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The video excerpts I originally posted here have come down. This one seems pretty complete. My favorite question was “How wasted is really wasted?”
I just discovered this on-line resource.
Boinkology weighs in with an opinion.
According to RealTravel, this is the list: Park Chow (Inner Sunset) Taqueria Cancun (The Mission) Magnolia Pub & Brewery (Upper Haight) Shangrila Vegetarian Restaurant (Outer Sunset) Sparky’s 24…
That’s the discussion at MetaFilter, headlined “If I move to San Fran and earn the same salary as I do in St Louis, will I be poor?” There’s…
I’ve been on the road a bit and not posting much. I’ll be back up to speed soon. Here’s the San Francisco Bay from 6:00 am to 9:30…
This 1907 street map from the San Francisco History website has great detail. Clicking on the sections of the map at that site enlarges them.
City Tennis has a page that lists the city’s public courts. It includes Google Map of the courts as well as pictures. Handy! The image at left is…
My software shows, or tries to show, incoming blog links. I did a doubletake when I saw this one. (I’m linked as “quadrant 8” in Golden Gate Park.)
The San Francisco Public Library’s historical photograph collection is a great resource for old photos of San Francisco, such as this one of snow in Golden Gate Park…
The above image fascinates me. It’s from an exhibition of the prints of Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), currently showing at the Asian Art Museum in the city’s civic center….
Here is a remarkably detailed (7000 pixels wide) photo of the city in the wake of the ’06 earthquake and fire. According to the legend on the…
Although I don’t think it has been much publicized, the city of San Francisco provides a web service called SF Viewer. It provides maps to any address, including…
A programmer named Lawrence Kesteloot was considering buying a house in San Francisco. In the process of researching neighborhoods he created this interesting mashup showing crime rates in…
The Bay Area’s culinary reputation has been taking some hits lately. “Alice Waters and sourdough bread aside,” Alan Richman wrote in GQ, “the Bay Area has contributed surprisingly…
Girlfriend Getaways offers tips for women on nightlife, restaurants, shopping, and siteseeing in San Francisco. The suggestions aren’t bad (nor are they brilliant), but what I don’t get…
So SF bloggers are dumping wine and beer on each other now, over, um, Gavin Newsom’s hair … or something … I dunno. It all smacks of desperation…
Here are some links to Bay Area restaurants that have been showing up lately: Marin Dining Guide Chowhound Late Night SF Dining Suggestions Edible San Francisco Menu Pages…
Mangoes are attacking innocent passersby near the Asian Art Museum.
According to Forbes Magazine, Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco is the world’s seventh-best tourist attraction (Times Square is first). So how come I so seldom go there?
Some folks at the Asian Art Museum are installing a “manga lounge” for their summer Tezuka exhibition. The lounge will have videos, books, and even a photo machine….
No, not another hangtown fry item. Instead, we’re talking about items such as dessert soup made from coconut milk and pureed mung beans; finanziera of cockscombs, duck tongue,…
The provocative Mr. Charles Barkley, an NBA legend in his own estimation and currently a TNT network commentator, referred a moment ago to “Golden State” as a “a…