San Francisco and what to do in it

spruce's charcuterie gran selection is my favorite!
duck gelee mousse and the coppa especially
they usually have a lobster pasta dish which is great
also their burger and fries is realllly good.

oakand lunch recs: bakesale betty's or le cheval* (*might have closed or relocated)... tbh it's kind of a soup day so maybe pho at Binh Minh Quan in chinatown?

Oh good I love good charcuterie! And I'm meeting 69 for lunch at Bakesale Betty's tomorrow!

Apparently my bro wants us to check out his buddy's hot dog joint for lunch--forget what it's called (some sort of pun on "dog" iirc), but bro says they have really really good fries. Like, the kind that are even good cold.

awesome, you'll be in good hands.

quincie - while you're in town you should go to Heinold's for drinks.

I miss San Franciscao'

Ghirardelli Square, the seals, the view from coit tower, the gift shop at alcatraz, the amoeba store of records, the golden gate park so beloved of hippies and the 60s counterculture, the trendy upper haight the list goes on

the guiness thing of records

those marvellous street musicians

the coffee at the cheesecake factory is a must try

there is one street that is so windy, and you won't believe how steep the streets are

also it is cold in summer can you believe it

sounds more like Uxbridge tbqf

To Be Quiet as Fuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BkfV9Ivb-M

I am starting to think adamrl is being sarcastic

I like those sausages you can get

ie, this is what happens when you move from SF to LA.

Can you play video games in jail?

eeeearrrrrthquaaaaaake!

4.something...? seemed kinda long. surprised to feel it in my building

hey guys, USF sold the 90.3FM license to a classical-only station without notifying the KUSF staff. maybe this is business as usual, but it's fucked up. there's a meeting at fromm hall at 7pm tomorrow. a university representative will be there to talk about the future of the station, and KUSF wants as big a public turnout as possible. if you like KUSF or independent freeform radio or protests or whatever, please show up. we'll meet in front of phelan hall on the USF campus at 645pm, then walk over to fromm hall together.

lame-ass puff-piece detailing the facts thus far: http://www.usfca.edu/Newsroom/Community_News/KUSF_Moves_to_Online_Only_Format/

anyone know of a good cheap place to stay near Haight? A friend of mine is visiting for a few days and asked but of course living here I don't know much about hotels. The Metro on Divis has ok yelp reviews but I was dubious thinking it might be noisy being on Divis. There's also the Red Vic hotel which seems intersting but possibly roachy. Any experience at these places/suggestions?

It's not noisy at all, in fact it's pretty dead (except for the new restaurant downstairs in the evenings) at night. I wouldn't worry about it. If the sight of crusing tourists doesn't bother your friend, they can try Beck's Motor Lodge on Market/Sanchez in the Castro, not too far from Haight/Divis. The Red Vic is pretty meh.

just... waht

dumbest body disposal plan ever

sad that summer is ending...

this is kind of an arrggh question, but I need some help.

My brother & his girlfriend are in SF for Superbowl weekend (visiting from Australia)
I need to find somewhere cool to take them to hang out and watch the Superbowl. First timers, wanna give them a good experience. We were going to bring them back to Sac for classic living room action but it isnt going to work out so we're sorta stuck with the city plan.
They're staying downtown - we will have a car so we can drag them wherever.
Bottom of the Hill is having their heavy metal / chili cook off and there's a couple of other places that look cool, but I'm still not super sold on anything. Anyone got any faves?

Believe me, i totally realize that somene's house is the best option but that's a dead end, so your recommendations will be gratefully received!

That's a tough one... there are a plethora of generic sports bars around Union Square, but BOTH chili cookoff sounds more fun.

Maybe head over to North Beach for more small-scale options or into the TL for more colorful ones?

Yeah, i knew i was asking a lot. Been looking around more and the VinClub in North Beach has a ticketed deal for unlimited apps, beer and wine for $35 which sounded sort of appealing...but yeah, BOTH seemed like it would be sort of fun. Theyre staying near the TL so we could end up somewhere around there too. Football nerd me is just worried about SEEING the game, lol.

I don't see how you can pass up BOTH unless you think the tv's will be too small or something. VinClub would be a pretty weird place to watch football imo.

I've never been to Vin. Am definitely leaning BOTH

Lots of helicopters circling the mission right now, whats up?

RT @kcbs_morning: We're now told SFFD fought three fires in Castro District this morning. No word yet on any possible connection.
about 27 minutes ago

Market St is closed between 15th & Castro due to the 2 separate fires in the Castro.
about 1 hour ago

SFFD working 2 separate fires in the Castro. 17th & Hartford and 16th & Market. Traffic control on Market.
about 1 hour ago

I was walking past the fire station on Sanchez as they were leaving this morning at about 4:00 AM. It looked like the fire was at the back of that motel on Market or at that mortuary. The odd thing was that another fire station had already arrived at the fire before the station that was less than 1/2 block from the fire. When I left the gym at 5 AM or so, they were leaving again to go to the other fire further up in the Castro.

SFGate doesn't even seem to mention the fire that was going on at 4 AM.

sfgate is completely useless. none of the local network morning news were talking about the fires either. everything is outsourced these days.

wtf?

this is right near my kid's preschool

False alarm, the intersection opened up about 10 minutes ago.

yeah I had a hard time believing anyone would have live grenades to just leave lying around somewhere

http://yfrog.com/h4ri8roj

Dancer?

the black swan

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/us/06bcseats.html

not really 'news' I guess

anyone got good recs for like a good italian sub sandwich. no whiney

teds is cool. i kinda have weird fuzzies for that place on divis right off haight (maybe kingfoot? haven't been there in years). f ikes.

The place on Irving and 7th? 6th? is pretty good IIRC. Yellow Submarine, I think.

Kingfoot's good, so is Yellow Submarine. Gambino's in the Embarcadero.

first choice would have been Mastrelli's in the Ferry Bldg, which is gone now unfortunately :(

The sandwiches at Molinari's are great but I don't think they're quite the sub you mean.

Lucca deli

does anything special go on July 4 weekend? seems like a good place to avoid boilerplate jingoism.

Lucca's good too, Steve.

You mean here in SF, Morbs? We usually have our patented glowing fog on July 4th.

the Mission pretty much explodes on July 4th, since we're the only neighborhood without any fog. Between 9 and 11 it's nonstop guerilla fireworks, for the most part

I usually go hang in Sausalito w/my family. Dunphy Park has a totally corny, family-oriented 4th of July celebration but it's vaguely hippyish and not at all jingoistic. If you're lucky, you can see Sausalito, Berkeley and SF's fireworks.

last year, i was on the roof of my then-boyfriend's building in downtown Oakland, and we could see the fireworks in Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, San Rafael, San Francisco, and San Bruno. it was totally amazing.