Posts Tagged ‘southern’
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Remember when our San Francisco Giants won the World Series the time before last?
It was back in 2010. Good times. I celebrated by climbing on top of the Memphis Minnie’s Barbeque Joint And Smokehouse Ford van parked on the street in the Lower Haight.
There I was, looking fierce bouncing up and down in my little black dress and orange pumps, along with bunch of other people.* We few, we Band of Brothers, we Baseball Furies.
Anyway, as the above link to Haighteration shows, the Big Pig, she got messed up.
But here she is back on the road in 2013, wavy roof panels and all:
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I don’t know, I think this ride is worth more than it would have been without the battle scars from aught-ten.
I think this rig is now a historic artifact worthy of preservation.
Keep on keeping on, Memphis Minnie’s.
*Oh, not really. Actually, after watching on a friend’s big screen (’cause I don’t I have cable ’cause I want the Comcast monopoly to die die die) I had to ride my bike on up to Pac Heights. The city was electric, all over, not just in the Mission and in the Haights.
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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
See?
(Looks like something a cult would build…)
This thing is huge. Look for it in the southwest corner of the park:
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Views From The Thicket has the deets.
Will this work be completed by the end of summer?
Will the Murphy Windmill eventually become a restaurant?
We’ll see.
Oh, and here’s the view from inside from a half-decade back. Spooky.
Bon Courage, Moulin à Vent du Murphy!
Tags: 2011, base, bay area, california, construction, dpw, europe, golden gate park, Moulin à Vent du Murphy, murphy, murphy windmill, ocean beach, rec and park, restaurant, rpd, San Francisco, south, southern, stub, west, western, wind mill, windmill
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Will popular, four-star rated Brenda’s French Soul Food be as popular for dinner as it’s been for breakfast, brunch, and lunch?
Only Time Will Tell.
As recently seen on Polk, near the western fringe of the crime-ridden Tenderloin. Criminals tend to not like crowds of potential witnesses, so dread nought.
Why not get in line at 652 Polk betwixt Eddy and Turk, dine and then make a post to the Yelp, as thousands have before you?
Tags: 652 Polk, beignet, beignets, breakfast, Brenda, Brenda Buenviaje, Brenda's, Brenda's French Soul Food, Buenviaje, can ness, civic center, crime-ridden Tenderloin, crowd, dinner, donuts, doughnuts, eddy, eggs, fired, lunch, Polk, restaurant, review, reviews, sidewalk, southern, street, style, tenderloin, turk, yelp
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
As you no doubt learned from Haighteration (your one-stop source for all news of the Lower Haight) earlier today, Memphis Minnie’s Bar-B-Que Joint and Smoke House is giving away free BBQ to celebrate 10 years of doing bidness in Le Haight Inférieur.
Drop by at 576 Haight Street betwixt Fillmore and Steiner before 6:00 PM today, October 26th, 2010, to get in on the fun.
Join the party!
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Not so sure about the sandwich part – there was no bread early on, but there are greens and fries and free drinks and all kinds of pork. Pork pork pork!
Manny, Moe and Jack are awaiting your arrival:
Bon Anniversaire, Memphis Minnie!
Tags: 10th, 2010, 576, anniversary, bay area, california, fillmore, food, free, haight, lower, memphis, memphis minnie's, minnies, minys, pig, pork, restaurant, San Francisco, southern, steiner, street, style, tenth, year's
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Saturday, June 6th, 2009
After 798 reviews on Yelp, Brenda’s French Soul Food is still doing land office business at 652 Polk right next to the H&H Laundromat betwixt Eddy and Turk in the gritty Tenderloin.
Couldn’t get in the place myself, but here’s the menu for you to check out. Click to expand.
Not too pricey, anyway.
Join the crowd, why not?
Tags: 2009, breakfast, Brenda, Brenda Buenviaje, Brenda's, Brenda's French Soul Food, brunch, Buenviaje, busy, chef, comfort, cook, dinner, eddy, eggs, food, french, lunch, menu, Polk, restaurant, reviews, San Francisco, Soul, southern, turk, yelp
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
This is what rush hour looks like on San Francisco’s famous Embarcadero waterfront road.
These electric trolleys operated by MUNI are from all over the world.
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via Whole Wheat Toast
Tags: 1061, 1818, california, car, DPT, Embarcadero, F, f-line, green, los angeles, market, mta, Muni, orange, pacific electric, pcc, pe, rail, railway, red, red car, restored, San Francisco, southern, street, trolley, waterfront, white, yellow
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
San Francisco’s MUNI has it’s very own Pacific Electric Railway Red Car, #1061. The Red Car system of Los Angeles County died out, as detailed in the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit, so the Market Street Railway decided to re-use the red-and-orange paint scheme as an homage.
This particular PCC railcar was never in L.A. It spent most of its life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The real El Lay vehicles were double ended – this one has a front and a rear.
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No matter, people love it anyway. Look for it on Market Street’s F-Line.
Tags: 1061, california, car, DPT, F, f-line, los angeles, market, Muni, orange, pacific electric, pcc, pe, rail, railway, red, red car, restored, southern, street, trolley, white
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