He may not be born of this land
But he was born of this world
He was born of all the mothers
And the colors of our brothers
And the love that was started.
Bay Area Food Pick
218 E. 3rd Ave. (at S. B St.)
San Mateo, CA 94401
Sure, it's somewhat Americanized. But in all the times I've visited here (less frequent now that I don't work in San Mateo), I have yet to be disappointed. The sashimi - from toro to unagi - is quite fresh, and entrees like tonkatsu are plentiful with their portions and taste. Lines are likely during weekend dinner time. 4 stars - 1079 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; Helmand Palace; HRD Coffee Shop.
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
389 Grand Ave. (at Staten Ave.)
Oakland, CA 94610
Whenever a bar safeguards a lost backpack for you, that's a definite plus to me. The busy trivia night starts at this Adams Point bar at 7:30pm weekly, and the questions are more than reasonable. Prizes are awarded to the top three teams, and happy hour proceeds until 8pm nightly. Arrive early, feel free to bring in substantial take-out food (since the menu is very limited to pop-up sliders), and hunker down for a couple hours. 4 stars - 166 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; Sugar Lounge; Speakeasy Ales & Lagers.
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
Edson F. Adams
(1824-1888)
Mr. Adams sailed to San Francisco during the Gold Rush, bought and sold a mining claim, then took a horse and cart around the Bay to settle near what is now Jack London Square. He would be one of the founders of the city of Oakland, and lived with his family while working in real estate and civic matters. His wife, in fact, served as Oakland's first teacher. Adams Street, as well as its north Lake Merritt neighborhood Adams Point, are 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; Thomas Larkin.
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; Samuel Taylor.
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
Enjoy the heat, because a cool weekend and Monday rain are in the forecast.
~ Thursday ~
Coast: mid-80s
SF: upper-80s
Bay: upper-80s
North Bay: low-90s
Inland East Bay: low-90s
South Bay: low-90s
~ Friday-Sunday ~
Coast: low-60s
SF: upper-60s
Bay: upper-60s
South Bay: low-70s
Inland East Bay: low-70s
North Bay: mid-70s
Bay Area Free Activities of the Week
1. Dew Tour
Thursday 2-7pm; Friday, 2-9pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday, noon-5pm
Another high-profile televised event hits the City. Catch top BMX and skate athletes such as Ryan Sheckler, Ryan Nyquist, and Kyle Loza. Events include BMX Dirt and Skateboard Streetstyle. A free concert will be held on Friday evening with headliners Portugal. The Man. Most events, including the concert, will be held in Civic Center Plaza, but Sunday will also have action on Harrison Street, near Beale.
Saturday, 11am-2:45pm
Epiphany Productions has made it an annual tradition to use MUNI lines as a way to bring modern dance to the masses. This year, the tour starts at the San Francisco Chronicle building (925 Mission St.) with three locations along 5th St., then proceeds to Bayview Plaza for three more performance sites. A bike map is provided online for those wishing to eschew MUNI.
3. Bike Adventures
- Big Year Bike Ride: Saturday, 9:30am-noon
- Midnight Mystery Ride: Saturday, 11:59pm
- Sunday Streets: Sunday, 11am-4pm
The Wild Equity Institute is conducting a bike ride through Golden Gate National Park to talk about endangered species. RSVP online, and meet at Bazaar Cafe (California St. at 21st Ave.). Later that night, the monthly Midnight Mystery Ride sets up an urban ride through San Francisco where the location is determined the day of the ride. And finally, on Sunday, San Francisco's Sunday Streets are coming to a close for the year in the Outer Mission/Excelsior area. Mission Street, between Silver and Seneca, will become a car-free space. The Excelsior Art & Music Festival coincides with this event, too.
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); Hymn #101 (Joe Pug); Midnight City (M83).
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