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TweetWell, here’s the word on the street: Click to expand But I guess if you’re unregistered political lobbyist Rose Pak or one of her stencil voters, you prolly want to vote yes on waiving a five-decade-old waterfront height limitation. In that case, you’re going to want to go here, at the laughable and brand-new Open Up The Waterfront website. (If Goebbels could have made up websites, he’d have had Open Up Alsace-Lorraine and Open Up The Sudetenland, you know, talking about how pedestrians would benefit after the Third Reich took over.) Uh, Rose Pak, didn’t we already help pay for your taxpayer-subsidized condo in District 6? Isn’t that enough? This has been your ”NO WALL ON THE WATERFRONT” 8 Washington update. Oh, and look at all the SPUR losers what actually want this thing built: Executive Director Gabriel Metcalf Urban Center Director Diane Filippi Vice Chairs Lee Blitch Mary McCue Bill Rosetti Jim Salinas, Sr. Lydia Tan V. Fei Tsen Treasurer Bob Gamble Secretary Tomiquia Moss Immediate Past Chair Tom Hart Advisory Counci l Co-Chai rs Michael Alexander Paul Sedway Board Members Carl Anthony David Baker Fred Blackwell Chris Block Margo Bradish Larry Burnett Michaela Cassidy Charmaine Curtis Gia Daniller Oscar De La Torre Kelly Dearman Shelley Doran Oz Erickson Norman Fong David Friedman Gillian Gillett Chris Gruwell Anne Halsted Dave Hartley Mary Huss Chris Iglesias Laurie Johnson Ken Kirkey Travis Kiyota Patricia Klitgaard Florence Kong Rik Kunnath Ellen Lou Janis MacKenzie John Madden Jacinta McCann John McNulty Chris Meany Ezra Mersey Mary Murphy Paul Okamoto Brad Paul Chris Poland Teresa Rea Byron Rhett Wade Rose Victor Seeto Elizabeth (Libby) Seifel Chi-Hsin Shao Raphael Sperry Bill Stotler Stuart Sunshine Michael Teitz Will Travis Jeff Tumlin Steve Vettel Debra Walker Brooks Walker, III Cynthia Wilusz-Lovell

TweetRemember when our San Francisco Giants won the World Series the time before last? It was back in 2010. Good times. I celebrated by climbing on top of the Memphis Minnie’s Barbeque Joint And Smokehouse Ford van parked on the street in the Lower Haight. There I was, looking fierce bouncing up and down in my little black dress and orange pumps, along with bunch of other people.* We few, we Band of Brothers, we Baseball Furies. Anyway, as the above link to Haighteration shows, the Big Pig, she got messed up. But here she is back on the road in 2013, wavy roof panels and all: Click to expand I don’t know, I think this ride is worth more than it would have been without the battle scars from aught-ten. I think this rig is now a historic artifact worthy of preservation. Keep on keeping on, Memphis Minnie’s. *Oh, not really. Actually, after watching on a friend’s big screen (’cause I don’t I have cable ’cause I want the Comcast monopoly to die die die) I had to ride my bike on up to Pac Heights. The city was electric, all over, not just in the Mission and in the Haights.

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Today in Day Around the Bay: More shuttle bus drama, return of Arrested Development, a look at the completed eastern span of the Bay Bridge, Tadich Grill goes to Washington, and more. [ more › ]

The San Francisco Zoo's colony of Magellanic penguins got a little bit bigger last week. It's hatching season and the chicks have started cracking out of their shells like downy, fun-size version of their parents. As cute as they are, our pals at the Zoo had to ruin the fun by reminding us the little fluffs have to survive for the next few weeks on a diet of "regurgitated fish mash," which sounds like something you might find in Fisherman's Wharf after a particularly choppy ferry ride from Alcatraz. [ more › ]

Think different, Apple tells the world. The Cupertino company, whose creations have defined our technological age, apparently applies the same innovative thinking to its tax evasion strategies. ...

A table of R&G Lounge diners. [Photo: myhsu/Flickr] CHINATOWN—Want to dine like Benu's Corey Lee at famed Chinese banquet spot R&G Lounge? You'll have to call ahead to order the off-menu lo mei gei, a deboned chicken stuffed with all of its meat, Chinese sausage, glutenous rice, and vegetables. It feeds six people at minimum, and according to Lee, it "perfectly hugs the line between gastronomy and junk food." [SF Mag] THE KITCHEN—Intrepid SFist reporter/baker Rose Garrett spent two days trying to prepare Caitlin Freeman's signature SFMOMA Mondrian cake from her new Modern Art Desserts book, and chronicled each step of the journey. "I was beginning to see why slices of this cake cost $8 each," she writes after the end of day one. Read on to find out how her cake ended up. [SFist] THE MISSION—Speaking of cake (and scones, and tea sandwiches, and tarts), Charles Chocolates has announced they'll be offering an afternoon tea service beginning this Sunday, May 26. For $32.50 per person, diners will get their choice of fancy tea or hot chocolate, and a three-tiered plate of treats like chocolate-chip scones, blueberry-ricotta custard cake, sandwiches like 4505 Meats chicken confit on Panorama bread, and, for an extra $16, a 10-piece box of chocolates to bring home. For now, it'll be offered at noon and 2 pm on Sundays and Mondays. [Zagat] THE MISSION—No plans tonight? Consider rolling over to the Verdi Club for a "Kitchen Confidential" edition of the long-running Porchlight Storytelling series, featuring Laurence Jossel (Nopa), Richie Nakano (Hapa Ramen), David Lynch (St. Vincent), Telmo Faria (Tacolicious), bartender Jill Vice, and writers Mary Ladd and Ali Liebegott. Craig Stoll of Delfina will even co-host. Tickets are $15, and the show starts at 7 pm. [EaterWire] BERNAL HEIGHTS—The former Bernal Heights Produce at Cortland and Ellsworth is getting a new owner, who also runs the nearby Harvest Hills Market and has been leaving long, weird notes in the window, written in the voice of her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter. She's promising gluten-free baked goods and housemade ice cream, and will open in the next couple of months. [Bernalwood]

Friends and colleagues of Beau Rasmussen distributed this flyer following his disappearance Sunday. Courtesy image. An East Bay man is missing after his pants, wallet and other personal effects were found on Ocean Beach following the Bay to Breakers on Sunday, his friends say. Beau Rasmussen was in town to meet up with friends who were running the race, said friend and colleague Ian Black. “They split up and noon and said they would meet up at the beach,” Black told the Ocean Beach Bulletin. But Rasmussen never showed up. Instead, someone found Rasmussen’s belongings on the beach, and called the wind and solar development company where he works. Friends think Rasmussen may have gone swimming in the ocean. Black said he and other friends have filed a missing persons report with the San Francisco Police Department and have contacted the Coast Guard about Rasmussen’s disappearance, but the Ocean Beach Bulletin could not independently confirm that information with the SFPD by deadline. Black and several other people were set to search the Ocean Beach area Monday afternoon and evening, he said. According to a flyer that friends and colleagues have distributed, Rasmussen is 27 years old, about 6 feet 2 inches tall and 195 pounds. They ask anyone with information to call (925) 961-7397 or (510) 999-0852. Tweet This Post