Mission District Photos

Our wonderful tour guide Roberto gave us a thorough and personalized history of the Mission District, known for its ethnic diversity (although most famously Latino) and its beautiful murals. I've included a few photos here of the neighborhood, including those that amused me. In a separate post I'll upload pictures of the remarkable murals strewn throughout the neighborhood.

This is the famous Brava theatre, which, since its founding in 1986, has specialized in premiering shows written by women of color and lesbian women.

In a related vein, this is Discolandia, which is supposedly still the best place to find and buy cutting edge and vintage Latino music.

I really liked the plethora of locally owned markets in the Mission district. No food deserts here!

This is an "electronic" mural, so one printed out on canvas and not painted. The text reads, "California law denies up to 60% of the agricultural workforce the right to obtain a drivers license." It's very in lieu with the general air of activism that permeates the murals here.

I just like this shot.

And I like these shots too ;-) (j/k)

Perhaps a rather ignominious photo to end this post with, but seriously... A Punjab restaurant that serves Chinese and American food, but not Indian? How misleading!