San Francisco and what to do in it

ike's is eh, okay. vastly overrated by yelpers who call sandwiches "sammies." for non-burger sandwiches, go the extra couple of blocks to rhea's deli at Valencia and 19th. deli board as noted above is p good too.

if you really want something simple and non-touristy for burgers, mammoth sandwiches, fries, milkshakes, apple pie and such, you're looking for the Apple Pan on Pico in Los Angeles. but orphan andy's super duper burger, or st. francis fountain could do all right.

i'd vote st. francis. def non-touristy and they serve mitchell's ice cream which is local and for my money still tops the hipster scoops at bi-rite, humphry slocombe, and mr. and mrs. miscellaneous.

"It's Tops" on Market near Octavia has decent diner food and pitch perfect americana decor and staff (sassy waitresses in costume). I'm not a big fan of Sparky's at all. Ike's has good sandwiches but I'd just as soon never go there again since Dinosaurs (granted, it's a banh mi place, not really american sandwiches) is just a block away and is just as good, cheaper and has a much shorter line.

Loved dinosaurs, used to go there all the time

oh duh, forgot about st. francis. yeah, that's the spot.

We liked Lori's. Sorry!

At San Jose airport beginning our epic journey home now. Goodbye California!

Yeah It's Tops is good! I think my hungover/drunkenness may have clouded my memory of how good/bad Sparkys food actually is

Anybody know of any fun things to do/see for a san jose daytrip?

I've always wanted to check out the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosicrucian_Egyptian_Museum
http://www.egyptianmuseum.org/

west wind drive-in movie theater is pretty cool if you like that kind of thing

i took a tour of the privately owned public spaces (well, a selection of them) a little while ago, and it was pretty neat. there are better things to do if you're just in town for a day, but it's fun to see all this stuff that's right under your nose that you never noticed before. here's a link to a handy guide to all of them - the 15th floor terrace at 346 sansome is my favorite. http://www.spur.org/files/popos-guide.pdf

http://sf.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01_22/343_Sansome.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/63146_420562914683480_819610990_n.jpg

Did not do those things when I was just there. Was in town last week with my gf. Love walking around that Cliff House/ Lands End area along the ocean. Had some good food too, saw a Cajun band at the Chapel in the Mission, did lots of tourist stuff--night-time Alcatraz tour, the nice pedestrian walk up to Coit Tower (and the Tower itself), Japanese Tea Garden, Amoeba Records, City Lights Books and nearby cafes, etc...

my bandmate's bf got hit by a street sweeper last night - is in critical condition at SF General

wtf!

he was on his bike.

This was a lot of fun!

http://realescapegame.com/rersf1/

Looks it! Intrigued. Want to hear all about it but wouldn't want ppl to be able to google it.
Did you do that Jejune Institute thing a while back?

Probably everyone that would want to know about this show already does, but Rene Hell and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma are playing The Lab tonight. $5-$7 - cheap!

I didn't do Jejune Institute, kinder. It looks cool though

xp - see you there (hopefully)

I did the first part of the jejeune inst - in Chinatown and environs. We got a little sidetracked at Li Po though.

The only time I went to LiPo was to see a Rudimentary Penii cover band.

Downstairs where the ceiling is like 6'8"?

oh yes!

I went to a a punk show there ages ago and these (rather petite) girls started pogoing and I had to laugh 'cause had I been inclined to follow suit, I would have knocked myself out.

Would totally be at the lab tonight were I in town.
Ive heard that LiPo hasn't quite been the same since Anthony Bourdain promoted it.

sarahell - i'll be the one with the gray jacket and the, um, black messenger bag ...

i will be supervising people

Anybody else going to Haceteria this Sat?

Sorry, this Friday.

Maybe! I'll post if it looks likely.

so yesterday around 4pm about a block away from my office some guy shot on foot shot and seriously injured a passenger in a car - car sped off to the hospital, shooter fled on foot, Market Street was blocked off from Beale to Main for about an hour... can't find anymore news about it today though. sounds really odd - not yr standard spree shooting or robbery, wondering what the deal was.

http://sfist.com/2013/03/07/shooting_near_financial_district.php

I think Shakey meant there hadn't been any followup news since yesterday - he's right, I haven't seen anything either.

RIP Defenestration Bldg

I saw that this morning. Part bummed and part happy the limbo will end and they can put in affordable housing.

bittersweet :/

yeah it's a good thing, although I will miss the cool-art-project-in-the-midst-of-urban-blight

and CELLSpace is closed down now too :(

this is right down the street from me, and a very cool-looking building.

Uh, well, on the bright side! Back in town tonight, Zeitgeist tomorrow at 4 pm if anyone's free...(I know some people are already planning!)

Grants helped to cover the loss of income from the Market, but a lot of the money was wasted. After one of the larger grants was received, the staff were given cell phones (no pun intended) for conducting CELLspace business. Within one year, they would have no business to conduct.

“Essentially, large amounts of money were mismanaged

this is just so sadly familiar. ... I didn't realize that Cellspace was only founded the year I moved back to the Bay Area. I had thought it had been around longer.

xp - I might actually be able to make it

Would so buy you beers at Zeitgeist tomorrow were my plans not already in stone.

this is just so sadly familiar.

I for one am shocked SHOCKED that itinerant artists do not make good accountants

Though some of us actually are.

Xps gonna miss you again, ned! Heading to shasta for the weekend

Ah well, another time!

Outta town, sorry to miss you Ned

I just don't care for you, tbh

:)

but have you ever quaffed Ze Zeitgeist bloody mary?