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Friday, May 17th, 2013
I’ll tell you, I’m not exactly sure when the tow away signs went up for this year’s historic Bay to Breakers street party – maybe it was today.
No matter, hundreds of cars are going to get towed this Saturday and Sunday.
It’s going to be epic.
Here are the streets to not park your car upon.
Sometimes they give you a week’s notice, but not this year I don’t think.
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Let’s review.
Before we can have this…
…or this…
From hard-working Steve Nguyen
…we’re going to have to have this:
(I remember it as if it were just two years ago…)
“The Great Tow of 2011:
One car gets away in the nick of time, but three others aren’t so lucky:
Ted and Al’s had like ten yellow tow trucks ready to go late Saturday night, in the driving rain. (Note how Bank of America is protecting its windows – the IndyBay crowd got to them, smashy smashy, about a year or so back, unrelated to Bay to Breakers.)
Now, speaking of prêt-à-porters, this is the main body, this is the largest array for the Golden Gate Park Panhandle:
And here’s the second-biggest grouping, along Masonic:
And there are some on the other side of Fell, typically in groups of six on some of the blocks.
But that’s it.
Not sure where B2B is hiding their 1000+ portable toilets claimed for 2011, at this point, just hours before the Kenyans take off on their winning runs.
Oh well.
And there’s no sign of the fencing neither, except for what they have every year.
We’ll see.
The Great Fence of B2B100 is supposed to have upon it either images of Christ hand-selected by P. Anschutz or photos of people who ran the race before white NIMBYs moved into the Western Addition. (You’ll have to tell me about it…). Anyway, here’s the baby fencing they have on scene already along with, and isn’t this cute, a message from San Francisco Natives for a Fun and Buzzed Bay to Breakers. Apparently, the cops can’t arrest for an open container in San Francisco…
And doesn’t this just break your heart – this Vespa scooter has been forgotten on the slopes of the famed Hayes Street Hill, the second highest point on the “racecourse.” Will Auto-Return charge $700 for its return?
Remember, Transit First.
All right, have a great Bay to Breakers 100!
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Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Get all the deets from Vicente Patino here.
“If the tentative hearing indeed takes place on May 17, a follow-up SFMTA board meeting would likely be scheduled for Tuesday, June 18. According to Paul Rose, press officer for the city agency that oversees parking, traffic, and transportation planning in San Francisco, these new measures may be passed. The board’s approval in June could mean that all-day parking would be gone by the end of summer 2013.”
Tags: 2013, bay area, california, eight, foghorn, free, hour, newspaper, paper, parked, parking, San Francisco, SFMTA, students, two four, university of san francisco, USF, Vicente Patino
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Friday, December 7th, 2012
Costco #144 (America’s First Urban Costco) in SoMA chose to sell some Cal-branded stuff but that turned out to be a mistake.
These lovely paper plate / paper napkin sets originally sold for over $10, at first. But not many people wanted them so managers were forced to mark these things down to just $2.97, just to get them out of there.
For shame, Cal Alum, for shame. Have you no Spirit?
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I’ll bet the bright red Stanfurd sets stocked at more southerly Costcos sold out at full price.
A: “Hey babe, you used to be a Lecturer at Cal, right? Don’t you want one of these sets, you know, for a party or something?”
B: “Meh”
Tags: 144, 2012, Alum, bay area, Blue, cal, california, collegiate party pack, costco, paper, plate, San Francisco, set napkins, soma, south market, spirit, stanford, street, UC, university, university of california, yellow
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
OK fine.
This is what outreach looks like:
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I don’t know, I think if I wanted another shopping bag I’d hustle over to Costco and get four big-ass bags for like $4-something.
I mean, play big or stay home, right?
Anyway, SFGov had some events where they’d give away a bunch of bags but I couldn’t figure out when/where on the official website so I didn’t tell you all about it.
And I’ll tell you, I’m already buying less stuff per shopping trip owing to the bag ban, but that’s just me. Pretty soon, I’ll remember to schlep around with more bags more better…
And I’ll tell you, I don’t want to know what neo-corporate logos are on the bags themselves, you know, paid for by the Chubb Group or whatehaveyou.
I think I’m saying no thanks to your worthless freebie shopping bags, SFGov.
Tags: 2012, bags, bay area, california, department, environment, free, lucky, paper, plastic, San Francisco, shopping
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Monday, August 13th, 2012
This new tax is a done deal.
Check it:
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
Park your ride on stair railings at the new Metreon and this is what will happen – you’ll get a note like this taped on:
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Here’s your mise-en-scene with legally parked bikes in the foreground and illegally parked bikes in the background:
See them all? Every bike has a note. (How many reams of paper does the Metreon go through in a week?)
Obviously, there’s no more parking spaces left on the north side, Metreon.
Why not put this on your list of things to do, Metreon? More bike parking near Mission where it’ll get used…
Tags: 2012, 4th, bay area, bicycles, bikes, california, cut, cyclists, guards, howard, illegal, illegally, jillians, legal, locked, metal, Metreon, mission, no bicycle parking, note, paper, patrol, rail, railings, San Francisco, security, sffd, Sony, stairs, street, up
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Sunday, May 15th, 2011
Now remember, personal headphones are legal at today’s Bay to Breakers 100, but nudity is not – or is that the other way round? No matter, as long as you spectators can make it to Hayes Street Hill and the Panhandle area in the Western Addition, you’ll be sure to catch the action.
Why do they call the somewhat corrupt company what tows away your car “Auto Return?” They ought to call themselves Auto Take-away, right?
One car gets away in the nick of time, but three others aren’t so lucky:
Ted and Al’s had like ten yellow tow trucks ready to go late Saturday night, in the driving rain. (Note how Bank of America is protecting its windows – the IndyBay crowd got to them, smashy smashy, about a year or so back, unrelated to Bay to Breakers.)
Now, speaking of prêt-à-porters, this is the main body, this is the largest array for the Golden Gate Park Panhandle:
And here’s the second-biggest grouping, along Masonic:
And there are some on the other side of Fell, typically in groups of six on some of the blocks.
But that’s it.
Not sure where B2B is hiding their 1000+ portable toilets claimed for 2011, at this point, just hours before the Kenyans take off on their winning runs.
Oh well.
And there’s no sign of the fencing neither, except for what they have every year.
We’ll see.
The Great Fence of B2B100 is supposed to have upon it either images of Christ hand-selected by P. Anschutz or photos of people who ran the race before white NIMBYs moved into the Western Addition. (You’ll have to tell me about it…). Anyway, here’s the baby fencing they have on scene already along with, and isn’t this cute, a message from San Francisco Natives for a Fun and Buzzed Bay to Breakers. Apparently, the cops can’t arrest for an open container in San Francisco…
And doesn’t this just break your heart – this Vespa scooter has been forgotten on the slopes of the famed Hayes Street Hill, the second highest point on the “racecourse.” Will Auto-Return charge $700 for its return?
Remember, Transit First.
All right, have a great Bay to Breakers 100!
Tags: $100, (First Sequence), 12k, 2, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 22, 250, 34:15, 38:07, 5 fulton, 7, 97th, 98th, aftermath, aggies, alcohol, alix rosenthal, altitude, annual, anschutz, avatar, b2b, bacon, bad, Bay, bay area, bay to breakers, bay2breakers, beer, Blue, body, boycott, breakers, bud light, c. w., caffeine, california, canister, cannister, Carol Norris, cars, carts, centipede, champagne, channel, Chepkurui, chp, chris fox, Cigarettes, citizens, Citizens for the Preservation of Bay2Breakers, Clare Cooke, coffee, colt 45, Conor Johnston, cops, corrals, CPBB, crawlsf, cups, david scott, David William Scott, davis, department, dept., destroyed, direct, district, divisadero, divisidero, dj, dmv, dpw, drink, drive, drugs, Duck, dumpsters, EaPA, ecstacy, edelman, Edward Sharpless, Elite, eventbrite, facebook, fell, First, floats, footrace, footstock, foto, free, fun and Buzzed, Fun and Buzzed Bay to Breakers, fundraiser, gabe, ganga, garbage, gavilanes, Gavin, glass, golden gate park, good, Gorilla, Greater Body Expo, haight Ashbury, hayes, Hayes street hill, highest point, highway patrol, howard, Human Centipede, Human Centipede (First Sequence), ing, jfk, John, John Gray, Jon Dishotsky, kegs, Kelsey Nagie, kennedy, kgo, KGO-TV, killer b, Kipsang, Korir, lady foot locker, Lineth, Lineth Chepkurui, Linked In, linkedin, liquor, Liz Brusca, lot, malt liquor, map, Matt Seliga, mdma ex, Men's, Mike Moscuzza, monster energy, Muni, na'vi, naked, nat ford, Nevius, Newsom, nicotine, nimby, nimbys, nitrous, nude, oxide, paint, panhandle, paper, parking, permit, photographs, photos, pink, plastic, police, police department, poster, pr, prayer book cross, preservation, profile, public relations, purple, race, recycling, red, results, richmond, roe, ross mirkarimi, route profile, sam singer, Sammy Kitwara, San Francisco, San Francisco Natives, San Francisco Natives for a Fun and Buzzed Bay to Breakers, SFPD, sign, smell, smoove, spuds mckenzie, store, Stow lake, strawberry hill, street, sunset, thomas, tickets, tom, Tommy, Tommy the Pink Gorilla, towed, trash, TV, uc davis, ugly, university, vehicles, whippets, Wilson Ling, wine, women's, won, zaq, zero tolerance
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
They come here, empty their pockets, and leave. Day after day, year after year.
Bon courage, Shoppers of Union Square!
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Tags: 2011, bag, ban, banned, bay area, big, Big Brown Bag, Big Plastic Bag, brown, california, mission, paper, plastic, San Francisco, shop, shoppers, street, union square
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Friday, March 18th, 2011
Pulp Fashion: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave runs through June 5th at our Legion of Honor Museum up in Lincoln Park.
See?
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See you there!
Pulp Fashion: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave
February 5, 2011 – June 5, 2011
“Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave is a painter by training, but textile and costume are her muses. Working in collaboration with leading costume historians and young fashion designers, de Borchgrave crafts a world of splendor from the simplest rag paper. Painting and manipulating the paper, she forms trompe l’oeil masterpieces of elaborate dresses inspired by rich depictions in early European painting or by iconic costumes in museum collections around the world. The Legion of Honor is the first American museum to dedicate an entire exhibition to the work of Isabelle de Borchgrave, although her creations have been widely displayed in Europe.
Pulp Fashion draws on several themes and presents quintessential examples in the history of costume—from Renaissance finery of the Medici family and gowns worn by Elizabeth I and Marie-Antoinette to the creations of the grand couturiers Frederick Worth, Paul Poiret, Christian Dior, and Coco Chanel. Special attention is given to the creations and studio of Mariano Fortuny, the eccentric early-20th-century artist who is both a major source of inspiration to de Borchgrave and a kindred spirit.
Pulp Fashion: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and sponsored by Lonna Wais. Additional support is provided by Nathalie and Garry McGuire and Elizabeth W. Vobach. Collection Connections is made possible by The Annenberg Foundation. The exhibition catalogue is supported in part by a grant from Friends of Fiber Art International.”
Tags: 2011, art, bay area, california, de Borchgrave, Isabelle, Isabelle de Borchgrave, legion of honor, Lincoln Park, museum, paper, Pulp Fashion, Pulp Fashion: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave, rag, San Francisco
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
It’s OK, DPW will come by to pick up your thousands of unused, unposted surplus ads, no problem.
Thanks, Marlboro!
And now, even more than before, I love you Philip Morris!
Tags: 2011, ads, banners, bay area, california, Cigarettes, dumped, international, marlboro, mcallister, paper, philip morris, San Francisco, street, western addition
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