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Sunday, June 9th, 2013
Well it’s the morning of the second Sunday of June, so that means it’s almost time for the Haight Ashbury Street Festival.
Lets take a look at some photos from recent years.
Look up…

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…and down…

…and all around:

From Bluoz: Upper Haight is for Lovers:

Let your freak flag fly, baby. From the Eastern Stage:

From famous David Yu:





From Brian Brooks

And here’s one from Chris Witte:

There’s a feeling I get/
when I look to the West…

…and the East…

…on Haight Street on the Second Sunday in June.

At least the Yelpers like Frank:

This ganga guy in purple will sue you for $1000 if you take his photo, or something:

via Carnesuarus
And Obama in a Giants cap, just the way they had it at the recent Union Street Festival:

via Carnesaurus
You know who loves the Haight Street Fair? Parole agents

A mass of humanity:

Hookahs! Get your hookahs! It’s Hookahs.com

A dancing baby grooving on Haight Street:

Can you see the superfluity of nuns in white approaching the Fair? Also note the F430 Ferrari supercar (sans license plates), one of many exoticars that made the journey to the Upper Haight today. Also note the sign: “No Open Containers of Alcohol.” Too bad.

Of course, all you need to get around the alcohol ban is a gallon jug of overproofed white rum and a giveaway “water” bottle. As seen on Ashbury.

Former District Five Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi on the scene

Poorbot looking for handouts:

“SHOW US YOUR BOOBS… please.” “FABULOUS PRIZES.” “DON’T WORRY (WE’RE GAY)” These inebriates residing above the Ben & Jerry’s at the corner of Ashbury were true to their word, tossing down trinkets to all flashers male and female.

You kmow why this San Francisco Native baby is better than you? Cause he had the foresight to be born in San Francisco, that’s why. He won the lottery/ when he was born.

Bong Hits 4 Jesus

And There You Have It.
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Those are the numbers of valid signatures per our Department of Elections, you know, the sigs that made it in by deadline last Thursday, as I understand it.
[Ka-chunk, ka-chunk, ka-chunk...]

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And how many valid nomination signatures did the favored candidate of Rose “Recology, what’s Recology” Pak, Interim Mayor Ed Lee, garner before the deadline?
That would be zero, nullity, none.
But Run Ed Run did get a mess of scribbled email addresses. See?

(Wonder what will happen with them email addresses?)
And what of poor, poor Enrique Pearce?
“Enrique Pearce of LCC is still owed almost $20k according to Progress for All‘s 460. EP really taking bullets for this campaign”
Suffer the Enrique.
On It Goes…
Tags: 2011, bay area, california, David Chiu, dennis herrera, ed lee, edwin lee, Enrique Pearce, john avalos, leland yee, nomination, Progress For All, recology, Rose Pak, run ed run, San Francisco, signature
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Sunday, June 12th, 2011
[UPDATE: And here's a late entry, from Bluoz: Upper Haight is for Lovers:

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Things really didn’t get hopping until the fog went away in the afternoon, but the 2011 Haight Ashbury Street Fair went off without a hitch, with nary a peep from the notorious NIMBYs of the Western Addition.
(And oh, honorable mention goes to photographers Bob Horowitz (nice) and Dropatan (also nice).)
Let your freak flag fly, baby. From the Eastern Stage:

And here are some great shots.
First, from famous David Yu:





And here are a couple from Brian Brooks:


And here’s one from Chris Witte:

And more from past HASFs, after the jump
See you next year!
(more…)
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Sunday, June 12th, 2011
There’s a feeling I get/
when I look to the West…

Click to expand
…and the East…

…on Haight Street on the Second Sunday in June.
It’s the Haight Street Fair!
Look up…

…and down…

…and all around:

See you there!
The day is upon us.
Sunday, June 12, 2011, from 11am to 5:30pm. Come one, come all! Once a year, on the second Sunday in June, the Haight-Ashbury community hosts a special celebration and everyone in the World is invited. Music is in the air; people dance in the streets; a festive atmosphere springs up; and Haight Street, once again, becomes the center of Peace, Love and Happiness. This annual event is the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair, one of the most highly anticipated public events in San Francisco.
The 34th Annual Haight-Ashbury Street Fair will be taking place on Sunday, June 12, 2011, from 11 am until 5:30 pm. A variety of activities will be taking place including three stages offering live entertainment; a six-block Vending Area featuring arts & crafts, food and other merchandise; an area dedicated to the entertainment of families with children; and an opportunity to celebrate with many other like-minded people.Directions and Access to the Haight Ashbury Street Fair
Above all things, we highly recommend that you and your friends take the public transportation systems to get to the Street Fair. Parking spaces are very limited and, besides, why spend your time roaming around in your car while you could be enjoying the Street Fair first hand. Here are some leads on how you can make your way to the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair.
MUNI: The Haight-Ashbury is served by six routes that directly serve this neighborhood. They are #6 – Parnassus, #7 – Haight, #33 – Ashbury, #37 – Corbet, #43 – Masonic and #71 – Noriega. Each of these lines travel directly to the Haight-Ashbury District. Other lines that serve the neighborhood indirectly are the N-Judah streetcar, #21 Hayes and the #5 Fulton. Connecting lines vary so please call MUNI (673-MUNI) for information on the best lines to use.BART
For East Bay travelers, your best bet to the Street Fair is to disembark at any S.F BART station on Market Street and catch the #5, #6, #7 or #71. You can also catch the N-Judah streetcar in any Metro Station.If your are coming from Daly City or beyond on BART, catch the #43 at the Balboa Station to the Street Fair. For more information, please call (510) 839-2220 or (650) 992-2278.AC TRANSIT
Coming from the East Bay, you can catch the #6 Parnassus or the #21 Hayes at the TransBay Terminal. For more information, please call (415) 817-1717.GOLDEN GATE TRANSIT
If you are traveling from Marin County, you can take any bus headed to San Francisco and get off at the TransBay Terminal. There you can take the #6 Parnassus or #21 Hayes. For more information, call (415) 455-2000 or (415) 257-4554.SanTrams
Traveling along the Peninsula, you can jump into a bus heading to San Francisco and get off at the TransBay Terminal. There you can catch the #6 Parnassus or the #21 Hayes. For more information, call (800) 660-4287 or (650) 508 6448.Any way you choose to get to the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair, we encourage you to take public transit.
BE HIP & BUS IT!
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Friday, February 11th, 2011
Ooh, harsh, Wiki. “Pseudoscientific?”
“Graphology is the pseudoscientific study and analysis of handwriting especially in relation to human psychology.”
Anyway, here they are:

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(“Sophenia?” News to me.)
Who has the biggest signature? And whose is the most flowery?
Discuss.
Tags: city attorney, David Chiu, dennis herrera, ed harrington, gavin newsom, Mayor, Michela Alioto Pier, president, signature, sophenia maxwell, sophie maxwell, Supervisor
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Brunch with the girls at the Zuni on Market isn’t my typical thing. M’kay? M’kay.
Now, having said that, here’s your $64 chicken platter.
See?

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That’s $48 on the menu plus 9.5% sales tax plus 4% Healthy San Francisco “surcharge” (are you really still fighting this battle, Zuni? Seems a tad petulant at this point) plus your standard 18-20% tip = 64 clams, more or less.
Even the people who like this signature dish aren’t coming back for more. Take Janice C, for example:
“Let’s just break this down for a minute. The cheap Asian in me says, that’s equivalent to 8 rotisserie chickens at Costco! (or as Darryl P pointed out “that’s 2 pork chops at nopa!”) needless to say, I won’t be ordering this anymore next time I come to Zuni. (unless I’m here on an expense account). Zuni cafe still has room for improvement….”
Break it down again and still she doesn’t add up.
I guess nobody promised me that old-school farmer food had to be cheep or anything.
So noted.
You got me good, Zuni, but never again.
Looks like I’ll have to go back to the Chicken Man for my poultry fix:

Fair ‘nough
Tags: 2010, bay area, cafe, california, chicken, market, roast, San Francisco, signature, street, yelp, zuni, zuni cafe
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Sunday, June 13th, 2010
Despite those hating Yelpers, today’s Haight Ashbury Street Fair was, once again, a huge success.
“The Haight-Ashbury Street Fair is held on the second Sunday of June each year, during which Haight Street is closed down between Stanyan and Masonic, with one sound stage at each end. This is a rather crowded event due to heavy tourism.”
Indeed:

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San Francisco District Five Supervisor Ross “The Boss” Mirkarimi was on hand, as per usual:

At least the Yelpers like Frank:

“Show us your boobs” above the Haight Ashbury Ben & Jerry’s, as per usual:

Your Bay City Bombers were there, natch. Here’s their montage:

This ganga guy in purple will sue you for $1000 if you take his photo, or something:

via Carnesuarus
And Obama in a Giants cap, just the way they had it at the recent Union Street Festival:

via Carnesaurus
See you next year!
Tags: 2010, 33rd, 420, annual, ashbury, california, clayton, cole, dancing, election, faire, Festival, frank chu, gathering, grass, haight, haight ashbury street fair, haight ashbury street festival, haight street, haight street fair, hippy, hookah, hookahs.com, images, june 8, marijuana, masonic, nancy, parole, pelosi, photographs, photos, pics, police, pot, san francsico, SFPD, sheehan, show us your boobs, shrader, sign, signature, signatures, smoke, smoking, speaker, stanyan, state, tie dye, upper
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Not sure what the Yelpers have a problem with, but the Haight Ashbury Street Fair went off today without a hitch, just like last year.
Look at the swirling mass of humanity on just one block of Haight Street:

Can you see the superfluity of nuns in white approaching the Fair? Also note the F430 Ferrari supercar (sans license plates), one of many exoticars that made the journey to the Upper Haight today. Also note the sign: “No Open Containers of Alcohol.” Too bad.

Of course, all you need to get around the alcohol ban is a gallon jug of overproofed white rum and a giveaway “water” bottle. As seen on Ashbury.

District Five Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was on the scene, gathering names for his newsletter distribution list.

Poorbot was looking for handouts:

“SHOW US YOUR BOOBS… please.” “FABULOUS PRIZES.” “DON’T WORRY (WE’RE GAY)” These inebriates residing above the Ben & Jerry’s at the corner of Ashbury were true to their word, tossing down trinkets to all flashers male and female.

You kmow why this San Francisco Native baby is better than you? Cause he had the foresight to be born in San Francisco, that’s why. He won the lottery/ when he was born.

Bong Hits 4 Jesus

And There You Have It.
Tags: 2009, 32nd, 420, 430, agents, annual, ashbury, baby, bong, boobs, Bud, california, clayton, cole, dancing, department, dept., election, f430, fair, faire, ferrari, Festival, flickr, gathering, grass, haight, haight Ashbury, haight ashbury street fair, haight ashbury street festival, haight street, haight street fair, haight street festival, hippy, hookah, june 8, marijuana, masonic, Mirkarimi, native, pelosi, photographs, photos, pics, police, poorbot, pot, ross, rum, san francsico, SFPD, shrader, signature, signatures, smoke, smoking, stanyan, state, tie dye, upper
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
Yesterday’s Haight Ashbury Street Fair in San Francisco came with sunny skies and lots of attendees.
The alcohol ban of recent years has changed the character of this event somewhat. These days, the boozy Union Street Festival might have an edge in the number of inebriated. No matter, a good time was had by all in the Haight.
So, dig the colors of David Yu and look at a bunch of photos from SFWeekly.
A mass of humanity:

Could this man with marijuana garland be famous artist Harry Shearer trying out a new character?

Hookahs! Get your hookahs! Hookahs.com was in the house:

A dancing baby grooving on Haight Street:

Cindy Sheehan had more than a few acolytes gathering signatures for Cindy’s windmill-tilting House campaign against Nancy Pelosi:

See you next year!
Tags: 2008, 31st, 420, agents, annual, ashbury, baby, Bud, california, cindy, clayton, cole, dancing, election, faire, Festival, gathering, grass, haight, haight street, haight street fair, hippy, hookah, hookahs.com, june 8, marijuana, masonic, nancy, parole, pelosi, police, pot, san francsico, SFPD, sheehan, shrader, signature, signatures, smoke, smoking, speaker, stanyan, state, tie dye, upper
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