All you think of lately is getting underneath me
All I'm dreaming lately is how to get you underneath me
Here comes the heat before we meet
A little bit closer
Bay Area Food Pick
2390 4th St. (at Channing Way)
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 644-4432
For over 20 years, Indian street food - from dosa and samosa to puri and mango lassi - has been righteously served out of a warehouse. The operation moved to a larger space in 2009, but that hasn't diminished the Bay Area's love. Now it's open daily and accepts credit cards. 4 stars - 1244 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; Fat Angel; Aperto; Pho Huynh Hiep 2.
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); Sushi Sam's Edomata (San Mateo).
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 Nightlife Pick
464 3rd St. (at Broadway)
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 452-2337
Forty-seven non-corporate beers are on tap at a meticulous 36-degree Fahrenheit. Patrons often bring Souley Vegan barbeque from next door - reminds me a bit of Toronado's sausage policy. There's an element of punk rock and a patio in front - Zeitgeist, perhaps? It's nicely situated near Jack London Square and 12th Street - Oakland BART. 4-1/2 stars - 404 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; Lucky 13; Hotel Biron; Bottom of the Hill; Blackthorn.
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); Room 389 (Oakland).
Previous North Bay picks: Lagunitas Brewing Co. (Petaluma); Bear Republic Brewing Co. (Healdsburg).
Previous Other pick: New Deal Distillery (Portland).
Bay Area History
Jose Sarria
(1923 - present)
Born in San Francisco, Mr. Sarria served in the US Army during WWII as a cook and was eventually discharged as a Staff Sergeant. He returned to serve as a cabaret performer at the Black Cat, which was popular with the Beat generation and gays during the 1950s. He was the first openly gay candidate to run for public office in the U.S., narrowly losing a seat on the Board of Supervisors in 1961. Eventually, he helped form the Tavern Guild and Imperial Court System, and served as Grand Marshal in an SF Pride parade. A stretch of 16th Street in the Castro 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; Thomas Larkin; Nancy Pelosi; Levi Strauss; John Sloat.
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; Edson Adams.
Previous North Bay history: Cotati; Charles Fairfax; Luther Burbank; William Richardson; Oscar and James Shafter; George Guerne; Frank Doyle; Samuel Taylor; Harrison Standley.
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 Quote
"When we start sanctioning these rights, I wonder what's next. Piercing or tattoos or yellow hair?" -Christina Olague, District 5 Supervisor
"I don't agree that having yellow hair is the same as exposing your penis at a busy street corner for hours and hours." -Scott Weiner, District 8 Supervisor
Bay Area Weekend Highs
Periods of rain should persist through Sunday afternoon. A slight break should occur on Saturday evening.
Low 60s everywhere
Bay Area Free Activities of the Week
Saturday, 10am-11:30pm
The 19th annual observance at noon in Golden Gate Park's AIDS Memorial Grove includes a musical performance, presentation of awards, reading of names, and a light lunch. The Castro will commemorate the day with red lights and balloons, business donations of sales, a candlelight vigil at 8pm, and a film screening of How to Survive a Plague at Castro Theater. Proceeds will benefit area AIDS organizations.
Saturday-Sunday, 11am-6pm
Over 200 indie artists will offer their wares or host workshops at the Concourse Exhibition Center. Free tote bag will be given to the first 200 entrants each day.
Friday, 5-9pm
I really hope the skies clear enough for celebrants. Miss California 2012, the 2012 USA Olympic rowing team, Amber Lily, Emme, Jeremy Thurber, the Jamaica Youth Heights Marching Band, the Oakland Ballet, the tap dancing Christmas trees, and - of course - Santa will be on hand. Bring your canned food and unwrapped toys for the holiday drives too! The Holiday Pop Up event will donate proceeds to Wardrobe for Opportunity.
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); So American (Portugal. The Man); Carry On (Fun.); Remembrance (Balmorhea); Miss Atomic Bomb (The Killers); Take a Walk (Passion Pit).
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