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Every year on the first weekend in October the Fleet comes in and San Francisco is filled with sailors. On Saturday and Sunday the city celebrates with a huge air show. SF Bay has to be one of the best venues in the world for the Blue Angels dramatic air show. People line every available edge of bay and watch the pilots do their amazing stunts.
The parade of ships begins about 10 am, depending on visiblity. October can be a foggy time so the times my be delayed. One of my favorite things to do is take my bike up on the GG Bridge and watch the boats go under. It's hard to deny the patriotic feelings that overcome you when you see the crew in dress whites and at attention passing beneath the bridge. Even a submarine had a line of seamen lined along it's surface! Fire boats welcome the ships with sprays of water.
One year I watched the air show from out on the Bay with my friends on their sail boat. The bay was a veritable parking lot! It was a floating party.
2005's event will be on October 8th and 9th. The Blue Angels do make survey flights on the 6th and a practice show on the 7th. These often come as a shock to people working in the downtown offices. More than a few have thought they were being attacked. Leave a Comment
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Claimed to be the "oldest ongoing blues festival in the world", the annual SF Blues Festival is a lively, rowdy, wild musical event. Located on the sprawling Great Meadow, above Fort Mason Center (across the street from the famous Marina Safeway - reputed to be SF's best pick up place), this is two days of musical orgy.
This years festival is September 24 and 25. The performers have not yet been announced. Tickets go on sale June 1st. One day passes are $25 in advance, $30 at the gate. Two day passes are $45 in advance only. Special reserved lawn seating is available for a special price.
Valet Bike Parking! Only in SF will you find such a thing. If you don't arrive by bike, public transportation is a must. Leave a Comment
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The second weekend of October is "Fleet Week" in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Navy brings in several ships, all men on deck in their dress whites, saluting the SF public. The weekend features an airshow over the San Francisco Bay, with center stage being Chrissy Field, along the San Francisco waterfront. The highlight is a show by the Blue Angels... Yowza! There's one show Saturday afternoon and another on Sunday afternoon. Also, they practice on Thursday and Friday before the weekend. Very, very cool. Or not. Depends on how you feel about military aircraft. Leave a Comment
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Dance’n in the streets!!!
A half a block up Ashbury, one of the houses decided to make a little street dancing happen. Since the street was already closed off, they collected a few old couches and recliners, DJ posted up in an apartment, you could see him spinning through the windows between the speakers. Everyone drinking and dancing the day away. Great house music I must say. Leave a Comment
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Even though the Union Street and Haight Street fair were within a mile or two from each other and a day apart - they were from two different worlds
Of course there were food booths, arts and crafts - just with a Haight Street flavor. Instead of boobies popping out everywhere, there were dreadlocks and 2 foot spiked Mohawks. Instead of only drink’n in “gardens” the WHOLE place was a beer garden. If any beer was pured out, it was your own fault. Many people walking down the streets were silently advertising their products for sell as the cops looked over smiling. yup... smiling.
The ironic thing is, people were more in control here than Union. You didn’t have the drunk ex-frat boy yelling to his buddy, “hey a$$hole over here!!!” Instead you had dancing in the street. Very interesting and deep if you ask me. Leave a Comment
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The Union Street Fair kicks the summer fairs off on the first weekend of June. The local artist, craftsmen and photographers sell their goods along with an array of other booty for your buying pleasure. There are food booths represent the nearby restaurants and “beer gardens” (read: covered chain link fences) for your drinking needs. Unfortunately they get packed and unpleasant.
The police were tossing people beers and drinks away who were walking in the street. Smart people bring flasks. Leave a Comment
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Some of us ended up for a spell in this friend of a friend of a friend’s party who lived on Haight; She had a DJ on point spinning good hip-hop. (read: no MTV ***e). Considering it was a party on the Haight, it would not have been appreciated for me, a complete random, taking photos or it. We got hungry and later went on a search for food. Leave a Comment
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REVEREND CECIL WILLIAMS & GLIDE CHURCH!
The church stands for 4 words:
* Unconditional love
* True diversity
* Compassion
* Courage
We ended up in this church because of a tip of a local. We witnessed all 4 words described above. It was atru amazing experience and we're not only talking about the great gospel music show! The church has a huge history in providing meals to the homeless. Too much history to write about here, do visit their homepage ...
Just do it!
330 Ellis St.
San Francisco, CA 94102 Leave a Comment
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Among the many street performers and musicians, there were a group of traditional Aztec (I believe) dancers. The highlight of the show was the “Fire Dance” where one of the dancers will roast different parts of his body over an open flame. Some of the heat probably made his balls sweat - a little too close to the boys than I would like.
Their garments were elaborate. But you must look at all the people in the picture. Such characters in this part of the city. Leave a Comment
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Although perhaps not well represented by a couple of my friends, there were beautiful babies everywhere. Both the girls and the guys in our group were very impressed with the gene pool that was represented.
There were some people with us visiting in from other parts of the country. One guy from Michigan was speechless - on so many different levels. Leave a Comment
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