Music
Now we can get down
Cause everybody's living underground
Buried in their beds
Where are the pistols planted in the mounds?
-- "Zombies," by Radiation City (7,600 views; July '13 upload)
Cause everybody's living underground
Buried in their beds
Where are the pistols planted in the mounds?
-- "Zombies," by Radiation City (7,600 views; July '13 upload)
If it weren't
for a conflicting concert, I'd totally be here to see this Portland
quintet do their indie thing. You can find them with Social Studies,
Knits, Look!, and Edward's Crossing at SFSU's Depot tonight from 6-9pm.
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); Your Drums,
Your Love (AlunaGeorge); Garden (Lost in the Trees); Royals (Lorde); The
Mother We Share (Chvrches); High School Lover (Cayuca); She Keeps Me
Warm (Mary Lambert); Dyin' Bedmaker (Andrew Bird).
Current Event
Multiple broken street lights in the Bayview District are in need of repair.
"It's not a good neighborhood for the lights to be out in."
-- Queesha Willis, Bayview resident
"One
of the lessons that a lot of people who are active in the community
have learned is that we have to rely on ourselves to do things
regardless of whether the City should do it or not."
-- Jonathan German, Bayview Residents Improving Their Environment organizer
"Unless residents call in, oftentimes we don't know the light is out."
--Charles Sheehan, Public Utilities Commission spokesman
Food
65 29th St. (at Mission St.)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Even
after seven years, the fried chicken here is one of the best in the Bay
Area. I suggest getting the ten-piece bucket and adding sides such as
mac 'n' cheese or collard greens. You'll feel like you're in a Louisiana
tin-roof dive. Overall, the meal here is so good that even on a recent
Monday night, the place was packed the whole time I dined there. 4 stars
- 1498 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;
V-105; Kitchen Story; Frisco Fried; Range; Suzu Noodle House; The Codmother Fish & Chips.
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/Mill Valley); 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); Starling Diner (Long Beach).
Nightlife
Royal Cuckoo
3202 Mission St. (at Valencia St.)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Much
like The Front Porch, Royal Cuckoo has an eclectic interior and
unexpectedly good options. Cocktail and beer selection are great values,
and occasionally you might stumble onto a local band playing some
tunes. 3-1/2 stars - 105 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; Hi Tops; The Homestead; The Phoenix Bar & Irish Gathering House; Fillmore Karaoke;
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);
Prizefighter (Emeryville); Heart and Dagger Saloon (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); The Shady Lady Saloon (Sacramento);
Mercantile Saloon (Sacramento); 49th State Brewing Co (Healy AK); Goat
Hill Tavern (Costa Mesa).
History
James G. Fair
(1831-1894)
The Irish immigrant built a massive fortune as a part silver mine owner in Nevada's Comstock Lode.
From there, he served one term as a U.S. Senator for Nevada, pushing
silver issues. He co-founded the South Pacific Coast Railroad, which ran
from the East Bay town of Newark to Felton in the Santa Cruz hills. As
part of his estate, estimated at $45 million, he procured land for Holly
Park in San Francisco. His daughters started construction on the
Fairmont as a memorial in San Francisco, but sold interest in the
building days before the 1906 earthquake. Holly Street in Santa Cruz 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; Phillip Burton; Jose de Jesus Noe; Frederick
Funston; Shotwell's; Castro Theatre; Kezar Stadium; Nathaniel Lyon;
Playland at the Beach.
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; William Kimball.
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; Joseph Emery;
Oakland Athletics.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); Seal Beach Pier.
Charity
Charity: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Later this year, reader Justin D. is participating in the Out of the
Darkness Community Walk up in Portland, Ore. He'll be fundraising for
the third consecutive year in memory of his cousin. Similar walks will
be held in San Francisco, Oakland, Cupertino, Santa Monica, and Irvine.
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; and Re-volv.
Holiday Weekend Weather
Fairly mild, no rain, it's great for pumpkin patch and apple picking adventures! Happy Columbus Day.
~ Thursday-Saturday ~
Coast: low-60s
SF: mid-60s
Bay: upper-60s
Inland East Bay: low-70s
North Bay: mid-70s
South Bay: mid-70s
~ Sunday-Monday ~
Coast: mid-60s
SF: upper-60s
Bay: mid-70s
North Bay: upper-70s
South Bay: upper-70s
Inland East Bay: upper-70s
Free Activities
1. Dew Tour
Thursday, 8am-10pm; Friday, 1-7pm; Saturday, 11am-7pm; Sunday, 11am-5pm
From the streetstyle preliminaries today through the exciting BMX and skating finals over the weekend, you'll find top-notch talent returning a year later to Civic Center Plaza and Harrison Street. The community is also invited to sign up to try the street course on Sunday.
Saturday, 10am-6pm
Better here, than on someone's front door. Watch 16 contestants battle for the crown, along with team competitions and hands-on workshops. It'll be held in West Oakland's DeFremery Park.
Sunday, 10am-5pm
It's a gorgeous new space for the museum filled with ingenious, hands-on science experiments.
I would definitely check out the walkway surrounding the building, as
you'll get superb vistas and cool exhibits all in one. Adult ticket
prices are normally $20-25 on Sundays. This is the final free day of
2013 for the Exploratorium.
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