Remember when Former Mayor Willie Brown wanted Market Street to become the Champs-Élysées of the West?
What a lovely view for this shutterbug:
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And later in the day, if time allows, and if you have enough cash, “touch the magic.”
“See the Beauty” of San Francisco’s Mid-Market
January 27th, 2012Fishermans Wharf Parking Lot St. Francis Loves You Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis Much!
January 27th, 2012Parking lot, Fishermans Wharf, Beach and Taylor:
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Is this the statue that Angela Alioto wants to move to North Beach to be a part of a City-sanctioned Catholic shrine on Vallejo?
I think so.
Catholicism, catch it!
That Hulking Cruise Ship at the End of the Street – MV Aurora Graces San Francisco, Briefly – Next Stop: Hilo, Hawaii
January 27th, 2012The P&O* Cruises Aurora was just in town up near Fishermans Wharf at Pier 35 South for part of her 2012 World Cruise.
(Man, it must be tough running a cruise ship, with all the passengers having nothing to do on around-the-world trips except colluding on class-action lawsuits.)
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Anyway, Bon Voyage, Aurora!
The Crazy Windmills of Pier 23 Plus Those “Free Leonard” Banners
January 27th, 2012What’s this big metal tower thing on the left?
Of course it’s not actually a windmill, but maybe it’s some kind of air exhaust for something underneath the streetcar tracks of the Embarcadero?
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Now, the “Free Leonard” tree banner, well, I think it’s this, but I remain baffled by that tower…
Smart Car and VW Somehow Share a Parking Space in the Financial District – Which One Should Get the Parking Ticket?
January 26th, 2012I don’t know how this happened but here you can see two cars sharing a metered space meant for just one car.
When the meter expires, which car should get the ticket from DPT?
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Oh, I know, how about both?
Our City and County can certainly use the $200 or whatever those two citations would bring in.
Hurray!
P.S. Just as Toyota Prius drivers are the worst drivers in the 415, Smart Car owners are the worst parkers around. It Is Written.
There’s No More Camping at OccupySF, But a Half-Dozen People Hang Out in Front of 101 Market Everyday, It Appears
January 26th, 2012This is what’s left of OccupySF, about six people hanging out in front of our Federal Reserve Building during lunchtime, that’s the update:
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On It Goes
Come Take the Dell Ultrabook Challenge Today Near the Ferry Building: Meet the Windows Version of the MacBook Air
January 26th, 2012I guess. Actually they were closed forlunch when I passed by. Today they will be in the Marina in the morning and then at Fishermans Wharf starting at 2 PM.
I don’t know, maybe they’ll have some Dell swag for you as you check out their forthcoming XPS 13, which starts at $1000, which sounds a bit high to me but whatever.
A taco truck without tacos, temporarily in the 415:
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See you there, I suppose.
Mythbusters! Adam Savage Needs to Borrow a Large Aircraft in the Bay Area for a Few Days – Won’t You Help Him?
January 25th, 2012Adam Savage would like to borrow your airplane for a few days:
“ATTENTION! Anyone have a 200+ seat plane we can use (no flying) for 2-3 days in the Bay Area? We won’t blow it up. WRITE mb@beyond.com.au”
See? They won’t blow it up.
Now, I know what you’re thinking, you’re thinking, “What about the Getty Jet?”
But I think that old gas-guzzling Boeing 727* is too small.
But what about the big Google Jets? Either the 757 or wide-body 767 should work.
Now, what are the Mythbusters up to?
*There’s nothing wrong with The Jetty per se, it’s just that it’s old school so your chances of dying on it are one or two orders of magnitude greater that what they’d be on the JetBlue or something. And it’s not possible to upgrade all its low-bypass engines to a more modern design. Therefore it’s expensive to operate compared to jets that weren’t designed half a century ago.
Will the Real District Five Supervisor Christina Olague Please Stand Up? Meet Her Tonight at the D5 Democrats Meeting
January 25th, 2012Christina Olague, 2007:
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Christina Olague, 2012, after helping the San Francisco Republican Party elect so-called “interim” Mayor Ed Lee to a four-year term through her efforts with the Rose Pak-backed Run Ed Run organization:
Give me an “S!”
“S!”
Give me an “E!”
“E!”
And so on.
Hey, you can meet her tonight at Martin Macks bar:
“D5DC is happy to announce that Supervisor Christina Olague, recently appointed District 5 Supervisor, will be joining the District 5 Democratic Club this Wednesday to discuss her priorities for our community this year! We are excited for this opportunity to meet and mingle with our new Supervisor. Please join us Wednesday!”
When:
January 25, 2012 – 7pm-9pm
Where:
Martin Macks, 1568 Haight Street , San Francisco
Now, former Mayor Willie Brown contends that Christina has been allowed to vote against Mayor Ed Lee already, you know, so she’ll appear to have not become a sellout. Mmmmmm.
Either Ed Lee has made a mistake or C.O. is a sellout, it’s got to be one or the other.
We’ll see.
Uh, is Ivory Madison a “Non-Practicing Lawyer?” Uh, I Don’t Know
January 25th, 2012“ivory madison
CEO, entrepreneur, writer, and non-practicing lawyer”
Yeah, but don’t you have to be lawyer first before you can become a “non-practicing lawyer?”
I mean, if you isn’t an attorney in California and you isn’t an attorney outside of California, then where is you an attorney?
Honestly, I don’t know.
Via ComicVine
Just asking, Bro.
Oh, I mean just asking, Ma’am.
