tonight i was craving an extra spicy falafel from ali baba's cave. the stars aligned and it was delicious. my stomach is going to be killing me in an hour, but it was worth it!
― richie aprile (rockapads), Friday, 20 August 2010 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link
dudes there asked me if i was muslim
― jaxon, Friday, 20 August 2010 06:16 (thirteen years ago) link
some guy carrying a yoga mat spoke to the cook in spanish when i was there earlier. the cook answered him in english.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Friday, 20 August 2010 06:23 (thirteen years ago) link
multiple x-post ...
re. floating down the russian.
what company did you use? did you do the 10 mile canoe trip?
― djh, Friday, 20 August 2010 15:57 (thirteen years ago) link
SOAR in healdsburg was my chosen outfitter, $50/head. 8 mile trip, took us a little less than 4 hours, no big whoop. we did a lot of paddling though, like more than you're probably supposed to do for it to be considered a "leisurely" voyage, and we finished well before everyone else. two things i did not like: 1) inflatable canoes that lack a keel and therefore tend to spin all over the place unless you're real good about paddling on each side equitably; 2) girl that checked us in had a nasty attitude and a raging case of the mouth herpes to match. beer and sandwiches-wise, there's an A&M market two stores over that'll hook you up before you go, and SOAR will let you borrow one of their coolers if you don't have one. oh yeah and remember to put sunscreen on your legs, too - i forgot.
― del griffith, Friday, 20 August 2010 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Burke's Canoes is $50 per canoe (metal) , you can fit 2-3 people in each one. it's got free transport back to the start. do it on sundays as there's way less river traffic then on Saturday. Also on Sunday if you have time you can hit the Sebastapol farmer's market for lunch on the way in to the river. Speaking as a child of agrarian immigrants, this is one of the better farmer's markets in the bay area.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 20 August 2010 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Marvellous. And where should we go for wine between Burke's and Santa Rosa?
― djh, Saturday, 21 August 2010 08:58 (thirteen years ago) link
sebastapool's market is good!
there is this street food festival in the mission today. might go.
― akm, Saturday, 21 August 2010 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
street food festival was fun but predictably overcrowded. saw no ilxors. did eat some stuff from the beretta stand.
― akm, Saturday, 21 August 2010 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Rogue Wave and TMBG in Stern Grove tomorrow (free!). We will probably go, because one of my 3 yr old sons loves "Groat Wave."
― schwantz, Sunday, 22 August 2010 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
wanted to go to street food fest but got up too late then had a driving lesson bang in the middle of the arvo :(want to go out tonight but feeling to lazy to make this happen..
― Not the real Village People, Sunday, 22 August 2010 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
heard the street food fest was a mess. just ridiculously overcrowded. not surprising tbh
― jaxon, Sunday, 22 August 2010 03:24 (thirteen years ago) link
went to stern grove; this was actually the first time I've ever made it out there for a stern grove festival show, holy shit is it always that crowded (I suppose it isn't for like, orchestra things)? I know it was the first warm day of summer this year but it was pretty insane. RW are my studio mates but I never ever go out and see them play, was cool that they got a crowd like that, except rude staff and general horrible crowding meant we split immediately after they were done, which was kind of a waste of our awesome free parking spot at grandma's across the street. Maybe "free" combined with "good weather" just brought absolutely everyone out.
did go to rockmake afterward which was nice and not crowded. I sound like an old man!
― akm, Monday, 23 August 2010 03:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Did you take a lawn chair?
― TACOS, NM (admrl), Monday, 23 August 2010 04:27 (thirteen years ago) link
we took a blanket but there wasn't even a 1x1 patch of open ground
― akm, Monday, 23 August 2010 13:50 (thirteen years ago) link
We had a good time, but had to sit off to the side, and left after RW. I spent most of the show with my son on my shoulders, avoiding the aisle-clearing bouncer dudes. What a beautiful day, though, for a change. Looks like we're getting a week's worth of good weather after this awful, awful summer.
― schwantz, Monday, 23 August 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I suppose it isn't for like, orchestra things
Not in my experience; it's packed.
― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Monday, 23 August 2010 15:57 (thirteen years ago) link
dropping in for a BSP regarding a party at Triple Crown on Friday - Balearic Mike from Manchester, UK, Conor and myself will be cooking up the best dance records you never heard. Here's the facebook invite:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=128212400558030
Hope to see some of ya's there :)
-mikebee
― mikebee (BATTAGS), Thursday, 26 August 2010 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Contemplating a trip to SF this fall...
Me-too. Probably won't happen but if it does I'll be coming to this thread with questions and concerns every hour on the hour.
― Cunga, Thursday, 26 August 2010 01:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Is Audium any good?
― djh, Saturday, 4 September 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Apologies for wrecking this thread with touristy questions ... I'll shut up now.
― djh, Monday, 6 September 2010 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
No worries! I've never been, so I can't comment... Maybe someone else? Many SFcans are at Burning Man - maybe that's the reason for the silence...?
― schwantz, Monday, 6 September 2010 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
san franciscancans?
― sarahel, Monday, 6 September 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I wrote SFists, but it looked lame.
― schwantz, Monday, 6 September 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ that blog has gone downhill
― sarahel, Monday, 6 September 2010 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
SFist is wack, Audium is awesome!! Go altered.
― mikebee (BATTAGS), Thursday, 9 September 2010 04:49 (thirteen years ago) link
South San Francisco is on fire:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=7659504
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Friday, 10 September 2010 02:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Shit!
― schwantz, Friday, 10 September 2010 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
It looked completely insane like 20 minutes ago.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Friday, 10 September 2010 02:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Still looks insane!
― schwantz, Friday, 10 September 2010 02:30 (thirteen years ago) link
holy crap, that's a large swath of fires!
― Donovan Dagnabbit (WmC), Friday, 10 September 2010 02:44 (thirteen years ago) link
~$250 to fly Virgin America from DFW to SFO. Any reason to favor a week in mid-December (after finals, before holidays) vs one after New Years?
― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Friday, 10 September 2010 03:33 (thirteen years ago) link
uh, airports will be more insane?
― sarahel, Friday, 10 September 2010 03:35 (thirteen years ago) link
... @ ^^^
anyways milo, weather in Dec is nicer than Jan. Plus you can see some of the holiday decorations downtown. Jan will have more retail sales. Less tourists but more conventions.
― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Friday, 10 September 2010 04:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Is Audium any good?― djh, Saturday, September 4, 2010 8:08 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
went this past february (mikeb, u weren't there were you? went for tina b's bday). it's kinda silly. it's a neat experience, but hella dated (like 60s dated). i didn't dislike my experience, but like mike says, go altered.
― jaxon, Friday, 10 September 2010 06:11 (thirteen years ago) link
surprised that 53 homes were destroyed but only four people died (not complaining)
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 10 September 2010 14:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I would give that number a few more hours/days before you start being surprised.
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 September 2010 15:08 (thirteen years ago) link
This morning there was a fire at Montgomery and Bush - smoke coming out of a manhole there. What's with all the burnitude?
― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Friday, 10 September 2010 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link
PG&E, you gonna get sued
― Dr. Lol Evans (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 September 2010 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
The problem may have been averted if PG&E were not so fast in laying off the meter readers. SmartMeters are not that good at detecting everything. ” by californicated1
why are people so fucking stupid? WHY?
― Dr. Lol Evans (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 September 2010 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
jaxon I wasn't at Tina's b-day (how high were you? ;) ) unfortunately but I've been to the Audium four or five times and yeah, you're OTM there. the performances don't differ much at all; you get the feeling this would have been incredibly avant-garde in 1970, today not so much. I remember thinking when I went the first couple of times in the late 90's that it would be an utterly fantastic place for an acid party. :D
― mikebee (BATTAGS), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Anybody else been to Nomu on Balboa and 5th?
― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Thursday, 16 September 2010 14:13 (thirteen years ago) link
It's NAMU and I've been 2x. Once was with a chef who the Namu chefs admire so we ate and drank like kings for the sum totale of $0.00 but a few months later I returned with 3 friends and we had a couple of their apps including their famous Korean Tacos and by the time I got home those Korean Tacos had run their course (and some) to a very unpleasant end. Never returned.
― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 16 September 2010 14:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Oops, sorry. I was underwhelmed by the tacos, tbh, but their ramen was awesome, the collard green wrapped rolls were strange yet delicious, their tofu was out of this world, so unctuous, and the shitake DUMPLINGS! were great, too. Their pickle starters were excellent and the soba was good, too. I really liked it.
― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Thursday, 16 September 2010 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
DUMPLINGS!
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 16 September 2010 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Namu is good, but I prefer Halu's cheaper and better ramen.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 16 September 2010 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Also DUMPLINGS!
Where is Halu?
― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Thursday, 16 September 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
8th and Clement.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 16 September 2010 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
They don't have DUMPLINGS! though.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 16 September 2010 15:57 (thirteen years ago) link