I was one of the last people allowed into the San Francisco Mexican consulate to vote this afternoon. I cast my ballot at 4:53PM and the doors closed at 4:59PM, with a few hundred people still waiting outside to vote. Some had been waiting for hours.
Things got tense. SF Police came and placed themselves between the consulate door and the attempted voters. Those inside were told we'd have to wait until the situation calmed down. I ended up leaving through the emergency exit leading to the alley.
Real unfortunate situation. A failure at every level.
"...51-year-old billionaire Hamdi Ulukaya (founder and CEO of yogurt maker #Chobani) said he’s reviving the #SanFrancisco brand in an Instagram video posted Friday morning."
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
It’s #NewstodonFriday — such a shame it’s been a slow news week! Just to refresh your memories, this is a day to feature work from newsrooms with an active presence in the #Fediverse. If you like what you see in the (long!) thread below, follow the profiles and boost their stories. If you’re a journo or newsroom that we don’t know about or if there’s a newsroom you’d love to put on our radar, please let us know in the comments below.
San Francisco’s mental health care and detention system is under enormous strain. Here’s a story from @SFPublicPress about the vicious cycle that occurs as distressed people fall through the cracks in the system.
#WordWeavers
5/30 — Are you comfortable writing from the POV of a child? Written any?
One of my characters in "In The Eye of The Storm" and "Through the Opera Glass," Clarice, is a child when we first encounter her, and a teenager later on. I admit that she was rather like me as a kid, bookish and rather serious. I found it easy to take some of my childhood experiences and translate them to her life during and after WWII.
Alamo Square Park (would be a peaceful day if the streets around here weren’t also full of political motorcades and horns). I already walked into more than one politician, which is too much for a year
San Francisco - where you can see a man walking towards you saying “I’ve never hated a btch more. I wish that btch would die” and not be sure if he is (1) talking to himself; (2) talking to the world; (3) talking to someone on his earbuds hidden by his hoodie. Whichever it is, he’s creepy and I definitely kept my distance until he went by. #sfba#SanFrancisco
There has been a surge in the no of pretty good Korean places in San Francisco. I don’t love going to the west side and I don’t love most of the Korean restaurants there (other than Muguboka). I tend to just pop into Oakland for Korean food.
But now, three pretty good ones near me: Yasijang, Sikdang Woori and Mashita Galbi Jjim
(I like one where you stand in line for an hour, but I’ve never felt like standing in line for an hour.)
In 1849 were people actually told that there was gold in San Francisco or did they know it was another 80 miles away after they got off the boat?
It sure would be a bummer to get all the way to San Francisco (pre-Panama canal) and then realize you had to go another 80+ miles up on the hills to even have a chance.
There’s a part of my soul that deeply needs Chinese bakery bread. My fave in the city is Yummy Bakery, my fave in east bay is Napoleon Super in Oakland Chinatown
"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines