San Francisco and what to do in it

https://missionlocal.org/2018/08/historic-laundromat-owner-files-suit-vs-san-francisco-for-delaying-construction-of-8-story-tower/

well I'm pretty biased in favor of Hillary Ronen (who's kid goes to my kids school in the Mission), MEDA (which was instrumental and helping me buy a home) and Calle 24 (which is just a good local org that I support) so if they're all agin' it well

instrumental in helping

that should say

shadows?

I'm not sympathetic to any developer that insists on "market rate" shit, fuck all those assholes

Yeah 10% affordable is bullshit. I just wish the rationale here wasn't also bullshit.

eh whatever works, this sort of bare-knuckle legal loophole exploitation is the name of the game. Developers do it all the time when it's to their advantage, it's part of their business model.

Such fun.

Anyway, will be at that Zorn/Anderson/Riley show too -- was hoping to do a story on that but no time. But my Hemlock memories piece will be running today, and I'll be at the show Sunday where Fuck plays for what'll be the last time.

wow now there's a band I hadn't thought of in forever

Kyle from Fuck, turns out, has been a part owner of the Hemlock since opening to the present day, even though he's out in Memphis now. This swing-through with the band had perfect weird timing (first new album in ten years). Also Sheetal from the Stratford 4 is opening on Sunday with her Forest Bees solo thing.

always hate it when I'm late for work because of a tired metaphor

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Trash-fire-on-SF-s-Muni-subway-tracks-delays-13174267.php

I knew thew S4 had their big reunion show thing last year, didn't know Sheetal had a solo act

I am so out of the loop

gotta start going to local shows again now that the kids are older

Get the kids to start a band, you'll go by default.

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.

We are in the area for the next 9 days. Staying in Mill Valley

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 post got clipped - mill valley, sf and Sonoma

Did Muir beach today which was really nice (Muir Woods parking was full)

Wander around and enjoy the grey

Muir woods lot is always full, ppl forget theres a whole network of trails accessible from all over the park/across mt tam

^ park on the panoramic highway just before the mountain home inn. then you can walk down into muir woods.

Yeah but I’m with little kids so I kind of wanted facilities.

If you're with little kids and you're in Mill Valley, go to the Bay Area Discovery Museum.

Yeah thats a good spot for little uns

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.

It was in the Tenderloin so...yes, likely him.

something happening at 30th and Irving...? police activity

the Stratford 4

they were nice ppl but their band was really boring - pretty sure I remember correctly

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

Big miss not calling out Anthony as the former drummer/mastermind behind The Icky Boyfriends:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRfbBUn8nX8

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

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 :(

ugh just saw that

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

With actual shootings or just someone bringing a gun

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' :(

lockdowns.

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

meanwhile oakland is their new dumping ground test city for a bold personal transit vision

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

These companies dont deserve an equitable playing field

"unlawful bias" is a hilarious choice of words here

at least oakland's lower density means you're not constantly tripping over abandoned scooters like you would in downtown SF

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?

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.

Go to ProArts Gallery in downtown oakland and say hello to our own sarahell

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.

Azit has killer Korean cheese fries.

if you have small children, take them to Fairyland