San Francisco and what to do in it

xp it does!

Every single time I've been to 500 it was because some other place was too crowded.

Thanks for some of the restaurant ideas listed--My son and I made it to Taqueria Cancun in the Mission, and to Muraccis(Japanese Katsu curry) in the financial district. Both were yummy.

I never made it to a sexy erotic thriller bar :(

http://beerbybart.com/

i haven't been here yet, but i absolutely love this post

To our phone callers: I'm sorry - we don't take reservations. But you might find a 7:30pm, 4-top at the Chipotle down the street.
about 2 hours ago via web

spicekit

was in san francisco for an hour last friday (ate at hanoi vietnamese place on 19th & taraval) and for a few hours tuesday night (ate at kyoto sushi on van ness & sutter, drank at mcteague's saloon (lame) and then later in the SFO rental car return garage). also, floating on the russian was the nicest ever, plus some people brought boxer doggies in their canoe and the boxer doggies were wearing shoes so they was high-steppin'

Contemplating a trip to SF this fall...

FYI: I'm going to be at Rosamunde Sausage Grill at 5pm, wrapped as skin-tight as a sausage and leaving precious little to the imagination for those who crave such a thing.

Come and get some.

currently planning a bachelor party to float down the russian

steve, throw a sausage down your kit

jaymc come to El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula and visit yr bro

I love Rosamunde, and the dude there LOVES Skip Spence. Ask him!

i miss u sf <3 :(

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!

dudes there asked me if i was muslim

some guy carrying a yoga mat spoke to the cook in spanish when i was there earlier. the cook answered him in english.

multiple x-post ...

re. floating down the russian.

what company did you use? did you do the 10 mile canoe trip?

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.

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.

Marvellous. And where should we go for wine between Burke's and Santa Rosa?

sebastapool's market is good!

there is this street food festival in the mission today. might go.

street food festival was fun but predictably overcrowded. saw no ilxors. did eat some stuff from the beretta stand.

Rogue Wave and TMBG in Stern Grove tomorrow (free!). We will probably go, because one of my 3 yr old sons loves "Groat Wave."

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..

heard the street food fest was a mess. just ridiculously overcrowded. not surprising tbh

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!

Did you take a lawn chair?

we took a blanket but there wasn't even a 1x1 patch of open ground

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.

I suppose it isn't for like, orchestra things

Not in my experience; it's packed.

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

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.

Is Audium any good?

Apologies for wrecking this thread with touristy questions ... I'll shut up now.

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...?

san franciscancans?

I wrote SFists, but it looked lame.

^^ that blog has gone downhill

SFist is wack, Audium is awesome!! Go altered.

South San Francisco is on fire:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=7659504

Shit!

It looked completely insane like 20 minutes ago.

Still looks insane!

holy crap, that's a large swath of fires!

~$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?

uh, airports will be more insane?

... @ ^^^

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.

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.

surprised that 53 homes were destroyed but only four people died (not complaining)

I would give that number a few more hours/days before you start being surprised.