Music
And you were out of my league
All the things I believed
You were just the right kind
Yeah, you were more than just a dream.
-- "Out of My League," by Fitz & the Tantrums (64K views, Apr '13 upload)
* May 19: Mountain View's Shoreline (Live 105 BFD Festival)
* July 30: Sacramento's Ace of Spades
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); Angels (The xx).
Current Event
"His nomination was a mistake and should not have been allowed to happen."
-- Lisa Williams, SF Pride Board President
"A
big mistake was made by the Board of Directors of (SF) Gay Pride.... I
will be marching in the parade for the first time for me with a banner
honoring Bradley Manning."
-- Daniel Ellsberg, the source of the Pentagon Papers leak
"Manning's blatant disregard for the safety of our service members and the security of our nation should not be praised."
-- Stephen Peters, President of American Military Partners Association
Food
Hawaiian Drive Inn #28
4827 Mission St. (at Onondaga Ave.)
San Francisco, CA 94112
(415) 586-9382
Yelp
San Francisco, CA 94112
(415) 586-9382
Yelp
Great chicken katsu and macaroni salad, big portions, unassuming storefront. Enough said. 4 stars - 172 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; Morty's Delicatessen.
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); 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
1145 Folsom St. (at 7th St.)
San Francisco, CA
(415) 863-2840
Yelp
San Francisco, CA
(415) 863-2840
Yelp
Part of the Churchill-Double Dutch empire, Bloodhound has birds on the ceiling, a hunting video game, and oodles of noisy, thirsty patrons. 4 stars - 471 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; Rye.
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
Esteban Munras(1798-1850)
Barcelona-raised
Munras moved to the States after art school and set up in California.
His Rancho San Vicente helped with his cattle hide and tallow business,
and a trading house set up next to Casa Munras proved popular for local
Spaniards. He also helped design the murals at Mission San Miguel Arcangel. Munras Ave. in Monterey 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; Carlton Goodlett.
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
Record heat is on tap for today, then gradual cooling to a breezy, overcast Monday.
~ Thursday ~
Coast: low-80s
SF: mid-80s
Bay: upper-80s
South Bay: low-90s
North Bay: low-90s
Inland East Bay: mid-90s
~ Friday-Saturday ~
Coast: mid-60s
SF: upper-70s
Bay: mid-80s
South Bay: mid-80s
Inland East Bay: low-90s
North Bay: low-90s
~ Sunday ~
Coast: mid-50s
SF: upper-60s
Coast: mid-50s
SF: upper-60s
Bay: low-70s
North Bay: low-70s
South Bay: low-70s
Inland East Bay: upper-70s
Free Activities
- SF
Over
25 energizer stations in San Francisco, 100+ stations in the East Bay,
and 100+ in the South Bay/Peninsula will be set up to encourage
individuals to bike to or from work on Thursday. Ferries will be free
from Oakland or Alameda for commute hours.
2. Cinco de Mayo Festival: Saturday, 10am-6pm
Ballet Folklorico, salsa, zumba, and more in the heart of Dolores Park.
3. Streets Alive: Saturday-Sunday
San Mateo County goes car-free in the heart of most communities this weekend. You'll find bike rodeos in Belmont and Half Moon Bay, a health fair in Daly City, a scavenger hunt in San Bruno, and fitness demos in Millbrae.
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