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URL :http://sfcitizen.com/blog
Filed Under:United States / San Francisco
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Posts / Week:26.8
Archived Since:August 9, 2009

Blog Post Archive

Where Will YOU Be on 420 Day? In Golden Gate Park or at 420 Day Street in Noe Valley? Plus, an Awesome Vapor Cloud Photo

TweetGolden Gate Park be getting all crowded these days on annual 420 Day, so why not head on down to Noe Valley and light up at 4:20 PM at 420 Day Street instead? The neighbors will welcome you interloping potheads with open arms. I’m sure! Actually, Noe Valley is the locus of NIMBY – it’s [...]

Market Street Fine Art Caption Contest – Pregnant Nude Bondage Under Rain of Fire

TweetMy submission is “Pregnant Nude Bondage Under Rain of Fire.” Click to expand I should have gone to art school. Then I’d be more articulate ‘n stuff. Pay me, Baby CCAC, S-C-A-D Thats SCAD its really rad Whats really rad, who’s really your dad R-I-S-D, thats RISD Toss the Frisbee, Cooper Union Thats what I’m doin’, [...]

Seventh and Market Black Market Update: As Strong as Ever – Today’s Special Includes Donated Peaches and Tartar Sauce

TweetNow, how does the pink bag mafia keep cold food, like yogurt, cold, you know, after they pick it up for free? Answer: They don’t. Oh well. Opening up for the brunch-time rush: Click to expand And look, we’ll have Yet Another CVS on Market Street. This one’s on Seventh. This has been your Seventh and Market Black Market [...]

Learning From Japan, 2013: Internet Service What’s 100-1000 Times Faster But Also Cheaper Than Yours in San Francisco

TweetWell, I don’t know if the people at Google Fiber should feel ashamed, but check it: SONY-BACKED ISP SHAMES GOOGLE FIBER, LAUNCHES 2GBPS SERVICE IN JAPAN That’s like what, about a thousand times faster than your AT&T ADSL connection for less than what Google charges for Google Fiber? You know why we don’t have this [...]

Look at This Scene in Golden Gate Park: Coyotes and People Getting Along – Maybe Dogs and Owners are the Problem?

TweetYou know who has a lot of shots of coyotes in Golden Gate Park? Nature photographer Dina Boyer does. Check it: Click to expand And check out the rest of her set as well – she has a lot of great shots in there. I’ll tell you, since the return of coyotes in numbers in GGP, [...]

Uh, Who’s Paying for this Quote about LOVE Posted on this MUNI Bus? Maya Angelou or the SFMTA or Somebody Else?

TweetUh, what’s this? “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope.” Click to expand Did Maya Angelou pay for this? That would make sense, I guess. Or did someone else? You know, to increase love awareness? Or maybe the pathetic SFMTA paid for this, [...]

Hey, Look Who Supports the Golden State Warriors Waterfront Arena Plan: All These People – Today’s Big Rally

TweetWell I suppose if the San Francisco Establishment wanted to claim that it had support “across the spectrum” for the arena deal, they’d have Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Aaron Peskin and a whole bunch of San Francisco Giants baseball players up there with them on the steps of City Hall today. But this group will [...]

SURPRISE: San Francisco Chronicle Writer CW Nevius Comes Out AGAINST the Central Subway – Here’s What He Said

TweetAll right, first of all, if you want CW Nevius to Block you from his Twitter feed, start up a crappy WordPress blog and call him one of the following: “SHARP-AS-A-MARBLE, EX-JOCK, EVERYMAN NEWS COLUMNIST/QUASI SPORTSWRITER” or a “BROWN-NOSING, OBSEQUIOUS KISS-ASS LICKSPITTLE TOADIE” That’s what did it, one or the other, I figure. So now I’m banned, [...]

Confused Driver Gets Ticketed Making the Infamous Left Turn at Fell And Masonic – Why the SFPD Cited Her

TweetAll right, camera right shows a light-colored Chevy properly waiting at the red arrow light to turn from westbound Fell onto southbound Masonic. The confused driver is in the  blue two-door Honda – she wants to make the same turn to get from NoPA to SoPA but she’s in the wrong lane. Click to expand [...]

Learning From Japan, 2013: High-Heeled, Platformed Hiking Boots – Can Your Feet Handle This? Sure, Why Not!

TweetThis gal was invited out on a traditional hike what’s especially popular during cherry blossom season. It goes over dirt paths and grass and cobblestones and whatnot, so this is the choice she made: Click to expand Japan does not believe in comfortable shoes. Japan believes in cruel shoes, fashion at any price. We should all be [...]

Did Mark Farrell Really Throw the Ceremonial First Pitch at the Giants Home Opener? No – Hello, Examiner?

TweetLet’s see here, is it really true, as this San Francisco Examiner source greaser reports, that: “Last weekend, Supervisor Mark Farrell threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the home opener of our beloved Giants.” Oh no. Lord no. Now let’s take a look at who really threw out the Ceremonial First Pitch at the [...]

It Takes a Village of SFPD Cops to Escort Mayor Ed Lee’s Walks About the Corrupt Twitterloin – Where’s Randy Shaw?

TweetThis is just part of the SFPD detail what follows Mayor Ed Lee about when he ventures into the corrupt Twitterloin. As seen on Market Street at Sixth Friday AM: Click to expand Do I think the SFPD is far too obsequious when dealing with San Francisco Mayors? Yes. Do I understand why the the [...]

Learning From Japan, 2013: The Only Dignified Form of Public Transit? Rickshaw, Rickshaw, Rickshaw?

TweetRickshaws were first used in Japan, so it’s appropriate that they’re still in use. I guess. Click to expand Anyway, these contraptions are illegal in some places, but not Japan, not yet…

Which Would Help the Residents of San Francisco’s 6th Street More? A “Road Diet” or a Drug Diet?

TweetI guess the Epoch News does real news now? News to me. Anyway: “Another thing  Elizabeth Stampe would like to see is “road diets.’ ”They take a road that’s kind of fat, like Sixth Street, which has a lot of lanes, and they reduce the number of travel lanes,’ Stampe said.”

Learning From Japan, 2013: The Healthiest Street Food Ever – Cucumber on a Stick!

TweetThis is what passes for fast in Japan these days: Click to expand I couldn’t believe it.

Explaining to the Employees of Yammer Microsoft How They’re Not Really “Giving Back” to the Mid-Market Area

TweetI don’t know, you can look right here for one version of the story about why Yammer Microsoft is doing so, so, soooooo many great things for San Francisco. Or you can ask Microsoft Yammer why it doesn’t want to pay its fair share of taxes. Leave us begin. In 2004, the Mayor of San Francisco [...]

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