Wearing me out
All this hanging around
It just starts getting me down
'Til I'm just looking for an easy way out
Bay Area Food Pick
1408 Burlingame Ave. (at Primrose Rd.)
Burlingame, CA 94010
Far better (and less crowded) than Stacks down the block, Alana's offers homespun cooking at a fair price. The Swedish oatmeal pancakes with lingonberries is my pick. Several diners seem to opt for the housemade quiche of the day. 4 stars - 254 reviews
Previous San Francisco picks: Radius; Limon Rotisserie; Art's Cafe; Little Star Pizza; Yamo; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Humphry Slocombe; Tu Lan; Foreign Cinema; Zanze's Cheesecake; San Tung; Katana-Ya; A La Turca; Boxing Room; Frances; Saigon Sandwich; Brenda's French Soul Food; Park Tavern; Broken Record; Rosamunde Sausage Grill; Curry Up Now; Yasukochi's Sweet Stop; Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen; Firefly; Red Door Cafe; L'Ardoise Bistro; Pluto's; My Tofu House; Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous; Walzwerk; Good Luck Dim Sum; Amber India; Sotto Mare; Sweet Maple; Shanghai Dumpling King; Super Duper; Kokkari Estiatorio; Olea; Bodega Bistro; The Chairman Truck; Molinari Delicatessen; Wayfare Tavern; Wexler's; Thorough Bread & Pastry.
Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Curry Up Now (San Mateo); Little Lucca Sandwich Shop & Deli (Burlingame/South SF); Falafel's Drive In (San Jose); Sunny Bowl (Mountain View); Back A Yard Caribbean Grill (Menlo Park); Pluto's (Palo Alto/San Jose); Ramen Dojo/Ramen Parlor (San Mateo); Amber India (Mountain View/San Jose/Palo Alto); Nini's Coffee Shop (San Mateo); Kabab and Curry's (Santa Clara); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae).
Previous East Bay picks: Little Star Pizza (Albany); Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen (Berkeley); Asmara (Oakland); Keanu's Island Kine Food (Vacaville); Tara's Organic Ice Cream (Berkeley/Oakland); Pluto's (Chico/Davis/Sacramento/
Previous North Bay picks: Bouchon Bakery (Yountville); Della Fattoria Bakery (Petaluma); Sol Food (San Rafael); Stumptown Brewery (Guerneville); Moustache Baked Goods (Healdsburg); Super Duper (Mill Valley); The Pelican Inn (Muir Beach); Garden Grill (Guerneville).
Previous Other picks: Shoki Ramen House (Sacramento); Built to Grill (Portland).
Bay Area Bar Pick
1725 Haight St. (at Cole St.)
San Francisco, CA 94117
When this Mission-esque bar opened in the Upper Haight in 2006, I was skeptical about its prospects. Clearly, I underestimated its swanky appeal among dwellers in Cole Valley, Inner Sunset, the Panhandle, and beyond. You'll be hard pressed to find a bar table during prime business hours. Lush cocktails run $11, and many opt to pair these with upscale bar bites or entrees. 4 stars - 1236 reviews
Previous San Francisco picks: Blackbird; El Rio; Rickhouse; Southern Pacific Brewing; The Hidden Vine; Vesuvio; The Pig & Whistle; Biergarten; Martuni's; Tosca Cafe; Toronado.
Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Antonio's Nut House (Palo Alto); The Oasis Beer Garden (Menlo Park).
Previous East Bay picks: The Trappist (Oakland); Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon (Oakland); The Turf Club (Hayward); Jupiter (Berkeley); St. George Spirits (Alameda); Drake's Barrel House (San Leandro); JC Cellars (Oakland); Dashe Cellars (Oakland).
Previous North Bay picks: Lagunitas Brewing Co. (Petaluma); Bear Republic Brewing Co. (Healdsburg).
Previous Other pick: New Deal Distillery (Portland).
Bay Area History
Henry W. Coe, Jr.
(1860-1943)
Born and raised in San Jose by pioneer parents, Henry Jr. raised livestock and fruit on over 8,000 acres in Santa Clara County. Once married and with kids, he also had a home in the San Jose area for its better schools. Eventually, the ranch was donated to Santa Clara County by his daughter in 1953, when it became Henry W. Coe County Park. The region became a state park five years later, and remains the state's second largest, after Anza-Borrego. Despite its size and location, the park only attracts about 40,000 visitors annually and has been on recent state lists for closure due to budgetary reasons.
Previous San Francisco history: John Geary; Samuel Brannan; Michael O'Shaughnessy; Jasper O'Farrell; Frank McCoppin; Thomas Hayes; Francisco de Haro; Jose Bernal; David Broderick; Henry Haight; John Townsend; Cyril Magnin; Jose Arguello; Keiko Fukuda; John Le Conte; Eugene Schmitz; Theodore Judah; Herb Caen; James Phelan; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Angelo Rossi; Charles Brenham; Warren Hellman; John McLaren; Dogpatch.
Previous Peninsula/South Bay history: Millbrae; Tanforan Racetrack; T. Jack Foster; Leland Stanford; Milpitas; Donald Tresidder; Josiah Belden; Hiram Morgan Hill; Simon Mezes; James Forbes.
Previous East Bay history: Charles Tilden; William Hayward; John Fremont; Mariano Vallejo; Ygnacio Martinez; Henry Kaiser; Anthony Chabot; Thomas Caldecott; Laurentine Hamilton; Joel Clayton.
Previous North Bay history: Cotati; Charles Fairfax; Luther Burbank; William Richardson; Oscar and James Shafter; George Guerne.
Previous Other history: Francis Pettygrove (Portland).
Bay Area Charity
Based in San Francisco since 2006, this organization provides emotional and psychological support to Iraq/Afghanistan veterans, service members, and their families. Estimates are that one out of six troops returning from the wars will have psychological trauma.
Previous organizations Randy's Guide has spotlighted and donated: Common Ground Relief, LYRIC, Aldea Inc., Glide Memorial, City CarShare, Maitri, Loaves and Fishes, Friends of the Urban Forest, Farm Sanctuary, Bay Area Community Services, Blue Energy, My New Red Shoes, College Track, Foundation for the People of Burma, Vital Life Services, Little Angel Fund, San Francisco Health Services Coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council, Bay Localize, San Francisco Women Against Rape, Sustainable Conservation, Ashoka, Old Skool Cafe, Darfur Sister Schools, Rebuilding Together San Francisco, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Urban Solutions, San Francisco Suicide Prevention, The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, Shanti, Curry Without Worry, SF Neighborhood Theater Foundation, La Cocina, Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California, The Bike Kitchen, First Graduate, Lazarex Cancer Foundation (Amy C), KQED (88.5 FM), FabMo Creativity Center; and now Duboce/Valencia Fire Relief.
Bay Area Weekend Highs
Looks like Sunday should be the warmest day. Go Bears!
Coast: low-60s
SF: upper-60s
Bay: low-70s
South Bay: mid-70s
North Bay: upper-70s
Inland East Bay: low-80s
Bay Area Free Activities of the Week
Friday, 1pm-9pm; Saturday, 10:30am-9pm; Sunday, 10:30am-5pm
I think I like this event better than its SF relative. In picturesque Jack London Square, enjoy live music, DIY lectures, competitions, and (of course) food trucks. House of Kombucha, Arizmendi Bakery, Hodo Soy, and Sour Flour are among the presenters. If you're willing to drop dollars, imbibe from 20 local breweries, from larger ones like Anchor Brewing and Lagunitas, to smaller ones such as Pacific Brewing Laboratory and Ale Industries. Or, check out the ten local wineries with main operations in the Bay Area. Lastly, you'll find 30+ food vendors on Friday and 50+ options over the weekend.
Friday, all day
Parking spaces will be reclaimed for individuals in the form of live performances, discussions, diversion, and consumption. SPUR and SF State are among those participating in San Francisco. The day's festivities, however, reach to six continents and 162 cities.
Sunday, 11am-6pm
Now in its 29th year, the Folsom Street Fair attracts over 400,000 revelers over 13 city blocks as the world's largest celebration of leather, rubber, and bondage. Two live entertainment stages (including The Limousines and Ladyhawke), live DJs, 250+ provocative exhibits, and endless people watching... be forewarned!
Previous songs: Down to the River to Pray (Alison Krauss); Three Rounds and a Sound (Blind Pilot); Chicken Fried (Zac Brown Band); The Story (Brandi Carlile); Lucky One (Pure Bathing Culture).
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