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Archive for the ‘holidays’ Category
Red Meatball Over City Hall – San Francisco Honors 79th Birthday of Japanese Emperor Akihito
Monday, December 24th, 2012OMG, the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square is Opening! 2012 Season to Feature Lion King Performance, Giants Night
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012As they say, grab your scarf:
WHEN: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: Union Square, San Francisco
MORE: Grab your scarf and mittens and make your way down to the ice rink to view several talented ice skaters from “The San Francisco Tremors Ensemble” from the Yerba Buena Ice Skating Center performing to Disney’s THE LION KING’s “Circle of Life” sung by Buyi Zama who portrays “Rafiki.”
Ever more deets, including info on GIANTS PRIDE NIGHT:
“Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square presented by Alaska Airlines - Announces Giants’ PRIDE Night - Fans Across the Bay Area Are Invited to Come Out in Their Best San Francisco Giants Outfit
SAN FRANCISCO (November 5, 2012) – Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square presented by Alaska Airlines will join the legion of proud Bay Area fans in celebrating the San Francisco Giants’ World Series sweep with Giants’ Pride Night on Thursday, November 8 from 6 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The ice will be lit up in orange and fans are encouraged to come out in their favorite San Francisco Giants’ outfit for a fun night of celebration. The first 100 fans to arrive at the rink wearing Giants apparel will receive a complimentary skate admission for their guest that evening. General admission tickets are $10 and tickets for children eight years old and under are $6. Skate rentals are an additional $5. KMEL and KYLD will be at the ice rink between 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. that evening handing out custom Giants Champs placards.
Hours:
The ice rink opens November 7 through to January 21, and will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., with the exception of December 31, 2012 when it will close at 9:30 p.m.
Ticket prices:
General admission tickets are $10 and tickets for children eight years old and under are $6. Figure and hockey skate rentals are $5. Advance tickets go on sale Monday, October 15, 2012 at www.unionsquareicerink.com. Starting Wednesday, November 7, 2012 tickets will be available at the ice rink ticket window in Union Square. Group rates and private parties are also available.
Sponsors:
Safeway, Alaska Airlines, Kaiser Permanente, Macy*s, Marmot Mountain, Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, Square, American Conservatory Theater, Union Square Business Improvement District, The Westin St. Francis San Francisco, JW Marriott, Chancellor Hotel, Galleria Park Hotel, Grand Hyatt Union Square, John’s Grill, SFMTA, Emporio Rulli Caffé, Disney’s THE LION KING, UNIQLO, San Francisco Examiner, NBC BAY AREA, Telemundo, KSTS-TV 48, STAR 101.3, 98.1 KISS FM, 106.1 KMEL, KOSF 103.7, WiLD 94.9 and KGO 810
About the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink
Since 2007, the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink has delighted children and adults with a holiday-themed ice park located in San Francisco’s Union Square. Ticket prices are $10 for general admission and $6 for children eight years old and under. Figure and hockey skate rentals are $5. Ice rink hours are from 10 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. daily. A portion of ticket proceeds benefit Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. For tickets or more information, please visit www.unionsquareicerink.com or call 415-781-2688.
- Robert Keith, Ice Rink General Manager at Willy Bietak Productions
- Karin Flood, Executive Director at Union Square Business Improvement District
- Keith Turner, Director of Public and Government Affairs at Safeway Inc., Northern California Divi
sion - Steven Carhart, Veteran representative from Safeway Inc.
- Randy Wittorp, Public Affairs Area Director at Kaiser Permanente
Our Hyatt Regency Embarcadero has the Biggest Christmas Tree Lights in the World – Dig the Groovy Colors, Man
Thursday, December 15th, 2011Here’s how the outside looks in 2011:
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I’ll have to check the inside pretty soon.
Here’s how it looked back in 2009:
Merry Christmas!
Via David Yu: Embarcadero Center 5,4,3,2,1, 345 California, 555 California, 505 Montgomery, TransAmerica Pyramid
Friday, November 25th, 2011These are your skyline landmarks, as seen from Treasure Island:
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This is what San Francisco looks like for the year-end holidays of 2011. Now here’s what things looked like in years past:
First, he was all like this:
Then he was all like this:
Then it’s all like this. The view from Chinatown of Embarcadero Center Buildings One, Two, Three, Four, and West (lower right – EW is the black sheep of the EC Family) along with the Emerald City look of 505 Montgomery.
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A reverse angle from the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge showing the TransAmerica Pyramid, in black-and-white, mostly:
A family portrait, as seen from Treasure Island. All your faves are in there, girlfriend. Your Embarcadero Center, 345 Cal, 555 Cal (pronounced Triple Five Cal, good buddy, come-on), 505 Monty, and the TransAmerica Pyramid at 600 Monty. Hai, chiizu!
Happy Holdays and Merry Christmas!
Gumps in Union Square is Already All Ready for Christmas 2011 – Everything’s Eurocentric, Except for Buddha-Claus
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011As seen from Post Street.
Don’t miss the giant Buddha* – he’s in the mix as well:
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Merry Christmas!
* Now, you think, and I’m srsly you guys, you think maybe at some point Gumps could make a replica of the Buddha and then send the original back to Northern China whence it came? Just asking, Gump-bro. I know you have custody of it currently, from Agents of Fortune, though Accident of History, but is that the way it will always be?
“A Qing Dynasty gilded wood Buddha, carved for a summer palace in Northern China, is located in the store. It was carved in the Northern Manchurian Province of Jehol, the summer capital of the Ch’ing Emperors in the early 19th Century. The piece, the largest of its kind outside a museum, is the only item in the store that is not for sale.”
China, China, calling out to history
Is that the way it will always be?
Christmas on Sixth Street! At Long Last, Our City Family Puts Up Lighted Snowflakes from Lower Market to Mid-Market
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011This is unprecedented.
This is the City Family extending the Market Street lighted Christmas snowflake zone all the way to Mid-Market.
See?
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They used to stop at 5th Street, but now they don’t – they go farther this year.
Hurray!
Won’t this please our corporate overlords at Twitter? (Probably not, but, you know, can’t hurt to try.)
All right, come to the annual lighting ceremony with the Mayor this Thursday evening, if you want:
“Snowflakes on Market – Lighting Ceremony
Nov. 17, 2011 through mid-January 2012
More than 140 five-foot-wide energy-saving LED illuminated snowflakes will decorate Market Street’s signature “Path of Gold” light poles this winter from Second to Sixth streets. A lighting ceremony, featuring dancers from the San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker, is scheduled for Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. near the cable car turnaround at Powell and Market streets. The event is free and open to the public. For information, visit www.marketstreetassociation.org.
It will go a little something like this, probably.
Dixitque Gavin fiat lux, et facta est lux:
Those are Nutcracker-starring “Snowflakes” from the San Francisco Ballet. (The run starts up again December 9th this year.) Jessica Carter is the snowflake in the middle, so I’m told.
Happy Holidays!
If You Still Don’t Have a Halloween Costume, You Can Always Use Makeup to Become a Roy Lichtenstein Painting
Monday, October 31st, 2011Wow.
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That’s the opposite approach of this lovely lady ladybug, who’s out in the fog right now pitching for Joanna Rees:
Or do you prefer this golden oldie?
Apply some Ben-Day dots, find a matching outfit and you’re done with preparations for October 31st.
Then you’ll be just like blogging renaissance woman TashaMarie:
Stop dithering - Halloween is today!
The Merry Pranksters of Steiner Street – When Halloween Comes Early to the Western Addition – Weaving Spiders Come Not Here
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011Last year, this prankster on Post Street could make a fake spider jump from two stories up. And you could do the same, why not?
All you have to do is set up an extra long string over the edge of the fire escape and you’re in business. Give a tug when people walk by and you could scare them.
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These days spider-fearers are best off hanging out in Union Square, where the influential Bohemian Club has banned arachnids of all types.
See?
As seen on Taylor Street:
Happy Halloween!
Diva Da’ Bunny and Dude Da’ Bunny Bring Bling Bling to Easter 2011 – From Lucky Supermarkets with Love
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011Now I’ll tell you, I haven’t seen Diva and Dude this year yet but I still have time to find them.
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I still have time…
The Great 2011 Justin Herman Plaza Valentine’s Day Pillow Fight a Huge Success Despite a Little Rain
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011See?
Now you’d think that this kind of thing wouldn’t last all that long, but no, it just goes on and on. Whack whack whack.
Steve Rhodes has all the deets.
See you next year!
