Kevin Koss

No Castro Halloween this year…for real.

So here is an idea, the whole flash mob thing organized around setting up spontaneous dance parties in the street.

CALLING ALL SF HALLOWEEN LOVERS!

Let’s take back Halloween in San Francisco with a big costume / dance party at the Embarcadero!

WHERE: EMBARCADERO at Ferry Plaza (in front of the Ferry Building)

WHEN: SATURDAY, OCT. 31st at 9:00 PM

HOW:

1. If you have a costume wear it – COSTUMES HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!
2. If you have an out door music set up of any kind (like a DJ, or a music bike, or a band, or even a boombox) BRING IT (If you know anyone who has one, GET THEM TO COME! – see below!*)
3. SOMEWHERE ON YOUR COSTUME, WEAR ONE OF OUR “FIX IT” BADGES (see below)
4. HELP clean up after yourself AND OTHERS
5. IF YOU SEE ANYONE BEING A JERK, INTERRUPT THEM BY SMILING AT THEM AND THANK THEM FOR COMING TO HALLOWEEN!

OPTIONAL: BRING TREATS TO GIVE OUT!

WEBSITES:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=160795072105
This page: http://www.flashdance.org/hw/Halloween2009.html

Busy day today. We are hosting a booth at the Fiesta on the Hill and I’ll be doing an open house from 2-4.

The Shagley team is sponsoring a booth at the Bernal Heights Fiesta on the Hill. The event is one of San Francisco’s top annual city events with over 15,000 people and is on Sunday, October 18th on Cortland St. Visit the site for more information.

100% of profits from Fiesta  go to the programs and services of the Bernal  Heights Neighborhood Center.

I have looked at all the city calendars and found them to be confusing. The ongoing stuff like walking tours clutter it up so you can’t see the big events easily. I thought, wouldn’t it be useful to have one that just shows by month, by week what goes on in San Francisco on an annual basis. I have my first draft.  I will be adding more detail over the next few weeks. There is a lot more going on in December than I have, but I ran out of steam a  little bit near the end. One thing for sure, as expected October and September seem to be the busiest months in San Francisco. And San Franciscans know why.  Check it out.

Did you know about this event? I just found this. Highlarious. This is held on Easter Sunday…I think you’ll figure out where..makes perfect sense:

FoundSF is a collaboration between Shaping San Francisco and San Francisco Museum and Historical Society. The site contains tons of articles about the history of San Francisco and allows anybody to contribute to the site. You can pick a random article, or browse by timeline or neighborhood. Check it out.

I read this in the NYTIMES:

My boyfriend and I are flying to Los Angeles via San Francisco, and we have a four-hour layover.

The writer goes on to recommend taking BART and going to the Fisherman’s Wharf.  GAFFAWWWWWWW.

Ok, so here is the real deal on a four hour layover in San Francisco. DO NOT take BART, that will eat up an hour. If there are two of you, you can get to the Ferry Building for $30 bucks, and you’ll be there much faster. Sorry, not the PC thing to say, but clearly you are on a schedule.

The author then says to go straight to Fisherman’s Wharf. Ahhhhhhh! No. Stop! Just go to the Ferry Building. Nosh on some delicious food. Have lunch. Fsherman’s Wharf is one of the places with Crazy T-Shirt shops and wax museums. BARF!

The author then says to take the cable car ride from over by Buena Vista Cafe. Again, WTF? Has this writer seen the lines there? It is a 40 minute wait just to get your Irish Coffee. Skip that, on my plan  you are still at the Ferry Building, where you walk across to where the California St. trolley starts and there are never any lines. You take that to the end, wait and then come back and get off at the Chinatown gates. Doing this, you see Grace Cathedral, fabulous views of the city, and you might even get a glimpse of the Golden Gate Bridge, I am not sure about that.

Walk through Chinatown and maybe go to House of Nanking for lunch, if there is no line. Walk down Columbus and go to Cafe Greco for a cappuccino. Hail a cab and you’re on your way back to the airport.

That’s a more realistic 4 hour layover. Remember you are going to be going through security again.

• 20 minute cab ride
• 40 minutes at Ferry Building
• 40 minutes for Trolley
• 20 minutes to walk through Chinatown and get to Cafe Greco
• 1 hour lunch anyplace in the mix
• 25 minute cab ride
• 30 minutes left for security and to get to your gate
• Total: 3 hours 55 minutes

Also with this plan, you can jump in a cab at any point and get back to the airport. In the NY Times plan, you are in a line frustrated that you spent an hour on BART and you know you need an hour to get back so you can’t possible wait in that line anymore so you give up, go back to the airport hungry and angry.

Skip the sea lions and save seeing the GG bridge until you can ride across it on a bike.

Check out Urban Baby, a great site for baby friendly restaurants, events, etiquette and funny stories.

This should have a lot of hand drawings of Mickey Mouse in frames…..but the one thing that I am super excited to see is the scale model of the original vision for the theme park. I love this stuff! Check out the Sneak Peek.

Raise a Roof
Sunday 10/4, 2-4:30
I.M. Scott Parking Lot
935  Minnesota St. San Francisco

Friend of Potrero Hill Nursery are building a new home at I.M. Scott. the oldest school house in San Francisco. Come join the party. They are having  chalk artists, pedal-powered live music, kids activities, refreshments and a resident historian speaking about the rich history of IM Scott, as well as displays of historical photos and new renderings of what they hope to transform the buildings into—a preschool and a new family center.

For more information, you can visit their web site: www.fophns.com