The bridge from George Washington High School’s campus. Photo by Hugh Stickney
Some local tidbits for your Monday off work:
- The Surfrider Foundation is hosting an Ocean Beach volunteer cleanup event on Sunday, January 22 from 10am until 12noon. Meet up at Stairwell 17 across the Street from the Beach Chalet Restaurant if you want to help out.
- Bison unite! The new, young, hip bison were released from quarantine and joined their elders in the main paddock. Cute but still one of the strangest things we have in Golden Gate Park.
- A dramatic fire took place on 42nd Avenue and Balboa very early Sunday morning. Flames were bursting out of the building, SFFD had to cut through a neighbor’s wall to control it, and two firefighters were injured. To top it off, the one woman who lives there ran off and is MIA.
- Cafe Mereb (1541 Clement) is no more but the dust barely settled before a new tenant will move in. I saw some construction going on there Sunday and Grubstreet reports that a place called “Chomp & Swig” will be opening soon. No word yet on the menu or when it will open.
- Seedstore clothing on Clement is having a 50% off winter sale from Jan. 21 – 29. Attend their kick-off party the night before on Jan. 20 from 5-8pm and you get an additional $20 off purchases over $200.
- The Academy of Sciences is changing their free day policy this year. Rather than one weekday a month being free, they’ll offer four Sundays during the year: February 5, June 3, September 16, and December 9. Why the change? “To target more working families, who were previously unable to come on the Wednesday free days. We hope that this change to weekend dates will allow a wider range of people to attend,” says the Academy website.
Don’t worry – they’ll still be offering free days each Spring and Fall to residents based on zip code. For 94118 and 94121, our first free days will be May 11, 12, and 13.
- Burma Superstar to expand… again! They’ve got two restaurants on Clement, one each in Oakland and Alameda, and Eater SF reports they’ll be opening a Valencia Street location this year. Tea leaf salad for all!
- Artful reminder: The Pissarro’s People exhibition at the Legion of Honor closes this Sunday.
Sarah B.
“Chomp and Swig”? yeesh – let’s hope this place is better than its name 🙂
Its name is as inviting as “Squat and Gobble” – never been there, hear it’s good, can’t get past the name!
I feel like there were more than 3 original bison, did they move the others to the zoo?
Rob, I believe two of the bison passed away this past year. I believe at least one was purely due to old age, and the other might have been old age paired with some heart condition or something. 🙁