Music
I've been treading waterFor your love
Whether I sink or swim
It's you I'm thinking of.
It's you I'm thinking of.
-- "Your Drums, Your Love," by AlunaGeorge (2.1 million views, Sep '12 upload)
* September 11 - The Independent
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); Entertainment (Phoenix).
Current Event
Burlingame-based
Virgin America scored its second profitable quarter in its young
history, and assumed the role of second-largest airline at SFO in terms
of traffic.
"We're making money. That sort of belies the thesis that you can't make money doing things differently."
-- Donald Carty, Virgin America Chairman
"(Expansion into Newark) is an example of behavior that still keeps many longer-term equity investors out of these stocks."
-- Hunter Keay, Wolfe Research analyst
"Virgin America, a newcomer to our Ratings, got a clear thumbs-up from readers in our latest survey."
-- Consumer Reports, which named Virgin America best airline
4114 E. 3rd St. (at Roswell Ave.)Long Beach, CA 90814
(562) 433-2041
Yelp
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; V-105.
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
Goat Hill Tavern
1830 Newport Blvd.
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
(949) 548-8428
Yelp
(949) 548-8428
Yelp
Then, after a day at Huntington Beach and South Coast
Plaza, quench your thirst with a pitcher of beer. . . you have over 100
to choose from on tap! Tackle a bowl of peanuts, toss the shells on the
ground, and repeat. I randomly came here on a happy hour special, and
microbrew pitchers were $8. That's definitely not San Francisco pricing!
3-1/2 stars - 443 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; The Hot Spot.
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
Seal Beach Pier
About
1/3-mile long, the Pier remains one of my favorite walks. You can scope
out local fisherman, surfers, and sea life. Looking northward, you see
the skyline of Long Beach. During my teenage years, I recall fondly
having meals at Ruby's Diner (which closed this year) at the end of the
Pier. The latest rendition of the Pier was restored in 1994, but the
first fishing pier was built back in 1906.
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; Gay Nineties Pizza Co.
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
Much calmer wind and less foggy conditions for the weekend.
Coast: upper-60s
SF: mid-70s
Bay: upper-70s
North Bay: mid-80s
South Bay: mid-80s
Inland East Bay: upper-80s
Inland East Bay: upper-80s
You'll
have over six city blocks of food and beverage trucks, mostly from the
Bay Area but a few visitors as well. It runs along Folsom St., between
20th and 26th St., as well as portions of 21st and 25th St. Expect
lengthy lines around the 1-3pm timeframe.
2. Stern Grove: SF Opera
Sunday, 2pm
How fitting to celebrate my 35th at Stern Grove's finale, as SF Opera pays birthday tributes to Wagner, Britten, and Verdi. If you want any view of the stage on stable ground, you'll have to arrive before noon. The side meadow, which offers decent sound but no view of the stage, is an excellent alternative for those who need more space or want to have a lazy Sunday morning elsewhere.
3. Festival of the Chariots
Sunday, 11am-5pm
Sunday, 11am-5pm
The quite historical Ratha Yatra makes its way to Golden Gate Park.
The parade spans one hour and finishes at Sharon Meadow. Enjoy a free
vegetarian meal, lively ancient dances, group yoga, and more!
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