Retox got sold to the folks from Range, and the Retox sign got partially taken down, revealing possibly the most fantastic dive bar sign ever. What can we find out about Tom’s Drydock? grepping for that address in a few Polk city directories yields the following list of businesses: 1929 CLOTHING DEALERS — MEN’S AND […]
Captain Robert O’Sullivan says: Warrant Arrest: On March 15th at 3:53 am, officers responded to a call of a masked suspect carrying a pick axe in the area of 20th and Pennsylvania. They searched the area and located the suspect at 17th and Connecticut. Sure enough, he had a pick axe with a large wooden […]
When people find out that I write a neighborhood blog, the second question they ask me is if I know anything about “the chalk guy.” Answer: not really. I’ve seen him writing, and he wrote once that his bike had been stolen — which underscores his humanity very clearly — but that’s about it. There’s […]
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Here is a nice video about local bartender and booze-caterer Roland Blandy making what looks to be* a delicious aged cocktail. Blandy’s Barrel Aged Manhattan Blandy’s Barrel Aged Manhattan from Moving Portraits on Vimeo. Blandy’s Barrel Aged Manhattan is a manhattan cocktail aged for three months in a Blandy Madeira wine barrel. Blandy’s Aged Manhattan […]
Thursday, February 21, 2013
First the rider has to bike to Golden Gate Park, but then they quickly return home. Ratatat’s “Gypsy Threat” is no “Yakety Sax,” but it will do. San Francisco: Dogpatch to Golden Gate Park Bike Ride
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
I am going to go ahead and take credit* for MUNI service interruptions finally being put on the NextMuni LED boards. I made a service request back in April after there was some problem in the tunnel keeping the T from running. The LED boards and nextmuni.com just said that the next trains would show […]
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Hey! There’s a new interview in 7×7 with Dave Mclean! Dave McLean Talks About the Magnolia Expansion in Dogpatch And a pretty cool video interview! Magnolia Dogpatch coming soon Magnolia Dogpatch coming soon from Oct28 Productions on Vimeo. We have, however, heard all this before, but two years ago they weren’t already pouring the floor. […]
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Donor and Partner Appreciation Party Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 6 – 8 P.M. The Workshop Residence in the Dogpatch District 833 22nd St, San Francisco, California 94107 RSVP at Paperless Post http://paperless.ly/UlJHdI or call or email Beverly Mislang at (415) 673-2634, Ext 210 / beverly@performingartsworkshop.org Performing Arts Workshop is a non-profit organization headquartered at 3rd […]
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, February 13th Noonan Building, Pier 70, Building 11, San Francisco, CA 94107 RSVP: http://pier70planopenhouse2.eventbrite.com/ Over the last year, Forest City (creators of the 5M Project) has been working on a project to rebuild a 28 acre section of the eastern waterfront of SF – due East of the Dogpatch – called Pier 70. You […]
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Wendy MacNaughton’s images, previously shown as Pier 70 In Its Own Words , are finally online in their own right. Previously they had been published online on http://www.pier70sf.com/, but you couldn’t link directly to them. Here’s a detail of one of the images: See them all at: http://pier70community.com/
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