Posts Tagged ‘golf’
Friday, September 28th, 2012
I’ll tell you, there are two kinds of San Franciscans:
1. People who know / care about who the current Mayor is; and
2. People who think the Mayor of San Francisco is still Gavin Newsom or Willie Brown or Dianne Feinstein*
A third of the first group welcomes the new City Target store, a third doesn’t care, and a third opposes this corporate chain-store invasion, man.
And the second group? They either don’t care or they welcome this store.
Golfing for Gift Cards and Bullseye doggie dolls:
*Which you know, isn’t too far from the truth, IRL.
(Oh, which of the two groups listed above is larger? The second one.)
I, for one, welcome our new corporate overlords.
As does Charlize Theron:
Feel free to continue shopping online until October 14th.
(And hey, where’s our Masonic and Geary Target, when’s that one coming?)
See you at the City Target on the Second Sunday of October 2012!
Tags: 3rd, 4th, bullseye, ceremony, chain, Charlize Theron, City, Dianne Feinstein, geary, gift card, golf, howard, market, masonic, Mayor, Metreon, mission, new, Newsom, october 14, open, soma, Sony, south, store, stores, target, willie brown
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
Get on up to the Presidio today at 1:00 PM to see hundreds of goats being delivered to clean up the areas surround our Presidio Golf Course. Deets below.
And then, to make your day completely hurcine, go ahead and nosh on a warm Goat Cheese Naploleon at the popular Presidio Cafe:
GOAT CHEESE NAPOLEON – warm Laura Chenel goat cheese, puff pastry, sweet & spicy pecans, fresh berries & balsamic dressing
It’s the circle of life, or something, nom nom.
Oh, here they are:
Three Boer Goats via Jennifer Schwalm
(When young, these critters kind of look like dogs.)
All the deets:
“NATURE’S LAWNMOWERS” REPORT FOR TOUR OF DUTY AT PRESIDIO GOLF COURSE
Date: Tuesday August 7, 2012
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Presidio Golf Course; behind the clubhouse (300 Finley Road, inside the Arguello Gate)
Who: The Presidio Trust and Arnold Palmer Golf welcome a herd of goats to the Presidio Golf Course to tame the overgrown ivy, blackberry and hemlock that have popped up around the links. The goats will arrive at 1:00pm on Tuesday, August 7 and will be corralled at the clubhouse for about an hour when the public can “meet the goats.” After all the goats are unloaded, they will be shepherded by three border collies to a site near the driving range.
What: The 250-300 Boer goats begin their culinary odyssey in an overgrown thicket behind the driving range. The hungry herd’s two-week tour of duty will be spent chomping through weeds and transforming them into natural fertilizer, allowing native grasses to flourish. Once the unwanted vegetation has been eaten back, not only can errant golf balls be retrieved, but serpentine soil will be revealed. The hope is long buried seeds will sprout, enabling native wildflowers and grasses to once again take root and thrive. The goats’ next stop will be a wetland area near the 4TH hole now thick with thistle and hemlock.
The project is part of a broader effort to upgrade the course using sustainable means whenever possible. Improvements are planned for every hole and bunker on the course, including the creation of so-called “fuzzy bunkers” using native plants and grasses. The result will be a course that is both more attractive and more challenging, with a less manicured and wilder look evocative of traditional Scottish links courses.
Originally constructed in 1895, the Presidio Golf Course is the second oldest course west of the Mississippi. Long restricted to members of the military and the exclusive Presidio Golf Club, the course was opened to public play 1995.
The goats are supplied by California Grazing, a holistic land management company that provides brush and weed control through grazing.”
See you there!
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Saturday, March 24th, 2012
Today’s search starts at 8:00 AM:
What: Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo), along with his staff, will join a group of Marines that served with Joseph McHenry, a former Marine from San Bruno who has been missing since March 5, in a search on Saturday in Pacifica. On Wednesday, McHenry’s vehicle was found parked in a residential area near Sharp Park Golf Course near Mori Point. A backpack believed to be McHenry’s was found on a secluded beach near the golf course. Anyone with information should call San Bruno Police at 650-616-7100. Anyone who wants to participate in the search should arrive by 8:00 AM.
When: 8:00 A.M., Saturday, March 24, 2012
Where: Mori Point, Pacifica, California
“Former Marine Joseph McHenry went missing in Pacifica, CA. The search near Mori Point ended last week. When a group of Marine’s that had been stationed with him in Iraq (with the Amphibious Assault Battalion Bravo Company) found out they organized a grass roots effort of Marine’s on leave to get a search party. Marine’s as far away as NH, OK, TX, Camp Pendleton, CA and other states are paying their way and flying/driving in tomorrow (Friday 23 March) and will search the area from 1300 Friday through Monday Night. It started with a handful of Marine’s and now many of their brother’s in Arms that were not even stationed with Joe are so moved at the show of and dedication to brotherhood that they are joining the search. As of this morning there were over 20 Marines and the numbers are quickly rising. They take seriously the “Leave no Marine Behind”.
I live near Pacifica and am Active duty Coast Guard. My brother Richard Godfrey was stationed with Joe in Iraq they were both communication specialist. Joe was his mentor. My brother says “Retrieving wounded comrades from the field of fire is a Marine Corps tradition more sacred than life”. The Marine’s goal is to search the last known area to find McHenry regardless of his condition and if he is found in less than favorable circumstances at least he will get a proper funeral and there will be some closure for the people blessed to have him in their lives. When others learned of the efforts of this small group of Marine’s many people have volunteered to help however they could.
The original search team: Sgt Christopher Lawrence, a communication technician and Purple Heart recipient that lost his leg while deployed with McHenry. Sgt Kyle Parrish an Amphibious Assualtman and certified Combat Hunter. McHenry was his Radioman for the entire Iraq deployment in 2007. And (my Brother) Sgt Richard Godfrey a Communications Technician during the same deployment was mentored by McHenry.
A PayPal account has been established for anyone that would like to donate to the search efforts. kyleparrishusmc@yahoo.com any unused funds will go to a USMC related charity. All of these junior enlisted Marine’s have taken time off from work and paid their way here. They will be sleeping on floors and couches through Tuesday. I will have a house full of Marine’s tomorrow. The weather will be bad this weekend, but they plan on searching into the night and in the rain. If he can be found, i’m sure they will find him.
Joe had reported that he would be camping and rock climbing in the Pacifica Area. His car was found locked nearby and a backpack believed to be his was found on the beach. He was last seen March 2 at the 100 block of Quail Point Circle
San Bruno Police is leading the investigation and can be reached at (650) 616-7100.
How Many people know someone, much less 20 someone’s that would fly across the country to look for them if they were missing? At least i know i have a Marine for a brother!”
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
But, uh oh, no website = trouble?
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Hurry, June 2012 is almost here!
Tags: 2012, 877 741 2332, bay area, california, golf, home, hotel, house, olympic club, rent, San Francisco, SF, tournament, us open
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Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Ouch.
This one is going to hurt:
“Mayor Ed Lee should not run for a full term in November.”
Here are all the deets, for those willing to pony up a little $$$:
“To read this and other exclusive print stories today, subscribe to The Chronicle’s iPad app by visiting http://sfg.ly/kOoVKS. Or purchase an electronic version of the newspaper here http://sfg.ly/9hZRui. Chronicle Print subscribers can go to http://sfg.ly/a0EgVK to sign up for free e-editions.”
(Wonder what Fake Rose Pak would have had to say about this…)
Oh, and there’s this (written by somebody I don’t who, I can’t figure it out):
“Willie Brown today dings Ed Lee saying he was playing golf when Adachi tried to reach across the divide to find common ground on the two pension reform measures. Brown says even he couldn’t reach Ed while golfing. We haven’t seen comments like that before from Da Mayor. So betting is Ed isn’t saying Yes.”
Anyway, ouch.
Tags: 2011, adachi, administrator, bay area, california, chronicle, City Hall, ed lee, editorial, edwin, election, fake rose pak, golf, interim, jeff adachi, Lee, Mayor, newspaper, paywall, playing, promise, race, Rose Pak, San Francisco, sfchron, sfgate, stick to his word, willie brown, word
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Golfer Michelle Wie goes to Stanford? Did not know that. Anyway, her stories are getting picked up in The Bay Citizen now.
For example:
“Stanford Researchers Offer Tips on Curbing Obesity in Kids“
See?
(And the beauty part is that the illustrative photos are credited to somebody from Flickr and the “Creative Commons.”)
Oh, what a world!
Tags: 2011, bay area, bay citizen, california, college, golf, golfer, journalism, journalist, michelle wie, Obesity, penisula press, Researchers, San Francisco, stanford, student, university
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
The road to our Legion of the Museum of Honor from Clement, well, it’s narrow. That means that there’s not much room for traffic when cars are parked on both sides of the street
Coach USA had the size but MUNI wanted it more:
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In this particular case, after minutes of humming and hawing and the use of extended hands as makeshift yardsticks, the drivers agreed to pass each other simultaneously, slowly but surely.
Another win-win in the world-class natural amphitheatre that is San Francisco! Hurray!
In related news, Pulp Fashion: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave is almost upon us.
Tags: 34th, ave, avenue, avenues, bus, buses, clement, coach usa, district, driver, famsf, golf, honor, legion, lincoln, Muni, museum, narrow, richmond, street
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
The suburbs of San Francisco, you know, the Parkside and Northwest San Mateo County, that whole area, seem to be about half golf course from this angle.
Shouldn’t we be going for density instead?
Why can’t we build apartment buildings to the moon and then throw a MUNI station into the mix?
Why can’t we do this now?
Who needs old-school Parkmerced? Who needs golf courses?
Tags: 2010, bay area, california, club, course, Courses, golf, harding, Olympic, park, parkmerced, San Francisco
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Just discovered the Great Military Observation Tower of the Presidio is no more. It jutted above the eucaluptus so high, they painted it #17875 White and #12197 Aviation Orange, just like Sutro Tower. But now the sweet tower is gone.
You could see the whole bay area up there – probably with a similar view that you’d get atop the PG&E Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. And it was accessible – you could just hop the fence while minding the concertina wire and then use the internal staircase to get to the platform up top. It was sweet:
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But then then took out the first flight of stairs so you couldn’t just walk up the thing and then they put up a cell tower right next door and then, not too long ago, they just took the observation tower down.
So here’s the situation today. Cell tower on the right, and the site of the observation tower (the now-empty square) on the right:
I think the above shot from Google Maps is from 9-11-2010. (Google has no hassles photographing the Presidio from above, of course.)
Anyway, here’s how it looks from Ashbury Heights – the cell tower is there, but the observation tower, Mount Sutro’s Little Buddy, is all gone:
Oh well.
Tags: 2010, army, bay area, california, course, crime, district, Eucalyptus, faa, federal, feds, Golden Gate Bridge, golf, illegal, national, observation, observation tower, park, piper loop, presidio, red, richmond, San Francisco, tower, trespass, trespassing, u. s., United States, white
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Check out this bit of news from the SF Rec and Park Blog:
“On October 1, we discovered some heart-wrenching vandalism at the Golden Gate Park Golf Course, a nine-hole track that is beloved by golfers of all ages and abilities. The greens and fairways on holes 6, 7 and 8 were heavily damaged by a vehicle, with the seventh green, in particular, destroyed beyond all recognition. This wasn’t a case of a wayward driver taking an unexpected detour through our golf course. Someone deliberately made a point of tearing up and destroying our golf course by using it as their own off-road course.”
This is what it looks like:
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Of course, vandals is everywhere, and this mayhem could be the result of teenagers out on the town. But check out this happy fun slander* sheet the Yelpers have going and see what some duffers think of resident golf pro Bruce Olson and his policies and behavior and whatnot. (Sensitive, touchy, easily-offended fashion models on the runway are akin to sensitive, touchy, easily-offended golfers on the fairway? Seems that way sometimes.)
And hey, didn’t area billionaire and nascent media baron Warren Hellman just give the GGP something like $75k for irrigation ‘n stuff? Yes he did. Oh well.
Gaia is crying.
Courage.
*That’s the phrase, but whenever you’re thinking about whether something is slander or libel, just say “defamation” and that’ll cover all your bases.
Tags: 2010, bay area, bruce olson, california, course, district, donuts, golden gate park, golf, park, police, pro, richmond, San Francisco, SFPD, Station, vandalism, vandals
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