I am also more than down for one $ sign. 2-3 was more of a ceiling. Thank you!!
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 16 April 2018 01:57 (six years ago) link
here's a thing to do in San Franciscohttps://c1.staticflickr.com/1/979/41848078352_986da54df9.jpg
― Οὖτις, Friday, 4 May 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
Are they leaving on a rocket
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
shakey always has the best designs
― akm, Friday, 4 May 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
awesome poster
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2018 22:41 (five years ago) link
So I'm doing a thing next weekend to raise money for the Great Slate, which also features excellent house music (hooray for Dav1d S1ska.)
Tickets are here or Facebook if you want me to spam you with DJ mixes and candidate interviews in the runup.
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Friday, 4 May 2018 23:58 (five years ago) link
"You do not have permission for this event."??
― DJI, Saturday, 5 May 2018 00:02 (five years ago) link
which one? the Facebook or the Eventbrite?
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Saturday, 5 May 2018 04:38 (five years ago) link
Eventbrite
― DJI, Saturday, 5 May 2018 06:05 (five years ago) link
That's awesome. We've been donating to the Great Slate as well.
― fajita seas, Saturday, 5 May 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
thanks, real Eventbrite
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Saturday, 5 May 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
:( RIP Rene Yanez https://missionlocal.org/2018/05/rene-yanez-mission-icon-dies-at-75/
dude figured v large in this book I finished a couple months ago (http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15634.html)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 31 May 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
RIP, Rene. I never knew about his diagnosis. Saw him a few times at art events the last month or so and he was still engaging with the community and encouraging young artists. What a legacy. Gomez Pena wrote a beautiful letter to him that was getting shared around Facebook.
― Fetchboy, Friday, 1 June 2018 04:51 (five years ago) link
Home was broken into today.
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Friday, 22 June 2018 04:07 (five years ago) link
I was thinking about getting a PS4 this week so at least I dodged a bullet there.
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Friday, 22 June 2018 04:17 (five years ago) link
That book looks amazing.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 22 June 2018 04:20 (five years ago) link
xpost Yikes. Lose anything?
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 June 2018 04:35 (five years ago) link
Yes, they went straight for my Mac.
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Friday, 22 June 2018 04:36 (five years ago) link
Scrambling now because I tried to do that Locate My Mac thing, forgot my iCloud credentials, then requested a reset, and saw that it sent the request straight to my stolen Mac.
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Friday, 22 June 2018 04:38 (five years ago) link
Oh god that sucks
― El Tomboto, Friday, 22 June 2018 05:38 (five years ago) link
Never have to reset your Apple ID password
― El Tomboto, Friday, 22 June 2018 05:39 (five years ago) link
sorry to hear about this, I've had the same experience and remember how if feels
― Dan S, Friday, 22 June 2018 07:02 (five years ago) link
...it* feels
― Dan S, Friday, 22 June 2018 07:04 (five years ago) link
They took my sheets and bath towels too! So I've got the expected sense of violation, plus I have to deal with my germophobia and just the leeriness of even touching my stuff, which I now know they toggled through.
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Friday, 22 June 2018 07:48 (five years ago) link
Rifled through, not toggled
OK, our visit is in a few weeks. Doing some A+ tourist stuff, like Alcatraz night tour and a long bike tour, plus dinner at Nopa. Looking for a good Sunday night dinner suggestion, though. Any good ideas? I figure staples like burritos and the like we can fit in anywhere, and staples at the other end (like State Bird Provisions) I worry might be booked up already.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 July 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link
I enjoyed Hogwash quite a bit last time I was in town.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 7 July 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
Looks awesome but very ... Chicago.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 July 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
Blue Plate is perfect delicious comfort food, and you can get a reservation there.Shanghai Dumpling King (either location) is great, and low-cost. Good alternative to some of the higher-end dim sum places.Dosa is good for fancy Indian food/cocktails, but pretty pricey.Not really doing high-end food anymore, but Coi is pretty nuts if you're into molecular gastronomy.
― DJI, Saturday, 7 July 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
China Live is fantastic and huge so getting a seat isn't a real worry.
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 7 July 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
If you go to Shanghai Dumpling King on Montery Blvd, you will be two blocks from my house. I recommend two cups chicken clay pot.
― fajita seas, Saturday, 7 July 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
my wife doesn't like Chinese. :(
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 July 2018 18:48 (five years ago) link
I live near you, FS! Over the freeway in mission terrace.
― DJI, Saturday, 7 July 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
Front Porch, Zuni Cafe, Foreign Cinema, Swan Oyster Depot ...
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 7 July 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
Blue Plate is perfect delicious comfort food, and you can get a reservation there.
Echoing this, quite good. Enjoy Boulevard on the Embarcadero very much. Will also cosign Front Porch and China Live.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 7 July 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
Awesome, you all are the best, thanks for the suggestions. SF comes at the end of a west coast trip for us, where there will be lots of food like Blue Plate, so we went for Front Porch, which also looks like it has a great bar. Love southern food.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 July 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
Yeah, good stuff. Would however recommend the Royal Cuckoo for a drink too. And will add that I live near both the Front Porch and the Cuckoo, so basically drop a line with your schedule etc.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 7 July 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
Not a local but brunch at Son's Addition a few months back was one of the best I've had anywhere.
― A Box of After Dinner Comics Shipped to Your House Each Month (seandalai), Sunday, 8 July 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
If you can get a reservation at Foreign Cinema for brunch, it is killer.
― DJI, Sunday, 8 July 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
oh man, would eat all the ersters
― lâche pas la patate (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 8 July 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
west coast oysters can be delicious but I dunno why y’all bring them out with nothing more than a little thing of cocktail sauce, a little thing of vinegar, and half a lemon. Oysters can tolerate a lot more than that, also, why does San Francisco hate hot sauce generally?
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 8 July 2018 21:07 (five years ago) link
U mean aside from all the asians and latinos and african americans?
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 8 July 2018 22:03 (five years ago) link
I am not aware of SF hot sauce hatred at all.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 9 July 2018 00:04 (five years ago) link
I think my bias is probably because I live in a place where it regularly gets a seat at the table with other condiments and doesn’t have to be asked for? But Shakey did kinda own me just now
― El Tomboto, Monday, 9 July 2018 00:31 (five years ago) link
El Tomboto, oysters should be eaten alive in their own brine; they require no, nor are enhanced, flavorwise, by anything but wine, Chablis by my preference
― Et Dieu crea l' (Michael White), Monday, 9 July 2018 00:51 (five years ago) link
I've got an extra ticket for Bicep at the Independent tonight if anyone wants to join...
― DJI, Friday, 20 July 2018 22:36 (five years ago) link
Bicep (Live)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 20 July 2018 23:13 (five years ago) link
― El Tomboto, Friday, 20 July 2018 23:29 (five years ago) link
Wanted to thank everyone for their suggestions and guidance. San Francisco was a great way to end a fun trip. If we had to do it again we'd probably stick with more local/ethnic/neighborhood food. We were staying in Hayes Valley, and there was plenty there of interest to eat, but a couple of our dinners we went to Nopa and Front Porch, and while both were fine we didn't think they were too different from what we could get here. We did hit El Farolito for burritos, and while we have plenty of burritos and Mexican food here, that place was kind of a trip. As was the Royal Cuckoo, Ned, a dive bar with character much more colorful than the usual dive bar (whose character is usually largely its dive-ness).
It had been 20 years since I was last in SF, so a couple of stray observations.
1) It's weird how much the weather (temperature, at least) changes even from neighborhood to neighborhood, made weirder by the irony that July and August are known for cooler weather. Still funny to watch folks in ski parkas and scarves when it's in the upper '50s, but hey, that's California for you.
2) Homelessness was prevalent, but (sadly/tragically) no more so than any major city (like mine). I did notice, for whatever reason, virtually no panhandling. Just people living on the street going about their business.
3) We had been warned by many of all the (people) poop, and while we did see some people poop (gross), we saw a lot more dog poop. Yet weirdly, again and again, we saw *bagged* dog poop, just left on the sidewalk, and we couldn't figure that out. Who goes through the trouble of bagging their dog poop but then just leaves the bag on the sidewalk?
4) I had forgotten how small SF is compared to Chicago.
5) Best SF story. We took a super awesome 20 mile bike tour around the city. When we paused by the Palace of Fine Arts fake ruins, a cop car pulled up. The cop rolled down the window and yelled out. "Hey ... any of you see a naked man run by here?" Second best. We went to the Alcatraz night tour, which was cool. All the way at the end I overheard one of the park rangers telling this tale. Last year I guess there was a big storm that rolled up, and they couldn't take anyone back to the mainland on the ferry, so instead this tour group got to stay on the island until 3am, drinking hot cocoa and watching movies. They even opened up the gift shop and let them pick out shirts and sweatshirts. He said it was like a sleepover. But there was a *second* ferry stuck moored at the dock, and the water was so rough they could neither get the people off the boat nor untie the ferry and let it leave. There was apparently a tour group stuck on the ferry in the rough waters for *45 minutes* before they could get them off safely. The ranger said everyone (including three pregnant women!) was just barfing everywhere. Yuck.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 6 August 2018 12:26 (five years ago) link
Glad you enjoyed the Cuckoo! It's well worth it.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 August 2018 13:39 (five years ago) link