This is it, the whole thing.
As seen from Balboa betwixt 6th and 7th:
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Of course The Nevius Incident is still fresh in people’s minds, but the healing has begun.
Bonus: The super-long lines are gone.
NB: You see, CW Nevius? There IS a sign out front. It says Tekka.
どうもありがとうミスターロボット (dōmo arigatō misutā Robotto)
See?
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As seen on the Embarcadero, fka East Street:
But don’t laugh, they control the fish supply at your favorite sushi place, I’m srsly.
“In America, first you get the sugar,* then you get the power, then you get the women.”
*Or fish, maybe that works too.
All right, I need to payoff on that headline.
Here are your humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) of San Francisco County, which, of course, includes a whole bunch of ocean (depending on how you look at it.)
A pair of namesake humps. This particular species is not endangered at all – there are tons of them out there.
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Horizontal tale = whale, of course. These things are huge, like almost 50 feet long and weighing as much as older DC-9 jetliners:
Here’s Mama and Papa and Junior, just a pod of freelance whales coming and going as they please:
And here’s what happens when a killer whale takes a big bite out of your hump. Chomp chomp:
Bon courage, cetaceans!
Why, this bucolic scene almost looks like Mayberry, R.F.D., excepting for the famous bridge up high.
Check it:
“You can legally fish or crab without a license at Torpedo Wharf at the west end of Crissy Field. Look for posted regulations.”
Them’s crabbers down there, that’s what they are, those West End girls and boys
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It’s easy to get started.
All the deets.
Obviously, non-targeted species will be affected when the Feds airbomb the Farallon Islands with rodenticide to kill all those mice.
Like this one. See it? Here’s the big version, via nature photographer Jenny Erbes.
But so what. What’s the deal?
This is one of the things that the feds do right.
Like, they were so effective up north not too long ago that Rat Island will need a new name after 229 years.
So, hurry up Feds, we’re waiting on you…
As seen on Fell near Scott:
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[UPDATE: Akit, who's in a position to know is saying that the #5 Fulton is an A-OK way to get out to 30th and Fulton from San Francisco right now, Saturday afternoon. FYI]
Oh, it’s illegal to sneak into Outside Lands 2011? That’s what they’re saying. Wow.
So choose wisely:
“Think I’m gna drop a stamp and sneak into outside lands to catch phish. Wussap?”
“Bouts to sneak the fuck into outside lands tomorrow cuz I like my music fests like I like my country: free and full of illegals.”
“I wanna sneak in to outside lands on sunday…must brainstorm/think of something really sneaky”
Anyway, the “horse nazis” from Alpha and Omega are back, the SFPD is all over the place, and the perimeter fencing has been pushed out to cover an unprecedented area.
So maybe you’re best off trying to bum a ticket, as these poor souls were trying to do:
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Expect larger crowds later in the day:
What are the security guards on horses supposed to do – intimerdate people? O.K. How helpful were the horses in this particular case from an earlier event? Not very.
The new security setup allows the SFPD to go out riding fences with ease this year:
The good entrances are 33rd and Lincoln in the Sunset on the south side and 30th and Fulton in the Richmond on the north side.
But Fell and Stanyan, what some people consider the “entrance” to GGP, is far, far away from where you want to be. You gotta realize you are seeing a concert that’s way out in the West Bay.
And people, don’t take the 5 Fulton from San Francisco to get there. C’mon! Use your noodle. Try the #38 Geary or the #31 Balboa and then hoof it south at 30th, if you want.
Enjoy the show.
Forget about ice cream this summer.
As seen in the window display of 2G Japanese Brasserie at 601 Van Ness:
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So, you shouldn’t eat fish because of mercury – is that what we’re saying here?
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Is shark fin soup a major source of mercury poisoning for Californians? A minor source? No source at all?
I don’t know.
Regardless, I cry foul.
(Would you have people throw RICE at your wedding?
Rice consumption may cause pigeons to explode.)
It’s tough for a hotel in San Francisco to get four Yelp stars but Joie de Vivre’s Hotel Kabuki has attained that, so that’s something.
Anyway, here are some of the fish they have downstairs outside – Koi and goldfish, I’m guessing:
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HOTEL KABUKI
Japantown, San Francisco Hotel – Home of O Izakaya Lounge
Hotel Kabuki is a premier Japanese-style hotel in San Francisco with a western touch. With its prime Japantown location and unique blend of Eastern and Western influences, Hotel Kabuki offers calm and serene accommodations and ambiance.
Hotel Kabuki’s décor elegantly balances the refined beauty of the East and West. Guests will experience a sense of place that reflects both historic and worldly Japantown as well as the pulse of San Francisco. The hotel’s location is central to shopping, dining, university and medical center businesses and entertainment, including a new Sundance film theater complex and a choice of music venues within walking distance.
