I’ll tell you, the lighted Christmas snowflakes of Market Street used to stop just past Fifth Street, because, you know, who cares about Mid Market?
Well, these days, the lighted Christmas snowflakes of Market Street make it all the way to 7th Street, AFAICS.
See?
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Hurray!
Here’s the latest door hangar from the ill-starred Julian Davis for District Five Supervisor campaign.
Found on an Ashbury Street sidewalk, a little soggy:
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You see the quote up top?
“…by far the best and strongest progressive in the race in District 5… SFBG 10/16/12″
Now here’s the real quote:
“…he was* by far the best and strongest progressive in the race in District 5…”
You know, as in USED TO BE BUT NOT ANYMORE.
Read the whole thing, right here from Tim Redmond:
Here’s the first graf:
“EDITORIAL Kay Vasilyeva, a member of the San Francisco Women’s Political Caucus, has come forward with the allegation that District Five candidate Julian Davis grabbed her and put his hand down her pants at a political bar crawl in 2006. That was six years ago, but it’s still important — and more than the incident itself, the response we’ve seen from Davis is highly disturbing. He’s utterly denying that it ever happened, and retained a lawyer to send Vasilyeva a letter threatening her with legal action if she continues to talk.”
And here’s the last graf:
“We have said it many times before: People on the left need to be able to put their own ambitions aside sometimes and do what’s right for the cause. Davis can’t win. He’s embarrassing his former allies. He needs to focus on coming to terms with his past and rebuilding his life. And for the good of the progressive movement, he needs to announce that he’s ending his campaign, withdrawing from the race, and urging his supporters to vote for another candidate.”
Now, see the next quote on the Julian Davis door hangar? You know, from the San Francisco Examiner?
“Davis had impressed us with his knowledge of city issues and solutions that moved beyond the typical tax-and-cut, cookie-cutter budget moves usually proposed at City Hall. SF Examiner 10/16/12″
You see where we’re going here?
“Davis had* impressed us with his knowledge of city issues and solutions that moved beyond the typical tax-and-cut, cookie-cutter budget moves usually proposed at City Hall. But being a leader in this city involves more than just advocating good policies.
Following revelations about the cease-and-desist letter, progressive supervisors John Avalos and David Campos have withdrawn their endorsements of Davis’ candidacy. And due to the combined effects of this new allegation and the candidate’s handling of the matter, The San Francisco Examiner is forced to do the same.
We reaffirm our pre-existing endorsement of two other candidates running in this race, and urge residents of District 5 to vote for both John Rizzo and Thea Selby when they cast their ranked-choice ballots.”
Now, are the taxpayers of SF paying for this door hangar, effectively?
Mmmm…
*Italics not in the original but this is what was meant. Truth.
Like this.
Celebrating another good year:
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Tink happy tots!
This is the scene at the end of Dreamforce 2012, one of San Francisco’s largest events in recent memory.
89,999 registrants had moved on at this point last night – here’s the last one:
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Yes, the fifth biggest classical dome in the world and first biggest in the New World.
Yes, bigger than the U.S. Capitol. On purpose.
Here’s how things looked last night on Market Street, with all the streetlights and giant snowflakes turned off for some reason.
Oh, baby, that’s dark:
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Could it have something to do with the jury-rigged, frat-house-style wiring our City Family uses?
I know not.
When, oh when, will our Path of Gold glitter once again?
OMG, 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“
Now, it’s not just City Hall and Coit Tower lit up all orange, ’cause One Rincon Hill (the building that pwned the Infinity Towers) is going Giants Orange for the duration of the 2010 MLB playoffs.
See?
All the deets:
RINCON HILL WEATHER BEACON SALUTES THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS’ DIVISION CROWN – Illuminated crown on One Rincon Hill takes a break from its daily weather forecast to celebrate the Giants’ playoff run with orange light display
SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 8, 2010) – The Rincon Hill Weather Beacon, the lighted “crown” adorning One Rincon Hill, a San Francisco landmark atop Rincon Hill, is celebrating the San Francisco Giants’ division crown and playoff run along with the rest of the City.
The 64-story luxury condominium building, among the tallest structures on the San Francisco skyline and the first marker at the foot of the Bay Bridge into the City, is taking a break from it weather forecast hues of red, blue, green and amber, and switching to orange. The special color illumination began last night and will continue through the rest of the Giants’ playoff (and potential World Series) run.
The Rincon Hill Weather Beacon is a first in the Bay Area, and carries the tradition of other tall buildings worldwide which have used their height and prominence to provide the local weather forecast in a code of colored or flashing lights. It also pays homage to the former Bank of America Clock Tower (originally the Union 76 Clock Tower), previously a fixture on the site where One Rincon Hill’s residential condos now rise, and where residents and visitors once looked to Rincon Hill for “timely” but useful daily information from a digital clock. Today, Rincon Hill’s Weather Beacon provides a weather forecast visible from the approach into the City from the East Bay and from much of the SoMa District.
“Currently with more than 450 residents, One Rincon Hill is proud to be able to support the team and help illuminate the spirit of San Francisco Giants fans everywhere with our beacon,” said David Kriozere, principal of Urban West Associates, the developer of One Rincon Hill. “Our weather beacon adds to the beauty of San Francisco’s skyline and One Rincon Hill’s place in it, acknowledges the neighborhood’s past and illuminates the tremendous change and bright future of Rincon Hill, South of Market and the entire region.”
Ever more deets, after the jump.
There will be a ceremony and candlelight march to honor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone tonight at the intersection of 17th Street and Market. See the Harvey Milk Club’s website for the latest.
From club president Rafael Mandelman:
“Hope you had an excellent Thanksgiving. Just wanted to remind you that today is the 31st anniversary of the assassinations of Harvey Milk and George Moscone. Please join us tonight at 6 PM at the Castro Muni Stop for a ceremony to commemorate their lives and legacies, followed by a candlelit march.”
It’ll be ‘neath the largest gay pride flag in the world, right here:
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See you there.
Remember the past summer, when we had lighted Christmas holiday snowflake decorations on Market Street burning the midnight oil for weeks on end? Well, they’re back on, baby, or at least four of them anyway, confusing tourists once again. Thusly:
“Why do they have Christmas lights on in October?”
Good question. They’re still testing these thing? Well that’s a lot of testing:
And you know what, they’ve installed ’em exactly the way I would have and I’m not even an electrician or nothing. You know, extension cords and plastic handcuffs to tie everything down. Let’s hope these things handle the wind and rain better than our Bay Bridge:
But couldn’t our decorations be more overtly Christian? You know, like the giant Christmas Tree of Civic Center, the one with the Star of Bethleham on top, the way we had it in 2007…
…and 2008?
The World Wonders.
