Posts Tagged ‘pier 39’
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
I don’t exactly how all this will work, but StubHub will give away mad U2 concert tickets on Monday and you can score a pair yourself if you’re lucky and if you bring a pair of “new or gently used” shoes to donate.
It will look a little something like this out in front of the our Hard Rock Cafe.
(I can’t wait to bring over my nu shooz.)
Anyway, deets below.
See you there on Monday, and then if you’re lucky, on Tuesday, at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum at the U2 360 Tour!
“StubHub, the world’s largest ticket marketplace, recently launched its “Take Off Your Boots” campaign to collect shoes for the charity Soles4Souls, and is giving away free tickets to the U2 360° Tour. The campaign is coming to San Francisco on June 6, where at least 100 pairs of tickets to the June 7 U2 360° concert will be given away to those who donate!
The shoe collection takes place on June 6 from 3-6 p.m. at the Pier 39 Hard Rock Café in San Francisco. There is a limit of one pair of U2 tickets per person donating a pair of new or gently used shoes, while ticket supplies last – so be sure and get there early!
Last year, after U2 postponed their tour many fans who purchased tickets through StubHub could not commit to the rescheduled shows. With StubHub’s FanProtect Guarantee policy, these fans were able to return their tickets and receive their money back. Because it is StubHub’s policy not to resell tickets, these returned tickets are now being used to encourage charitable giving through the “Take Off Your Boots” campaign.
Soles4Souls, a Nashville-based charity, collects shoes and distributes them to people in need. Since 2005, it has given more than 13 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes to people in over 125 countries.”
Tags: Alison Perris, bono, concert, Corporate Communications, fishermans wharf, free, hard rock cafe, Jefferson, pier 39, shoes, Soles 4 Souls, Soles4Souls, street, StubHub, Take Off Your Boots, tour, u2
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Saturday, December 4th, 2010
Five-star Yelp rated San Francisco Santarchy has taken over the city today, just as it did in 2009 and 2008 and 2007 and 2006 and 2005 and 2004 and 2003 and 2002 and 2001 and 2000 and so on.
See?
Find Frank Chu in there:
Via Steve Rhodes click to expand
And around the Great Christmas Tree of Civic Center:
Again, via Steve Rhodes
Enjoy the slideshow.
Now, Kay Vasilyeva has this tip:
“Santarchy in my hood = 30-something and up dudes. Santarchy in the Marina = girls with no pants on. You’re welcome for the tip.”
O.K. then.
Let’s hope nobody gets arrested this year.
All the deets plus links to Santarchy worldwide:
Santa kicks off at 12:30pm Saturday 12/4 at SF Civic Center. See below for full schedule and options from the East, North, and South.
Suggested starting points from the East, North and South:
- East Bay…10am Heinolds First and Last Chance (Jack London Sq, Oakland) 11:30am Ferry ($6.25), arrive 12pm Ferry Bldg, BART/Muni to Civic Ctr
- North Bay…10am No Name Bar (757 Bridgeway, Sausalito) 11:20amFerry ($8.25), arrive 12pm Ferry Bldg, BART/Muni to Civic Ctr
- South Bay…9am Cinebar (69 E San Fernando, San Jose) 10amCaltrain #427, arrive 11:36am 4th/King, Muni K/T to Civic Ctr
1-3pm*
Triple Crown – 1760 Market St (Octavia) *noon til 8pm (see FB invite for lineup)
POLK GULCH
Ha-Ra Club – 875 Geary (Larkin/Hyde)
Ace’s – 998 Sutter (Hyde/Leavenworth)
Blur – 1121 Polk (Post/Hemlock)
Lefty O’Doul’s – 333 Geary (Mason/Powell)
3-5pm
Market
Pilsner Inn - 225 Church (15th-Market)
Lucky 13 – 2140 Market (15th-Church)
Lookout – 3600 16th (Castro-Market)
Cafe Flore – 2298 Market (Noe)
LOWER HAIGHT
Nickie’s – 466 Haight (Fillmore/Webster)
Molotov’s – 582 Haight (Fillmore/Steiner)
Danny Coyle’s – 668 Haight (Pierce/Steiner)
Noc Noc – 557 Haight (Fillmore/Steiner)
CHINATOWN/NORTH BEACH
Li-Po – 916 Grant (Washington/Jackson)
Buddha Lounge – 901 Grant (Washington/Jackson)
Vesuvio – 255 Columbus (Broadway/Jack Kerouac)
Maggie McGarry’s – 1353 Grant (Green/Vallejo)
Savoy Tivoli – 1434 Grant (Green/Union)
O’Reilly’s – 622 Green (Powell/Columbus)
Rogue Ales – 673 Union (Powell/Stockton)
North Star Cafe – 1560 Powell (Powell/Green)
Lusty Lady – 1033 Kearny (Bway/Pacific)
Triple Crown continues
5-7pm
CASTRO
Moby Dick – 4049 18th (Noe/Castro)
The Mix – 4086 18th (Noe/Castro)
Twin Peaks – 401 Castro (17/18th)
Harvey’s – 500 Castro (18/19th)
Badlands – 4121 18th (Castro/Collingwood)
UPPER HAIGHT
Club Deluxe – 1511 Haight (Ashbury/Clayton)
Gold Cane – 1569 Haight (Ashbury/Clayton)
Hobson’s Choice – 1601 Haight (Belvedere/Clayton)
Aub Zam Zam – 1633 Haight (Belvedere/Clayton)
Murio’s Trophy Room – 1811 Haight (Shrader/Stanyan)
FISHERMAN’S WHARF/PIER 39
Hooters – 353 Jefferson (Jones/Leavenworth)
Buena Vista Café – 2765 Hyde (Beach)
Triple Crown continues
AFTERPARTIES
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- Space Gallery – 1141 Polk (Sutter/Post) 8pm-midnight – Sugarplum Elves’ Holiday Elftacular & Calendar Release Party!
- Triple Crown continues til 8pm
- DNA Lounge (New Wave City) – 375 11th (Folsom/ Harrison ) 9pm-3am (costumed Santa gets in free until 10pm, $7 after 10pm)
- Retox Lounge (Duckpond’s MIGRATION) – 628 20th Str (3rd St) No cover…goes till 2am.
And here’s a list of participating locales:
November 26
Boulder, CO
December 3
Oxford, MS
December 4
Chicago, IL
Portland, OR
San Francisco, CA
December 11
Austin, TX
Beijing, China
Calgary, AB
Cincinnati, OH
Columbus, OH
Halifax, NS
Houston, TX
Lawrence, KS
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Nashville, TN
New Haven, CT
New Orleans, LA
New York, NY
Norfolk, VA
Orlando, FL
Ottawa, OT
Paris, France
Pittsburgh, PA
Rochester, NY
Seoul, South Korea
Stockholm, Sweden
Vienna, Austria
Washington DC
December 12
Singapore
December 17
Fort Collins, CO
Manama, Bahrain
December 18
Adelaide, Australia
Boston, MA
Dallas, TX
Dayton, OH
Denver, CO
Eugene, OR
Fort Collins, CO
Kalamazoo, MI
Kansas City, MO
Niagara Falls, ON
Okinawa, Japan
Phoenix, AZ
Sacramento, CA
St. Paul, MN
St. Petersburg, FL
Savannah, GA
Tokyo, Japan
Yakima, WA
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Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Sanrio’s Pop Up Tour is coming to San Francisco October 23-24, 2010, so soon you’ll be able to get iPhone covers (3rd and 4th generation only) for $40 ‘n stuff.
And, whether you attend the tour or not, you can now wrap your SmartCar with Your Favorite Kitteh. See?
Beep beep:
More deets on the dressing up your microcar after the jump. And here are you Pop-Up Store deets:
October 23, 2010
San Francisco
Justin Herman Plaza
1 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94105
11am to 7pm
October 24, 2010
Pier 39
Beach Street & The Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94133
11:30am to 7:30pm
Oct 28: Portland, OR
Oct 30-31: Seattle, WA
Nov 4: Sacramento, CA
Nov 6: San Diego, CA
Nov 7: Orange County, CA
Nov 13-14: Las Vegas, NV
Nov 16: Tempe, AZ
Nov 19: Austin, TX
Nov 21: New Orleans, LA
Nov 26-28: Atlanta, GA
Dec 2-5: Miami, FL
Dec 10-11: New York City, NY
See you there!
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Of course, some people* don’t like you, RocketBoat, but I do. You add color to the bay. You complete me, RB. Thanks for coming back in 2010.
Get all the deets on the Rocket Boat here from sailboat-hating Ken Garcia. And take a look at the action on YouTube. RocketBoat just might rock your world. Check it:
“Came back for a 2nd round and this time we had a party of 7 go on the Rocketboat. That boat kicks ass. It goes about 45 mph and the driver loves to spin donuts.”
Verily.
Now, we’ve all heard the expression “let’s get busy.” Well, this is a boat who gets “biz-zay!” Consistently and thoroughly. Look at RB totally pwning a local yachtsman just the other day:
Click to expand
Even “smart chicks” love the RocketBoat. You will too.
Get all the deets after the jump.
See you there!
*Local sailboat people disapprove of motor vessels in general, and RocktBoat in particular. RocketBoat, RocketBoat/ It’s not your fault.
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
OMG! It’s the San Francisco Rocket Boat! Does it really go over 40 MPH on San Francisco Bay? Yes it does.
Click to expand:
Oh noes! Now it’s heading right towards the Delta Tower of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge!
But, good thing there’s a bar pilot on board. What’s that? There’s not?
On second thought, maybe it’s a Good Thing there’s no half-million dollar a year pilot on board. Rocket Boat managed to clear the tower and proceed back to Fisherman’s Wharf.
Hurray!
Tags: bar pilots, Bay, bridge, Cosco busan, delta, fishermans wharf, pier 39, rocket boar, rocket boat, rocketboat, rocketboat san francisco, rocketboat sf, san francisco rocket boat, San Francisco rocketboar, sf rocketboat, tourists, tower, visit
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
As promised, our corporate overlords at T-Mobile put on a spectacle over Justin Herman Plaza yesterday afternoon. See some photos here and here.
The mise-en-scene:
Click to expand.
Ooh, doubles!
The San Francisco Bay Bridge:
In front of the Ferry Building. But why the codpiece?
Elvis is Everywhere
A skillful landing…
…and a less skillful landing:
How will Radio Shack (aka “The Shack”) top this today? The Summer NetTogether starts today in Justin Herman, and New York, apparently. Let’s hope local ad firm Butler Shine and Stern doesn’t alienate people with their new campaign. (Remember the one they had before?)
Anyway, T Mobile promised a show and they delivered.
Tags: 2009, 3g, 8th, airplanes, butler shine, butler shine and stern, catherine zeta-jones, cell, codpiece, district, elvii, elvis, elvis is eveywhere, elvises, financial, flying, free, jets, july, jump, justin herman, lunch, Marina Green Park, Moscone Recreation Center, mytouch, parachute, phone, pier 39, plaza, radio, San Francisco, shack, skydivers, stern sausalito, T-mobile, TechnoRainbow, the shack, toshiba, TR2010E, viral
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Birth, School, Work, Death – that’s what Life is about, can you dig, man. But our corporate overlords don’t want you to figure that out, so they’re always offering “free” fun events to distract you from the Truth, man. As today, when the T-Mobile phone company, the one with Catherine Zeta-Jones (once again) is providing a lunchtime spectacle over San Francisco that will keep you distracted and on the edge of your seat, so long as you are seated near Justin Herman Plaza, Marina Green Park, Pier 39, or the Moscone Recreation Center:
“Along with fly-by jets and skywriting, 100 skydivers dressed as “unique personalities” will parachute in synchronized formations over San Francisco as a promotion for T-Mobile. The 100 skydivers will land at four locations around The City.”
Here’s a look at preparations near the Ferry Building in Justin Herman Plaza. Everything’s going to be big big big:
Click to expand. But what looks like one giant monitor from the front is actually…
….a bunch of small monitors stacked on top of each other. What rip, man!
It’s the TR2010E TechnoRainbow indoor / outdoor monitor system from Toshiba. It’s mesmerizing. So clever, so tricksy.
Enjoy the show, starting at 11:15 AM, but really getting going just after noon.
And maybe you can get a free MyTouch 3G phone from them today, somehow. It will keep you distracted for months and years, or a lifetime, really.
See you there!
Been turned around till I’m upside down
Been all at sea until I’ve drowned
And I’ve felt torture, I’ve felt pain
Just like that film with Michael Caine
I’ve been abused and I’ve been confused
And I’ve kissed Margaret Thatcher’s shoes
And I been high and I been low
And I don’t know where to go
Birth, school, work, death
Birth, school, work, death
Tags: 2009, 3g, 8th, airplanes, catherine zeta-jones, cell, district, elvii, elvis, elvis is eveywhere, elvises, financial, flying, free, jets, july, jump, justin herman, lunch, Marina Green Park, Moscone Recreation Center, mytouch, parachute, phone, pier 39, plaza, San Francisco, skydivers, T-mobile, TechnoRainbow, toshiba, TR2010E
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Saturday, July 4th, 2009
Tonight’s Fourth of July fireworks show had a fairly high fog ceiling, so it would have to rate as better than average. Better than last year anyway, but not as good as 2007.
Here’s an excellent eight-second exposure of the northern waterfront show from Lafayette Park in Specific Whites Pacific Heights. Click to expand:
via bendjsf
And here’s a real-time shot of the same show from Twin Peaks:
Everything is done double – that’s the way they do it. Here’s a double double:
But this is what happens when the fireworks get too high – you can only see the bottom halves sometimes due to the fog:
Let’s look across the Bay over at Sausalito. That’s USF in the foreground:
Now here are some illegal explosions in San Francisco. This was an impressive burst above the northern Mission district:
And here’s Mission Bay / Dogpatch with Alameda / Oakland in the background – very nice:
The Mission and points south all had lots of illegal fireworks booming:
Oh noes, it’s a flare, shooting high above Twin Peaks…
…and then landing somewhere in the Castro District:
And there you have it.
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
It’s Tut! It’s dazzling! As you know by now, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs has opened at the de Young Museum.
Now these days, you can’t travel without protection so what better Protector could you find than Anubis, the jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in Egyptian mythology.
And here he is, from far away, it’s 25 foot tall metal Anubis being installed up in Yelp-rated Pier 39:
Now that’s better. Don’t lose your head, A-dog.
This whole installation was quite the circus with circling news choppers and the works.
Now, you gots to install giant Anubis in pieces, and not do it the way they did in Hotlanta, GA. This chart posted inside of the hollow statue spells it all out:
Is this jackal a naughty boy? Some seem to think so.
Here’s Tut’s actual Anubis, the main man who was at the ready for 3000 years in Egypt. There’s a lot to learn when you see the Tut show in Golden Gate Park. And, bonus, it’s even open tomorrow, the Fourth of July, last entry at 2:00 PM.
And check out Cultural Encounters tonight at the de Young. See you there!
Tags: 2009, 2010, anubis, Atlanta, california, catalogue, de Young, discount, egypt, egyptian, famsf, fishermans wharf, fourth of july, friday, fridays, ga, god, Golden Age, Golden Age of the Pharaohs, golden gate park, jackal, king, museum, nights, obsidian, Pharaohs, pier 39, sale, San Francisco, sneak peek, statue, ticketmaster, tickets, treasures, tut, Tutankhamun, Zahi Hawass
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
When they tell you “Fog could shroud S.F. fireworks“ up in Fishermans Wharf at 9:30 PM on the Fourth of July 2009, what they really mean is Fog WILL shroud S.F. fireworks, barring some Act of God, or Gaia, or Whomever.
Sometimes the weather is good, sometimes not. This year, not.
Check it out from 2008. Click to expand:
Eliya via Flickr
This is by no means the worst case scenario. So when they talk about special low-level fireworks and let’s cross our fingers, they’re spinning. And spinning is just the polite term for lying. So, what do you do? Head on over to the Mission District, where they’ll have oodles of Yelp-rated, illegal, illicit, MUY PRO HI BI DA DO (now I say that in Spanish because that’s how exotic and not allowed it is) fireworks, fog-free, for free. Just check out this screen saver album from 2007.
Of course, you can always go with the flow and follow the madding crowd northward into la niebla, le brouillard. And who knows, maybe it will be clear the way it was in 2007. Thusly:
This is the view you had from Crissy Field on 7-4-2007 – those lights at the bottom have something to do with Fishermans Wharf.
But dude, don’t drive up there. Even if they didn’t block off the streets and you already had a parking space waiting for you, you’d still have to drive out of there in a traffic jam when the show’s over at 10:00 PM. Of course, you could always hang out at all the places that will be open up in the Wharf after the show, but maybe you’d be better off driving into the City with your bikes in tow and parking South of the 101 near the Giants’ AT&T Park. Then you could ride up the flat, flat Embarcadero (on the sidewalk – it’s legal) back and forth.
Can you dig the colors, man?
But if that doesn’t pan out, you could follow the cable cars on Hyde (that’s the one north-south street they don’t block off, in my experience) and drop off the brood. Whatever you do, stay off of Van Ness. Or you could BART it to the Embarcadero Station and then hoof it up to Pier 39. But forget about MUNI, ’cause walking would be faster.
And most likely it will be foggy anyway, you’ve been warned.
Dress warm. Panthers out.
Fourth of July Waterfront Celebration
Saturday, July 4, 2009
1:00 PM to 9:30 PM
“PIER 39 invites you to enjoy a fun-filled Independence Day celebration. Rock out with ‘Take 2′ from 1-4pm followed by San Francisco’s favorite 80′s cover band, ‘Tainted Love’ from 6-9:30pm. Immediately after the entertainment look to the sky as the City of San Francisco lights up the night with it’s Firework’s Spectacular, accompanied by a musical simulcast from KISS FM 98.1. PIER 39 has the best viewing area on the bay! In addition, 39 of PIER 39′s businesses will remain open after the fireworks so that guests can miss the traffic, enjoy the PIER, have a drink, get a bite to eat, and shop. Click here for the list of locations open after the fireworks. Sponsored by Crystal Geyser ALPINE SPRING WATER, DeLoach Vineyards, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, The San Francisco Examiner, Tawain Tourism and Asus.”
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