San Francisco and what to do in it

hey dudes, my gf and i are coming out to SF next friday for ten days, aug15-24. id love to hang with everyone! we're gonna rent a car and drive to arcata for a couple days, but otherwise, no real plans, except vague plans to get crazed about records, play some scrabble, eat delicious food, and go to the beach.

so dudes, lets hang.

also, "dudes" is totally gender-neutral btw, bros.

petedawg. i introduced myself to yr bud jason/steve sanders this weekend. he told me you were coming out. let's drink

Fisherman's Wharf is alright.

Are you insane.

oh hai 69

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petedawg. i introduced myself to yr bud jason/steve sanders this weekend. he told me you were coming out. let's drink

-- jaxon, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 23:23 (Yesterday) Link

yeah dude thats perfect! although its steve SUMMERS LOL but i mean obv i will now be starting a side project w him called steve sanders.

annie and i arrive friday night, and we might see nobunny in oakland if we're not too beat. saturday is my friend's bday, sunday we might catch nobunny in sacramento (depending on friday night), and tues and weds we're trippin up to arcata for some communion w nature. we're around till sunday 8/24, though, and basically no other plans, so hit me up. i have yr number still jaxon, and we'll be on the internet, so...

things we'll wanna do:

- go see some more shows - ideas?
- buy records
- toddle around outside, takin it all in, in either an organized or unorganized way
- DRINK
- eat some gooooood fooooood

sorry to say I am not gonna be around this weekend - will be sequestered in studio

this is next week, sorry. 8/15-24.

i will be around then.

steve summers is pretty ill at what he's doing, i wish i knew him.

lol steve sanders

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i218/baseballamy/26911Ziering-I.jpg

I was wondering if I was missing some kinda joke there

like lolz you hang out with Ian Ziering etc

dude can party

hey guys, i land around 8pm tonight!

what are good record stores and thrift stores in the bay area? does anyone know about record stores and thrift stores in ARCATA??

Best record store is easily the Sam Goody's in Stonestown. They have a wicked killer cassingle section.

Folks seem to like Amoeba on Haight & Stanyan. The thrift stores are all totally picked over by the "vintage" places, tho.

Aquarius, and also Grooves.

pete are you buying vinyl? some guy myspaced me randomly and asked for recos. this is what i told him:

some good stores (besides amoeba, which is a behemoth) are

Grooves. on market and octavia. not the best 12" or even disco selection, but one of my fave stores. tons of 70s rock and weird stuff. the owner is an old fixture on the 60s/70s psych scene. did light shows for all the big clubs. he dances around stoned and tells great stories.

Open Mind. market at maybe church? prolly your best bet for cheap disco and 12"s.

Groove Merchant. THE beatdigger store. you'll pay for it though. amazing selection of jazz/soul/psych/disco, but really expensive.

Rooky Ricardos. Lower Haight near fillmore. great 7" selection. older gay white owner is really sweet and REALLY into soul.

all of the above except amoeba have listening stations.

also, sam goody

too bad the warehouse and tower went belly up :(....

okay someone fucking explain this

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2008/08/manta_ray_meets_tragic_end_on.php

should we blame chinatown?

hotel aquarium?

Julio Vasconcellos, a member of the Experience Project (an anonymous experience-based community)

lolz

When I got there, it was still alive and slowly dying -- just moving very slightly and less and less. Like a fish out of water.

wow

you seem to be focusing on the not-so-weird aspects of this story (SF bloggers are retarded schockah)

pete, here's a blog post on bay area punk/metal stores (besides aquarius)

http://prankrecords.blogspot.com/2008/04/punk-record-store-explosion-in-bay-area.html

We have arrived.

look out for lost manta rays!

go have dinner at the ritz carlton dining rooom and say hi to the cute waiter... ooooooh so cute

Delightful meetup and dinner with M. White last night. If anyone would like to meet for Marlins-Giants tomorrow or Wednesday, post here and I'll check tonight.

That was fun, Rock.

It was! And almost gossip-free.

And now I think I'm off to shop, nerd-style. (Borderlands, Isotope, maybe Aquarius, maybe Amoeba.)

just seen: 69 and companion shopping at Aquarius.

haaa, that's about when I was in there.

Wow, um, should I read through all 950 hidden messages?

I'll be in Tiburon over Xmas. Where can I escape to?

Will bookmark and dig through this thread for suggestions.

Take the ferry into the City, Kate.

http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/Ferry/Tiburon/tiburonsummerschedule2008.cfm

Oh yes, I certainly plan on doing that!

(Also, my brother said that I could borrow his car whenever I wanted, so I will be able to get out and about, even if my driving precludes pint-based activities.)

I'm not sure about the Blue and Gold ferries but on the Golden Gate Transit ferries between Sausalito and San Francisco, 'pint-based' activities can be found at the bar.

A boat with a bar on it... this sounds like my idea of heaven! Especially as I probably won't be allowed to drink around family. :-(

But wouldn't I have to drive to get to Sausalito from Tiburon?

(I am really quite scared of driving fullstop, as I have not done it in years, especially not on that side of the road.)

But then again, the Bay Area has good public transportation for an American city, doesn't it?

http://transit.511.org/schedules/index.aspx#m1=S&m2=bus&cid=GG

It looks like there's a limited service (Route 19) that takes you from Tiburon to Marin City and then you change to the Number 10 bus to go south.

i spend most of my time here sleeping

Don't you have a bar in Sausalito?

wow, looks like a bad accident in the bay bridge/treasure island tunnel. lots of smoke.

I'll be in town the weekend before thanksgiving -- where do I find out about shows?

The List

bwah...the comprehensive 'list'. like area 51. gotta love this town.

what's hardly strictly bluegrass like?