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La Boulange Goes Long For the Superbowl

Posted in Restaurants, tagged , , , on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

La Boulange (Polk and Green) put its own little French spin on the upcoming Superbowl with a special menu item! They made one long sub (ham, chicken, or veggie) out of their baguettes, which comes with house-seasoned potato chips and Dame Blanche (white cream puffs with whip cream filling). Yum. Make your order ahead of [...]

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Clint Alert!

Posted in Art, Seen, tagged , , , , , , on February 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The Toasted Blog spotted Clint Eastwood’s latest film, Hereafter, being filmed over near Taylor and Clay.

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A Eulogy for Nob Hill Tavern

Posted in Bars, News, tagged , , , on February 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Aww, man! I feel like all of my favorite watering holes are evaporating into thin air lately. The latest is Nob Hill Tavern (1390 California at Hyde), which according to Eater SF is being taken over (overtaken!) by the owners of R Bar. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of R Bar, and the [...]

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Got Friends? Then Zip Over to Lombardi

Posted in Deals, Stores, tagged , , , on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Calling all popular Zippers! Tomorrow from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., ZipCar members can snag 15 percent or more off everything in-store at Lombardi Sports (Polk and Jackson). You know the deal. If you bring a friend, you’ll get 20 percent off; two friends, 25 percent off; three friends, 30 percent off. What’s that saying, [...]

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Nick’s Tacos Erin’s Way

Posted in Art, Restaurants, tagged , , on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Tonight is the night of Nick’s Crispy Tacos love. But don’t think you’re alone in your affection for $2 baja-style fish tacos. My dear and talented friend Erin Butner has wholeheartedly proclaimed her feelings for the taqueria with this adorable illustration. Erin keeps up the most charming graphic design blog, Eggplant Elephant, with digital drawings [...]

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Cat Killed in Coyote Attack Near George Sterling Park

Posted in News, tagged , , , , , , , on February 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »

A friend of a friend’s cat was killed by a coyote at Hyde and Greenwich this morning. “Sounds ridiculous, but true,” as he put it. Welcome to the wild, wild West! The Chronicle actually covered the attack too, but of course in proper journalistic form said the coyote is only “a suspect”  — did you [...]

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Robbery at Gunpoint Near Lombard

Posted in News, tagged , , , on February 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »

I’ll admit I’ve lived a fairly sheltered life, but crime is really getting to me lately. My friends who live a bit over Russian Hill just heard that Franklin Market Liquors on Franklin near Lombard (blue awning) was robbed tonight. Two guys came into the store and held the customers and owner at gunpoint, stole [...]

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The Heritage Marina Rents by the Hour

Posted in Stories, tagged , , , on February 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »

You may have heard that the Heritage Marina Hotel (Van Ness and Filbert) was ranked the filthiest hotel in the US last week by TripAdvisor — cockroaches and hookers among some of the charges. So on Thursday night after a couple drinks, a girl friend of mine and her guy friend decided to scope out [...]

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