Randy's Guide 338

Dining Out For Life 
The annual adventure to find a charitable restaurant ends tonight. 25% of food proceeds will be donated to SF AIDS Foundation. OpenTable shows available tables for two this evening at Alamo Square Grill, Catch, Dosa on Valencia, Maverick, Radius, and Urban Tavern. If you're going casual, American Grilled Cheese Kitchen (Mission), Harvey's, Hi Tops, and Starbelly are good bets. 

 
http://www.diningoutforlife.com/sanfrancisco

Music 

And with words unspoken

A silent devotion

I know you know what I mean

And the end is unknown

But I think I'm ready

As long as you're with me.

 -- "Angels," by The xx (10.5 million views, July '12 upload) 

 
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); Closer (Tegan and Sara); It's Time (Imagine Dragons); Higher (Matt Nathanson); Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second (STRFKR); So Many Details (Toro Y Moi); Ho Hey (Lumineers); Winter Winds (Mumford & Sons); Wanted (Hunter Hayes); Levels (Avicii); The A Team (Ed Sheeran); Hold On (Alabama Shakes); Don't You Worry Child (Swedish House Mafia); Lonely Boy (The Black Keys); It's a War (Blackbird, Blackbird); Man on Fire (Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros); Big Girl (Mika); Step (Vampire Weekend); All of Me (Tanlines); King and Lionheart (Of Monsters and Men); Celestica (Crystal Castles).

Current Event 

Issue: The unofficial 4/20 celebration in Golden Gate Park racked up over $10,000 in clean-up costs for the City to pick up and haul away thousands of pounds of leftover trash on Sunday.

"It's almost completely unmanageable.... The people paying for all of this are going to be the taxpayers."

 -- Lt. Simon Silverman, SFPD Park Station

"If you can't be responsible for yourselves, you can't have a party."

 -- Dan Kling, 39-year-old resident near the Park

"There was so much garbage, you'd swear we just had Woodstock."

 -- Amir Holmes-el, 4/20 participant and 4/21 clean-up volunteer

Food 

Morty's Delicatessen 

280 Golden Gate Ave. (at Hyde St.)

San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 567-3354 
Yelp 

It's a boon to nearby City Hall suits for nearly seven years. The reuben - whether with tofu or pastrami-corned beef - is heavenly. The mac 'n' cheese gets a lot of props too. Stop in on a weekday (it's open until 9pm), and you'll be on a mini-trip to New York City. 4-1/2 stars - 325 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; Ted's Deli; Zero Zero; Zazie; Shalimar; Swan Oyster Depot; Dottie's True Blue Cafe; La Taqueria; Chez Maman; Radio Habana Social Club; Tony's Pizza Napoletana; Hard Knox Cafe; Shabusen; Ragazza.

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/Roseville); Bakesale Betty (Oakland); Zachary's Pizza (Oakland/Berkeley/San Ramon); Gregoire (Berkeley/Oakland); Val's Burgers (Hayward); Homeroom (Oakland); Jong Ga House (Oakland); Cheese Board Pizza (Berkeley); Vik's Chaat (Berkeley); Wat Mongkoratanaram (Berkeley); Phnom Penh House (Oakland); Luka's Taproom & Lounge (Oakland).

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); Buckeye Roadhouse (Mill Valley). 

Previous Other picks: Shoki Ramen House (Sacramento); Built to Grill (Portland); Freshies (South Lake Tahoe); Mon Ami Gabi (Las Vegas).

Nightlife 

Rye 

688 Geary St. (at Leavenworth St.)

San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 474-4448 
Yelp 

Up and over a few blocks from Morty's is another stand-out from the team that brought you Bourbon & Branch and Rickhouse. Its smoking cage, high ceilings, and pool table room give the lounge an expansive feel. Whiskey shows up in various forms here, and the happy hour spares you a dollar. Every bit counts I suppose. 4 stars - 1080 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; Local Edition; Magnolia Pub & Brewery; Whiskey Thieves; Bourbon & Branch; The Monk's Kettle; Amsterdam Cafe; Aunt Charlie's Lounge; Latin American Club; Two Sisters Bar and Books; Doc's Clock; 15 Romolo; Thee Parkside; The Social Study; The Page.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Antonio's Nut House (Palo Alto); The Oasis Beer Garden (Menlo Park); Rose and Crown (Palo Alto).

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); Beer Revolution (Oakland); Make Westing (Oakland).

Previous North Bay picks: Lagunitas Brewing Co. (Petaluma); Bear Republic Brewing Co. (Healdsburg); Tourist Club (Mill Valley). 

Previous Other pick: New Deal Distillery (Portland); Stateline Brewery (South Lake Tahoe); The Garage (Las Vegas).

History
Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett

 (1914-1997)

The Florida-born leader became one of the first to graduate with a doctorate in psychology from UC Berkeley. His profitable medical practice allowed him to buy a struggling newspaper, which he would build into the mighty Sun-Reporter empire. He advocated desegregation of the City's labor unions and hiring equality for the Municipal Railway. In the 1966 gubernatorial race, Mr. Goodlett made a historic primary challenge to the incumbent Jerry Brown, who later would lose to Ronald Reagan. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, which is a one-block stretch of Polk Street and marks the official address for City Hall, 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; Jose Sarria; William D.M. Howard; Edwin Bryant; George Davidson; William Alvord; George Moscone; Jack Early; Thomas Starr King; Minnie Ward; Rosalie Stern.

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.; John Gilroy; Joseph Grant; Henry Naglee; Anson Burlingame; William Ralston.

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; Robert Crown; Samuel Merritt; Joaquin Miller.

Previous North Bay history: Cotati; Charles Fairfax; Luther Burbank; William Richardson; Oscar and James Shafter; George Guerne; Frank Doyle; Samuel Taylor; Harrison Standley; Helen Putnam 

Previous Other history: Francis Pettygrove (Portland); Betty Willis (Las Vegas).

Charity 
Charity: Re-volv. Quite simple, really. Individual donors contribute to a solar funding pool. The pool then helps build solar energy projects at community centers. The community centers lease the solar equipment, with the payments reinvested into the solar funding pool. 

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; Duboce/Valencia Fire Relief; The Coming Home Project; Urban Tilth; Queer Lifespace.

Weekend Weather 

San Francisco and Oakland broke recorded heat records on Monday. Things have cooled temporarily, but should warm up again by Sunday. 

~ Thursday ~

Coast: mid-50s

SF: mid-60s

Bay: upper-60s

Inland East Bay: low-70s

South Bay: mid-70s

North Bay: upper-70s

~ Friday ~

Coast: upper-50s

SF: upper-60s
Bay: low-70s

South Bay: upper-70s

Inland East Bay: upper-70s

North Bay: low-80s

~ Saturday ~

Coast: upper-50s

SF: low-70s
Bay: mid-70s

South Bay: low-80s
Inland East Bay: low-80s
North Bay: mid-80s

~ Sunday ~

Coast: low-60s

SF: mid-70s

Bay: upper-70s

Inland East Bay: mid-80s

South Bay: upper-80s

North Bay: upper-80s


Free Activities

1) Music makes the people come together. 
- Geographer/Rogue Wave concert: Friday, 6pm
- Chamber Orchestra: Friday, 8pm (SF); Saturday, 8pm (Palo Alto); Sunday, 3pm (Berkeley)
- How Weird Street Faire: Sunday, noon-8pm
- Golden Gate Park Band concert: Sunday, 1pm
- Two Gallants/Fresh & Onlys concert: Sunday, 6-10pm 

Take your pick: indie rock, classical, Broadway, electronica. The only required RSVP appears to be for the Sunday evening concert at Treasure Island. The shows span Berkeley, Palo Alto, and San Francisco from Treasure Island to Golden Gate Park. 

2) Just dance. 
- YBCA Dance Classes: Saturday, 10am-4pm 
- Fire Dancing Expo: Saturday, 8-10pm 

Over 600 free dance events will take place over the next couple of weeks. YBCA offers half-dollar dance classes on Saturday. Then, in Union Square Plaza, you'll be treated to over three dozen fire dancing acts. 

3) History... or gossip? 
Port of San Francisco 150th Anniversary: Sunday, 10am-5pm 

Walking and biking tours, a treasure hunt, a lecture series, union labor film festival, and an artist studio open house... sounds like a very full day quite possibly!