Today’s post courtesy of guest contributor Caleb Garling. With the recent senseless arborcide in the Lower Haight we thought it’d be a good idea to get to know our neighborhood trees a bit better.
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Laundry Locker
If you’re like us, you hate — HATE — your local laundromat. (Out of discretion, we won’t identify ours by name, but let’s just say that if you ever find yourself standing in the worst room on earth, surrounded by … Continue reading
Introducing Wing Wings, the Lower Haight’s Newest Food Joint
Photo courtesy of Wing Wings When Roland’s Bakery closed last year, we wondered what might fill the void. Then we got wind of Wing Wings, the chicken and fries joint that promises finger-licking food late into the night. We’re happy … Continue reading
Inside the Vapor Room
We’ve all walked past it. But for most people, what’s behind the doors of the members-only Vapor Room Cooperative is shrouded in a cloud of, well, mystery. Is it an exclusive art nouveau lounge? An unconventional medical clinic? A den … Continue reading
Lower Haight Mural Party: Photo Recap!
Artist David Choong Lee. All photos: Alex Martinez for Haighteration Last week we briefed you on Saturday’s plans to celebrate Haight and Laguna’s “Love in the Lower Haight” mural. As promised, the day came, along with a healthy serving of … Continue reading
Weekend Quiz 52: Where in the Lower Haight?
Though our flying kicks are the stuff of legend, this photo was not, in fact, taken at Haighteration headquarters.
2 Crimes Hit Buena Vista Park
Flickr/alancleaver It has not been a good week for Buena Vista Park. On Tuesday evening, a man suspected by the FBI of two bank robberies was gunned down by police on Buena Vista Avenue East between Haight and Duboce. According … Continue reading
Lower Haight Leftovers: 6/10 Edition
Flickr/Muffet Ah, chocolate, wine, art and parties — life is good in the Lower Haight this week. Check out all the delectable details in today’s leftovers!
Meet Lower Haighter (and Best-Selling Author) Andrew Sean Greer
For a young novelist, Andrew Sean Greer has already established a career most writers would envy. His first novel, The Path of Minor Planets, was published to critical praise in 2001, when Greer was just 30 years old. Three years … Continue reading
Underground SF Sold; Few Changes Planned?
Remember back in March, when we told you that Underground SF was for sale, along with the rest of the building at 424 Haight Street? Well, the whole shebang has just been sold — but from the sound of things, … Continue reading