gotta start going to local shows again now that the kids are older
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
Get the kids to start a band, you'll go by default.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 20:11 (six years ago) link
Speaking of that, if any ILXors in SF have kids who'd like to be in a band, my kid plays guitar and is looking for some folks to play with.
― DJI, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
We are in the area for the next 9 days. Staying in Mill Valley
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:06 (six years ago) link
xpost kids in a band. my high schooler has been doing bandworks. it's been great. they have one branch in berkeley and other in san rafael. it's been fun to go to the shows.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:20 (six years ago) link
That post got clipped - mill valley, sf and Sonoma
Did Muir beach today which was really nice (Muir Woods parking was full)
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:29 (six years ago) link
Wander around and enjoy the grey
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:30 (six years ago) link
Muir woods lot is always full, ppl forget theres a whole network of trails accessible from all over the park/across mt tam
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:32 (six years ago) link
^ park on the panoramic highway just before the mountain home inn. then you can walk down into muir woods.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
Yeah but I’m with little kids so I kind of wanted facilities.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
If you're with little kids and you're in Mill Valley, go to the Bay Area Discovery Museum.
― fajita seas, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 22:07 (six years ago) link
Yeah thats a good spot for little uns
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
Aquarium! Alcatraz!
Man, the band Fuck ... My old band played with them a few times and stayed with (possibly Kyle?) wherever his studio was in San Fran. Iirc, it was in a shitty neighborhood, at least at the time.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 22:58 (six years ago) link
It was in the Tenderloin so...yes, likely him.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 23:02 (six years ago) link
something happening at 30th and Irving...? police activity
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 23:05 (six years ago) link
the Stratford 4
they were nice ppl but their band was really boring - pretty sure I remember correctly
― sarahell, Thursday, 23 August 2018 00:53 (six years ago) link
And my Hemlock story is live
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13839507/if-the-hemlocks-walls-could-talk-looking-back-at-17-years-of-shows
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:10 (six years ago) link
Big miss not calling out Anthony as the former drummer/mastermind behind The Icky Boyfriends:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRfbBUn8nX8
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:20 (six years ago) link
Oh I've written about Tony's doings in general before:
https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Best-Show-comes-to-S-F-with-song-born-in-6469137.php
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 August 2018 16:22 (six years ago) link
https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Police-Multiple-San-Francisco-schools-placed-on-13194440.php
My kids' school just got out of lockdown. Balboa High is like 3 blocks from my house :(
― DJI, Thursday, 30 August 2018 20:45 (six years ago) link
ugh just saw that
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 August 2018 20:46 (six years ago) link
this is the first one of these in CA in quite awhile afaik
there are usually at least a dozen of these a year in Oakland public schools
― sarahell, Saturday, 1 September 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
With actual shootings or just someone bringing a gun
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 1 September 2018 20:32 (six years ago) link
My kids' elementary school is just on the other side of 280, and it got locked down too. As it happens, there was a lockdown drill scheduled for that day. Kids came home singing 'lock, lights, out of sight' gleefully. It's like this generation's 'duck and cover' :(
― fajita seas, Saturday, 1 September 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
lockdowns.
― sarahell, Saturday, 1 September 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link
haha: https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/SF-scooter-startup-accuses-city-of-unlawful-13242537.php?t=af08525f9e
fuck these garbage companies and their "ask forgiveness, not permission" strategy
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:20 (six years ago) link
meanwhile oakland is their new dumping ground test city for a bold personal transit vision
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:47 (six years ago) link
Oakland is approaching this better than SF, imo. They're offering the equitable playing field that Lime is asking for, but with more demands on the companies. For example:
The ordinance also requires dockless scooters to be distributed equitably throughout Oakland, and no less than 50 percent of scooters will have to be deployed in Oakland's "communities of concern," with high populations of minority and/or low-income residents.
https://patch.com/california/rockridge/oakland-reigns-scooters
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:52 (six years ago) link
These companies dont deserve an equitable playing field
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:59 (six years ago) link
"unlawful bias" is a hilarious choice of words here
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Thursday, 20 September 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
at least oakland's lower density means you're not constantly tripping over abandoned scooters like you would in downtown SF
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 20 September 2018 00:16 (six years ago) link
I'm going to be in Oakland in a couple of weeks. Never been! I think I have a little free time, what should I do/see/eat?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 September 2018 01:31 (six years ago) link
Uptown is all 'revitalized' and has bars and some galleries. Grand Avenue has a lot of very good restauarants; Lake Merritt is very lovely if the day is nice.
― akm, Thursday, 20 September 2018 03:42 (six years ago) link
Go to ProArts Gallery in downtown oakland and say hello to our own sarahell
― akm, Thursday, 20 September 2018 03:43 (six years ago) link
One of the best things about Oakland is all the killer Ethiopian food. Cafe Romanat is one of my favorites, but there are a bunch of very good options.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 20 September 2018 04:55 (six years ago) link
Azit has killer Korean cheese fries.
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 20 September 2018 06:30 (six years ago) link
if you have small children, take them to Fairyland
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 September 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, September 19, 2018 5:16 PM (yesterday)
well, parts of Oakland that is the case. Not my part.
― sarahell, Thursday, 20 September 2018 19:36 (six years ago) link
in terms of "what to do" in Oakland -- it depends what you like to do. If you're into hiking/outdoorsy stuff, there are some nice hikes and woodsy stuff. If you like drinking at tiki bars, we have those. If you like goth dj nights, we have lots of those. if you are into craft beer -- there is a lot of that, too. If you like looking at industrial buildings in various states of decay and gentrification/renovation, we have a lot of those as well.
― sarahell, Thursday, 20 September 2018 19:39 (six years ago) link
I think there's some dumb music festival happening in the park by the port that used to be held in SF going down in a few weeks. The park is dope tho.
― sarahell, Thursday, 20 September 2018 19:41 (six years ago) link
one thing to notice about the scooters in Oakland - it mostly community members and kids using them rather than techies getting to work and what not. i'm pro scooter.
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 20 September 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link
I noticed that too
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 20 September 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
If you're into hiking/outdoorsy stuff, there are some nice hikes and woodsy stuff.
this trail is rad, not too far from Oakland: https://www.hikingproject.com/trail/7024978/vollmer-peak-trail
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 September 2018 20:04 (six years ago) link
at least oakland's lower density means you're not constantly tripping over abandoned scooters like you would in downtown SF― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, September 19, 2018 5:16 PM (yesterday)well, parts of Oakland that is the case. Not my part.
idk, even the on most dense sidewalks of Uptown I don't trip over a million scooters the same way I did walking to work in SOMA, but I hear you. I can't say whether they're a social good or ill but the way people drive on them I am amazed that no one has been killed yet.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 20 September 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/04/police-man-dies-after-apparent-electric-scooter-accident/?utm_term=.f82b600c91ed
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 September 2018 20:41 (six years ago) link
https://nypost.com/2018/09/04/man-dies-after-electric-scooter-accident/
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 September 2018 20:42 (six years ago) link
https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/08/despite_voluntary_pause_in_ope.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 20 September 2018 20:48 (six years ago) link
cars are infinitely more deadly, I was just pointing out that ppl had already died
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 September 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link