Music
Everything is perfectEverything just fine
We keepin' everything movin'
While the sun is shinin'.
* August 9-11, Outside Lands SF
Current Event
"This is evidence with enough money and good taste, you can do beautiful things."
-- Gov. Jerry Brown, Oakland resident and former mayor
"Every Oaklander should feel proud today. It's a symbol of the city's renaissance."
-- Oakland Mayor Jean Quan
"The lake looks better today than it has in 150 years."
-- Dennis Evanosky, Oakland historian
Food
It's
true. The tour buses really do pull up during the early evening. On a
mild Tuesday evening, no less than two full-length coaches and two
smaller shuttles pulled patrons into this sizable Korean spot. The tasty
banchan side dishes and tofu soup come before your ordered entree, the
sweet rice drink after. The spicy pork dish is great, and you always have the option to BBQ meats at your table. 4 stars - 722 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; Hawaiian Drive Inn #28; Just For You Cafe; Woodhouse Fish Co.
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); Shanghai Dumpling Shop (Millbrae).
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); Fox & Goose Public House (Sacramento).
Nightlife
Tommy's Mexican Restaurant
The
separated bar area, which has about ten stools, brings you directly to
dozens of bottles of tequila. Complimentary chips and two salsas arrive
promptly. The special of the night is shaken precisely and quickly into a
margarita. Voila! 3-1/2 stars - 892 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; Bloodhound; Azucar Lounge; The Residence.
Previous
Peninsula/South Bay picks: Antonio's Nut House (Palo Alto); The Oasis
Beer Garden (Menlo Park); Rose and Crown (Palo Alto); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae).
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); Altamont Beer Works (Livermore).
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); The Shady Lady Saloon (Sacramento).
History
Frederick N. Funston(1865-1917)
Though only 5 ft 5 in tall,
Mr. Funston explored Death Valley and Alaska, fought in the Cuban
Revolutionary Army, and served during the Philippine-American War. He commanded the Presidio in San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake, and created fire breaks and anti-anarchy laws
thereafter. His body lay in state in SF City Hall's rotunda before his
burial in SF National Cemetery. Lake Merced's Fort Funston, as well as Funston Avenue (which runs north-south from the Richmond through the Sunset to West Portal), 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; 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; Phillip Burton; Jose de Jesus Noe.
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; Paul Trousdale.
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; Robert Livermore.
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); Esteban Munras (Monterey); John Sutter, Jr. (Sacramento).
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
Slightly cooler by the weekend.
~ Thursday-Friday ~
Coast: mid-60s
SF: low-70s
Coast: mid-60s
SF: low-70s
Bay: mid-70s
South Bay: low-80s
Inland East Bay: low-80s
North Bay: mid-80s
~ Saturday-Sunday ~
Coast: low-60s
SF: mid-60s
Bay: low-70s
South Bay: mid-70s
Inland East Bay: upper-70s
North Bay: upper-70s
The
popular weekly music festival returns Sunday for its 76th season.
Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs are the musical performers. Later this
season will be San Francisco Ballet, Shuggie Otis, and Kronos Quartet.
Though the show starts at 2pm, I highly recommend arriving by 11am if
you want a reasonable seat in view of the stage.
2. Film Nights in the Park
-- Jaws: Thursday, 7pm (Orinda)
-- The Dark Knight Rises: Thursday, 7:30pm (Oakland - Jack London)
-- Jaws: Thursday, 7pm (Orinda)
-- The Dark Knight Rises: Thursday, 7:30pm (Oakland - Jack London)
-- Wonder Women: Thursday, 8pm (Oakland - Temescal)
-- My Fair Lady: Thursday, 8:30pm (Redwood City)
-- Raiders of the Lost Ark: Saturday, 8pm (SF)
-- Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: Wednesday, 7pm (San Jose)
-- Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: Wednesday, 7pm (San Jose)
Locations are: the Orinda Theater; Jack London Square; Bank of the West; Courthouse Square; Dolores Park; and San Pedro Market.
3. San Francisco Street Festivals
-- North Beach Festival: Saturday-Sunday, 10am-6pm
-- Juneteenth Festival: Saturday, 11am-7pm
-- Noe Valley SummerFEST: Saturday, 11am-5pm
-- Kalayaan: Saturday, noon-7:30pm
-- Hula Festival: Saturday, 1-2:30pm
North Beach hosts its 59th annual festival with street painting, animal blessings, and Italian mandolin. The Mayor makes an appearance on Fillmore St. to honor Emancipation. Noe Valley offers a bouncy house, hay rides, and petting zoo. Union Square Plaza brings in The Black Eyed Peas' Apl.de.Ap and other Filipino performers. And Yerba Buena Gardens has traditional hula from a Hawaiian dance company.
Traffic Reminder
The San Francisco Marathon
takes place Sunday morning. The Golden Gate Bridge, Mason St., Lincoln
Blvd., 26th-27th Ave., Haight St., 15th-17th St., Market St., and the
Embarcadero will all be impacted.
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