Haight Ashbury Street Fair 2009 a Huge Success
TweetNot sure what the Yelpers have a problem with, but the Haight Ashbury Street Fair went off today without a hitch, just like last year. Look at the swirling mass of humanity on just one block of...
View Article7th Annual “San Francisco Native Jamboree” Returns to the Sir Francis Drake...
TweetI’ll tell you, just as there are two kinds of Stanford grads (those who tell you they went to Stanford within 15 seconds of meeting you for the first time and those who don’t), there are two kinds...
View ArticleThe White Fallow Deer of Point Reyes – Originally from SF Zoo in 1948 –“NPS...
TweetThis is the closest I’ve ever been to The White Deer of 4.5 star Yelp-rated Point Reyes National Seashore. It was the view I had from Pierce Point Road. Now, back in the day, the National Park...
View ArticleThe Least Politically Correct Sculpture in San Francisco Has Got To Be This...
TweetIt’s called Early Times, or something. A friar lays his Jesus trip down on a native Californian, back in the day: Click to expand Oh well…
View Article“NBC Bay Area” Expands Investigative Reporting Capabilities – Tony Kovaleski...
TweetWell this is different. Legacy bay area media institution KNTV is is actually adding investigative reporters to the payroll. Get all the deets below. I’ll tell you, I’m getting a Dan Noyes,...
View ArticleTroublesome Inner Richmond Jack-in-the-Box Franchise the Site of Attempted...
Tweet[UPDATE: Andrea Koskey has more details, along with some video. And Erin Sherbert has some new info on the Albert Bartal Relief Fund.] [UPDATE: Busted by the SFPD November 29th, 2011: 22-year-old...
View ArticleNIMBYs are Born and Not Made: “ALAMO SQUARE NATIVE”
TweetHurray for me! I was born a rich white kid and now I live in my parent’s house, so hurray for me! Hurray for Prop 13 middle class welfare, which subsidizes my existence! I use that welfare money...
View ArticleIsn’t It Ironic? Marin County Native Drives a Volvo, Personalized Plate Tells...
TweetWhat are the odds? Note the “I park for free wherever” decal in the window: Click to expand Someday, I’ll be a rich, white Marin Native, you know, if I work hard enough at it, if I apply myself…...
View ArticleOMG, OMG, Meet Hundreds of Adorable Goats Today at the Presidio! Nature’s...
TweetGet on up to the Presidio today at 1:00 PM to see hundreds of goats being delivered to clean up the areas surround our Presidio Golf Course. Deets below. And then, to make your day completely...
View ArticleHaight Ashbury Street Festival Cavalcade of Photos
TweetWell it’s the morning of the second Sunday of June, so that means it’s almost time for the Haight Ashbury Street Festival. Lets take a look at some photos from recent years. Look up… Click to...
View ArticleTech Goes Too Far: Native-Born San Francisco Raccoon Thrown Down Stairs by...
Tweet“My dog Toaster was attacked by a raccoon”
View ArticlePainful Press Release of the Week: “SF-Made Amour Vert Stays Close To Home...
Tweet[UPDATE: Oh, what I meant to say was: “Local womenswear brand Amour Vert is a favorite for its combination of California cool with French chic—all with a major eco-conscious stamp of...
View ArticleASFNATV Is, As Typical, FAR TOO EXCITED About Having Been Born in San...
TweetThe antidote to the “born and raised” crowd is the phrase Frisco. Oh, you Nativists don’t like Frisco? All right, well I don’t like the mentality behind “born and raised” and ASFNATV, how’s that?...
View ArticleHonda Driver is More Native than You: “I NATIVE”– OIOW, U FORINR?
Tweet“Born and raised,” you see? In Texas, anybody can be a native…
View Article“SF N8TVE” Parks in the Bus Stop, Of Course
TweetSort of half in and half out, and then Bro got stuck there for a minute or so. I’d be careful about doing that behind a bus, since some of them have illegal parking cameras these days – you find...
View ArticleIf Frisco Wants to Get Rid of a Bunch of Statues Nationwide, What About This...
TweetHere it is, at its newish perch on Fulton. Note its placement right next to City Hall, the highest classical dome in the Western Hemisphere.* Laying down a Jesus Trip in 1894: And here’s the...
View ArticleThe Vanishing White Deer of Point Reyes –“White raises them to mythical...
TweetAs close as I got back in aught-10, as seen from Pierce Point Road: And here’s the whole story. Females only these days, Jurassic Park-style. They should die off by 2021 or so…
View ArticleText: “I NATIVE”– Subtext: “U NOT”– As Seen in Frisco, Of Course
“Born and raised,” you see? But in Texas, anybody can be a native…
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