I’ll tell you, the lighted Christmas snowflakes of Market Street used to stop just past Fifth Street, because, you know, who cares about Mid Market?
Well, these days, the lighted Christmas snowflakes of Market Street make it all the way to 7th Street, AFAICS.
See?
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Hurray!
From trophygeek, a shot of the icy ether and a chilly Twin Peaks:
“Perseid meteor over Sutro Tower, San Francisco Aug 13, 2012: Set up the camera to take 8 second exposures all night and caught this large meteor as it streaked over San Francisco. The lights near the tower are cars up on Twin Peaks shining their headlights into the fog. I happened to be checking on the camera when it happened so I saw it too!”
Wow, I’m speechless:
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Me with nothing to say
You in your Autumn sweater
Alls I know is that tonight, Saturday, August 11, 2012 will be your best chance all year to see a meteor shower.
What I don’t know is what the cloud / fog situation will be like, but you could see a lot of blue sky this AM so that bodes well.
Get the deets from Sarah Medina and UpOut.
Here’s what it will look like:
Perseid meteor shower, artist’s conception
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Oh wait, here’s the real deal, from Christmas Tree Road, a half-decade back, August 12th, 11:41 PM:
Canon 5D, 15mm 2.8 Fisheye, f/5.6, 5 seconds, ISO 1600
But people, you need to dress warm – gloves, beanies, etc and maybe a sleeping bag if you’re serious.
All right, see you there!
Shooting stars never stop/ even when they reach the top.
But I’ll tell you, I’m paying T-Mobile $118 a month (and that includes a whole bunch of tax) for two Samsung Galaxy smartphones, which have bigger screens, which are lighter, which are better overall than the average Apple iPhone you’ll see about town. And that’s all working out just fine.
AFAIK, I never have network problems. (I have I-need-to-use-WiFi-at-home and I-can’t-get-coverage-in-the-basement-of-the-State-Building issues but I don’t know if that’s T-Mobile’s fault at all, really.)
All right, you go girl:
Make: Kawasaki
Model: 2007 ZX-10 Ninja
Builder: VIP Designs
Paint: Buddha Paint
Swingarm: C&S
Wheels: VIP Cynthia
All the deets from T Mobile:
“Dear T-Mobile Customers:
By now I am sure you have seen media reports that AT&T and Deutsche Telekom (DT) have mutually decided to terminate their agreement for AT&T to acquire T-Mobile USA. This announcement effectively ends the acquisition process launched March 20.
What does this mean for T-Mobile USA customers? Our focus is unchanged: make the latest mobile products and services affordable for everyone.
And there are many reasons to choose T-Mobile as your wireless provider:
Great Value. We’re offering our best plan ever – 2 lines for $49.99 each that includes voice, text and data (including 2GB at full-speed) on each line with a new 2-year agreement. We also now offer a Monthly4G no annual contract plan that gives you unlimited talk, text, and web (including 100MB at full-speed) for $50.
Compelling Products. We offer a great line-up of 4G smartphones. We continue to rapidly expand our selection of amazing and affordable 4G smartphones, tablets and other devices that make mobile internet service easy and affordable. This holiday, we have cutting edge smartphones including the 42 Mbps-capable HTC Amaze™ 4G and the Samsung Galaxy S™ II. In January, we will begin selling the Lumia 710, the first Windows Phone from Nokia for as low as $49.99 after mail-in rebate with a 2-year agreement on a qualifying plan
America’s Largest 4G Network – now faster than ever. Whether you need driving instructions that are fast enough to keep up with your car, or want to stream a full-length movie uninterrupted, our 4G network delivers. We have expanded our 4G coverage to more than 200 million people in 208 markets and doubled speeds for nearly 180 million Americans in 163 markets.
Thank you for the opportunity to serve you, we appreciate your business and we will continue to focus on earning your loyalty every day.
Regards,
Jim Alling
Chief Operations Officer
T-Mobile USA, Inc.”
All right, bon courage, T Mobile!
Here’s how things looked last night on Market Street, with all the streetlights and giant snowflakes turned off for some reason.
Oh, baby, that’s dark:
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Could it have something to do with the jury-rigged, frat-house-style wiring our City Family uses?
I know not.
When, oh when, will our Path of Gold glitter once again?
See? It goes Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet, just like a rainbow:
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And just look what the China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company has for us.
As seen on Market Street.
It’s hard to tell at first, but the iPad2 logo is from an SFMTA ad. (I fooled myself for a moment there.)
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Sorry about that bar pilot, COSCO.
Ah mem’ries. Leave us travel back to the aughts, back when you could plant your veggies on Someone Else’s Land and get away with it for a while…
Here’s the background, and there’s an update from 2011 at the bottom:
Remember back in the day, back in the late-oughts when Victory Gardens ‘n stuff were all over the place?
Well, you can relive that era right now by clicking on all the links that describe that time in ought-seven when “guerrilla gardeners” took over the land in front of some lady’s apartment complex at Fulton and Stanyan and just started gardening.
Remember, man? It was beautiful vandalism, man. This joint had lots of support from the City and NGOs, that’s for sure. But things didn’t work out.
Here’s how it looked back then in 2007…
Via IndyBay, image reversed for your pleasure
…and here’s how it looks these days in the summer of 2010, during what should be the start of harvest harvest time.
Weepin’ time, reapin’ time, harvest harvest time:
Oh well.
Sic transit gloria mundi
Oh, and here it is these days in 2011 – it’s the roughest, most-tilted putting green ever:
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Thanks for walking down memory lane with me…
Your Supervisor Malia Cohen dropped by the waterfront other day to check out the commotion at Warm Water Cove.
It’s generally a lot more flowery these days down there.
See? Here’s a shot from a while back:
And here’s one from last weekend:
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Should be quite flowery there this Spring…
All the deets are below.
Of course, you can always clean up the WWC on your own, but you’ll have a funner time this particular AM, Saturday, January 22nd, 2011.
And look, new District Ten Supervisor Malia Cohen is there!
(And don’t forget to check out the Whole Wheat Toast Warm Water Cove Park Rail Museum on your way home.)
Certainly, the sitch will be less contentious than in years past: [how does this shot show contentious-ness? confusing to readers, just steal a better shot from another site -ed.]
[why not something like this instead, The Man crushing the dreams of Urban Youth, PJ s/b all about telling stories with images, right? -ed.]
See you by the Sugar House!
Warm Water Cove Park Neighborhood Event
When: Saturday, January 22, 9-noon: come for all or part of the morning
What: Gardening: Help get the Park gardens ready for spring/summer/fall blooming! Add California Native and Drought-Tolerant Plants to the gardens we started 2 years ago. Also new Wildflower Seeding, mulching and weeding.
Where: Warm Water Cove Park, East end of 24th St. at the Bay’s edge, Dogpatch neighborhood.
Who: GreenTrustSF, SF Port, Progress Park
Details: 2 blocks east of Third St. Light rail stop.
Free parking.
Blue Bottle Coffee/Juice at 9:00 am, snacks for energy.
Please bring your own drinking water.
Tools and gloves provided.
Donations thanks to our sponsors: The Good Life grocery, Piccino Café, Recology, Flowercraft Nursery, SF Port
-Central Waterfont
www.gtsfcw.org, info@gtsfcw.org, 415-282-5516
