Saturday, October 6, 2012

San francisco around town

  • San Francisco Nudity Ban: Proposal Orders Nudist to Cover Up (Sometimes) in ...

    Scott Wiener, a supervisor who introduced the ordinance to "ban nudity" on Tuesday, claims that "Our [San Francisco] town square [is] becoming an ad-hoc nudist colony" -and he's ready for that to change. Wiener's nudity ban would be enforceable in a ...

    www.mstarz.com

  • Tourist Trapped: Ride The Ducks San Francisco

    Tourist Trapped is a weekly Culture Blog post in which Beth Spotswood visits San Francisco's popular tourist destinations and reports back.

    blog.sfgate.com

  • Tech bubble? Not yet, but don't get too excited either

    There are rumblings around town about a tech bubble like the one that burst following the dot-com boom in the late 1990s. Yet while tech growth in San Francisco has unquestionably fueled the economic recovery here, ... At the annual San Francisco ...

    www.sfexaminer.com

  • Posey Quietly Emerges as Heart of San Francisco

    Posey is from the small southern Georgia town of Leesburg. Beyond the ballpark in San Francisco, Posey rarely ventures from the suburban home he shares with his wife (they began dating in high school) and their year-old twins (a boy and a girl).

    www.nytimes.com

  • Tastings Around Town

    Executive Chef Andrew Zimmerman partners with guest Matthew Accarrino, executive chef of San Francisco-based SPQR for a prix fixe menu that will begin at 6 p.m.

    www.suntimes.com

  • Watching The Debate With Republicans

    There were lots of Presidential Debate viewing parties around town last night, but instead of rubbing elbows and cheering on the President with a bunch of San Francisco-values, liberal, hippie, 99%-ers, I went to the Marina and watched with the San ...

    blog.sfgate.com

  • Around Town: Free round of golf

    SAN FRANCISCO -- Native Daughters of the Golden West will hold its open house from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Julia Morgan-designed home in San Francisco. Tour the home or stay at the home for the event. Tickets are $35 per member ...

    www.mercedsunstar.com

  • Reds-Giants Preview

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Minus his old signature toothpick, Cincinnati's Dusty Baker leaned against the batting cage intently watching his players just as he did for a decade managing the Giants.

    www.cbssports.com

  • Woman on bike hit, injured in SF

    (10-02) 20:50 PDT San Francisco -- A bicyclist was taken to a hospital after she was struck near San Francisco's Panhandle park by a Lincoln Town Car on Tuesday night, police said. The woman was hit around 6:15 p.m. near the intersection of Fell and ...

    www.sfgate.com

  • SCITUATE AROUND TOWN/ Library is the 'heart of the community'

    Little Zachary Anderson, son of Ellen and Michael Anderson, became a big hit on the New England Patriots Facebook page - find out how many 'likes' he garnered in this week's Around Town. ... and a number of SHS '78 classmates, Nick read from his first ...

    www.wickedlocal.com

  • Car dealers of SF band together

    With $700 million in sales and 1,500 employees on the payroll, San Francisco's new-car dealers have decided it's time to raise their profile in town.

    www.sfgate.com

  • Critical Mass anniversary a time to acknowledge what the movement has ...

    Critical Mass anniversary a time to acknowledge what the movement has accomplished. By: SF Examiner Editorial | 09/26/12 6:33 PM SF Examiner Editorial. The bicycle phenomenon known as Critical Mass started in San Francisco 20 years ago and has since ...

    www.sfexaminer.com

  • Michael Bauer's 3.5-star review of Rich Table, in pretty photos

    After working at some of the top restaurants in New York and San Francisco (and then popping up around town with their Chefs' Night Off dinners), the Riches opened their solo endeavor in July of this year.

    insidescoopsf.sfgate.com

  • SF MusicTech Summit Next Week; Interview With Coordinator Brian Zisk

    We also aim to mix in core Bay Area music/technology folks who may not be able to make it to out of town events due to time, family, or budget limitations.

    www.hypebot.com

  • San Francisco Sister Cities: Mayor Renews Vows With Paris (PHOTOS)

    ... that works to strengthen relationships between international cities. But San Francisco hardly has just one sister.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Here Are Some Apps to Help You Navigate This Weekend's Transitpocalypse

    To make your social life a little bit easier this weekend, we've compiled a list of applications and websites that will help everyone get around town -- and deter road rage out there. INRIX: A free app that will give you all the detailed traffic ...

    blogs.sfweekly.com

  • Turkey strikes back at Syria after Erdogan warning

    The Dogan news agency said another mortar round from Syria landed around 50 metres from an observation tower near Guvecci around 11 a.m. (0800 GMT) and smoke rose from the area. There were no immediate reports of casualties or retaliation but a ...

    sfluxe.com

  • San Francisco launches electric scooter sharing

    Plus, at least for now, scooter share is only available to local residents. You can't rent one on your visit to San Francisco. Still, the scooters should fill a niche for San Francisco residents looking for a quick option to get around town. Scoot ...

    www.smartplanet.com

  • Scott Hutchins, SF's Most Exciting New Novelist, On Life, Love And Literature ...

    In the meantime, we sat down with San Francisco's hottest new novelist to find out his favorite places to find inspiration around town, his own working theory of love, and just how much of the story is actually based on his life. Where did the idea for ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • MLB Prospect Profile: Gary Brown, Outfielder, San Francisco Giants

    Last year in San Jose, Gary Brown was the proverbial "talk of the town" as the center fielder for the San Francisco Giants' (A) affiliate in the Bay Area. After being selected by the Giants in the first round of the 2010 draft, Brown's first full ...

    bleacherreport.com

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