Posts Tagged ‘san francisco’
ritual
Ritual is necessary for us to know anything. Ken Kesey Metal Snowflake by trec_lit For the first time in several years, I was home for Christmas. With people I have known all my life. All a little older, a little grayer, a little wiser. I was navigating an in between time of being an adult but [...]
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Tags: cjm, community, Judaica, san francisco, Stanley Saitowitz
Leland Avenue Street Fair Photo by VVBOOM Did you know that parties are important for communities? I was recently reviewing a tool used to measure the health of the communities. One of the items measured is the number of block parties held in a neighborhood. Not long after I came to San Francico I participated [...]
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Tags: community, dinner, san francisco, urban life
can i get dinner
Restaurant space constructionPhoto by Katherine Williams For the past two months, in the building I have helped shepherd through construction, we have been constructing a restaurant. It has been a vision for this particular location for almost 10 years, long before I started on the project. In other neighborhoods where commercial activity is already vibrant [...]
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Tags: bayview, community, dinner, san francisco, urban life
dinner with strangers
For it is only in company that eating is done justice; food must be divided and distributed if it is to be well received. Walter Benjamin San Francisco is a food lovers gastronomic paradise. Although I haven’t proven the theory, I am sure you can get just about any kind of food in the city [...]
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Tags: community, food, san francisco, urban life
hosting dinner
Mud Pie This year I decided to host a party for my birthday. I haven’t hosted an adult party at my house since I moved to San Francisco over five years ago. It is one of those things that can be nerve racking because you want to get it right – have the right amount [...]
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Tags: community, dinner, food, san francisco, urban life
all you need is….food
Photo by Amber de Bruin Fall is probably my favorite time of year. My birthday is in October. On the east coast the weather gets crisp and the leaves become golden and red. It leads into the time of gatherings usually centered around food. For me these gatherings are an important time to connect with [...]
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Tags: food, san francisco, urban life
false dichotomy
Girl Scouts holding a lizard (nature!) at campPhoto by K Williams A week ago my thoughts were all on green. Thursday I attended the Sustainable Industries Economic Forum. The gathering focused on the “Access Economy: an emerging economic development and business model that fosters less consuming, more sharing, and real-time customer feedback”. Saturday I attended [...]
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Tags: community design, families, new york city, san francisco, urban life
Visitacion Valley Library
I mentioned in my last post that our new neighborhood library was opening at the end of July. Going from a small 2,00 square foot facility to a brand new 10,000 square foot building. I was there yesterday for the fifth(?) time since it opened. The change in atmosphere is amazing. Our old library was [...]
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Tags: Architecture, gentrification, library, san francisco, visitacion valley
gentrification (part 2)
In my last post on gentrification I wrote about changes happening in the commercial area to the south of my neighborhood. To the north of my’hood, there are even bigger changes in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. Photo by Eurofruit, on Flickr About 10 days ago, a new grocery store opened in southeast San [...]
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Tags: Architecture, bayview, fresh & easy, gentrification, san francisco, Third Street
