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Re: Grand Openings in San Francisco

Posted by Yer Humble Host on 12/15/2005, 1:47 pm, in reply to "Grand Openings in San Francisco"
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Very Caen-esque. I am impressed... --Previous Message-- : Well, we aren't immune to change : here in San Francisco. While I : never LIVED in your neck of the : woods (SOMA) but certainly worked : there (LONG before your time), you : will be pleased to know that while : we are not having many *Grand : Openings* here in San Francisco, : we are certainly having our *Grand : Closings*. North Beach, my : neighborhood of choice since : moving back after a 25-year : hiatus, seems to exemplify this. : : Lots of brown paper on windows and : paint peeling from window ceils : are the order of the day. A cajun : chef has opened a restaurant in : the old Condor--he had a shop in : New Orleans but that is gone so : this is the chef's new home. I : hate to be rude to the guy but : anyone can get better catfish at : any roadside catfish stand in : Oklahoma. $50 cheaper, too. Oh : well. Where is Carol Doda when you : need her? : : No avian flu in Chinatown yet, but : then again they did stop selling : chickens in a cage a long time : ago. : : The Haight still isn't what it : used to be, but I've given up on : that--I mean, when will it get : back to the Haight I remember in : 1969? Probably never. Sheesh, even : Grace Slick has moved to LA. All : channeling efforts to bring back : Jerry Garcia have proved fuitless, : so what do you expect? Magnolia : Thunderpussy to rise from her : grave? : : The Safeway down at Fishermen's : Wharf had to close their fish : counter, such as it pathetically : was, for a few months because : their fishmonger went to work for : that upscale meat market down at : the Ferry Building (where I was : able to find a capon for a dinner : fest, thank you very much : whatever-that-meatmarket-name-was). : You will be pleased to note that : the Fishermen's Wharf Safeway did : do a remodel job to compete with : Trader Joe's, but the remodel job : was fleeting at best, and all it : really did was provide an excuse : to raise their prices yet again. : : The Embarcadero Cinema did a *pun* : Landmark business last weekend for : "Brokeback Mountain" (a : French film [i.e., a depressing : film] made in Canada about Wyoming : [for economic reasons made in : Canada] by a Chinese director [a : new, great interpretor of the : American experience, according to : Hollywood...a little Feng Shui is : good, I guess]. : : Tad's is still there (like : Original Joe's, which will always : be there), although I am not : certain what they are doing with : that building on the corner where : Jax's was...I think they are : trying to make it look the same : but different. The same old city : thing. : : Adobe has finished off Macromedia, : so I guess we can all say good bye : to the old days of : Multimedia-Gulch on South of : Market. Most of us say : good-riddance....maybe now we can : go back to the sleeze bars, : warehouses, and holes-in-the-wall, : but that might be asking for too : much. Nah, that won't change for : another 20 years at least, so I : probably won't be around for that : phase of the San Francisco : experience..... : : You will be pleased to know that : the cab drivers are still hateful : critics of the system: one the : other day reminded me of you. I : left him with the old "love : it or leave it" crappy : response as I was getting out of : the cab, and he *OF COURSE* told : me that if he had the money he : would leave it. I gave him a $10 : tip to help him on his way. : : In short, David, San Francisco is : muddling through. I can console : myself that at least I live in one : of the *LAST* cities on earth that : is tearing down freeways and : freeway entrances in order to : build boulevards. Small : consolation, I guess. : : Eventually I, too, shall leave : this city (for a second time, in : my case). And, in my case, I : shall probably buy a patch of land : in Eureka, because the weather : suits me there. : : San Francisco, that old : makeup-painted b###h of a whore : (whore of a b###h?), does wish you : well--in between soliciting the : next customer, of course. One must : pay attention to the next : customer.... : : Best..... : : robW :

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Message Thread: Grand Openings in San Francisco - robW 12/12/2005, 10:43 pm Re: Grand Openings in San Francisco - Yer Humble Host 12/15/2005, 1:47 pm « Back to thread

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