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Brenda’s French Soul Food is Still Packing Them in for Brunch on Polk
TweetAfter 798 reviews on Yelp, Brenda’s French Soul Food is still doing land office business at 652 Polk right next to the H&H Laundromat betwixt Eddy and Turk in the gritty Tenderloin. Couldn’t...
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San Francisco Celebrates Bastille Day Tonight – Ce Soir Ce Soir Ce Soir!
TweetAre you all set for Bastille Day in San Francisco? If not, check out 7×7 Magazine for some hasty planification de dernière minute. And see Joe Eskenazi’s take right here. Or you can keep it simple...
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Our Captain Sullenberger is Getting Dissed from France – Was Sully’s French...
TweetI don’t know, it seems like writer William Langewiesche, currently residing in France, wants to have it both ways with his new book, Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson....
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Why Not Go to Cole Valley’s Zazie Bistro for Dinner Instead of Brunch?
TweetCole Valley’s favorite brunch spot is open for dinner, don’t you know. Let’s take a peek. On a late Sunday night, you can just walk right in to get a bite. That’s quite different than the crowds...
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San Francisco Film Society Annouces Fall Season – NY/SF Kid’s Film Fest...
TweetAn incredible man will shrink for your pleasure up at the Presidio‘s Film in the Fog series come October 2, 2010. That’s just one of the events that the San Francisco Film Society has planned for...
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OMG, the New “Google Offers” from Google is Just Like GroupOn, Except It’s...
TweetRemember back in the day, when Little Star Pizza had a GroupOn type of 50% off deal? Well, that one didn’t last long – sold out with a quickness. But now, a similar deal is back, courtesy of...
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When Your Massive Building Needs Flying Buttresses to Stand Up: St. Dominic’s...
TweetI’ll tell you, when I first saw these ugly flying buttresses holding up St. Dominic’s Church at 2390 Bush, I thought they were remedial, you know, like an add-on to a building in danger of falling...
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Rush Hour in Front of the Masonic Trader Joe’s: Yellow Taxi, Red Ferrari,...
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View ArticleHey, is San Francisco Really a “Sister City” of Paris, France? No – Was It...
TweetHere’s why: Seule Paris est digne de Rome; seule Rome est digne de Paris. Solo Parigi è degna di Roma; solo Roma è degna di Parigi. Only Paris is worthy of Rome; only Rome is worthy of Paris....
View ArticleWorst Earworm Ever: “Doin’ It Right from Daft Punk ft. Panda Bear – DO NOT...
TweetThis one, don’t listen to it: I think I’m finally immune to this tune but only after ten days of having it set to repeat forever on my iPod Touch (5th Gen.)* and only after blowing out the 6.5″...
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Eurotrash at “The Chaya Brasserie” Gape in Wonder Upon Seeing Their First...
TweetThey were delighted: Click to expand “Creators of “La Nouvelle Cuisine Franco-Japanese” located in San Francisco, Beverly Hills, and Venice…”
View ArticleAssignment Desk: Just How Fake was the Recent Episode of “Mystery Diners”...
TweetI’m saying very fake, or mostly fake. Last year, Michael Bauer had the Inside Scoop on the recent Mystery Diners fiasco up at Chapeau! on Clement Street in the Inner Richmond: “It was halfway into...
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Straight Outta Aubergenville: Renault 10, Stanyan
TweetLook, it’s the French Chevy Corvair, still on the road. Arresting: Click to expand
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Oh My Gosh, It’s a Mash Letter from France: “San Francisco, La Grille Sur Les...
TweetVia famed bay area mapmaker Doug McCune comes word of a book from 1999: San Francisco, la grille sur les collines / the grid meets the hills (English and French Edition) Paperback – June 17, 1999,...
View ArticleNews Flash for Willie Brown: SF WAS NOT IS NOT AND WILL NEVER BE the Sister...
TweetHere’s Willie Brown (Mayor of San Francisco, 1996 to Present) going on about: “…our sister city Paris…“ The problem with that is that Paris only has one (1) sister city and it’s not San Francisco....
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Does San Francisco Really Have a “French Quarter?” Not Really, Despite What...
TweetWell, here it is, from the Bing Maps: (IDK, this is less offensive than “Uptown Tenderloin,” one supposes, you know, coming from San Francisco’s non-profit profiteers.) French Quarter sounds a...
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FLASHBACK: Recalling When Hipsters of the Lower Haight Tried to Own and...
TweetThis was the scene on Haight Street back in the aughts (and back when CWNevius still lived in the East Bay, where he belongs and where he’d be happier) – four urban youts inside of one AMC Pacer:...
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Elite French Air Force Team to Fly Over Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday, April...
Tweet[UPDATE: Things went well with this fly-by, except for some cloudiness. And here’s a well-wisher from France.] Here’s the news: SF French consulate @FranceinSF Replying to @FranceinSF...
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Paris is Not THE Sister City of San Francisco – And Paris Never WILL NEVER BE...
TweetThis issue comes up from time to time, and recently as well, so here’s the detailed answer. Something to consider when sister feelings call. Leaving you with the new list, which omits 2012 Frisco...
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