Posts Tagged ‘$25’
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
[Whoops, spoke too soon - turns out that the SFGate/San Francisco Chronicle's Katie Baker was en la casa. The conspiracy of silence broken.]
Despite all the obituaries written earlier this year, The Bay Citizen celebrated its launch yesterday at the Great American Music Hall. Some TBC editors on the scene were fretting about getting a new batch of “stately idiom” finished up for the following morning, but a good time was had by all.
They literally rolled out the red carpet in the Tenderloin last night:
Who was there? Everybody. (Everybody excepting some of the hAtERz in local media who feel any new investment should go to existing concerns, you know, the ones that employ the hAtERz themselves. The hAtERz that showed somehow even managed to generate, with noticeable effort, Mona Lisa smile/smirks for the camera.) The place was packed from the get-go, baby. Check out the Party Pix from E.B.Boyd showing who all was there.
Standing room only:
Bay Citizen CEO Lisa Frazier (pronounced fraze-yah) started things off by inviting Founder Warren Hellman to play a song.
Lois Beckett snapped the chorus and here are the full lyrics to the sing-a-long tune Hardly Strictly News. Note the A-A-B-B rhyming scheme. Also note:
“We met with Lisa Frazier who pronounced ‘for now it will be free’/
A multi-layered news hub is the only way to be.”
What, “for now?” Uh oh:
Click to expand. It’s quite legible at 1200 pixels.
Anyway, F. Warren appeared to be somewhat irked by the constant chatter of the assembled throng. Oh well.
Here’s the mise-en-scene from up on the catwalk:
A big thank you to all the founding investors, founding members, patrons, and corporate sponsors. Notably, Dede Wilsey’s name isn’t on this list, so perhaps she just recently kicked in her seven figure donation? (Or let’s call it a $500,000 donation with Uncle Sucker kicking another half mil., mas o menos. That’s the thing with non-profit journalism – the federal govmint lowers your taxes by about 50 cents for every dollar you donate, assuming you pay a lot of taxes in the first place. This is the Unfair Advantage that the Chronicle people complain about. Speaking of which, nothing yet about TBC from the SFC – check for yourself.)
Everybody’s a star:
$5 tote bags just like Trader Joe’s and the KQED, plus loads of free bumper stickers:
The lives of the party:
Anyway, had to bail early to get down to Massive Attack at the Warfield while Arcadio was playing the TBC party. The booze was flowing and the place was still packed when I left, anyway.
Bon Courage, Bay Citizen!
All the deets, after the jump
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Tonight will be your last chance to see the Massive Attack down at the Warfield Theatre on Market Street. Are you giddy yet?
Last night’s effort was epic don’t you know. They tore down the house, but not so much so that they can’t do it again tonight.
Anyway, if you’re not doing anything else…
Tags: $25, 2010, 26, anti pop consortium, Bud, bud light, concert, light, market, martina topley bird, massive attack, may, series, street, theatre, warfield
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
I was headed on down to SiliValley on bidness yesterday and what did I see but this huge C5 Galaxyheading north out of San Francisco International. At first I thought it was an old C141 Starlifter, but no, upon further review, it appears to be a C5 of some sort. Now, I’ve seen military aircraft at Honolulu International HNL (in Hawaii of course, where you can’t drive to the Costco without getting intermixed with active duty military humvees), but never at SFO.
Anyway, you can’t have an Air Force One without a cargo plane or two to come with, right?
Here’s the outside of the flying presidential garage, just after takeoff. It’s a living:
The T-tail is your clue that this isn’t a regular old Boeing or Airbus jumbo. Click to expand
And this is what it looks like from the inside.
Look for photos of Obama’s visit on SFist.com – they’ll be sure to have some shots and reports posted in a timely fashion.
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
Here’s the lastest about the much-talked-about media joint The Bay Citizen.
Matt Baume gives fresh details of everthing a potential freelancer could want to know at this point;
CEO Lisa Frazier today extends a final invitation to get on board before launch. See below; und
Kevin Montgomery gives us a sneak peek* on what the site might look like.
That’s the wind-up, and here’s The Pitch:
Dear LADIESMAN217:
The Bay Citizen’s launch is just two days away, and we can’t wait! Some exciting things have happened over the last few weeks:
We now have fourteen journalists in our newsroom, including twelve full-time journalists and two paid summer interns from the UC Berkeley Journalism School;
Our reporters are busy producing stories on topics including the environment and land use, health and science, education, arts and culture, and more;
We’ve started hosting partner meetings to explore collaborations with local independent media organizations, bloggers, and writers;
We recently moved into our new office at 126 Post Street in San Francisco
Become part of Bay Area history
You still have time. Until midnight on Wednesday, you can become a Founder of The Bay Citizen by donating $50 or more. As a Founder, your name will be permanently listed on our website and you’ll also receive two tickets to our launch party this Wednesday evening at the Great American Music Hall, where you’ll get the chance to meet hundreds of other founding members.
Become a Founder now!
And, don’t forget to check out www.baycitizen.org on Wednesday morning when it goes live.
With thanks,
Lisa Frazier, CEO
P.S. Our long-term sustainability depends on support from community members like you. Thank you for supporting The Bay Citizen.
See you there!
*I had a similar experience over the weekend when I decided to visit my giant Toyota sitting in the shop getting fixed. Even though the place was closed I was able to walk right in and take it for a quick test drive – now they told me last week my car would be ready this coming Wednesday but I wanted a sneak peek. Fuck man, the brakes sounded like shit! All screeching metalicky and whatnot. I called them up today and it turns out that they’re saying the new pads are coming in Tuesday. I don’t know, man, maybe they’ll get it done proper, but that’s a lot of work they still have to do…
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Read today’s announcement after the jump but first learn all about the new $25 Bay Citizen Partner Program for bloggers right here. Not satisfied with that? Well, then join the club.
The blogger meeting you weren’t personally invited to last week via scented, hand-delivered letter. Actually, you don’t need to go to tonight’s alternate meeting either if you don’t want. But you can still get in the game.
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So, here’s the thing: If you don’t want to make a deal with The Bay Citizen, then don’t make a deal with The Bay Citizen, in’nt?
Seems pretty simple.
Also it seems that some reporters could report more better. For instance, “….rumors that reporters were being paid huge salaries are untrue.” Um, how do you know that? In fact, there were out-of-hand rumors about what reporters would get paid. And, in fact, there was a lot of disappointment around town when people found out that:
The salaries for reporters aren’t going to be all that high; und
It matters not because lots of people didn’t get hired anyway, owing to the competitive environment
Oh well. (In addition, the office is just regular, nothing fancy or nothing, right?)
So, with Mother Hellman’s contractions coming faster and faster, things are the way you’d expect for our soon-to-be-bouncing baby Bay Citizen, with:
Jealousy-fueled* ankle-biting from below;
Jealousy-fueled* back-biting from the side; and
Silence from above, pretty much**
Anyway, the latest TBC sonogram, after the jump.
*Envy-fueled, more precisely, but you know…
**Could it be that the replacement for the old San Francisco Chronicle will be the current leaner and meaner San Francisco Chronicle? Yep, it could be. Certainly.
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Tags: $25, Annette Fuentes, bay citizen, beats, Berkeley, bloggers, business, civic, Community Editor, core, crime, culture, editor, editor in chief, Elizabeth Lesly Stevens, Elizabeth Stevens, environmental, finance, Gerry Shih, government, Graduate School of Journalism, health, in chief, interns, Jeanne Carstensen, Jonathan Weber, Kate McLean, Katharine Mieszkowski, land use, managing, Marie McIntosh, news, Newsroom, paid, Partner Program, politics, post, Queena Kim, regional, Reyhan Harmanci, Richard Parks, salaries, San Francisco, science, Shoshana Walter, Staff, Steve Fainaru, street, students, Tasneem Raja, the bay citizen, university of california, Writer, Zoe Corneli, Zusha Elinson
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
I’ll tell you, there are three things limiting the speed of drivers on the one-way, multilane twin streets of Fell and Oak.
1. Speed limits (oh maybe not, let’s scratch that one out);
2. Traffic congestion (particularly during this era of that albatross hanging from the metaphorical neck of The Boulevard Movement and The “Livable” Streets Movement, monstrous, needlessly wide Octavia Boulevard); und
3. The timing of the synchronized traffic signals.
Well, it appears as if #3 is going to change - per Bike NOPA Fell and Oak will soon have their signals synchronized for 25 MPH.
There’s not a whole bunch of documentation on this action, documentation that I can find anyway. (You can play too, just try to find something at the SFMTA or SFGov.org websites.) But I seen them workers messing with the signals boxes lately, so allow me to jump to the conclusion that something is afoot.
Soon, you’ll have a chance to read the signs these hectoring hula hoopers regularly hold at Fell and Masonic:
Will this affect drivers all that much? We’ll see.
Certainly, there will be a period of adjustment as there was when lights were re-timed on the similar matched set of Turk and Golden Gate.
Will some drivers jump on the gas and then the brake at every light, aggressive taxi driver style? Oh yes.
Will the residents of the west side be happy? Oh no, not if they notice.
Anyway, brace yourselves. This should be a done deal by the end of the month.
Tags: $25, 30, BIKE NOPA, cars, department, dept., fell, fell street, hula hoop, lights, mph, mta, oak, police, sfgov, SFMTA, SFPD, signals, signs, sl9ow, speed, street, Synchronized, think peace, timing, traffic, vehicles
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
As promised, famed Taylor’s Automatic Refresher has a new name as of yesterday: Gott’s Roadside Tray Gourmet.
The reviews are already in for yesterday’s completely free party:
“Expectations: a long line of grumpy people and a halfway decent burger. Reality: A fast moving line with friendly people, friendly staff and a fun event with a DJ. 3 choices, ahi, cheeseburger, kimchee pulled pork. All came with fries and a drink (soda, champagne, beer). I was so surprised that they did the whole meal not just the free burger! The burger was cooked perfectly medium, fries were perfect and beer was good.”
Throw in 1000 free red shirts and it turned out to be quite the shindig. We’re talking crunk crunk, junk junk, drunk drunk.
Ah, Cristal, my T-shirt, and a couple of free ahi burgers - why not?
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Yesterday’s mise-en-scene:
Verily, it was a “dancin’ on the tables kinda night.”
Bon Chance, Gott’s Roadside!
Tags: $25, 2010, automatic, burger, champagne, county, davis, duncan, Embarcadero, ferry buidling, food, free, fries, Gott's Roadside, Gott's Roadside Tray Gourmet, gourmet, hamburger, helena, herb caen way, ice cream, Joe, march, march 25th, market, mott, Murder Burger, name, Napa, new, Redrum, Refresher, s motts, San Francisco, sandwiches, Sonoma., st., street, Taylor's, Taylor's Automatic Refresher, Tray Gourmet
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
(I’ll tell you, ever since the Bay Area News Project co-opted me from discussing San Francisco Bay Area News / Culture / Community under the Citizen brand, well alls that’s left to talk about* are free food giveaways. Leave us commence.)
Turns out that beloved Taylor’s Automatic Refresher had a little intellectual property hassle having to do with ownership of its name, so starting tomorrow refer to this glorified hamburger stand as “Gott’s Roadside Tray Gourmet.” (It’s just like when Murder Burger of Davis, CA changed its name to Redrum Burger.)
Anyway, to mark this occasion, they’ll be giving away free food at their Ferry Building location from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Thursday, March 24th, 2010. Feel free to drop by Gott’s Roadside to nosh on:
“…cheeseburgers, ahi burgers, kimchi and pork burgers, fries, ice cream sandwiches and drinks.”
via Laughing Squid
It’s going to be a madhouse Enjoy.
*The white man ain’t left me nothing out here but the underworld, and THAT is where I dance. Where do you dance?
Tags: $25, 2010, automatic, burger, county, davis, duncan, Embarcadero, ferry buidling, food, free, fries, Gott's Roadside, Gott's Roadside Tray Gourmet, gourmet, hamburger, herb caen way, Joe, march, market, mott, Murder Burger, name, Napa, new, Redrum, Refresher, s motts, San Francisco, Sonoma., street, Taylor's, Taylor's Automatic Refresher, Tray Gourmet
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Well, here’s the news of the day – San Francisco-based Yelp, Inc., San Francisco’s social networking, user review, and local search web site, will be soon be hiring 200 plus folks at a huge, brand-new office in Scottsdale, AZ.
Interested Arizonians (or just anybody, I s’pose) should regularly monitor Yelp.com/jobs to get in on the action before the madding crowd. Read all the deets below, if you want to hear the Arizona Department of Commerce and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council crowing over their win.
Scottsdale Mayor W.J. “Jim” Lane just drank our milkshake, all the way from the 480. Drank it up! Why? It must have something to do with the Bay Area lacking a “strong infrastructure and an educated talent pool of potential employees.” Read CEO Jeremy Stoppelman’s full quote below. And while you’re at it, feel free to read between the lines. Granted, Yelpers in San Francisco will soon have a little more elbow room, but it’s difficult to see today’s news as something other than a big dis to SF and the bay area.
Let’s remember the good times, back in aught-five when most Yelpers worked in town. Via Yelp.com:
Another from Yelp.com‘s infamous 2005 XXX-mas party:
Sic transit gloria Web 2.0 in the 415
Bono, what hath you wrought?
Yelp to Open Office in Scottsdale. San Francisco-Based Technology Company Plans To Hire More Than 200 Locally This Year
Yelp, the community-led local search site, today announced it is opening an office in Scottsdale, Arizona, as it increases hiring to support the company’s U.S. and international expansion.
The San Francisco-based technology company plans to hire more than 200 people this year for the office, which will be located in the Scottsdale Corporate Galleria, and is looking to fill positions across numerous departments, in particular sales and account management.
Yelp, which connects consumers with great local businesses through user-written reviews and ratings on its site, has seen rapid growth in recent years. More than 29 million people used the site last month and review content has doubled in the last year to more than 9 million. Started in San Francisco in 2004, Yelp is available throughout the U.S. and Canada, and expanded to the U.K. and Ireland last year.
“Scottsdale and the greater Phoenix area have a vibrant and growing Yelp community,” said Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO and co-founder of Yelp. “The region is also a great place to locate a technology business, having a strong infrastructure and an educated talent pool of potential employees. We are excited to make Scottsdale home to our third Yelp office and the hundreds of future Yelp employees who will live, work and play in this great area.”
Don’t stop now, ever more, after the jump
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
How did you prepare for Thanksgiving on Wednesday afternoon? Probably you were stealing iPhones off of MUNI‘s N Judah? No? Really? All right, well somebody was, a teenaged (or tweenaged) girl, in fact.
Par for the course, you say? Well this iPhone was recovered after pursuit from marathoner Chris Phipps. Read all about it on Murphstahoe’s Holier Than You Blog.
And read the informative Tweets below.
See? NextTheft works sometimes. Just like NextMUNI:
via Jamison, somewhat. Click to expand.
Here are the revelatory Tweets from Canabalt-loving Chris Phipps:
“A thief just stole the iPhone of the woman sitting next to me on muni. I jumped off the train, ran after her & caught her in reply to Im4tun8″Echofon from thuntil the SFPD arrived 4:50 PM Nov 25
I yelled “I’m a marathon runner, I will catch you…eventually” 3:46 PM Nov 25th from Echofon
Woman got her iphone back, called 911 & SFPD were here within 3 minutes. 3:48 PM Nov 25th from Echofon
@jeffremer I don’t know about heroic. The thief was a 16yo girl. Had it been a 200 pound guy, I don’t know what I’d do if I caught him 4:01 PM Nov 25th from Echofon
@munialerts N Judah @ Noe & Duboce. Around 3:40 PM4:16 PM Nov 25th from Echofon in reply to munialerts
@Im4tun8 Thanks. Several others in the park who were witnesses stopped to help detain & watch the suspect. Echofon from th. 3:45 PM Nov 25″
So, the next time you see some Apple product flying out the rear door of your MUNI vehicle, ask yourself, What Would Chris Phipps Do?
Tags: $25, 2009, apple, bus, crime, duboce, Echofon, eventually, I will catch you, iphone, iPod, marathon, marathon runner, mta, Muni, Murphstahoe, n judah, nexcttheft, noe, November, robbery, runner, San Francisco, SFMTA, SFPD, shris phipps, street, streetcar, thanksgiving, theft, tweet, twitter
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