Posts Tagged ‘parkside’
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Our neighbors in the Great Sand Waste* of the Outside Lands are having a little trouble with the partial collapse of the Great Highway near Sloat, so there’ll be a meeting tonight at 7:00 PM:
“A community meeting is being held on Monday, January 25th at 7:00 PM at the Park Chalet (located behind the Beach Chalet at 1000 Great Highway just south of Fulton in San Francisco) to discuss the proposed actions at Sloat Boulevard. The DPW Project Manager, Frank Filice will be there to discuss the emergency declaration, the short-term strategy, and a process for a long-term solution. Everyone who has an interest in the preservation and the future of Ocean Beach is encouraged to attend. The emergency declaration will go before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for ratification the following day, Tuesday, January 26th.”
Will San Francisco “armor the beach“ or something? Stay tuned…
by k. riccitiello
If that doesn’t float your boat, there’s always, this:
“The Park Chalet will be offering $2 pints and extending their $5 happy hour menu of appetizers all night for the event.”
See you there.
*Look at this – snark from 160 years ago: The True Story of How San Francisco Received Its Name:
“San Francisco – this is a derivative word from sand and Francisco. In the early settlement of this country it was the custom of an old monk of the interior, by the name of Jeremiah Francisco, to perform a pilgrimage to this place every month, to visit the tomb of a brother of the order whose remains he had here interred. The wind “blew like mad” here, and upon his return he was usually so covered with the dust and sand, that his neighbors were unable to recognize him; hence they soon began to call him sand Francisco.
On one of his pilgrimages he happened, by mistake, to die here, and the place ever after was called by his name. From the difficulty of enunciating the d, it was usually called SAN FRANCISCO, and has so continued to this day. The present popular notion that the place was named after the St. Francis Hotel is an error!
California Weekly Courier
August 1, 1850″
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Nowadays, it seems that every intersection on the 19th Avenue double fine zone in the Sunset District has either:
1. a dedicated pedestrian signal (with a countdown timer thrown in as a bonus), like this one on Ortega : or
2. evidence of recent work indicating that a pedestrian signal is a coming soon, like this one on Santiago.
Hurray!
Your grandfather’s traffic signal. Click to expand:
“Never discourage anyone…who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”
Tags: 1, 19th, 19th ave, 19th avenue, avenue, CalTrans, collision, countdown, death, district, double fine, highway, intersection, leland yee, middle, mta, one, ortega, park presidio, parkside, pedestrian, plato, richmond, San Francisco, santiago, Senator, SFMTA, signals, state, sunset, zone
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Don’t get out much to this part of the Westside Fog Belt, so this is the first I’ve seen of pedestrian signals at some intersections of 19th Avenue, aka State Highway One.
Of course, this improvement comes a little late for some…
Look for them, tirelessly counting down 24/7, on Park Presidio and the Sunset District part of 19th Avenue.
Hurray, I suppose.
Tags: 1, 19th, 19th ave, 19th avenue, avenue, CalTrans, collision, countdown, death, district, highway, intersection, middle, mta, one, ortega, park presidio, parkside, pedestrian, richmond, San Francisco, SFMTA, signals, state, sunset, times
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Sunday, May 31st, 2009
This was the scene yesterday outside of beloved Parkside Market on Hayes in the North of Panhandle / NOPA area of San Francisco - it’s the 9th Annual Block Party for the neighborhood, with “MUSIC and BBQ!”
Didn’t see any bubbles this year, oh well. Here’s what it looked like yesterday.
This pooch was on best behavior and was soon able to gain access to the nearby burger. One chomp and it was gone.
A moonbounce for the kids
This one got a little too much electric Kool-Aid
Speaking of electricity, see this band? They were loud.
All thanks to sweet, sweet AC electricty – that sure beats a shopping cart full of car batteries.
There’s your NOPNA Block Party 2009.
Tags: 2009, 30, association, bbq, block, block party, hayes, lyon, market, may, meeting, moon bounce, music, neighborhood, nopna, north of panhandle, panhandle, park side, parkside, party
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
She’s not getting too much attention from the San Francisco Bay Area MSM yet, but Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw’s name is being queried all over the Internets this A.M. Why? ‘Cause she’s a strong candidate to replace outgoing United States Supreme Court Justice David Souter.
Judge Wardlaw ladles out bowls of rich, creamy justice in Pasadena mostly, but she probably comes to San Francisco to visit the H.Q. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. And guess what? She was born here! A short bio:
“Judge Wardlaw was born on July 2, 1954, in San Francisco, California. She grew up in the Bay Area, raised by her Mexican-American mother, who worked as a bookkeeper, and her Scotch-Irish father, who worked as a door-to-door furniture salesman.”
The judge et vir:
[Horrible red-eye effect reduced in post, somewhat, so don't rely on this for eye color.]
Now, about that Legally Blonde stuff. Check it:
“During my second set of confirmation proceedings, I was told that some people thought I wasn’t smart enough because I looked like a California girl (which I proudly am). I actually empathize a bit with Reese Witherspoon’s character in “Legally Blonde”– during my first semester at UCLA, no one invited me to be in their study group!”
So there, you have it. Oh, and how about her answer here:
Q. On a related note, do you consider yourself to be a judicial diva?
A. Yes.
O.K. then. See what the New Republic and what the SCOTUS blog thought about KMW back in the day, and look at this relatively recent take as well, if you want.
Could Favorite Daughter Kim McLane Wardlaw rise from little old San Francisco all the way up to the SCOTUS? Only Time Will Tell.
Tags: 9th, barack, blonde, Cass Sunstein, circuit, David Souter, Democrat, democratic, Deval Patrick, Diane Wood, district, diva, Elena Kagan, federal, female, Governor, Granholm, Harold Koh, house, jackie speier, jennifer, Jennifer Granholm, Jennifer Mulhern Granholm, Johnnie Rawlinson, Judge, judicial, justice, Kathleen Sullivan, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Kim Wardlaw, legally, Margaret McKeown, Mark Nagales, Merrick B. Garland, Merrick Garland, michigan, Mulhern, ninth, obama, outer, Pam Karlan, parkside, pasadena, president, representative, Ruben Castillo, San Francisco, Sonia Sotomayor, speier, sunset, supreme court, twelfth, United States, wardlaw, wOMAN
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Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
You know what makes you better than all those melon farmers out there? It’s the fact that you hang your hat every night in the City and County of San Francisco. That makes you special. To celebrate you, the California Academy of Sciences is offering free admission for you (and your neighbors). Just match up your zip code with the handy chart below, gather up the necessary proof of where you reside, and head on over to Golden Gate Park.
And the nice thing about this free admission program is that it probably won’t be as crowded as it sometimes gets on the third Wednesday of the month, when everyone gets in sans tariff.
Celebrated Missionites getting a little camera time in front of the green screen before entering the Cal Academy yesterday. Bide your time, your free day is coming:
Read the fine print. Click to expand:
Thanks, Bank of America.
Tags: 2009, 94102, 94104, 94105, 94107, 94108, 94109, 94111, 94112, 94114, 94115, 94116, 94117, 94118, 94121, 94122, 94123, 94124, 94127, 94129, 94130, 94131, 94132, 94133, 94134, 94158, academy, academy of science, academy of sciences, address, bank of america, Bayview, Bernal Heights 94110, calfiornia academy of science, california, California Academy of Sciences, castro, chinatown, code, cole valley, cow hollow, Diamond Heights, downtown, dr., excelsior, farrington, Francis Wood, free, golden gate park, greg, haight, Hunter’s Point, id, Ingleside, Lakeshore, Laurel Heights, letter, marina, Miraloma Park, mission, Mission Bay 94103, museum, music concourse, neighborhood, neighborhood free days, Noe Valley, north beach, pacific heights, parkside, phd, piano, potrero, presidio, proof, renzo, richmond, russian hill, San Francisco, science, sciences, seacliff, SF, soma, spring, st., stonestown, sunset, telegraph hill, tenderloin, treasure island, Visitacion Valley, wachovia wednesdays, western addition, zip
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Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
Here’s the scene this morning in the outer Outer Sunset District / Parkside area of San Francisco – it’s Congresswoman Jackie Speier at her Town Hall Meeting. Here’s the news – as far as the replacement for departing United States Supreme Court Justice David Souter is concerned, Jackie has “no doubt it’s going to be a woman.“
And who might that woman be? How about Miss San Carlos (San Mateo County) 1977 and current rust belt governor Jennifer Mulhern Granholm? She went to Cal and then Harvard Law and she’s the Democrat Sarah Palin - how’s them apples? Jackie helpfully points out that Ms. Granholm would be the first [actually second, see comments] naturalized citizen to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. We’ll see.
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Look below to see what Representative Speier has been up to the past year.
Town Hall Meeting -Congresswoman Jackie Speier
When: May 2, 2009 – Saturday
10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Where: Ulloa Elementary School, 2650 42nd Avenue, San Francisco
Mark Nagales, Field Representative
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
It’s tough to see much grass in the part of the Parkside District (or Sunset, whatever you want to call it). Due to lack of space for cars to park (due to planners being unable to anticipate the growth of car use), there’s a strong temptation to pave over front yards. To wit:
“The Board of Supervisors gave initial approval to a legislation introduced by District 11 Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval, who proposed it as a way to address a problem in his district: residents getting rid of gardens and front lawns by paving them over with concrete.”
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Should we have grass front yards or hundreds of thousands of cars in the first place?
Well, that’s up to you.
Is it true that the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth?
Tags: driveway, front, grass, illegal fine, parkside, paved, paved over, San Francisco, subdivisions, suburbs, sunset, yard
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Here’s a scene from a mall. Specifically Stonestown Mall, deep in San Francisco’s Sunset / Parkside Fog Belt. It’s a kiosk from WOWSmileXpress Professional Teeth Cleaning.
Here’s a closer look. Pay your $100, don some red Bono sunglasses, cram a huge wand into your piehole, and then you’ll be the envy of all the Hot Dog on a Stick-eating passers-by for the next half-hour or so.
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And what says the photo of the happy bride with super white teeth? “Ask us about our group pricing for your special events.” O.K., then.
You have a dazzling array of choices in this arena:
Celebrity Sexy Teeth
Rembrandt
BriteSmile
Zoom Teeth Whitening
GO SMILE
Crest Whitestrips
Aquafresh White Trays
Listerine Whitening Strips
Colgate Simply White
Nova White
Choose wisely, or maybe just choose nothing.
Tags: express, kiosk, mall, parkside, San Francisco, smile, stonestown, sunset, teeth, white, whitening, wow, wow smile express, wow smile xpress, wowsmile, xpress
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
They like colorful real estate out by the ocean in San Francisco’s Parkside District.
Which is your favourite flavour – grape, mint, lime, or peach?
As seen from the 2500 block of Upper Great Highway near Ocean Beach. Click to expand.
Tags: color, colorful, great, highway, lower, ocean beach, outer, paint, parkside, real estate, San Francisco, sunset, upper
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