A laser beam-enabled giant walrus is depicted on this mural in the Lower Haight.
Enjoy:
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Posts Tagged ‘Window’
The Lengths Some People Will Go To to Keep Their Condo Windows Clean
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010If I lived in this Hayes Street condo, I’d just tell the window cleaners to forget about it, considering the effort they would need to expend.
I wouldn’t want to be the worker at the end of this Genie scissors lift, anyway:
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The Embarcadero Chevys Closed Down Last Week Because Its Lease Expired? Really?
Monday, October 26th, 2009Well it was quite a mystery last week when, via Eater SF’s The Shutter, we all learned that the Chevy’s Fresh Mex at 2 Embarcadero Center in the Financh would close down forever as of last Friday. Per ABC KGO TV Channel 7, the employees were bummed because they only got three days’ notice of the closure - and as for any severance benefits, well that’s a big fat nada.
Why did this eatery close down without warning? Well, the manager (and management in general) didn’t want to say. But now, we have a statement from Chevy’s. See?
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Their “lease expired.” Simple, right?
But that seems a little funny. (Of course, I’m not in the restaurant biz so I don’t know.) You’d think they’d have been able to give the workers more notice if this was just a matter of losing a lease.
(And you know, actually, I’d imagine that Boston Properties (or whomever you talk to when you want to strike a bargain on cheaper rent at Embarcadero Center) would be looking to make a sweet deal, based upon the low level of occupancy they have these days…)
Maybe Chevys’ management figured they’d be closing this store a month or two ago, but they kept this info a secret from the workers?
(When Warren Simmons, Sr. and his son Warren “Scooter” Simmons, Jr. started up the first Chevys (no apostrophe, please) in Alameda back in 1987, did they think that this was they way it was going to be? Oh well.)
Mmmmm……
Arrest #49 for Local Burglar – Baited Car in Golden Gate Park Proves Irresistable
Friday, July 31st, 2009What items tempt you the most when you scan parked cars for Objects in Plain View - would it be a laptop computer, an iPod, maybe a backpack? Well, be careful, cause when the SFPD baits cars for sting operations in Golden Gate Park, they sometimes use all three. (It’s almost like entrapment, or something. So tempting these parcels are, next thing you know, it’s smashy smashy!)
From the Richmond District Blog comes a sneak peek of Richmond Station Police Captain Richard Corriea’s next weekly update for the Richmond District Police Community Police Forum. Read an entire entry below.
Is this a parking lot, a freeway, or Golden Gate Park’s MLK Drive near the Inner Sunset on a recent Friday? Click to expand:
Yes, it’s MLK near the Friend Gate of Strybing Arboretum. Perhaps the cars huddle together for safety?
Here’s why:
“On July 25, 2009 Richmond [District] officers working in plain clothes staked out a car at Middle Drive and Bowling Green Drive in Golden Gate Park. There were several items of value in the car, including, a backpack, computer and an IPOD. The officers knew from experience that an auto burglar would find the car an appealing target. Indeed, several hours into the stakeout an individual burglarized the car, and he was immediately arrested. A subsequent search of the suspect turned up evidence from a theft committed nearby earlier in the day and narcotics. The suspect, who has been arrested forty-nine times, including thirty-one times for felonies, was booked for burglary, possession of stolen property, theft and a narcotics violation. This individual is likely responsible for several auto burglaries daily.”
How many car windows do you have to break to get a rap sheet this long - hundreds, thousands?
On It Goes…
This Volkswagen Minibus has 21 Windows, Yet Some Would Yearn For More
Saturday, July 18th, 2009You’d think having 21 windows on your ancient, 1960’s-era VW T1 Type 2 Transporter would put you ahead in the windows race, but you’d be wrong.
As seen in wealthy Sea Cliff, the home (or former home) of Robin Williams, actress Sharon Stone, actor Cheech Marin, screenwriter Monica Cliff, real estate/casino tycoon Luke Brugnara, and Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett.
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You need to add in two rear corner windows like this in order to get a 23 window model. Here below is the King of All VW buses. It won’t get you up the Waldo Grade in a hurry, but it will get you there, with or without green and blue bear dogs.
The Richers of Sea Cliff Missed It By That Much.
Among American enthusiasts, it is common to refer to the different models by the number of their windows. The basic Kombi or Bus is the 11-window (a.k.a. 3-window bus because of three side windows) with a split windshield, two front cabin door windows, six rear side windows, and one rear window. The deluxe model featured eight rear side windows and two rear corner windows, making it the 15-window (not available in Europe). Meanwhile, the sunroof deluxe with its additional eight small skylight windows is, accordingly, the 23-window. From the 1963 model year, with its wider rear door, the rear corner windows were discontinued, making the latter two the 13-window and 21-window respectively. The 23 and later 21 window variants are usually described as Sambas.
Looking for Parking in Golden Gate Park Can Become a Family Affair
Saturday, May 9th, 2009Those circling Golden Gate Park looking for a free parking space will eventually be rewarded, but finding an empty spot can be a trying ordeal taking upwards of an hour. Best if you enlist the aid of beasts and children.
Why not give it a try? They’ll bark or squeal to alert you when the see a legal space.
Bless the beasts and the children.
Concern Over Wildlife Means No Mavericks Surf Contest for 2009
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009Upon further review, it turns out that the Mavericks Surf Contest waiting period will not get extended, so that means no competition this year. But that will make the 2010 affair all the more special, right? And they’ll see about getting future waiting periods pushed forward into Autumn, so that’ll be nice.
See you next year! Deets below.
This is what some of the 2008 contest looked like:
“Extending the waiting period beyond March this season would pose a unique set of challenges on this front. Said Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS), Superintendent Maria Brown, “The sanctuary had already extended the exemption for the contest period through March. But the presence of listed and vulnerable species, newly-born harbor seal pups, migrating whales, and nesting birds make April a particularly sensitive time for wildlife in the Sanctuary.”
Full deets after the jump
Time Window for Mavericks Surf Contest 2009 Just Extended to April 8th
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Mavericks Surf Contest organizers just extended the season into next week, so if the tasty waves come in by Wednesday, April 8th, then it’ll be on.
That’s good.
How it looked last year. Click to expand.
Tink happy toughts.
How to Break into Cars on the Streets of San Francisco
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009Of course you already carry around a small shard of NGK (日本特殊陶業株式会社 aka Nippon Tokusyu Tōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) high-temperature spark plug porcelain ceramic insulator to easily break windows, but how do you determine which parked car has worthwhile booty? Simple, just crane your neck and look into each car as you walk down the sidewalk.
You’ll never know what you’ll find.
As seen on Golden Gate Avenue, checking every last car on this block and the next one too:
NB: Don’t try this in the Richmond District, else you might make the Noteworthy Arrests section of the Richmond District Police Community Relations Forum newsletter and then end up in the hoosegow.
Maltese Falcon Movie Iconography on the Streets of San Francisco
Friday, February 20th, 2009This is what you can see on the streets of San Francisco in the greater Tenderloin, Union Square, Nob Hill, Chinatown area – window graphics like that seen in the Maltese Falcon movie of 1941. (By the way, did you know that Google Search actually places Tom Perkins’ embarrassingly, ridiculously large boat above the damn novel it’s named for? Which is better, the film or the vessel? Which cost more to produce? Sic transit gloria mundi, that’s some amazing Search Engine Optimization right there, brother.)
Was this a residence of writer Dashiell Hammett, or perhaps an apartment featured in the famous novel? Sign up for the Dashiell Hammett Tour to find out.
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