Posts Tagged ‘dog’
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
OMG, they’re back! Don’t go into Cute Overload when you see the pets of the San Francisco SPCA Holiday Windows program at the corner of Stockton and O’Farrell.
Folks were still setting up a few days back, but now would be a good time to check things out. And don’t miss the Union Square tree lighting at Nov. 27, 2009, 6:00 PM. Check the photos.
As seen on Saturday:
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Kitties and puppies, AFAICS
All the deets:
San Francisco
HOLIDAY WINDOWS AT MACY’S UNION SQUARE
Nov. 20, 2009 to Jan. 3, 2010
Macy’s will once again partner with San Francisco’s Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) to give homeless cats and dogs a second chance to find warm and loving homes. Holiday shoppers can glimpse some of San Francisco’s cutest animals, along with Santa himself, in Macy’s Stockton and O’Farrell Street windows. This year’s windows are inspired by Macy’s Believe campaign, which asks children to deposit their stamped letters to Santa in official Santa’s mailboxes in our stores. Animals up for adoption will frolic in front of a variety of doorsteps indicative of classic architecture, from colonial to cottage, modern to brownstone and log cabin to deco. Santa letters will arrive at Santa’s mailroom, where the jolly man himself will be checking his list to find out which dogs and cats have been naughty or nice. SPCA representatives will be on site while the pets are on display to answer questions from potential adopters.
20TH ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATES THE YOUNG PATIENTS OF UCSF CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Nov. 27, 2009, 6:00 p.m.
Macy’s Great Tree in Union Square, Macy’s gift to the city and most recognized Christmas tree will be officially lit in Union Square. A 85-foot Shasta White Fir from the Carlton Tree Farm in Mount Shasta will be adorned with thousands of twinkling lights and 1,500 red and gold ornaments. For the seventh year, Macy’s has made UCSF Children’s Hospital the beneficiary of its annual tree lighting. For $5, anyone can sponsor a light bulb to illuminate the tree; all proceeds go directly to the UCSF Children’s Hospital’s palliative care program, which supports families whose children have life-threatening illnesses. There will be musical performances and, of course, Santa Claus will lead thousands of holiday revelers in a spirited countdown before throwing the switch to light the tree.
See you there!
Tags: adpopt, california, cat, cats, dog, dogs, holiday, holiday windows, intersection, kitten, lighting, macy's macys, puppies, puppy, San Francisco, shiopping, snimals, spca, stockton, street, tree, union square, windows
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
At least, that’s what they say. Not recommended all the time, of course, but once in a while…
As seen in Lincoln Park:
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Num, num, num.
Tags: Animals, chlorine, dog, drink, Lincoln Park, san francsico
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
San Francisco’s Harvey Milk Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Democratic Club had an endorsement election down at the Women’s Building in the Mission District last night. Here’s the upshot, via the Twitter:
“Harvey Milk Dems have endorsed Mandelman in D8, Walker in D6 and Goldstein for College Board. Many thanks to all of you who turned out!”
Get up to speed on the elections next month and next year over at the Usual Suspects.
And oh look, Rafael just made the Hot 40 Under 20 Hot 20 Under 40 list at 7×7 magazine. As seen in Duboce Park:
The 2010 election is only 370 days away, so keep these endorsements in mind over the coming days and months…
Tags: 2009, 2010, 6, 7x7, 8, Bisexual, castro, City Hall, club, community college board, debra Walker, democratic, district, dog, duboce, early, election, endorsement, Gay, GLBT, Harvey Milk, Lesbian, LGBT, magazine, Michael goldstein, noe, october, park, rafael mandelman, San Francisco, soma, Supervisor, tenderloin, Transgender, Valley
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Myself, I could go either way.
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Why is it that huge dogs are gentle giants but much smaller pit bull-types seem all agressive ‘n stuff?
Tags: dog, golden gate park, horse, San Francisco
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Jerry Brown this morning is crowing about this bit from Rasmussen Reports. Would you agree that JB is “decisively beating” (as he puts it) the leading Republican candidates based on these results?
“California Attorney General Jerry Brown leads all Republican challengers in an early look at the state’s 2010 governor’s race. But with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom as the Democratic candidate, the three Republicans are competitive.
The latest Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 statewide telephone survey finds that Brown leads former eBay CEO Meg Whitman 44% to 35%. He holds a 45% to 32% advantage over State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and a 44% to 34% edge over Tom Campbell, an ex-congressman and former state finance director.”
California Attorney General Jerry Brown with a loyal friend (bottom left, Dharma the 14-year-old black lab) working at the San Francisco State Building on a state holiday:
“Brown served as governor of California from 1975 to 1983. Since then, he has been chairman of the California Democratic Party, mayor of Oakland and the state’s attorney general. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976, 1980, and 1992 and for the U.S. Senate in 1982.
Newsom is challenging Brown for the right to represent Democrats in the 2010 governor’s race. All three Republican candidates hold a very modest edge over Newsom at this time, but if Newsom were to win the nomination, the political gravity of the state would likely give him a boost in the general election.
Currently, Whitman has the edge over Newsom 41% to 36%. Poizner leads the San Francisco mayor by a nearly identical 40% to 36% margin while Campbell is ahead 42% to 36%.”
Of course it’s still early yet.
Tags: 2010, attorney general, california, dharma, dog, gavin newsom, Governor, jerry brown, jerry brwon, Mayor, meg whitman, poll, polling, rasmussen, reports, San Francisco, steve poizner, tom campbell
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
It’s the Law.
Duboce Park is where the dogs can run free (in the Multi-Use area) and the children get fenced in – it all works out.
But your pup is going to need a leash to get to the leash-free area, as this sidewalk graphic tries to communicate:
See you there!
(And “please please pick up after your dogs“, they are begging over on the Yelp. Oh well)
Tags: castro, dog, duboce, Duboce Park, graphic, haight, leash, lower, park, sidewalk, stripes, tiger
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Friday, July 24th, 2009
You know, when you’re coming through San Francisco keeping busy applying makeup holding a cell phone eating a Pocky chocolate-coated breadstick with one hand and holding the remaining Pockies with the other, it pays to have another set of eyes keeping a lookout on the road ahead.
As seen in the Middle Sunset District heading toward the Golden Gate Bridge on 19th Avenue, aka the Senator Leland Yee Double Fine Zone:
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Feel free to eat delicious Pocky treats whenever and wherever you wish – that whole sodium cyanide thing involving the Monster with 21 Faces sorted itself out more than a quarter century ago. (Wow, Wiki, you certainly are well-informed.)
Available at a Daiso or IchbanKan near you.
Tags: 19th, 19th avenue, 21 faces, ave, Blue, chocolate, daiso, dog, double, double fine, exploder, explorer, fine, ford, glico, Golden Gate Bridge, golden gate park, highway, hound, Ichiban Kan, leland yee, monster, morinage, one, pocky, pooch, red, San Francisco, Senator, sunroof, suv, traffic, zone
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
The unlicensed commercial dog walkers of leash-free Bernal Heights appear to be overwhelmed at times. Perhaps each one should have an assistant – that would seem fair. Of course, there’s talk about requiring liability insurance and limiting the number pooches per businessperson, up in Marin.
How many pooches can you Spot? Click to expand, they won’t bite:
Were there any doggies inside this unattended pickup? At least one, anyway.
But don’t give just a four-star rating to your dog walker on the Yelp, as he/she would likely take that as an insult. Five stars are de rigueur, it would seem.
Tags: association, bags, bernal, cars, commercial, day out, defecate, dog, doggies, dogs, dwellers, for profit, heights, homeowners, leashes, license, lot, mission, mount hill, mountain, muzzle, noe, park, parking, pooch, pooches, poop, precita, professional, profit, pups, recreation department, regulation, san franicsco, unlicensed, walk, wlakers, yelp
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
This was the scene today on Van Ness, where these bikini-clad PETA protesters sat in a tub of red water. Why’s that? Something to do with chickens – read about it below.
¡Yo quiero mi garda!Chasque para ampliarse:
The mise-en-scene:
A passer by checks things out:
PETA rep Jena Hunt talking with Sebastian “cBas” Kunz from ClearChannel 910 KNEW / Green 960:
Two PETA members in red bikinis will be crammed together in a tank of “bloody” water with the message “McDonald’s Scalds Chicks to Death” to protest the abuse that chickens suffer in slaughterhouses that supply the fast-food chain.
Why is PETA going after the Golden Arches? McDonald’s currently allows its U.S. chicken suppliers to use a slaughter method that causes many birds to endure broken bones and other abuses. Birds have their throats cut while they are still conscious and are often scalded to death in tanks of hot water. PETA has urged McDonald’s to require its suppliers to adopt an improved slaughter method called “controlled-atmosphere killing” (CAK), which eliminates some of the worst abuses that birds suffer. In 2005, McDonald’s produced a report concluding that CAK offers significant animal welfare benefits over the conventional slaughter method, but the company has not required any of its U.S. suppliers to switch to it.
“McDonald’s has refused to lift a finger to stop its American suppliers from scalding chickens to death and abusing them in other hideous ways,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “McDonald’s customers across the country are now saying, ‘I’m hatin’ it,’ every time they spot the Golden Arches.”
To learn more about the campaign and to watch PETA’s McCruelty video, please visit PETA’s Web site McCruelty.com.
And There You Have It.
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Saturday, June 6th, 2009
They’re not just for the sides of buildings anymore.
See? They’re even on Volkswagen Transporters, as here in the Inner Richmond.
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UPDATE: Changed “dogs” to “bears,” as that’s what these critters actually are. Thanks commenter Larry-Bob!
Tags: anime, art, artist, bear, bears, Blue, caretoon, district, dog, Golden Gate Bridge, green, inner, microbus, mural, no one, norris, painting, pooch, pup, richmond, San Francisco, sirron, Sirron Norris, t2, transporter, type 2, van, volkswagen, VW
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