November 2008
23 posts
Safe and Sober Free Cab Rides Home Tonight in SF →
jimrock:
manymachines:
For those of you SFers who, unlike me, are not having your parents over for dinner tonight — Berg Injury Lawyers (?!) is picking up cab rides in SF and the East Bay tonight.
(via Mission Mission)
To request a free cab ride home within the city limits of San Francisco, individuals can call Luxor Cab at (415) 282-4141. Tell them Berg Injury Lawyers is picking up the...
October 2008
24 posts
“Retrench on development and reorient to mixed-use and infill. Higher-density...”
– Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2009
I guess it takes near economic collapse to make private developers act in the best interest of communities? Among the other recommendations, “go green” and “Purchase distressed condos in urban areas near transit.” Sometimes the irony and...
If you live in L.A., you should go to one or both... →
Even if you’re not a built-environment nerd, the food politics one looks really awesome. I hope they do a similar thing in SF at some point; I think it would be relevant.
OHMAN I want to go to this so bad. →
Registration is now closed. Also, I’m not nearly important enough to warrant attendance. Sigh.
“I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they...”
– UNDECIDED
by David Sedaris Old news on Tumblr I know, but I love it so much.
Why it's important for San Franciscans to vote Yes...
I am hugely disappointed in the current SPUR voter guide’s recommendation to vote “no” on Proposition J on San Francisco’s November ballot. I find this to be shortsighted and potentially damaging, and a departure from their usual carefully-reasoned, highly educated and pro-urbanist perspective on ballot measures. I have always been grateful for the voter guide (and on most...
The Palins' un-American activities | Salon →
I’ve been thinking a lot about hypocrisy today, in an attempt to write about something I feel strongly about but can’t quite find the right words. My overwhelming sentiment is just, hypocrisy is so utterly pervasive it almost seems less disgusting in its ubiquity. But then sometimes it’s still so fucking reprehensible. Like the ignorance of anyone of anglo-American descent...
On this to-do about the 12 year old fashion... →
I’m a little late to the party on this, I realize. I never really venture into that massive sector of the blogosphere devoted to fashion, mostly because I’m usually absorbed in something about transit or the built environment or some history nerd shit, but I realize that there’s a bunch of people who care about apparel fabric like I care about urban fabric and old clothes like I...
“We don’t consider ourselves sea bandits. We consider sea bandits those who...”
– Somali Pirates (via tumbledore)
I like things that are guerrilla.
“More than a million people have lost their homes through foreclosure in the last...”
– As Homes Are Lost, Fears That Votes Will Be, Too - NYTimes.com
Another awesome byproduct of the economic clusterfuck. Oh and:
“Many of the nation’s highest foreclosure rates are also in crucial swing states like Colorado, Florida, Michigan and Ohio. “
Passion Pit, “Sleepyhead”
The world...