3 posts tagged “sanfrancisco”

Can anyone tell me who this is? It looks a little like mayor Gavin Newsom to me, but i don't know. Any guesses? 

Also, bonus points to any Alamedans who know where this sticker is located...

From SFGate.com:

"Take a deep breath, science buffs - and get ready to be blown away.

The newly built $484 million California Academy of Sciences was officially turned over to academy officials on Friday, and the promise of things to come was as palpable in the air of Golden Gate Park as the smell of new paint inside the building itself."

I can't wait! I was in Golden Gate Park last Tuesday after my tour of the Anchor Steam Brewery and the building is absolutely gorgeous from the outside, from what I could see. Glass, steel, vegetation, shiny shiny shiny.

I remember as a child going to the old Academy/Steinhart/Morrison more times than I can remember, either on school field trips, with the family, etc. I LOVED going there, especially the planetarium and the huge Foucault Pendulum therein.

The new Academy building, right across the Music Concourse from the new DeYoung Museum, looks to be another jewel in Golden Gate Park's crown.

(Read the rest of the article here)

Here's a song for all you freaks from the beautiful city of Oakland, CA. The artist is Carne Cruda, and the song is called "Oakland's Tight".

They're going to be playing at Carnival in San Francisco Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th, 2007. For more information, check out the Carnival San Francisco web site.