eniatitova

skinnylatte, 12 days ago to food

I randomly wandered into a dumpling shop I’ve never heard of next to SFSU and, well I think I’ve found my favorite xiaolongbao in the city. It’s better than all the more famous ones!!

It’s called Mom Dumpling in park Merced. They make their own dumpling dough AND noodles. The crab and pork xlb is especially good, almost as good as the good ones I’ve had in Taiwan and Shanghai

#Food #SanFrancisco #BayArea #BAE #BayAreaEats

eniatitova, 9 months ago to bookstodon

I started a thing! a new ritual? a project?

I borrow a lot of books from the library after placing a hold, so even though I pick them up at my home library, they’re originally from other branch libraries in the @sfpl system.

so going forward, I’m going to start returning them to their branch libraries of origin until I’ve visited all the different locations.

today: returning Hernán Díaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Trust to the Excelsior branch. It’s the best thing I’ve read this year.

@bookstodon #currentlyreading

Catlynn, 15 days ago to random

What in the world!? It’s been ages since I had fast food and today I went to Carls Jr. and picked up food for three. One chicken sandwich, 5 piece chicken tenders, a combo meal and an extra fries. $42!! I almost drove away when I realized they weren’t pranking me 😅 That is just crazy. In & Out is the only reasonable fast food left it seems.

lmc, 20 days ago to random

this 91 year-old San Francisco driver wants pedestrians, bicycles, public transportation, AVs, and any paint that is not white or yellow off of his San Francisco streets. Letters: S.F. streets are for drivers and cars. Why everyone else needs to get out of the way

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/letterstotheeditor/article/sf-driving-prop-13-symphony-butker-women-19470566.php

#BanCars

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eniatitova, 18 days ago to cooking

hey #sfba #cooking folks:

what’s the best place to get andouille in SF? like today? This @karlthefog has me in the mood for gumbo.

eniatitova, 9 months ago to SanFrancisco

I'm really curious where everyone eats and drinks in their own neighborhood in #sanfrancisco .

Because you can't do better at picking a place to eat than someone who has surveyed the whole place, and decided that this is the place to frequent over and over.

I don't want destination restaurants.

I want to know your top 3 places: where do you go or get takeout from, over and over and over?

Plus maybe a coffee spot and a bar, if that's your thing?

I think it would be make such a good neighborhood guide for the whole city.

My recommendations for the Avenues (broadly defined) are in the next post, but please share yours!

#sfba

eniatitova, 1 month ago to random

Taraval Street finally getting paved!

L-Taraval rail service is so close I can taste it.

#sfmta

eniatitova, 4 months ago to streetphotography

I’ve been doing this thing that I’m calling “last wash 10 pm,” a photo series of old school laundromats in San Francisco.

growing up in New York, I spent a good portion of my Saturdays in a laundromat with my Dad. we would load up our granny cart with our family’s sheets, towels, and dirty clothes, and head down the block where we could get them all washed, dried and folded in a matter of hours.

they’re rarely glamorous, highly utilitarian third spaces many of us are forced to frequent. I had gotten spoiled by having in-unit laundry while living in San Francisco, but when I moved back to Brooklyn for 2 months in the fall of 2021, we became reacquainted again. quarters were out, and reloadable chip cards were in but pretty much everything else remained the same.

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#streetphotography #laundry #laundromat #sanfrancisco

view of a laundromat, washer on the near left, dryers to the far right, their round lack rimmed doors a contrasting pattern against the grid of the white tile. a rolling basket full of wet clothes dominates the foreground
a laundromat on a bright California day, sunlight pouring in and reflecting off the chrome of the machines.
a row of industrial looking clothes dryers full of spinning clothes, with a rolling basket draped with two bright pink garments

eniatitova, 5 months ago to random

One of the things I love most about Underdogs Too, out by the beach, is that even though I am the definition of A Regular, they never treat me that way.

I come in. I get my (outdoor) table (they have great sidewalk dining, with heat lamps!). I’m allowed to look at a menu and decide what I want (even though what I want is the same every time: tortilla soup + taco for lunch/dinner, pancakes for brunch). no one treats me like their my bro but the service is always friendly and prompt: waiters I know give me a polite nod hello and that’s that.

I know that some people just want to go “where everybody knows your name” but I fucking hate it. I used to be a regular at a coffee cart in Manhattan, and had to stop going because it was literally impossible to order something besides “my usual”. the guy would see me coming down the block and pack it up before I got there. How do you say “oh actually I wanted a donut today” to that?!

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eniatitova, 3 months ago to random

so… I know we’re spending $2.5M fixing ip that wedding venue in Stern Grove but is that such a smart idea given that a giant chunk of the canyon wall slid down, flooding the dog playground in several feet of mud just days ago?

eniatitova, 4 months ago to photography

OK! #sfba #sfhistory #photography #streetphotography #architecture event announcement!

tl;dr: photo tour of 9th Cir. courthouse in SF, April 19 2024, 2 pm. 30 ppl max, so please RSVP to me!

a few weeks back some of us were talking about historical buildings in #SanFrancisco and I mentioned how beautiful the Ninth Circuit courthouse on 7th is inside.

and then I reached out to the Court Clerk to set up a tour for those of us who want to see it with their own own eyes/take pictures.

well... after exchanging some emails, it's set up! details below:

What: tour of the 9th Cir. courthouse
Where: 95 7th St, San Francisco
When: Apr. 19, 2 pm
Why: learn about the building's history and take photos
How many: limited to 30 people
RSVP: via DM to me!

please boost for reach!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BaGI1ARl50v/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

(photo from instagram, by my colleague Adam Lewin aka recordonappeal through the doors leading into Courtroom 1, which will be just one of the stops on our tour!)

eniatitova, 3 months ago to cooking

if this is not the most unhinged recipe instruction, I don't know what is:

"cook until beans are softened and bean skins curl up and split when you blow on them, about 2 hours."

in these here COVID times?!

(from https://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/9388-new-england-baked-beans )

#cooking

eniatitova, 8 months ago to SanFrancisco

Well, this is a fun email to get: when AQI hits > 150, @sfpubliclibrary will activate its emergency plan which requires closure of the majority of neighborhood library branches which “lack advanced mechanical ventilation systems.”

only the following branches will remain open: Main Library, Chinatown, Excelsior, Mission Bay, Ocean View, Ortega, Potrero, Richmond, Visitacion Valley and West Portal.

Main Library, Chinatown and Mission Bay will also act as Air Respite Centers.

#sanfrancisco #publiclibrary #airquality #wildfiresmoke

eniatitova, 5 months ago to random

we finally decorated our #Christmas tree. this year’s new additions to the #ornament family are:

1. an ice skating giraffe in a red puffer jacket
2. a cabbage (for me)
3. an Early Girl tomato (for @shotsandcuts)

and the piece de resistance

4. a new topper of a cat holding a pink star with its tail, in honor of Banana

glass ornament of a green head of cabbage
Glass ornament of a tomato, sliced in half
felt tree topper of an orange cat holding a pink star with its tail

eniatitova, 1 year ago to random

this is Frankie. She lives in the Tenderloin but escaped from a sitter at 35th and Judah while her Mom was away.

There’s been a sighting in South SF/Colma/Daly City. If you see her, please text Julie at the number on the flyer.

Please don’t try to chase her or catch her yourself.

#sfba #lostdog #lostPet

eniatitova, 8 months ago to bookstodon

when the book you borrowed from the library is so good, you buy your own copy so you can transfer all your notes and post its.

@bookstodon #currentlyreading

eniatitova, 5 months ago to random

we’re having like 3 different kind of #sunset simultaneously.

A zoomed in photo of a sunset, all in orange tones with wispy grey clouds striking through.
a close up of a sunset over a church in pinks and blues, the sunset is also coloring the buildings in the photo a pinkish hue

eniatitova, 8 months ago to random

what kind of business is this? wrong answers only.

eniatitova, 10 months ago to random

derping dingus

#LilOrangeAnnie #caturday

eniatitova, 1 month ago to photography

a reminder for some, and an announcement for others!

#sfba #photography and architecture/history folks:

I'm hosting a tour of the historic Ninth Circuit courthouse in SF, on April 19 2024, 2 pm.

the courthouse is usually closed to the public, but I was able to arrange a tour by virtue of being a lawyer!

RSVPs are required so please DM me. additional details in the linked post:

https://sfba.social/@eniatitova/111880218389850907

eniatitova, 4 months ago to random

I have a question for our friendly local meteorologists: why do we not call these storms hurricanes? why are they “atmospheric rivers”?

#cawx #caweather cc @geravitywave

eniatitova, 6 days ago to random

this morning a nice man from Room & Board came to repair our barely year-old sofa with a tufted back. two buttons had come loose, you see.

“ah,” he said. “yes, sometimes people’s pockets get caught on them, or a cat likes to bite them.”

we all averted our eyes in the direction of the cat tower in the back of the room. well, most of us…

but he fixed it in minutes with no problem, and reminded us that his services are available for the life of the sofa.

so I guess it’s open season on couch buttons…

#LilOrangeAnnie #CatsOfMastondon