Castro

On YouTube, Mayor Finds His Inner Castro — San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has crafted the Policy Speech To End All Policy Speeches, posting a video more than seven hours long.... [Tags: castro, gavin newsom, mayor gavin newsom, policy speech, policy speeches]

Russian President visits Castro — Russian President visits Castro: How sad.  I saw a link to this from the main page of SFGate.com and the first thought in my mind was “What?  Was Putin in the Castro to see the preimere of Milk?  Did he swing over to Badlands afterwards to watch videos of Womanizer?”... [Tags: badlands, castro, first thought, preimere, russian president]

Castro: I'd meet Obama at Gitmo — Cuban president says in interview he wants to meet on 'neutral ground.'... [Tags: castro, cuban president, neutral ground]

Sean Penn talks to R. Castro, Chávez — Soon to be Vice President-elect Joe Biden was rallying the troops: "We can no longer be energy dependent on Saudi Arabia or a Venezuelan dictator." Well, I know what Saudi Arabia is. But having been to Venezuela in 2006, touring slums, mixing with the wealthy opposition and spending days and hours at its president's side, I wondered, without wondering, to whom Senator Biden was referring...... [Tags: castro, dictator, joe biden, opposition, president elect]

Storefronting: End is Nigh for Streetlight Records — Another victim of high rents and, oh yeah, the Internet: Streetlight Records' flagship store on 24th Street in Noe Valley is closing. The 32-year-old company will still keep its other SF outlet at Market and Castro. Besides the obvious toll downloads have taken on record sales, "Noe Valley has become particularly expensive and we can’t afford the rent," says the official Streetlight press release. But apparently the rents in the prime of the Castro are standing strong... So what would you like to see at this pricey chunk of 24th Street and Noe real estate? To the comments with complaints... [Tags: amp, castro, chunk, flagship store, press release]

Vid: Castro crowd chases anti-gays — Vid: Castro crowd chases anti-gays... [Tags: castro, chases, crowd, gays]

PriceSpotter Big Reveal: Fully-Floored in Pac Heights — PriceSpotter is Curbed's asking price guessing game. We provide you with some details and pictures from an apartment listing, and you take a crack at the price in the comments. Wednesday reveal. And hey, cheaters never win, and winners never cheat! Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Way back on Monday, we introduced 2870 Washington St, aka this week's PriceSpotter. To refresh your memory, 2870 is a full-floor TIC in Pac Heights with three bedrooms and 2,482 sq ft of leg-stretching space. Despite the fact that everyone seems to disparage TICs these days, guesses were all over... [Tags: 1m, 6m, amp, apartment listing, asking price]

Protest Watch: Prop 8 Backlash Continues — [photo courtesy flickr photog brainchildvn] Sure, we called it, but this was a pretty easy one: protests of Proposition 8 popped up all over the state this weekend. The march down Market Street from the Civic Center to the Castro and Dolores Park garnered a crowd of 1,000 or so, while 400 protesters outside Oakland's Mormon Temple forced a temporary closure of Highway 13. Elsewhere: about 2,500 gathered on the Capitol in Sacramento yesterday for a three-hour rally, and 10,000 protested in San Diego. It's not over, folks. &#183 Same-sex marriage backers hit Capitol, churches [SF Gate]... [Tags: amp, backers, backlash, castro, churches]

Curbed Wire: Whole Foods Coming to the Castro After All — Rumor, rebunked! That old Ford dealership will, in fact, become a Whole Foods market and not a Trader Joe's. Just what you were hoping for: more Whole Foods square footage and upstairs condos coming to San Francisco! According to the developer in charge of the project, WF just signed the lease for 2001 Market Street at Dolores for this mixed-use project: nearly 30,000 square feet of grocery and 85 residential units above, all to be completed in mid-2011 (financing allowing, obvs). [Curbed Inbox] &#183 Negative: Castro Whole Foods Rumor Debunked [Curbed SF] &#183 Rumor (sort of) Confirmed: Condos for... [Tags: amp, castro, condos, dolores, ford]

Three 'First Things' Obama Must Do — The Current Discussion: What's the first thing you hope Barack Obama does as president? Eight years lost. We are in a hurry. I hope you do three "first things first" -- as soon as possible. Make the most of the Washington economic summit on November 15th. The world economy can't wait anymore. We hope you bring fresh ideas. Please, ask Mr. Bush to invite Mr. Zapatero, the prime minister of Spain. Both haven't talked to each other for these last eight years. The Spanish economy deserves to be represented. Announce the immediate closing of Guantanamo prison. It's a shame and... [Tags: barack obama, castro, communist china, communist cuba, cuban citizens]

Victoria Jackson: Obama A "Communist," Like "Castro in Cuba, The Guy In China" (VIDEO) — Former Saturday Night Live cast member Victoria Jackson, who earlier this week was dispatched by the GOP to go after Al Franken, graced the set of the "O'Reilly Factor" Friday night, where she delivered an amusingly incoherent attack on Obama. Having previously called Obama everything form a racist to a communist, she told O'Reilly that Obama's ubiquity is like "Castro In Cuba, the guy in China." (Mao?) She also noted, proudly, that she's read "1984." O'Reilly, meanwhile, defended Obama as being ostensibly a capitalist because he "buys things." Watch the clip:... [Tags: al franken, capitalist, castro, china mao, communist]

Aye aye, captain! [Caption Contest] — Got plans for Halloween? Some of the best parties have already happened, Flickr's photo streams tell me. This military pair had a gay old time in the Castro at Booty Call. Don't try heading to San Francisco's queerest part of town tonight, though; the City is still obstinately trying to ban Halloween from the neighborhood. Can you think of a better caption? Leave it in the comments. The best one will become the post's new headline. Yesterday's winner: WagCurious, for "Pirates of Silicon Valley." (Photo by Kevin Goebel)... [Tags: booty call, caption contest, castro, halloween, kevin goebel]

A final salute to the good times [Caption Contest] — Got plans for Halloween? Some of the best parties have already happened, Flickr's photo streams tell me. This military pair had a gay old time in the Castro at Booty Call. Don't try heading to San Francisco's queerest part of town tonight, though; the City is still obstinately trying to ban Halloween from the neighborhood. Can you think of a better caption? Leave it in the comments. The best one will become the post's new headline. Yesterday's winner: WagCurious, for "Pirates of Silicon Valley." (Photo by Kevin Goebel)... [Tags: booty call, castro, final salute, good times, halloween]

Vote yes on Proposition Costume Party [Valleywag Calendar] — A gentle reminder from the City-sanctioned Boo Tube: There is no fun in the Castro in the tonight. I repeat. NO FUN. So take your decked-out self downtown. E-storm International has teamed up with Lunch 2.0 to bring a very special Halloween Edition of free food, games, candy, horror movies, and, of course, beer from 12-2 p.m. After the you've gotten your fill of afternoon trick-or-treats, head over to Otis Bar for the afterparty. Going to be in the Mission? Head over to Amnesia for its "Buckets of Blood" Red Lagerparty with a back-from-the-dead Led Zeppelin cover band and shadow... [Tags: afterparty, back from the dead, buckets of blood, candy, castro]

Kids Halloween Candy Code, Learn What Treats Homes Have — Cockeyed has a great guide to Kids Halloween Candy Code, a way of marking homes in chalk with Hobo-style code to indicate what kind of treat they are offering. Thanks to RICK! for the tip! image via Cockeyed Related PostsInstructables Halloween Costume BallPhantasmagorium: Halloween Night at the Palace of FrightsHere Come The 123s, New Kids Album by They Might Be GiantsOpen Source Project Hosting Via Google CodePre-Halloween Shenanigans in The CastroThis is a blog post from Laughing Squid For more content like this, subscribe to the RSS feed, Twitter & FriendFeed. Kids Halloween Candy Code, Learn What Treats Homes... [Tags: amp, castro, chalk, costume ball, google]

Fun With Maps: How Progressive Is Your Nabe? — Fall Line Analytics brings us this adorable map that depicts in blocky cool tones just how liberal our lefty city is. (Love the purple for progressives!) The answer? Yeah, pretty liberal, but no real shockers on the geographic specifics here. Big winners on the left: the Mission, the Haight, Western Addition, Bernal and Castro, plus some outlying chunks of Bayview and Lakeshore. And with their heels dug deep on the right: the Marina, Pac Heights, the Sunset and West of Twin Peaks. &#183 Off To The Races! [Sweet Melissa]... [Tags: amp, analytics, bayview, castro, chunks]

Closing Arguments — Halperin gets it. McCain's:Obama would coddle Castro....Joe the Plumber is good....America needs a new energy policy...the LA Times coddles the PLO and Obama ...McCain has the support of experienced military leaders....Obama would govern leftward with Pelosi and Reid....the pundits are wrong....Obama's:McCain=Bush and more of the same.... [Tags: castro, closing arguments, energy policy, la times, mccain bush]

Far from Vietnam — Far from Vietnam is a movie from 1967 that's screened, watched, discussed, far less than you'd think it would be given that it's directed by Jean-Luc Godard (at the height of his formalist Marxist influence), the poetic documentarian Joris Ivens, the livejournalist of the French New Wave Agnes Varda, the American-in-Paris photographer William Klein, the modernist-chic time traveler Alain Resnais, the New Wave also-ran Claude Lelouch (there were always a bunch of second-tier directors attached to these kinds of projects), and the mercurial international man of semiotic mystery Chris Marker. This assemblage of the work of the various directors is... [Tags: 60s, american in paris, assemblage, castro, chris marker]

Cool New Thing: 2itch Maps For Your Late-Night Needs — Unlike today's other map unveiling, this one takes itself very seriously, punny name aside. 2itch maps the 24-hour everythings city-side. There are currently 109 laundromats, coffee shops, fast-food restos and various sundry other goods and services available around the clock within the city limits. Granted, that's less than a fifth of what LA, NYC and Chicago have, but hey -- we're beating Seattle! The most notable thing about the map is the sheer density of SF's 24-hour hot spots, with nary an outlier. 2itch proves it: if you're not in the Civic Center/'Loin, Van Ness Corridor, Castro or North... [Tags: amp, castro, civic center, clock, coffee shops]

Pre-Halloween at Violet Blue’s Blogger Bungalow — Last night Violet Blue had some friends over to her Blogger Bungalow for an intimate pre-Halloween celebration. Photo Gallery: Pre-Halloween Blogger Bungalow Here are Violet Blue’s photos from the party. Related PostsNew Year’s Eve 2008 at Violet Blue’s Blogger BungalowPre-Halloween Shenanigans in The CastroViolet Blue’s Blogger TattooViolet Blue Launches TechyumTruck Tagged With Name TagThis is a blog post from Laughing Squid For more content like this, subscribe to the RSS feed, Twitter & FriendFeed. Pre-Halloween at Violet Blue’s Blogger Bungalow... [Tags: amp, blogger, bungalow, castro, eve]