San Francisco and what to do in it

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I noticed that too

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

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.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/04/police-man-dies-after-apparent-electric-scooter-accident/?utm_term=.f82b600c91ed

https://nypost.com/2018/09/04/man-dies-after-electric-scooter-accident/

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

cars are infinitely more deadly, I was just pointing out that ppl had already died

has anyone been killed by someone riding a scooter, or has it been only the people riding the scooters who have been killed (i.e. by cars)?

cars were not involved in the deaths I linked above

I'm flying out for a bar mitzvah, actually, so I don't think I'll get to go too far afield. But I do know that I'll have a few hours off each day, family commitments aside. So less hiking, more food and shops. I've never been to Berkeley, so there's that; staying at the Hotel Shattuck, which is right by campus, I believe. And the synagogue is right by Chez Panisse, iirc. .

Hotel Shattuck is downtown -- it's about 5-10 blocks to campus. And like one block from the train to Oakland and SF. The hotel restaurant is pretty good (though I think it recently changed) - they had really good mac & cheese and nice drinks. Berkeley has great bookstores, and Amoeba is still pretty decent depending on what you're looking for and what format.

If you have a dog, my friend has a shop that makes gorgeous dog collars. I mean, they make them custom, so if you wanted a collar for a not-dog, they could do that do.

Is it the one near Berkeley Bowl that got a shoutout in that Todd Barry special?

That makes me wish we had a dog. Our jerk cat would just lose it.

Actually, our cat is awesome, but he probably would lose it.

cats gonna cat

This cat cats.

yep - near Berkeley Bowl!

Paco Collars! my dogs wear them proudly. Didn't know that was your friend's shop. I recommend these collars for dogs.

Hotel Shattuck is across the street from the YMCA where I swim twice weekly. Landmark theater downstairs.

Am I going to get ads on Facebook Scrabble telling me to vote against Prop C from now until the election?

I think you know the answer

RIP La Victoria, but this would be kinda awesome tbh
https://missionlocal.org/2018/10/russian-bakery-eyes-former-la-victoria-building-on-24th-street/

I wouldn't say it's like Tartine at all but idk

went to Cinderella my last trip and i thought it was amazing.

had about enough of the protection racket bullshit tbh

?

https://missionlocal.org/2018/10/laundre-owner-shaken-after-private-meeting-with-mission-community-groups/