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f you have just lost your job and you have no insurance, you might be in luck as San Francisco offers one of the best free clinics in the States.

There are a whole bunch of them but I will only list two here:

Haight Ashbury Free Clinics

San Francisco Free Clinic

Remember, you need to have no insurance in order to take advantage of this and you need to be a resident of San Francisco.

Check out one of the comments left about free clinics in SF:

What surprised me the most about my visit to the San Francisco Free Clinic was the amount of paperwork I had to go through; 3 generously spaced pages that mostly required me to sign my name in a number of places. That’s it. It’s a far cry from the nightmare of paperwork you’re required to go over at most hospitals.

The clinic is very comfortable and professional, the staff is extremely friendly, and they gave me a full regime of antibiotics for a sinus infection at no charge. I’m nearly in disbelief that I can get this level of treatment without insurance or a hideous bill. If only the rest of the American health care system could follow suit.

Millenium Tower, is a 60 story residence building that’s currently being built.  You might notice it when you drive over Bay Bridge, it’s the tallest building that’s being worked on.

Boy, I’d love to live on the top floor, 59th and 60th floor going for about $12 million each.

Here’s excerpt from Wikipedia:

USD $350 million project is developed by Millennium Partners of New York City and designed by Handel Architects. At 645 ft. (197 m), it will be the fourth tallest building in San Francisco when completed, and the tallest since 345 California Street in 1986. The tower is slender, with each floor containing 14,000 square feet (1,300 m²) of floor space. In addition to the 60-story tower, there is a 125-foot (38 m) 12-story tower on the north end of the complex.[4] Between the two towers is a two-story glass atrium approximately 43 ft. (13 m) tall. In total, the project will have 440 units, consisting of 320 residences and 120 extended-stay hotel units. The residences are said to be the priciest on the West Coast, with penthouse units on floors 59 and 60 selling for around USD$ 12 million. The bottom 25 floors of the main tower will be called Residences while the floors from 26 to 60 will have the name Grand Residences. The 53 units in the 12-story tower will be called the City Residences.Below street level, there will be 355 parking spaces in a four-story underground garage located under the midrise building. Overall, the tower’s design is intended to resemble a translucent crystal, and is a landmark for the Transbay Redevelopment and the southern skyline of San Francisco.

Here’s a cool site called HD-SF.com that offers live view of the San Francisco downtown in HD plus more features like time-lapse videos.  Now if you live in one of those buildings and this thing has a super-zoom feature, it can be served as your security system.

The financial district, Fisherman’s Wharf, Telegraph Hill, Russian Hill and Nob Hill San Francisco as viewed from across the bay in Sausalito. The camera captures an image every fifteen seconds twenty four hours a day. San Francisco Bay is famous for its fog and if the image is gray (or all black at night) that is what you are seeing.

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Who said artwork can’t be attached “sideways” onto buildings?  Next time you are near on the corner of 6th and Howard near downtown, make sure to look up at this crazy building.

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Remember San Francisco downtown made with cooking ware?

Here’s a really cute San Francisco downtown, all made with your edible Jello.  Now, can you make them out of cocktail jellos?

This project consists of photographs and video, which depict various San Francisco landscapes. I make the landscapes by constructing scale models of the architectural elements which I use to make molds. I then cast the buildings in Jell-O. Similar to making a movie set, I add backdrops, which I often paint, and elements such as mountains or trees, and then I dramatically light the scenes from the back or underneath. The Jell-O sculptures quickly decay, leaving the photographs and video as the remains.

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Yey, San Bernardino Country may sue San Francisco for dumping all our convicts!

(Well, I hope SF wins so my high tax dollars don’t go to San Bernardino)

I guess it’s not fair for San Francisco to “dump” all its worst prisoners but then that is a really great idea for a big metropolitan city like SF.  If we kept all the convicts in San Fran, it’d get overcrowded and cost more taxdollars on these high-paying leased grounds.

My verdict:

Fuck San Bernardido County, they just want to get some money from San Francisco.  (and me end up paying for some of it with my tax dollars)

San Bernardino County officials vowed Thursday not to become a dumping ground for San Francisco criminals, saying they may sue that city for exporting juvenile offenders to local group homes.

“The county is exploring every option to recoup all our police expenses,” said county Supervisor Gary Ovitt. “This lunacy needs to stop now.”

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Mark your calendars for some serious smoking sessions at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater as it will be Jerry Day.

12 to 6PM, no admission fee!

“Jerry Day is a civic and cultural event that celebrates one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time and San Francisco native son - Jerry Garcia. This event captures the true spirit of Jerry Garcia as we celebrate his legacy, the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, and recognize his Excelsior roots. By uniting the diverse communities of San Francisco through Jerry’s music, we are creating something extraordinary for Jerry’s childhood neighborhood - the Excelsior District, McLaren Park, and the City and County of San Francisco.”

Performers:

Melvin Seals and JGB

Workingman’s Ed

Stu Allen & Sandy Rothman Acoustic

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Jerry Garcia Amphitheater?  Well, I didn’t know there was an amphitheater dedicated to Jerry Garcia but I guess there is one!

The Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, located at 45 Shelley Drive in John McLaren Park, is one of the most spectacular performance venues in San Francisco.  The Greek-style amphitheater is situated in a bucolic setting away from urban noises.  With its outstanding acoustics and generous green room facilities, the theater is appropriate for all kinds of musical and dramatic performances.  Groups interested in renting the facility should contact the Department’s Permits and Reservations office at (415) 831-5500.

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Replate.org is a great idea except that they should change the location of leftovers to the top of a newsstand instead of the trash can.  (Even a homeless person does have standards, they rather would eat out of a newsstand than a trash can)

Apart from Replate.org, I have always seen owners of deli shops leave their leftover sandwiches at store closing on a newstand, again, not a trash can please! homeless in san francisco, homeless person, leftover sandwiches, leftovers, Living, News, newsstand, newstand, trash

Here’s top 10 reasons to live in San Francisco for those of you thinking about moving here:

1. San Francisco is one of the “greenest” cities in the world.  (Ranked Top 5 in the U.S.)

2. San Francisco is surrounded by water and ocean breeze is better air than air in most other metropolitan cities.

3. San Francisco is one of the most diverse cities in the world.  (It’s also home to the biggest gay community in the world)

4. San Francisco is a mix of the beach/city/suburban setting all-in-one.  (Of course, it’d depend where you live)

5. San Francisco is cool in the summer and does not get cold as much as inland bay area cities.

6. Cheap Chinese food and cheap chinese groceries.  On contrary to your belief, San Francisco is actually cheaper in food prices if you shop at a “chinese” grocery where they don’t tax you like the major groceries.  Plus, there are so many Chinese restaurants that Chinese food gets very very cheap in San Francisco.

7. San Francisco is the heart of culture of the Western Hemisphere of the U.S.  There’s no other place like it period.

8. Lower crime rates and less race-related violence in San Francisco.  (than L.A.)

9. City life without the cost of city pollution.

10. Lots of fun stuff to do including clubbing, parks, museums, shopping, etc…etc…

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