Two weeks in the cradle of humanity - and I'm back.
Music
Entertainment, show them what you do with me
When everybody here knows better
What I once refused to be
Is everything they long together
I'd rather be alone.
-- "Entertainment," by Phoenix (2.1 million views, Mar '13 upload)
* August 10 (Outside Lands)
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); Out of My League
(Fitz & the Tantrums); If I Know You (The Presets); Dumb Disco Ideas
(Holy Ghost!); Even If I Could (Rachael Yamagata); Tired Eyes (The
Trophy Fire); Knock Knock (Band of Horses); Around the Block (Pretty
Lights); Brave (Sara Bareilles); Same Love (Macklemore + Ryan Lewis,
feat. Mary Lambert); Safe and Sound (Capital Cities); All-American Boy
(Steve Grand).
Current Event
Oakland will unveil a pedestrian plaza next Friday, August 16, at the intersection of Broadway and Telegraph.
"It will anchor the bottom of all the energy and culture that's going on Uptown."
-- Matthew Passmore, lead designer
"We had this dangerous intersection that we could turn into a place for people to get out of their cars."
-- Iris Starr, Division Manager of Transportation Planning and Funding - City of Oakland
"If you're going to do this kind of street closure, there needs to
be something that attracts people. Without those elements, it falls into
disrepair and neglect."
-- Phil Tagami, developer who co-owns the adjacent Rotunda Building
Food
105 Valencia St. (at McCoppin St.)
San Francisco, CA 94103
Great beef cheek sandwich and decent quick-casual service made for
an excellent weekday lunch steps from City Hall. The chef-owner has
created a Garibaldi's mini-empire in the Bay Area, and now he's turned
to this effort. 4-1/2 stars - 76 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; Mission Pie; El Metate.
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); La
Bonne Soup Cafe (Sacramento); Snow City Cafe (Anchorage).
Nightlife
The Hot Spot
1414 Market St. (at Polk St.)
San Francisco, CA 94102
I'm not sure if I'd consider this in the same category as, say,
Harlot or Mr. Smith's. But, it's an excellent dive bar near Civic Center
with a pool table, table-side arcade games, TVs, and relatively cheap
drink specials (shot of whiskey + PBR + scratcher for $5). There's even a
Drinko game and Spaghetti-O's if you should desire. 4 stars - 44
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; Tommy's
Mexican; The Revolution Cafe; Trick Dog.
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); Mercantile Saloon (Sacramento); 49th State
Brewing Co (Healy AK).
History
Pleasanton, CA 94566
Now a heralded pizza place in the Tri-Valley area, the building at
288 Main St. dates to 1864 as one of the first commercial buildings in
Pleasanton. Since then, it's been home to a general store, Wells Fargo
stagecoach stop, and brothel. Local residents report seeing a ghost lady
in the second story window, and the word "boo" is etched onto a mirror
inside the restaurant.
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; Frederick Funston; Shotwell's.
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; San Gregorio General Store.
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); James Marshall (Placerville); William Seward
(Alaska).
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.
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
Very minor variations over the next week: coastal fog, often persisting into the afternoon, and mildly warmer inland areas.
Coast: low-60s
SF: upper-60s
Bay: low-70s
North Bay: mid-70s
South Bay: mid-70s
Inland East Bay: upper-70s
Free Activities
Friday-Sunday, 2-10pm
Avoid the parking mess, massive concert viewing areas, long
bathroom lines, foggy breezes, and annoying hipsters. Two stages will
stream video live, with acts including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch
Nails, Band of Horses, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend, Jurassic 5, Hall &
Oates, and Kaskade.
2. Asian Pride
- Oakland Dragon Boat Festival: Saturday-Sunday, 8am-4pm
- Pistahan Festival: Saturday-Sunday, 11am-5pm
Over 45 teams will compete in 20-person dragon boats on Lake
Merritt to pre-qualify for world championships in Italy. Across the Bay,
Filipino-American culture will be on full display in the two-day
festival in Yerba Buena Gardens, with a parade down Market St. on
Saturday and two entertainment stages all weekend.
Friday, 6-10pm
Over the course of 12 years, more than 1200 leaders have been
interviewed by students seeking direction in life. The stories turns
into an annual public television series, online forum, and book series.
The event includes refreshments and an episode screening at the Hub,
located at 5th and Mission.
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