Ocean Beach, Kelly’s Cove and a flattened Playland in 1972 (see larger version. Via Stokereport.com
Here are some local links to round out your week. Enjoy the weekend! – Sarah B.
- A new massage business on Geary near Park Presidio offers “Face Slapping” massage that “brings out your hidden beauty potential without invasive procedures and is 100% chemical FREE.” Oh and they say it’s “also 1 million percent safe”. Sign up for the Face Slapping full treatment ($1,000) and over the course of 4 treatments in a month, you can get “face slapping to look like a celebrity, face slapping to look younger, and face slapping to charm your significant other.”
- You can get in free to the Legion of Honor or the de Young Museums this Saturday thanks to Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day. Just visit this online form, fill it out, and you’ll get a ticket via email that entitles you and a guest to free admission to one museum.
- Next Saturday, Oct. 6, St. James Preschool (4620 California) is having a “Childrens Clothes Go Round Sale” from 8am until 12noon, offering gently used clothes for kids age up to 5 years old. Proceeds benefit the St. James Preschool (8th/California).
- The 540 Club bar on Clement near 7th Avenue has a show up of 40 drawings from a local artist who goes by knucklesandwiches. They’ll be up for a few months.
- SFGate’s Beth Spotswood visited the Lands End Lookout visitor center and I’m pretty sure she really, really liked it. “The Lookout is the perfect spot to not only begin your exploration of the Sutro Baths and the paths of Lands End, but a fabulous way to spend many fulfilling hours of your life. You could live there.”
- Speaking of Lands End, sf.untappedcities.com recently took a walking tour of the area and came across some gems that often get overlooked.
- SF Rec & Park put off their decision on whether to hand over management of Golden Gate Park 9-hole golf course to a private foundation called First Tee. It will be a few months before they tackle the topic again.
Is that Face Slapping place a joke? Their website is complete crap and suspicious. $1000 treatment and cash only? haha
what’s going on with that place!
Hey, I’ll beat the crap out of you — free! It’s healthy for your colon! j/k
Hey, she’s got a video on youtube now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQS–aIqBaQ
Thank you Richmond District Blog. I got to use my free ticket to go to the Cartoon Museum.
The face slapping place seems real… I watched them put up some more massive banners yesterday.
If you think $1000 is a lot, check out how much this person charges to train a slapping technique! This one is called “breast slapping”.
http://www.odditycentral.com/news/breast-slapping-a-thai-beauticians-alternative-to-plastic-surgery.html
Before you get too full of yourself and say “this stuff is a hoax”, check out this website:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/181474-home-remedies-to-plump-the-wrinkles-on-the-face/
here’s the relevant quote:
“…according to the website Mother Nature. One massage technique is called patting, which involves slapping your face with the bottom of your fingers. Do this for 20 seconds. The other technique is the wrinkle release, which involves applying pressure to your forehead with your fingertips. Massage in a circular motion on your face down to the cheekbones. Do this for a minute. These massage techniques promote circulation in the skin.”
Just for kicks, I tried slapping my face a little bit, to see how it felt. I didn’t do this in front of a mirror, because getting slapped in the face, even by oneself, is liable to make one angry (haha). Anyway, I did feel blood rushing to the surface and also did feel somewhat energized! Interesting! There may be something to this.
I see elderly Chinese doing this to themselves on the #1 sometimes. Seriously.
I’d like to know more about the face slapping technique. Went by the new place the other day and the signs in their window caught my eye. I know a couple of people I’d like to send there… 🙂