I just got this scoop on this beach clean-up from the folks at Thrillist.

Clean up Ocean Beach and get rewarded with food, libations and music for all of your hard work!

Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project

Jul 26, 3-5pm at Ocean Beach/5:30-7:30pm at the Beach Chalet

1000 Great Hwy, at Ocean Beach

The Sunset
415.386.8439

This Saturday, hit OB for a Surfrider/Barefoot sponsored, 2hr beach clean that’ll be immediately followed by a free-wine Beach Chalet bash featuring everything from cab sauv to bubbly white zin, “beach treats” like grilled salmon BLTs and hangar steak skewers, and live music from Tristan Prettyman — who would have been a very pretty man indeed, if she wasn’t a chick.

A client (and neighbor) of mine and all around good guy just sent me this invitation, and I am trying to help spread the word! 

And yes, I know that the event is in Pacifica and not in The Avenues – but the the event sponsor is local, and hell, it’s in support of our neighbors that call the area Pacific Ocean “HOME!”

The the event will be fun and even if your closest brush with the ocean was the time you accidentally got your shoes wet running from the waves, I’m sure you’ll agree, the cause is a good one.

Here’s the scoop!

On July 26 & 27 Nor-Cal Surf Shop will host a Marine Mammal Surf Festival/Surf Contest to raise awareness of the mass slaughtering of dolphins and whales around the globe.
 
All money raised will be given back to Dave Rastovich’s non-profit organization Surfers for Cetaceans (S4C).

The winning team brings home the trophy to display for one year…

So, we need your help! - Please join the SurfAddict team and help us bring the trophy home. 

 

You can either compete or help sponsor our riders - any contributions greatly appreciated.   

Nor Cal Surf Shop

5460 Coast Highway, Pacifica, CA 94044

(650) 738-9283

 

 

www.norcalsurfshop.stores.yahoo.net/marine.html

       or
Send an Email

Just a little note that this IS NOT an endorsement - but just an information only posting.

I have opened a campaign office at 2239 Taraval between 32nd & 33rd Avenue. We will be having an open house on Saturday, July 19th from 10:00 to 4:00. Come by and bring your friends.

 Carmen Chu’s office just released the June/July 2008 newsletter. In it, you will find information on: 

- Improving Sunset Boulevard

- Cleaning West Sunset Playground

- City budget update

- Legislative update (Improving construction contracting with the City; Calling for change in school admission policy; Sharing water costs; Repairing City’s aging underground pipes; Monitoring City’s level of debt; Examining city tree safety)

- Featured Sunset artist Anna Conti

- Upcoming events

Previous editions of her newsletter are also available online at www.sfgov.org/chu. 

Click Here for the Newsletter

You like food. 
You like movies. 
You like drinks. 
You like art. 
You LOVE San Francisco.

Then you’re probably interested in the Cinema Supper Club’s summer movie series.

From the press release (and yes, we here at The Avenues Blog are beggining to receive press releases, and yes, it is making us feel pretty important!) :-)

CINEMA SUPPER CLUB OPENS WITH SPECIAL SCREENING OF

HITCHCOCK’S VERTIGO

AT THE LEGION OF HONOR ON JULY 10

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Cinema Supper Club kicks off its summer series, “From the Golden Gate to the Silver Screen,” on Thursday, July 10, with a special 50th anniversary screening of Hitchcock’s masterpiece, Vertigo, at the Legion of Honor, one of the key locations in the film. The screening will be preceded by a talk by the authors of Footsteps in the Fog: Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco and other Vertigo-themed activities.

The festivities begin at 6 pm at the Legion when visitors will notice a classic Jaguar similar to Madeline’s parked in front of the entry. Inside, an artist will paint the infamous “Carlotta” portrait that hung in the galleries overhead. A series of “then and now” photos reveal what happened to key locations around San Francisco that were used in the film. The Legion Café will present a menu of mid-century modern classics and the “Carlotta-tini” cocktail. Period dress is encouraged.

From 6:45 – 7:15 pm, authors Aaron Leventhal and Jeff Kraft will conduct a signing of their book, Footsteps in the Fog: Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco in the Museum Store. At 7:30, they will present an illustrated talk on San Francisco’s importance as a “character” in Vertigo. Our 50th anniversary screening of Vertigo begins at 8 pm in the Florence Gould Theater.

About Cinema Supper Club

Cinema Supper Club is a quarterly movie series put on by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco at the Legion of Honor on Thursday evenings. These evenings offer visitors a unique opportunity to view the special exhibitions at the Legion during uncrowded, evening hours, see a themed, classic film and have a drink or a relaxed dinner at the museum Café. The summer series, “From the Golden Gate to the Silver Screen,” features movies filmed in San Francisco. This summer’s series presents:

July 10     Vertigo

July 17     The Conversation

July 24     What’s Up Doc?

July 31     So I Married an Axe Murderer

Aug 7      Harold and Maude

Aug 14    The Game

Aug 21    Bullitt

Tickets are available through www.museumtix.com and are $20 ($10 Members) for the movie and the special exhibition. For the special exhibition only, admission is $15 (Members are free). Tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis and do not include reservations or the price of dinner. Dinner reservations are available by calling 415-750-7633.

About the Special Exhibition, Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès, Marie Bracquemond

For many decades, the four artists celebrated in Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzales, Marie Bracquemond were treated with critical ambivalence and lacked major public exhibitions. It is only now that their innovative styles and contributions to Impressionism are showcased in a groundbreaking exhibition this summer at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, the exclusive U.S. venue. Women Impressionists is on view from June 21 to September 21, 2008. The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to directly compare the work of these women artists by bringing 140 pieces together for the first time.

Eric Mar is running for City Supervisor in District 1, and he contacted The Avenues Blog to help spread the word about his campaign.  While I’m not throwing my support behind Eric just yet, especially since I haven’t been able to find his opinions on the issues I care about, I’m happy to spread the word about events in The Avenues - and so am sharing the event info with all of you.

So, here we go:

What: Fundraiser/dinner for Eric Mar, candidate for Supervisor in District One.
When: Friday, June 27, 2008 from 5:30 to 8:30pm
Where:Jane Morrison home, 44 Woodland Avenue, San Francisco
Information: 415-564-1482 www.ericmar.com

Donor’s Choice: $35, $50., $75. Friend $100, Sponsor $250, Patron $500
To reserve, send check to “Eric Mar for Supervisor” to Jane Morrison, 44 Woodland Ave. San Francisco, Ca. 94117

What: Campaign kick-off celebration for Eric Mar. Food, entertainment, children’s activities
When: Saturday, June 28, 2008 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Where: Argonne Elementary School, 680 18th Avenue (at Cabrillo) Richmond District, San Francisco
Information: 415-505-2961 ericmar08@gmail.com www.ericmar.com

The Richmond District Neighborhood Center is inviting everyone in the community to their 3^rd Annual Hawaiian BBQ this Saturday!

Food!  Drinks!  Music!  Raffles!  Entertainment! & More!

Saturday, June 21st

3pm-6pm

The event will be held at the Richmond District Neighborhood Center at 741 30th Avenues, San Francisco, CA 94121 (between Balboa and Cabrillo.)

I got “another” reminder from Supervisor Carmen Chu’s office today about an upcoming cleaning event at Sunset Blvd this coming weekend.  It’s a good thing I got “another” reminder, because the first one never made it to my inbox. 

From Carmen:

We will be working along 36th & 37th Ave, on Noriega, Moraga and Ortega to clean up brush and debris along the corridor and help clear walking paths for safe walking and jogging. The event on Saturday is a kick-off to our ongoing efforts to improve Sunset Boulevard, and the work will continue beyond Saturday with crews removing dead tree parts and pruning dense trees and bushes all along Sunset Blvd.

Sunset Blvd Clean Up

When: Saturday, June 21                    Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

Location: Meet at Noriega & 37th Ave (NW corner)

Supplies will be provided through the Department of Public Works. Please dress in comfortable clothing and shoes.

If you plan on attending the clean-up, please email chustaff@sfgov.org.

Hope to see you all out there on Saturday!

 

I have to say, so far, I’ve been very pleased with Carmen’s office and with her communication with the neighborhoods.  And I’m still hoping that Supervisor Sean R. Elsbernd will jump on the technological bandwagon and learn to email his constituents as well.  We might hear more about what’s happening in the Northern portion of the Avenues if he was able to do so. 

Anyhow - hope you have a chance to stop by and help clean up the hood!

I have a bit of an addiction that I don’t really like to talk about.  I’m addicted to reality TV.  And usually, it’s really bad reality TV.  Out of the reality TV shows that really feed my addiction, the cop/criminal shows are the ones that really do it for me.  But the TV shows just aren’t local enough, and I’d like at least part of my dose of reality to be located close to home. 

So I depend on my local police departments to feed my addiction to reality!

Depending on where you live, your local police department will email you a crime report, either on a daily, or a weekly basis. 

If you live in the Sunset or Parkside districts, Captain Paul Chignell of the Taraval police station will send you a fairly complete daily report of arrests and criminal incidents throughout the neighborhood, sometimes with a little bit of entertaining commentary to go along with it.  These reports are pretty thorough, but you will sometimes receive a few days worth of emails at a time when the Captain dares to take a day off.

If you live in the Richmond district, you receive an email from Captain Anthony Fotinos of the Richmond police station every Friday afternoon with a “greatest hits” style email that covers the highlights of crime (if you can call them that) that have occurred in the past week.  This newsletter also adds events from the Safety Network calendar to the email - which gives a nice balance of the good and the bad, or yin and yang, so to speak, but they’re definitely less thorough than the Taraval district’s daily updates.  Which makes me wonder exactly what qualifies for the weekly greatest hits list? :-/

If you want to get the Taraval station’s daily update, email the captain to request it. 

And if you want to get the Richmond station’s daily update, email the station to request it.

And even if you’re not a reality junkie like me, you might find these reports useful to know what’s going on in your neighborhood.   After all - knowing is half the battle!

It’s hard to get organized sometimes.  And that’s why it’s taking so long to get The Avenues Blog up and running.  As of a few days ago - the logo has been made official!  (woo hoo!!!)   

Now it’s time to pick a theme, get my blogroll in order and get the infrastructure put up.

And soon (and I promise, it’s really coming, I swear!) - The Avenues Blog will have it’s official launch! 

I promise to have some information about local events, local business, neighborhood history and real estate information (hey, it’s what I do for a living - I can’t help but want to share my knowledge.) 

In the meantime, if you have stumbled on this blog - I’d love to hear from you! 

Leave me some comments telling me what you’d like to see in this little corner of the internet. 

Or you can also email me directly to give me your 2 cents, or just to say “hello!”

Now hold your breath just a little longer, and I’ll be sure to get the first posts out and churning sooner than you realize.

Stay tuned!