12 days of Christmas!!

Happy Holidays

Conservatory of Flowers: Free Admission Day

Whether you’re a native San Franciscan, a visitor from the other side of the world, or a classroom of budding botanists, the Conservatory of Flowers offers an intimate up-close experience with over 1,700 species of rare, exotic and endangered plants from more than 50 different countries.

Opened in 1879, the wood and glass greenhouse is the oldest existing conservatory of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.

• Normally $7, the Conservatory is free to all visitors on the first Tuesday of every month.
• Hours: 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Last entry is at 4:00 p.m).

Snowvember NightLife

Let it snow, let it snow…in San Francisco?! Celebrate the opening of ‘Tis the Season for Science, and get into the wintry spirit with indoor snow flurries, a pair of live reindeer, ice beetles, and spiked snow cones.

American Tripps hosts Berlin-style ping pong in a pseudo-snow globe, and GoGo Craft will show you how to make fingerless gloves.

In the planetarium, learn about winter constellations at 6:30, followed by two showings of Earthquake: Evidence of a Restless Planet. Music by ICEE HOT DJs: Shawn Reynaldo, Ghosts on Tape, Low Limit, and Rollie Fingers.

X-mas tree!

Did you miss the x-mas tree lightning of Pier 39 and Union Square? You are still on time to watch 49er legends Joe Montana & Dwight Clark light the huge tree at 555 California | Tuesday

“The Catch” 30th Anniversary Celebration: For 2012, 49er Hall of Fame legend Joe Montana will be lighting the tree this year while also celebrating the 30th anniversary of ‘The Catch’ with former teammateDwight Clark.

Live Music: The event will include musical performance from Grammy winner Robin Thicke of ABC’s reality singing series “Duets,” and local legends the Dick Bright Orchestra.

http://www.555treelighting.com/

Sugar Castle

Get in the holiday spirit by joining the Westin St Francis for the annual debut of one of the country’s largest sugar castles on November 21, 2012.

Executive Pastry Cheff Jean-François Houdré and his team have perfected this 12-foot rotating holiday sugar castle, which this year features the top “newsmakers” of 2012 so you can try to locate all the life-like elf replicas of politicians, celebrities, athletes and well-known personalities that are part of the cake’s decorations.

12-Foot Tall Holiday Sugar Castle UnveilingWednesday, November 21, 2012 (9a)
Westin St. Francis, 335 Powell Street, Union Sq., SF
FREE

Snowflakes

Attend the 5th Annual Snowflakes on Market lighting ceremony on November 20, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. in front of thecable car turn-around at Powell and Market streets.

Snowflakes on Market Street will feature the lighting of giant illuminated snowflakes on Market Street’s signature “Path of Gold” light poles from November 20 through mid January.

Come and Visit!!!

 SWISS will is flying six times per week between Zürich and San Francisco, the city of boundless possibilities. Escape everyday life on board of the Airbus A340-300 and enjoy the unique SWISS hospitality, which is entirely tailored to your requirements, and a standard of quality that will turn every SWISS flight into an unforgettable experience.

Red Bull Flugtag 2012

Watch test pilots redefine air travel when they launch their homemade, human-powered flying machines off a 30-foot ramp into the chilly McCovey Cove waters in “hopes” of achieving flight at the 2012 Red Bull Flugtagon November 10, 2012.

This is the 10th anniversary of the very first Flugtag which took place in San Francisco in 2002.

2012 Red Bull Flugtag | San Francisco
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Hangers open at 11am, First Flight at 1p
McCovey Cove near AT&T Park, SF
FREE

Monday free bagels!!

Every Monday,Danny Gabriner of Sour Flour,  bakes and then gives awayhundreds of free bagels on 24th and Alabama.

After a short hiatus at the end of last year, the Monday giveaway has started up again in 2012. Tasty and fresh free handmade, boiled bagels are available to the public beginning around 10am until they run out.

La Victoria Bakery | 2937 24th St San Francisco, CA

Sweet November

Happy Halloween!!!

Giants win!!!!

Finally pressed in the World Series, the San Francisco Giants finished off a most unexpected and stunning sweep.

Marco Scutaro delivered one more key hit this October, hitting a go-ahead single with two outs in the 10th inning that lifted the Giants over the Detroit Tigers 4-3 in Game 4 on Sunday night.

Nearly eliminated over and over earlier in the playoffs, the Giants sealed their second title in three seasons when Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera looked at strike three right down the middle for the final out.

On a night of biting cold, stiff breezes and some rain, the Giants combined the most important elements of championship baseball — great pitching, timely hitting and sharp defense.

Series MVP Pablo Sandoval and the underdog Giants celebrated in the center of the diamond at Comerica Park after winning six elimination games this postseason.

Giants Reach World Series!!!!

Can the Giants make it to the World Series?

Watch game 7 of the NLCS with the Giants vs. St. Louis on three big screen TVs (with the sound on) at the SoMa Streat Food Park with 8-10 food trucks plus seating in a heated pavilion. Plus the venue just opened their new beer garden and usually has drink specials like $2 beers.

Meteor showers put on a supernatural show this weekend

 

California skies will be lit up with a meteor shower from the Orionid meteors this weekend. The show began this week and was seen all over the Bay Area. Some residents reported hearing a loud boom while viewing, while others thought the noise was an earthquake. The Orionds will peak across the U.S. as a waxing crescent moon sets before midnight on Saturday, October 20.

Here are some viewing tips:

• Get away from the city lights. 
• Choose an area like the beach away from lights and with a wide open view of the skies. 
• Look to the northwest. Get up high if possible.
•  If you're taking pictures, make sure the exposures can last at least a minute if not longer and aim the camera at a 30-degree angle, rather than straight up, which is the worst thing to do.

Fall in love over and over again!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jDaAo63bivc

Oracle´s catamaran

The towering Oracle catamaran designed to "fly on water" in its defense of the America's Cup drifted out to sea Tuesday after a spectacular flip into San Francisco Bay during a training run.

Onlookers watched in amazement as the $8 million AC72 racing craft dug its bow into the water, heaved and slammed sideways into the bay shortly after 3 p.m. just off the shoreline near the St. Francis Yatch Club.  

Sunset!!

Beautiful sunset last night. 

Nike Women Marathon

This weekend women from around the USA run to help the Leuthimia Society. Verity Breen, of Burlingame. Calif., celebrates after winning the 2012 Nike Women's Marathon & Half Marathon in San Francisco, CA on Sunday, October 14th, 2012.