Posts Tagged ‘cole’
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Didn’t make it to the entire meeting of the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council yesterday but everything seemed pretty copacetic from what I could see. A representative from Whole Foods made a presentation about their proposed store at 690 Stanyan. Then came the Q and A:
Will they have organic food? Yes. Will they have stuff on sale sometimes? Yes. That’s how it went.
Attention developers – this is the kind of get-together you need to hold before you can begin developing in San Francisco. Paying thousands of dollars a year to nearby community groups, as Sutro Tower, Inc. does, might also help but outreach meetings like these are mandatory. Just saying.
The next stop is a rubber stamp from the Planning Commission on January 28th. Then you can look forward to having a place to shop for Thanksgiving in Autumn.
Hooray!
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
It’s all going down this Thursday, January 14th, 2010, at the Park Branch Library on Page Street in the Upper Haight – representatives from Whole Foods will be on hand to discuss their proposed new store at Stanyan and Haight.
Get some history on this projecto here, courtesy of Curbed SF. And read “the whole story” from purported “fossil”Calvin Welch right here.
The proposed residences upstairs are no longer in the works but there’s still lots to argue about. Grab your pink popcorn and show up at the library at 7:00 PM for the next Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council Community Meeting:
See you there!*
*At the meeting, not at Whole Foods, which is too rich for my blood.
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
Lots of shoes hanging on overhead wires are visible in Haight Ashbury these days.
Could it be the work of the sit/lie bullies, you know, the ones behind the purported “unpleasant transformation” in the area over the past year?
No one knows…
Tags: bullies, cole, dealers, department, dept., drugs, haight, haight asbhury, hanging, lie, police, sales, San Francisco, sellers, SFPD, shoes, sit, sit/lie, street, tennies, tennis, upper, wires
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
As seen from Cole Valley, with a #37 bus rolling by.
St. Ignatius Church looks really close but the Panhandle of Golden Gate Park is in between, so this building (or at least the dome at the back of it, anyway) is fully three-quarters-of-a-mile away:
It almost looks Disneyesque when Sausalito sets off fireworks, like on the Fourth of July:
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Tags: 650 parker, building, catholic, chapel, church, cole, cole valley, Disney, fireworks, fulton, ignatious, Ignatius, jesuit, loyola, night, photos, pics, saint, san francsico, st ignatious, st., street, twin peaks, university of san francisco, USF, view
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Cole Valley’s favorite brunch spot is open for dinner, don’t you know. Let’s take a peek.
On a late Sunday night, you can just walk right in to get a bite. That’s quite different than the crowds you’ll see on a tweekend morning.
Zazie at closing time:
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O.K., let’s get rustic. Mussels Marinieres- white wine, garlic, shallots, parsley, cream $11 – this is the half-sized prix-fixe version:
Zazie Burger- w/white cheddar and tomatoes provençals, grilled yukon gold potatoes $12; DD’s Mac and Cheese- fresh organic casarecce pasta w/ sharp cheddar crust $6; Salmon Grillade- w/ roasted brussel sprouts and pecans, served over celery root/ parsnip puree $16
And this is the crème brûlée and some sort of chocolate mousse, both of which are on the prix-fixe:
Do you know who Nate Valentine is? Well Google says Zazie is one of his Favorite Places, if that makes a diff. to you:
À ce soir,Zazie!
Everything was great. Check it out yourself, if you want.
Tags: (415), 564-5332, 931, bistro, breakfast, brunch, bus, carl, cole, cole valley, dinner, french, hours, lunch, menu, Muni, n judah, parnassus, restaurant, San Francisco, street, Valley, zazie
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Not sure what the Yelpers have a problem with, but the Haight Ashbury Street Fair went off today without a hitch, just like last year.
Look at the swirling mass of humanity on just one block of Haight Street:
Can you see the superfluity of nuns in white approaching the Fair? Also note the F430 Ferrari supercar (sans license plates), one of many exoticars that made the journey to the Upper Haight today. Also note the sign: “No Open Containers of Alcohol.” Too bad.
Of course, all you need to get around the alcohol ban is a gallon jug of overproofed white rum and a giveaway “water” bottle. As seen on Ashbury.
District Five Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was on the scene, gathering names for his newsletter distribution list.
Poorbot was looking for handouts:
“SHOW US YOUR BOOBS… please.” “FABULOUS PRIZES.” “DON’T WORRY (WE’RE GAY)” These inebriates residing above the Ben & Jerry’s at the corner of Ashbury were true to their word, tossing down trinkets to all flashers male and female.
You kmow why this San Francisco Native baby is better than you? Cause he had the foresight to be born in San Francisco, that’s why. He won the lottery/ when he was born.
Bong Hits 4 Jesus
And There Your Have It.
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
Yesterday’s Haight Ashbury Street Fair in San Francisco came with sunny skies and lots of attendees.
The alcohol ban of recent years has changed the character of this event somewhat. These days, the boozy Union Street Festival might have an edge in the number of inebriated. No matter, a good time was had by all in the Haight.
So, dig the colors of David Yu and look at a bunch of photos from SFWeekly.
A mass of humanity:
Could this man with marijuana garland be famous artist Harry Shearer trying out a new character?
Hookahs! Get your hookahs! Hookahs.com was in the house:
A dancing baby grooving on Haight Street:
Cindy Sheehan had more than a few acolytes gathering signatures for Cindy’s windmill-tilting House campaign against Nancy Pelosi:
See you next year!
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Be careful when attending the alcohol-free (really?) Haight Ashbury Street Fair today, as parole agents are on the scene. That’s not too crunchy.
Cheese it, the cops!
Tags: agents, ashbury, california, clayton, cole, faire, Festival, haight, haight street, haight street fair, masonic, parole parolee, police, prole, san francsico, SFPD, shrader, stanyan, state, tie dye, upper
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