Finally, the Land of Misery way out there by Ocean Beach west of San Francisco is getting a little action.
Now, in addition to all of the Sunset District’s cat houses, grow houses and halfway houses, we have this, from a recent dreaded sunny day:
Posts Tagged ‘dark’
Pack of Youths Bring Much-Needed Culture to the Sunset District – Video of Brian Peck, Comet Skateboards
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013Supervisor Scott Wiener to Address San Francisco’s Streetlight Issue Today at 10 AM in City Hall
Monday, June 4th, 2012Per Supervisor Scott Wiener:
“On Monday, 10 AM, I’ll be holding a hearing in City Hall to discuss our streetlights and the need to improve them & make them more reliable.”
I suppose he’s talking about stuff like this and this, but I wonder why Market Street looks like this at night lately, with all the street lights off from the Financh to troubled Mid-Market to the Twitterloin and beyond:
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(Hey, remember when our former man-child of a Mayor, that former scion, remember when he turned on a streetlight in the Twitterloin using his iPhone? Now, looking back, did that help at all? No it didn’t. Obviously not. But it made his day and he wanted to share. That’s what he thought was Governance. Oh well.)
Anyway, please, City Hall, turn off the dark.
Foolish Cyclist Forgets to Lock Headset After Parking on the Mean Streets of San Francisco
Friday, August 19th, 2011And just look at what happens.
(They sell them, you know, headset locks. Myself, I simply put superglue into every hole where a tool would fit – that’s kind of like using a lock)
Anyway, you park your bike on Mayor Ed Lee’s Market Street in 2011 and this is what you’ll get:
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What hubris to not lock your headset.
(This is right next to where the SFPD had a enforcement action not too long ago. Some of the errant cyclists complained about getting cited or hassled about not having reflectors or lights installed, you know, during the daytime. I’m not sure how that works, but I’m thinking that the Vehicle Code requires not reflectors on bikes in the daytime. Oh well.)
Smurf Happens: Sony Pays San Francisco to Turn City Hall Blue – It’s Smurfs Week!
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011OMG, it’s SMURFS WEEK in San Francisco, just like they had in NYC.
Hurray!
So, even though we might not have a blue* Mayor…
…we do have a blue City Hall. IRL, SRSLY, this is what City Hall, the Highest Classical Dome in the Western Hemisphere,** looks like at night these days:
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And here’s an effort from Do Not Lick, who asks, “How Broke is San Francisco?”
As they, say, Smurf Happens:
San Francisco City Hall Goes Blue in Honor of The Smurfs
City Hall, San Francisco\
Plus:
Smurf Village at Hillsdale Shopping Center, Hillsdale Shopping Center
10AM-3PM - Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Hurray!
Thanks Sony!
*Or sunburned, take your pick. This photo, which is sometimes used to show people what Ed Lee looks like, is way, way, way, way oversaturated. Kind of “gristly,” don’t you think?
I would show you a one-click fix but I am ignorant of how to do such a thing. PhotoShop’s Replace Color on a sunburned area would be a start…
Oh, wait a sec, here we go:
That’s better, anyway…
**That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
“Its dome, which owes much to Mansart‘s Baroque dome of Les Invalides, Paris, is the fifth largest dome in the world, rising 307.5 ft (93.7 m) above the Civic Center Historic District. It is 14 in (360 mm) higher than the United States Capitol“
The Scene of a Possible Pedestrian Fatality on 101 North Approaching Cesar Chavez
Monday, May 3rd, 2010Read about this accident at the high volume ActionNewsSf Twitter page:
“TRAFFIC ADVISORY: Accident involving a pedestrian on the North 101 off ramp. CHP lists the incident as a ‘possible fatality.’”
Lots of CHP cruisers were on the scene just before 9:00 PM tonight. You can see officers focusing a flashlight on one area while taking measurements near the dark-colored Honda Civic sedan.
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Not sure what happened but obviously there’s not much room on the shoulder for walking down to Bayshore if your car breaks down.
Will update.
Per unconfirmed reports to 911, an African American man on crutches walked up the offramp. Appears that he may have died.
Top Cheffer Casey Thompson Stars at Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival 2009
Monday, September 14th, 2009Here’s the thing about the 14th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival that just finished up - there’s chocolate everywhere. And what’s nice about it is that there’s no fences or checkpoints or anything. What your $20 gets you is not admission but a cafeteria ticket with 15 checkboxes. So go around and sample what you want. You can get your fill, and if you wanted to, you could go full Augustus Gloop.
It is truly the Land of Chocolate – don’t miss the 15th Annual in 2010 next September.
Famous Chef-testant Casey Thompson lectured on the subject of chocolate waffles or something like that. Look what she has – dark chocolate, the hard stuff:
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Here’s how it works – find something that looks appealing and then line up to get a sample. They’ll check your card off and then you can move on. People could spend hours just milling around and noshing and watching the demonstrations, etc…
The whole thing looked exactly like this, from SF Weekly’s Hanna Quevedo.
Best in Show would have to be these colorful Truffle Bars from Sterling Confections. I didn’t actually taste the things, but they look to be packaged well and that’s half the battle when your shopping for a gift, right girlfriend? Sterling can pick up the slack after the recent Joseph Schmidt Confections (“The Soul is For Hire, and They’ve Sold the Heart”) sell out.
Things got a little frenetic when they started throwing gelato containers off the back of the refrigerator truck. It was Brother Against Brother:
See you next year!
(And let’s hope all the official vendors come back in 2010.)
• Chef Demonstrations in the West Plaza
SATURDAY
1pm: Mitchell Hughes, Spun Sugar
2pm: Casey Thompson, Top Chef Finalist
3pm: Kara Lind, Kara’s Cupcakes
4pm: Ghirardelli Chocolate School by Steve Genzoli
SUNDAY
1pm: Jason Etzkin, Fairmont San Francisco
2pm: Casey Thompson, Top Chef Finalist
3pm: Rebecca Lugtu, Sweet Dreams Bakery
4pm: Ghirardelli Chocolate School by Steve Genzoli
• Wine & Chocolate Pairing Seminars at Cellar360 at 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30
Space is limited; 1st come, 1st served
$5 per person (refunded with bottle purchase)
• Chocolate Tea Party
Saturday at 3pm and 5pm & Sunday at 3pm Crown & Crumpet will host a tea & chocolate pairing on their patio.
Enjoy 3 types of chocolate tea paired with food items such as chocolate chip scones, tea-infused truffles and chocolate-hazelnut tea sandwiches for just $12.
Space is very limited, advanced reservations recommended. Call 415-771-4252 for reservations.
• Ice Cream Sundae Eating Contest on the Main Stage at 2pm daily! Earthquake (adults) on Saturday only. Children’s contest both days.
• Amella Caramels
• Ana Mandara
• Arlene’s Gourmet Toffee
• Bella’s Gourmet Fudge
• Boomerang Vodka Chocolate Martinis
• Bo’s Best Pancakes
• Cafe Razzi
• Ciao Bella Gelato
• CJ’s Stix & CJ’s Bitz
• Cookie Tree
• Cost Plus World Market
• Crown & Crumpet Tea Salon
• D’ Sweets
• Desserts On Us
• Embrace Sweets
• Gelateria Naia
• Ghirardelli Chocolate
• GUDFUD
• Island Breeze Macaroon
• Kara’s Cupcakes
• Kika’s Treats
• Lori’s Diner
• Mary Louise Butters Brownies
• McCormick & Kuleto’s
• Mighty Leaf Tea
• Mrs. Munchies!
• Napa Valley Fudge Company
• Organic Pastures Dairy
• Project Open Hand
• Pacific Puffs
• Pete’s Gourmet Confections
• Rock-n-Roll Gourmet
• Rustic Bakery
• Spun Sugar
• Sterling Confections
• Sugar Bowl Bakery
• Sweetface Bakery
• The Tea Room
• The Toffee Company
