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Have you run that by the SO? And before you do, do you have health insurance?

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Stacy some dental work today and I came up to drive her home, just in case. We hit major traffic all the way up the 1 and got tailed by a cop from San Gregorio to Montara and came screaming into her appt 5 mins late. Stacy literally jumped out of the car, leaving me and Yuki to fend for ourselves. Her dentist is right by Ft Mason, so I figured I'd walk Yuki about. 

But it was hella windy. That made everything unpleasant. We walked up to Marina Green. It was gorgeously clear, but that wind. I couldn't manage holding on to my hat and my dog at the same time. So we retreated to Ft Mason and tried to find less windy spots between buildings. I showed Yuki the Firehouse where our wedding reception was held but it was all fenced off and he couldn't quite see it. We spent most of our time on the Great Meadow. A small soundsystem was set up - a 4/20 thing - and they played mediocre club EDM, but the wind turned their sound to mush at 50 paces away. It was like listening to the stereo in another car that had its windows rolled up and was two lanes over. They never got more than a dozen people there. But they smoked a lot of pot - I could smell that at 100+ paces, even with the wind. 

Lombard was a mess due to construction so getting back out was a hassle. 

I've really lost a lot of my driving skills.

Quote:BART-Man is the public transit hero the Bay Area needs
Dan Gentile, SFGATE
May 4, 2021Updated: May 4, 2021 7:29 a.m.
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BART-Man poses inside a BART station.
Mark Johnston
There’s a long story and a short story to how BART-Man — who also answers to the name Bartleby Leight but has asked to otherwise remain anonymous in line with luchador traditions — stepped into his role as the unofficial wrestling ambassador of Bay Area Rapid Transit.
“The long story is I was at the Diablo Test Track and was hit by an atomic test train for SF BART. I was stepping off the train and got caught in the doors that were closing and got infused with train DNA. That was how I got started,” says BART-Man.
The short story was that he was curious about learning how to wrestle, so he signed up for Stoner U, a school run by Hoodslam legends the Stoner Brothers. His style is indebted to a dance background, including a stint performing on BART trains (although not in costume).

BART-Man shows off his street dancing background, a skill that he brings into the ring.
Mark Johnston
“I have learned a lot from street dancers, and dancers on BART. So I integrate a bunch of dance moves with wrestling and lucha libre that other people aren’t able to do,” says BART-Man.
Aside from a brief exposure to “train radiation,” and some train dancing, what exactly leads one to meld their identity so closely with transit? For BART-Man, it’s the democratizing element of public transportation.
“My favorite thing about BART is that it’s a public square. The little things that make life worth living in a city all happen on BART. Running into friends. Meeting new people, seeing BART dancers, seeing other performers. Little spices and varieties of life. It’s full of a lot of people who don’t normally interact with people. BART is one of those public spaces where beautiful things can happen,” he says. 

"Nothing quite does it for me like a luchador mask and a suit," says BART-Man.
Mark Johnston
Like a proud father, BART-Man claims that every station is his favorite, but when pressed he expresses a fondness for El Cerrito del Norte and its great views of the bay. And like a proud father, his critiques of BART are carefully worded and forward-thinking.
“If there’s one thing I could improve about BART, it’s the amount of funding they get. More money for BART means more quality of life for everyone,” says BART-Man. “More intense cleaning, better pay for the workers, better homeless outreach, more frequent service. So many different things all come down to the money.”

BART-Man goes airborne at a wrestling event.
Courtesy of Instagram user bearzbub
The train doors have remained open through most of the pandemic, but unfortunately the wrestling rings have not. It’s been 14 months since BART-Man has performed his signature top rope finishing move “the third rail,” and he’s paused training entirely as a safety precaution. He plans to re-enter the ring as soon as vaccination rates increase, and can’t wait for the opportunity to perform again, both in front of adults and children.
At events with younger audiences, BART-Man relishes stepping into the role of real-life superhero, but around adults he enjoys everyone being together in a communal space, which results in a feeling that he refers to as “nirvana bliss.”
And also, he can’t wait to lead his adoring fans in showing their appreciate for BART by raising their voices together.
“To get people to chant ‘public transit’ together, it truly blows my lid, that’s something unbelievable,” he says.

BART-Man's finishing move is called the third rail.
Mark Johnston

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Dan Gentile is the culture editor at SFGATE. He moved to San Francisco from Austin, TX where he worked as a vinyl DJ and freelance writer covering food and music. His writing has been featured in Texas Monthly, American Way, Rolling Stone, Roads & Kingdoms, VICE, Thrillist and more.

I know, I know, BART = BAY AREA rapid transit. But it's the SF Bay Area (not the Monterey Bay Area where the truly cool people live) so I'm posting this here.

(05-04-2021, 04:49 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: [ -> ]

Quote:The long story is I was at the Diablo Test Track and was hit by an atomic test train for SF BART.

Somehow, my dyslexia read that as "atomic fart"...

For some reason, this story makes me think of the Highway 17 "Road Ranger", a samaritan who patrolled the twisty death-trap in the 80's and offered free road-side service:

https://snowchains.tripod.com/missionstatement/id1.html

Thread Hijacked!

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@stonestown mall. Been years since I’ve been here but I used to frequent it when we lived at St Barbarian. It’s freakin me out. So asian now. Great eats at the food court - trendy Asian stuff like onion pancakes and fluffy pancakes (2 totally different eats). Make up stores targeting anime - Sailor Moon make up in the display window. And the Regal here is new and looks plush.

Thanks Harley! Luv ya!

That was my Aunt Ida's mall of choice.

I can get Taiwanese pineapple cakes there, and there is a Trader Joe's and a big Target. My kinda place.

I bought my first cycle from two guys (the co-owners) in the parking lot behind there. I drove up in the minivan (my dad's old car) with all the seats taken out. I was nervous to be carrying a lot of cash ($1000!) so I picked up a friend from Bernal Heights (the singer from Spot 1019) to be my heavy. I barely had finished the cycle safety class and didn't have gear, so I tootled around the parking lot, trying to not fall over or pop the clutch, said it looked good and then hoisted it into the minivan to drive it home.

I think that may be the only time I've been to that mall.

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This sort of double+ dumb gives SF a bad rap...

Quote:San Francisco restaurant flooded with hateful Yelp reviews after confusion over name

  Food  

A new North Beach restaurant called Hilda and Jesse refused to serve three armed San Francisco police officers on Friday, saying their weapons made staff feel uncomfortable. By Saturday, the restaurant's Yelp page had been review bombed with dozens of one-star reviews criticizing the incident. 
Hilda and Jesse has since apologized, but now, another completely unrelated San Francisco restaurant is feeling the heat. 
North Beach Restaurant, located at 1512 Stockton St. in San Francisco, seems to have gotten caught up in a case of mistaken identity. Since the weekend's controversy unfolded, the restaurant's general manager told KRON4 that they've been bombarded with hateful reviews and phone calls. 
“I started picking up the phone today, and some people were very nice and understanding and listening," general manager Maureen Donegan told KRON4. "Other people screaming and lots of hate.”
Most likely, the confusion arose from people referring to Hilda and Jesse as "a North Beach restaurant" on social media, Donegan told KRON4.
“It’s shocking that people don’t read all of the information and just assume," she added.
Yelp has placed an unusual activity alert on North Beach Restaurant's page, temporarily blocking new reviews. The restaurant has also added a new update to their page, clarifying, "It Was Not North Beach Restaurant!! ... North Beach Restaurant has a Long, Happy and Healthy Friendship with the SF Police Department and they have our Utmost respect! We served two SF policemen dinner on Saturday Night and would Never ask a Cop to Leave North Beach Restaurant! Please Stop Yelping us and calling here with Threats. It is Misdirected."
A new North Beach restaurant called Hilda and Jesse refused to serve three armed San Francisco police officers on Friday, saying their weapons made staff feel uncomfortable. By Saturday, the restaurant's Yelp page had been review bombed with dozens of one-star reviews criticizing the incident. 
H ilda and Jesse has since apologized, but now, another completely unrelated San Francisco restaurant is feeling the heat. 
North Beach Restaurant, located at 1512 Stockton St. in San Francisco, seems to have gotten caught up in a case of mistaken identity. Since the weekend's controversy unfolded, the restaurant's general manager told KRON4 that they've been bombarded with hateful reviews and phone calls. 
“I started picking up the phone today, and some people were very nice and understanding and listening," general manager Maureen Donegan told KRON4. "Other people screaming and lots of hate.”
Most likely, the confusion arose from people referring to Hilda and Jesse as "a North Beach restaurant" on social media, Donegan told KRON4.
“It’s shocking that people don’t read all of the information and just assume," she added.
Yelp has placed an unusual activity alert on North Beach Restaurant's page, temporarily blocking new reviews. The restaurant has also added a new update to their page, clarifying, "It Was Not North Beach Restaurant!! ... North Beach Restaurant has a Long, Happy and Healthy Friendship with the SF Police Department and they have our Utmost respect! We served two SF policemen dinner on Saturday Night and would Never ask a Cop to Leave North Beach Restaurant! Please Stop Yelping us and calling here with Threats. It is Misdirected

I saw this story. Oh, boy.

Dumb & dumberer.

Damn Market street is harsh.

I used to live walking market back in the 90s but now it’s just a nightmare. At least the rain hoses it down a bit…

The screener is at Dolby labs, which is exciting because I’ve never been in here before. It’s press only but they have not opened the doors yet.

The things we do for Wakanda…

This weekend is
SF Coffee Festival

It's like a Yeti holiday.