the gym on Monday, Viola.

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I’ve been a Mission resident since 1998 and a professor emeritus at Berkeley’s J-school since 2019. I got my start in newspapers at the Albuquerque Tribune in the city where I was born and raised. Like many local news outlets, The Tribune no longer exists. I left daily newspapers after working at The New York Times for the business, foreign and city desks. Lucky for all of us, it is still here.

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