The New Fillmore - Latest Comments

Re: Board of Appeals says Oska is a chain

Vlad Putin — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:45:46 -0000

and what are Ralph Lauren, MARC, Jonathan Adler, L'Occitane, Peet's, Starbucks, Eileen Fisher, MAC, etc. etc.?

Fillmore Street and resident blowhard Thomas McReynolds need to get a clue, you aren't Hayes Street.

Re: Board of Appeals says Oska is a chain

Fillmojoe — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:09:08 -0000

Charm? These places are the best thing to happen to that area.

Re: Board of Appeals says Oska is a chain

Kelly E. Carter — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:38:54 -0000

There's hope yet for Fillmore retaining its charm!

Re: Oska stirs chain store fight on Fillmore

Kelly E. Carter — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:17:08 -0000

Great point ShopsWithDog! But the guy in JetMail was very nice, even if he didn't allow dogs.

Re: Minnie’s Can-Do Club

Wayne Basso — Sun, 05 May 2013 07:20:39 -0000

Thank you Minnie & your son I think his name is Arron for having such a warm & inviting club I used to go there in 72-73 with a friend named Gerald Felix & always had a fun time oh yeah the tamales were the best

Re: End of an era: Mrs. Dewson’s Hats closes

NOLA_Darling — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:28:15 -0000

Mrs. Dewson was probably the nastiest businessperson I've ever met, and the longevity of her store was a testiment to people's willingness to put up with crap just to be part of a perceived elite group or touch anything associated with celebrity (i.e., Wille Brown shops here). Years ago my ex-boyfriend took his father to her shop because his dad needed a new hat and he figured Mrs. Dewson's must have nice ones since Willie Brown, the most dapper mayor SF has ever had, shopped there. Needless to say, she treated them like crap and all but insisted they prove they could pay for her overpriced hats before she'd let them look at hats. After he told me that story I never went back, chosing to buy my hats at Saks or Neiman Marcus, which both had better hats that cost less money than anything at Mrs. Dewson's.

If I was her nephew, I'd stick her in a home and leave her there without looking at back.

Re: La Med turns 30

Audrey — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:33:14 -0000

Hi, I'm french and my name ´s der bedrossian too. I hope take more on your familial history... My email is audrey.derbedrossian@yahoo.com. Lot of thanks from south of france :)

Re: Dino’s new look — and new name

Bob Terry — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:25:33 -0000

I ate @ Dino's six days a week for one year. Dino & Koula are terrific people. I can't wait to meet Santino.

Re: Inside the Getty Mansion

angela a. trehern — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:11:38 -0000

whew!!what an amazing collection of beautiful things in one room!! money does buy some things!!

Re: Little library now lending

swiss — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:45:07 -0000

nice idea - and good for him! tho in most of the rest of the city neighborhoods we do this by just leaving books [clothes, kitchenware, cofeemakers] out on the sidewalk and other people take them :)

Re: Oska stirs chain store fight on Fillmore

ShopsWithDog — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:35:04 -0000

JetMail had a big "no dogs" sign and there was hardly ever any customers in there. A few blocks down, the UPS store always has lots of customers inside--with their dogs. My dog and I always go to UPS.

Most stores on Fillmore have dog treats inside and welcome customers with their dogs. JetMail's "no dogs" sign was a big, unfriendly exception. It didn't seem very popular at all.

Re: When I and thou were young

Jessica L. Jordan — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 22:37:15 -0000

As a member of the "comeback thing", totally true, this place was just perfect for those hit by the divorce wave. the place was cozy, cool & convenient for me, the vibe worked for me, I felt like Goldilocks, it was just right ;)

Re: When I and thou were young

meligrosa — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 02:38:56 -0000

well +sincerely written. the solstice had became our happy hour spot because my friend would get there faster on the 1 express than me walking a few blocks..
we were also there that evening to witness the 2nd Obama win. the first one I was in a north beach old-timer hole in the wall and was equally remarkable. as I am in my 30s I also feel the same way about many places+bars except that not too many of my friends are married (yet), but my friends in their 40s keep telling me that there is an interesting 'comeback' thing that happens, hopefully not for many, but it happens: the divorce wave.

those of us that grew up in cities know one thing is for sure: constant awesome things come with constant changes.

cheers, and thanks for sharing this

Re: In Hungary, an ambassador from Pacific Heights

Ed Emerson — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:32:20 -0000

Wonderfully written. I miss both places as well as the two of you.

Re: In Hungary, an ambassador from Pacific Heights

Carolina Stechschulte — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:53:38 -0000

We were in Budapest for a few days last month. Hadn't been there in 29 years. We stayed at the Hilton...the view was extrordinary! It is a fabulously beautiful city. But like you, i miss SF, my hometown where i have spent most of my life. I now live in Deauville, France but left my heart in SF. We aslo spent a few weeks in greece last summer and will probably go back this summer. You are right. SF is an amazing place, full of opportunity. When i hear my friends complain when i visit 3 months out of the year, i just tell them to go live somewhere else for a while and then they will never complIn about anything in SF again!

Re: Minnie’s Can-Do Club

Mark E. Rennie — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:17:11 -0000

Long live Minnie! An artist friend took me to meet Minnie and hang out for the first time around 1971. I was stunned. It was the best crowd I had ever experienced in my life: artists, punks, musicians, poets, cops, and young guys from the 'hood. Totally mixed races, genders, backgrounds, nationalities. How could this be? Everyone smiling and friendly and grooving under Minnie's spell. Honky-tonk piano, live jazz, and booze long-long into the night--- after-hours permits be damned.
I don't think they had yet demolished most of the old Fillmore, which ended up as block after block of vacant land and scarred landscape. Gone were 500 or so beautiful/rundown victorian buildings, and the most vibrant african-american community west of Harlem. Minnie' Can-Do was a future echo of a world that was yet to be. Thank you, Minnie for some beatiful memories and a real education in tolerance, respect and enlightenment.

Re: Puppy love

David Landis — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:30:56 -0000

Yes, Elizabeth, phone answering is one of Gaston's many talents! Thanks for your kind words.

Re: Puppy love

David Landis — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:30:31 -0000

Thanks, Abbie. You'll have to meet him soon.

Re: Puppy love

David Landis — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:30:14 -0000

Thank you, Ezra's Mom, for caring for Gaston in his early months.

Re: Puppy love

Elizabeth — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:51:55 -0000

Beautiful story ! Gaston seems to be a lovely and clever dog (does he answer the telephone ?)

Re: Puppy love

Ezra's mom — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:47:27 -0000

I am one of the volunteers who helped care for Gaston in the shelter. When Fezzik came to the shelter, he had pneumonia and long curly hair. He just cuddled into my arms and looked up at me with those incredible eyes. I fell hard for him. He was far from the bundle of puppy energy he is now. I am so glad he has found such wonderful parents and made your family whole again.

Re: Puppy love

Abbie S. Fink — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:50:55 -0000

David & Sean -- Gaston has found a wonderful forever home with the two of you.

Re: Don’t call her Mammy

OGYaHerd — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:37:26 -0000

Life is a mystery so unfolding, that one can be found so below and en-mired, then again riding amidst adventure and romance, and next atop a lofty perch with the die always falling in favor, only to encounter a string of misfortune, and mischance, and misunderstanding, and be left as in some ways as unintelligible as when it all started.
I just wonder is her story taught to kids of African descent in the inner cities of the Bay Area? This is a life remarkable in its breadth, and depth, and girth.

Re: The music stops at Johnny Rockets

Douris Reed — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:58:44 -0000

too bad!!!

Re: The Fillmore is getting its groove back

Gourmet Walks — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:42:55 -0000

Our Gourmet Japantown/Fillmore Tour highlights all these new businesses in the lower Fillmore...lots of fun!