And I've come to meet the sheriff and his posse
To offer him the broadside of my jaw
I've come here to get broke
Then maybe bum a smoke
We'll go drinking two towns over after all.
- Joe Pug
Bay Area Food Pick
2424 Van Ness Ave. (at Green St.)
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 345-0072
Yelp lists more than three dozen Afghan options in the Bay Area. It's a great counter-option to the more commonly found Indian or Thai curries. Lamb remains a popular - and tasty - favorite here, as well as the baby pumpkin dish (kaddo). Dinner is available nightly, and prices range around $10-15 per entree. This restaurant was previously located in the North Beach area, and while this Russian Hill spot is just as awkwardly placed, I'm happy it's still around. 4 stars - 460 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; Lers Ros Thai.
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); Alana's Cafe (Burlingame).
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
377 Hayes St. (at Gough St.)
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 255-7144
The main draws at this clean Hayes Valley bar are its free nightly appetizers (which range from kimbap sushi to marinated chicken) and nightly $5 mixed drink specials. Several bar stools and couches are available, but by 6pm, the place is fairly packed. 3-1/2 stars - 440 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; The Alembic; Trad'r Sam.
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
Thomas O. Larkin
(1802-1858)
One of the original signatories of the first California Constitution, Mr. Larkin also served as the United States' first and only consul to the California Republic. Once the Bear Flag Revolt ended, he sold his share of the future town of Benicia to settle in San Francisco. He built the first brick building in San Francisco and eventually amassed several land grants in the area. The Larkin House is a National and California Historic Landmark. Larkin Street, which runs north-south from Civic Center to Fisherman's Wharf, is named after him.
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; Henry Coe, Jr.
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; Frank Doyle.
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
Even San Francisco hit the 90s on Monday and Tuesday. No more though. Let's hope the coastal fog doesn't detract too much from all of the weekend activities.
~ Thursday-Saturday ~
Coast: upper-50s
SF: low-60s
Bay: upper-60s
South Bay: low-70s
North Bay: low-70s
Inland East Bay: mid-70s
~ Sunday ~
Coast: low-60s
SF: upper-60s
Bay: mid-70s
North Bay: upper-70s
South Bay: upper-70s
Inland East Bay: upper-70s
Bay Area Free Activities of the Week
Friday, noon-7pm; Saturday-Sunday, 11am-7pm
About 750,000 concertgoers are expected for this annual tradition, its first without sponsor Warren Hellman. Six stages in Golden Gate Park will showcase over 80 bands, which range from Joe Pug (above) and Jenny Lewis to The Head & the Heart and Emmylou Harris.
Friday, 8am-8pm; Saturday, 8am-10pm; Sunday, 8am-5pm; Monday, 9am-4pm
Approximately one million turn out to view at least a portion of Fleet Week. People love seeing (or hearing) the Blue Angels during afternoons from Friday through Sunday, and fireworks will be displayed off of Pier 3. The best viewing stations are near Fisherman's Wharf and Crissy Field.
Thursday-Sunday, 10am-7pm
About 200,000 should turn out to watch the 45-foot catamarans race in the Bay. In the Marina Green village, you'll find stage presentations and race commentary.
Other great options:
Oakland Art Murmur (Friday); San Francisco Bike Party (Friday); World Vegetarian Day Festival (Saturday-Sunday); Giants + A's playoff games (Saturday-Sunday); SF Italian Heritage Parade (Sunday); Castro Street Fair (Sunday).
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); Easy Way Out (Gotye); Hell or High Water (William Elliott Whitmore).
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