Posts Tagged ‘6th’
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
This was the scene at Geary and Steiner in the Western Addition / Japantown area today as hundreds gathered to see the debut of the new Hamilton Recreation Center and Pool. This place has it all – basketball, tennis courts, giant murals, the works.
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After hearing a performance from students at the Willie L. Brown, Jr. College Preparatory Academy…
…and some brief heckling from Giants Cap, who wants laid-off RPD employees rehired…
…out comes Ross Mirkarimi, your District 5 Supervisor, to give his stemwinder, as seen on this CNN iReport (entitled “‘Bay Area Girls’” Teanage Girls perform [Pat Benatar's 'I love Rock and Roll'] at the Inaugural of the Hamilton Recreation Center”) and then cut the ribbon:
The mise-en-scene inside - it’s like a mini water park. Throw in an orca or two and then there’d be no reason to travel to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (aka Marine World) in Vallejo:
But who’s that atop the ladder for the yellow slide wearing his street clothes? It’s Ross!
Here he comes down the slide…
…and here’s the aftermath, looked like fun. Bill Wilson should have some good shots of the wettened supe. [Like this.]
OTOH, the orange slide is terrifying, apparently:
(I think you’re supposed to cross your arms like you’re an ejecting pilot – that’s what some people were doing in the orange tube/slide contraption.)
Not sure how much it costs to employ six(!) lifeguards (that would seem a lot more than required at slide-free Sava Pool in the Parkside) but oh well.
Bon courage, Ham Rec!
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Actually, Harvey is Tevye the Dairyman, but you know what I mean. Now let’s say that you have $30 – maybe you worked for it, or you just got your unemployment check, or that trust fund came through - it doesn’t matter. I’d have no qualms about directing you to use that dough to go see old-school Fiddler on the Roof at SHN’s bustling Golden Gate Theatre before the show ships out on February 21st.
Might take you a few moments to adjust to his famous voice, so there you go. No matter, Harvey is hilarious, he raises the roof, he’s the real deal.
Our Golden Gate single handedly puts the theatre into the Theatre District. The roomy seats give the big-boned and long-femured of us plenty of kneeroom compared what they have at the nearby Orpheum:
And if you see the show tonight, you’ll also get to see elements of the Westboro Baptist Church in some sort of protest out front as you’re walking in. Bonus.
See you there!
[UPDATE: And now, you can go there two hours before the show to try to get nonresellable $30 rush tickets, which I'm guessing would be for better-than-average seats. Anyway, the deets on that, after the jump.]
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Tags: 1, 2010, 6th, address, broadway, Dance, February, fiddler, fiddler on the roof, ggt, golden gate, golden gate theatre, harvey fierstein, harvey firestein, harvey firestien, january, jones, market, play, roof, San Francisco, shn, show, singing, song, street, tevye, theater, tickets
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
The anti-abortion mobile billboard trucks seen below, in town for Saturday’s West Coast Walk for Life, could be banned from the Streets of San Francisco, IMO. Here’s how to do it:
Step One: Amend San Francisco Police Code section 680 to make it look more like the City of West Hollywood’s Municipal Code section 11.441. Basically, that would mean, instead of banning “commercial advertising” on vehicles, we’d be banning all advertising, banning all mobile billboards.
Step Two: Start writing tickets.
What’s that you say, what about the First Amendment ‘n stuff? Well, let’s read up on a recent case from the California Court of Appeal called Showing Animals Respect and Kindness, et al. v. City of West Hollywood (B201721). You see, this animal-loving guy from S.H.A.R.K. got busted for driving his animal-rights mobile billboard advertising truck around town. He sued West Hollywood after he got cited but he lost. Why?
Here Come Da Judges (the bulk of them, anyway):
“The city concedes that SHARK was engaged in noncommercial speech but maintains its ordinance applies to both commercial and noncommercial speech. SHARK, however, argues that the term “advertising” applies only to commercial speech. We agree with the city that the ordinance applies to both commercial and noncommercial speech.
“The term “advertise” is not limited to calling the public’s attention to a product or a business. The definition of “advertise” is more general: “to make something known to[;] . . . to make publicly and generally known[;] . . . to announce publicly esp[ecially] by a printed notice or a broadcast…”
So it looks like West Hollywood has a green light to stop both commercial and non-commercial advertising trucks from roaming its streets. What’s preventing San Francisco from doing the same thing?
Click to expand. On the Embarcadero:
And Market Street:
Just asking.
(Brace yourselves, more these trucks like these are on their way. Get used to it…)
How West Hollywood does it, after the jump
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
These mobile billboard trucks, in town for today’s West Coast Walk for Life, don’t appear to constitute “commercial advertising” so the people responsible for them don’t appear to be violating San Francisco law.
Click to expand. On the Embarcadero:
And Market Street:
Anyway, this is what’s roaming the streets today…
Tags: 2010, 6th, 8m78856, abortion, advertising, annual, anti, california, choice, crowd, illegal, law, legal, license, march, march for life, market, mobile billboards, parade, plate, prop, rain, San Francisco, SFPD, size, street, thousands, trucks, walk for life, west coast
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
Let’s see here, that was a big march the anti-abortion people put on today, huh? The Chronicle (or what I’m actually looking at - SFGate, San Francisco’s online newspaper) was on the scene today and reports that “several thousand“ were at the West Coast March for Life on the Embarcadero.
On the other hand, the organizers themselves have the number at “at least 35,000.”*
My count was 22,000+ so 35k sounds, how shall we say, optimistic, unless they’re counting people who didn’t march and were hiding somewhere. PipeLineNews (“the RIGHT news… RIGHT now”) comes in with a guess of “23,000 – 25,000,” which I’m thinking is their good-faith effort to be objective.
But, as always, You Make The Call. If you think this video shows the crowd passing any given point at more than one person per second, then you’ll think an estimate of several thousand is too low. So much for crowd estimates….
UPDATE: The Chronicle’s Joe Garafoli discusses yet another estimate of precisely 22,809 marchers. And the SFPD weighs with more than 10,000 all told. Here’s an IndyBay report that indicated the crowds were smaller this year (they weren’t) and here’s another with five glaring errors in the first three sentences. Oh well. Lastly, here comes the Catholic News Agency with an estimate of 25,000, which sounds perfectly cromulent to me.
Today’s vanguard:
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Read all about it, after the jump
*And when you tell lies/ An angel dies. Remember that for next year, Dolores.
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Tags: 2010, 6th, abortion, annual, anti, choice, crowd, march, march for life, parade, prop, rain, SFPD, size, thousands, walk for life, west coast
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Via Tim at 8Asians.com and, ultimately, Brittney Gilbert, who catalogs interesting bay area-related blog posts for CBS5, comes news of the 2010 Top100 Chinese Restaurants in the USA Awards straight out of Las Vegas, NV.
How did the bay area do? Well, You Make The Call. San Francisco’s Ana Mandara placed highest in our vicinity. (Isn’t this mostly a Vietnamese place? Yes. How does that square? I don’t know.)
No matter, the polarizing Panda Country Kitchen on Geary is also on the list – possibly worth checking out based upon the name alone.
Pork belly, pork belly, pork belly from AM:
via evadedave
Your bay area winners:
Top 100 Overall Excellence Winners (USA)
Ana Mandara 891 Beach St. San Francisco CA
Chef Chu’s 喜福居 1067 N San Antonio Rd. Los Altos CA
Cheung Hing Chinese Restaurant 祥兴烧腊小馆 2339 Noriega St. San Francisco CA
Moonstar Restaurant月星宮 383 Gellert Blvd. Daly City CA
New China Delight 百家宴酒家 360 Castro St. Mountain View CA
Panda Country Kitchen五粮液 4737 Geary Blvd. San Francisco CA
Vip Coffee & Cake Shop 嘉賓閣 671 Broadway San Francisco CA
Full list after the jump.
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Tags: 2010, 6th, ana mandara, annual, bay area, best, chinese, geary, las vegas, nevada, panda country kitchen, restaurants, San Francisco, top100, U.S., usa, vietnamese
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Oh man, the scalpers on craigslist are already at full speed, but I just now found out that Harvey Fierstein will star in Fiddler on the Roof from January 27th to February 21st at SHN’s grand, stylish and palatial Golden Gate Theatre.
It’s going to be mega.
What’s that, you have a few concerns about Harvey as Tevye? Well then read on, below.
Here’s interviewer Boris Kachka’s recent Q&A with the feisty Fierstein:
Q. Some people have been asking, “Can Harvey actually sing in a serious role like this?” You were playing Hairspray’s Edna for comedy, after all.
A. If I had played Edna for laughs, I don’t think I would have gotten the Tony. So that’s people’s prejudice, and to me that’s just stupid.
Q. What about when people say you’re too raspy?
A. You know, Boris, you’re asking me questions that are really pissing me off. What a stupid thing to say. It’s like saying Shelley Winters is too fat to play—that’s who I am.
O.K. then.
It’s his dream role, after all.
Will spending your $30 to see Fiddler from the side balcony be a better investment than the $15 it’ll take to go see headache-inducing Avatar in 3D?
Yes, probably.
See you there at the GGT!
Tags: 1, 2010, 6th, address, broadway, Dance, February, fiddler, fiddler on the roof, ggt, golden gate, golden gate theatre, harvey fierstein, harvey firestein, harvey firestien, january, jones, market, play, roof, San Francisco, shn, show, singing, song, street, tevye, theater, tickets
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
Not officially or anything, but the DPT /SFMTA / SFPD folks who normally work on keeping inbound Market Street free of cars from Eighth Street to Fifth Street took a break last Friday (yes, Black Friday). So it was like totally wide open to traffic, temporarily anyway.
This was the result: a string of slow-moving vehicles for as far as you could see, all the way to the Ferry Building. Click to expand:
Note the new signs. The previous versions talked about how “private vehicles” were banned from continuing. The current versions allow ”buses, taxis, trucks, and bikes” on Market. So that makes things more clear for the tourists.
Speaking of whom, Our Visitors just ignore the signs. They understand that they need to keep out of the bus and taxi-only diamond lanes, but they don’t seem to get the idea that they’re not allowed to proceed on Market the way they used to. It seems they need a crew of MUNI Parking Control Officers to tell them what’s up.
Oh well.
(Myself, I got doored by one of these cars a couple minutes after I snapped this photo. I was on the slow lane of the beige portion of the street to the right of the vehicle when the passenger door opened - it was an against-the-rule dooring just like the Incident at the Juicy Couture.
Oh well.)
Tags: 27th, 6th, banned, bicycles, bikes, black friday, car-free, cars, commercial, cyclists, department, dept., doored, dooring, DPT, experiement, free, friday, inbound, market, meter maids, mta, November, parking control officers, pco, police, San Francisco, SF, SFMTA, SFPD, shopping, signs, street, temporary, traffic, union square
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
On December 6th, 2009 you might find yourself riding to WinterFest 09 at the SOMArts Gallery on 934 Brannan near 8th Street in the SoMA. Just follow the path laid out on our newly beiged (fawned? fawndled?) streets.
Don’t call it FallFest, nor AutumnFest neither. It’s WinterFest! See you there.
Don’t forget to bring your buddy on your new $1500 Buddy Bike backwards tandem. (Mom, don’t be such a backseat driver all the time!)
All the deets:
“Don’t miss the hottest bike party of the year the 14th Annual Winterfest Member Party, Auction, Art Show and Fundraiser. 
WHEN: Sunday, December 6th from 6-10:30pm.
WHERE: SOMArts Gallery, 934 Brannan St. at 8th St.
Free Valet Bike Parking provided of course.
Download the Winterfest Poster (PDF).
Over 1,000 SF bicycling advocates of all stripes — SFBC members, bike industry, local businesses, local artists and politicians coming together for a festive evening to celebrate the growth of San Francisco bicycling. An occasion to raise a glass to the SFBC & our members for being 10,000 current-members strong!
To top it off, the event includes New Belgium beer, DJs Laron & ShOOey spinning all night, the photo booth, food vendors ($) and over 1,000 bike-friendly party-folk.
Bid and buy
Winterfest features a fabulous 60 piece bike focused local art auction, plus an unrivaled silent & live auction complete with the hottest bikes, gear and oodles of gift certificates from your favorite restaurants and cultural institutions.
If crafts are more your speed, Winterfest has a robust craft table. Or you could try your luck and enter the raffle for your chance to win a beautiful one-of-a-kind bike quilt. To top it off, the event includes New Belgium beer, music, photo booth, food vendors ($) and over 1,000 bike-friendly party-folk.
Volunteers needed
We are seeking over 200 volunteers to help make Winterfest run smoothly. There’s something for everyone. Sign up today to get the shift and task of your dreams!
Pricing
$15 suggested min. admission for SFBC Members.
$40 for people joining at the door (Includes SFBC membership + admission)
Admission includes:
Complimentary New Belgium beer, DJ’s, valet bike parking and a photo booth along with a great feeling knowing you’re supporting SF’s most effective bicycle advocacy organization
Flash your SFBC membership card for quick entry into the party. Missing your card? Request one here
All proceeds from our fundraiser go directly toward improving biking conditions in San Francisco so all cyclists have a comfortable, safe and dignified ride about town.
Thank Yous
This event is only possible through the generous support of hundreds of sponsorsand through the help of Girl Friday Events and Winterfest Interns: Eliza Barrios (ebx design & tech solutions) Emma Kemp & Kim Quinones.
Tags: 09, 14th, 2009, 6, 6th, 8th, 934, annual, bicycle, bicycle coalition, bike, bikers, brannan, cyclists, december, fundraiser, gallery, party, riders, San Francisco, san francisco bicycle coalition, soma, somaarts, south of market, street, winterfest
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
It’s not clear what actual work they’re putting us to. Can you tell? The only new thing I can see on this stretch of Tenderloin District is the Wonderland public art graffiti experiment.
See the eyes on the left? They’re all over Mid Market dees days:
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“PUTTING AMERICA TO WORK”
“PROJECT FUNDED BY THE American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” of 2009 (ARRA)
Recovery.org
USDOT TIGER.
But maybe you can figure things out – have at it.
San Francisco is only getting stimulated 354 different ways, so this task should take you no time at all.
Tags: 2009, 6th, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ARRA, barack, california, district, eyes, federal, feds, flank, graffiti, obama, paint, PUTTING AMERICA TO WORK, Recovery.org, San Francisco, sign, slot, stimulus, tenderloin, tiger, USDOT, wonderland
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