Kevin Koss

Been puzzled wondering how they will ever make money? I found this really good presentation on what the future holds for twitter.

Are you one of the many that believe California wines are over priced? Check out this article which explains some of the price pressures the wine industry is facing. Also, it mentions a site where you can get wine as it is being liquidated as people realize they can’t sell it at the steep prices anymore.

Come review the proposed final master plan, which is the culmination of a broad community engagement process that began in August 2008. The final plan will be reflected in applications submitted to the San Francisco Planning Department this coming spring.

WHEN
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

WHERE
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House
953 De Haro Street

Is the rain getting to you? In about three months we’ll start to hear about dry conditions and water rationing. February is a pretty active month. Check out our nifty, condensed annual city event calendar. Here is a summary:

Coming in February:

• Chinese New Year Parade – http://www.chineseparade.com/
• SF Beer Week – http://sfbeerweek.org/
• San Francisco Independent Film Festival – http://www.sfindie.com/
• MacWorld – macworldexpo.com
• Valentine’s Day in San Francisco – http://www.sfstation.com/valentines/
• SF Zoo’s Valentine Dinner – http://www.sfzoo.org
• Pillow Fight – http://www.pillowfight.info/
• Friends of Brazil Carnaval Ball – http://www.friendsofbrazil.org/
• San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival http://www.sfbluegrass.org
• Pacific Orchid Exposition – Fort Mason Festival Pavilion – http://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org/poe.html

Great article and overview of artisan, organic, sustainable bacon in the Bay Area in today’s online Chronicle. Check it out.

• SFMOMA is free this weekend: SFMOMA 75th Anniversary Celebration | Free Admission Weekend
• Never Not Funny with Jimmy Pardo
  Live Podcast with Matt Belknap, Pat Francis and guest TBA
  2pm @ The Eureka Theater $10
  buy tickets

  Podcast Double Feature:
  Doug Benson’s I Love Movies
  and CDR Radio
  5pm @ The Punch Line $10
  buy tickets SOLD OUT

  Game Show Explosion!
  with Dave Foley, Andy Richter, Dana Gould, Paul F. Tompkins, Janet Varney, Scott Aukerman and host Jimmy Pardo
  8pm @ Cobb’s Comedy Club $30
  buy tickets

  Dr. God Improv with special guest Matthew Lillard / Good Neighbor
  8pm @ The Eureka Theater $20
  buy tickets

  Game Show Explosion!
  with Andy Richter, Aimee Mann, Paul F. Tompkins, Doug Benson, Michael Ian Black, Scott Aukerman and host Jimmy Pardo
  10:30pm @ Cobb’s Comedy Club $30
  buy tickets

  Reggie Watts / Jamie Kilstein / Mary Van Note
  8pm & 10pm @ The Punch Line $21
  8pm: buy tickets
  10pm: buy tickets

  Kasper Hauser presents
  Pros From Dover, Pappy’s, and Josie Long
  10:30pm @ The Eureka Theater $20
  buy tickets

  SF Sketchfest at the Dark Room, presented by Atom.com
  Barrel Brothers / The Freeze /Barats and Bereta / Josie Long
  8pm $12
  Crisis Hopkins / Picnicface / Things We Made
  10:30pm $12
  @ The Dark Room
  buy tickets

  SF Sketchfest Midnight Movies:
  The Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
  with Dave Foley in person
  Midnight @ The Clay Theatre $12
  buy tickets

The holidays are over, and things are pretty slow around town. Not much going on. But here are some things that are coming up:

• SF Sketch Fest
  SF Sketchfest was founded in 2001 as a way to showcase the talents of six Bay Area sketch comedy groups: The Fresh Robots, Kasper Hauser, The Meehan Brothers, Please Leave the Bronx, Totally False People and White Noise Radio Theatre.
• Some highlights:
  • Julia Sweeney
    JAN 27, 8PM AT YOSHI’S SAN FRANCISCO
  • DAY 4: Sunday, January 17
    The SF Sketchfest Tribute to Conan O’Brien
    with Conan O’Brien in person
    Hosted by Jimmy Pardo
    with special guest Andy Richter
    2pm @ Herbst Theatre $50/$40/$30
  • DAY 8: Thursday, January 21Inside Joke:
    Monty Python’s Terry Jones with Monty Python and the Holy Grail 35th Anniversary 7pm @ The Castro Theater $20
• Noir City – San Francisco’s NOIR CITY festival returns to the majestic Castro Theatre for ten days, January 22–31, 2010. The theme for this eighth incarnation of the world’s most popular noir film series is part and parcel of classic noir: “Lust and Larceny.”

So you can laugh or get dark…all in January!

The MTA received aproval from the Federal Transit Administration on Thursday to enter into Final Design for the Central Subway project. It will still be almost two years before Muni could receive a full grant for the subway, which is now expected to cost $1.6 billion, with service currently expected to begin in 2018. Find out more.

If you are familiar with the 3rd St. line, you know it goes around the Embarcadero. This new route takes it underground I believe at 4th St, or slightly thereafter. Then to Moscone, Union Square and Chinatown. So if you live in the South East portion of the city, it will be a quick way across town.

A very cool article in the NY Times today. They show you the top 10 DVD rentals for your zip code in the Bay Area.

Check out Potrero Hill!