San Francisco Appreciation Vol. 415th post

[so4i5]

http://www.youtube.com/v/sRRJzbakWw4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2

R.I.P to the women who was killed in a drive-by earlier tonight, and please pray for the 5 others who were injured.

 

[purple face]

I want to go back

 

[h3h45]

OP best throw a Bruce Lee pic in there, some where...

 

[suckafree85]

SF city, was good?!?

From downtown to the Mission block its all love.

 

[apollo xxxiii]

Originally Posted by Purple Face

I want to go back

same.

 

[danikerhino]

#!#+ yeah, so much #@#+ to do after class, unique feel, crowds, fine women, good restaurants, good scenery everywhere, diverse people, great publictransportation (MUNI FTW), etc., etc., etc.....:

 

[scotthallwithapick]

Only city in Cali that matters that I've never been too

Visiting in April or March tho

 

[ezln1]

born and raised (VIS VALLEY, WHAT????!?!?!) I love THE CITY. And the day the giants win a world series....I don't even know how I will react. That team hasbroken my heart so many times in my short 25 years on earth.

 

[danikerhino]

Originally Posted by EZLN1

born and raised (VIS VALLEY, WHAT????!?!?!) I love THE CITY. And the day the giants win a world series....I don't even know how I will react. That team has broken my heart so many times in my short 25 years on earth.

Word, they had the Angels series in the bag, damn rally monkey.

 

[kingcrux31]

Definitely appreciated.

http://www.kingcrux31.com...ella-hella-56k-killa.html

 

[so4i5]

How could I forget Bruce. Heres a List of famous people form Sf

Artists
* Ansel Adams (1902-1984), photographer
* Larry Gonick (b. 1946), cartoonist
* Ester Hernandez (b. 1944), Chicana artist
* Richard Serra (b. 1939), minimalist sculptor and video artist
* William Ware Theiss[citation needed] (1930-1992), costume designer
* Beatrice Wood (1893-199, ceramicist



Baseball players
* Ping Bodie (1887-1961)
* Barry Bonds (b. 1964), holds the all-time Major League home run record
* Bobby Bonds (1946-2003), right fielder
* Dolph Camilli (1907-1997)
* Gino Cimoli (b. 1929), outfielder[1]
* Joe Corbett (1875-1945)
* Joe Cronin (1906-1984), (Baseball Hall of Fame)[1]
* Frankie Crosetti, (1910-2002), shortstop and coach[1]
* Tim Cullen, (b. 1942), infielder[1]
* Babe Dahlgren, (1912-1996), 1st baseman[1]
* Joe DeMaestri (b. 192
* Dom DiMaggio (b. 1917)
* Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), (Baseball Hall of Fame)
* Bob Elliott (1916-1966), [1]
* Jim Fregosi (b. 1942), player and manager[1]
* Herb Gorman (1924-1953)
* Harry Heilmann (1894-1951), (Baseball Hall of Fame)[1]
* Keith Hernandez (b. 1953), [1]
* Jackie Jensen (1927-1982), (also in the College Football Hall of Fame)[1]
* Eddie Joost (b. 1916)
* Willie Kamm (1900-198
* George Kelly (1895-1984), (Baseball Hall of Fame)[1]
* Tony Lazzeri (1903-1946) (Baseball Hall of Fame)
* Charlie Sweeney (1863-1902)
* ((Mike Vail)) (b. 1951)

Basketball Players

* Phil Smith (1952-2002)
* Tom Meschery (b. 193

Boxers

* Abe Attell, (b. 1884), world Featherweight champion

Football players

* Mike Holmgren (b. 194, former NFL head coach for the Green Bay Packers and the current head coach of the Seattle Seahawks
* O. J. Simpson (b. 1947)
* Tedy Bruschi (b. 1973)

Golf

* Johnny Miller (b. 1947), former professional golfer and a leading golf commentator for NBC Sports
* Ken Venturi (b. 1931), former professional golfer

Other fields of sport

* Laird Hamilton (b. 1964), surfer
* Jeremy McGrath (b. 1971), MX rider
* Brooks Orpik (b. 1980), Pro hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Business People

* Gurbaksh Chahal, (b. 1982), award winning entrepreneur, founder BlueLithium, ClickAgents, and gWallet
* Albert Abrams, (1863?-1924), inventor of medical equipment in the field of Electricity therapy
* Donald Fisher, (b. 192, co-founder of the Gap clothing company.
* Gordon Getty (b. 1934), oil philanthropist and composer
* Jess Jackson (b. 1930), American wine entrepreneur and founder of Kendall-Jackson wine company
* Gordon E. Moore (b. 1929), co-founder of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's law
* Michael Moritz (b. 1954), venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital.
* Craig Newmark (b. 1951), founder of Craigslist.
* Theresa Sparks (b. 1949), CEO of multimillion-dollar sex toy company, Good Vibrations
* Richard Iddings (b. 1977), Co-Managing Partner, multimillion-dollar advertising Advertising Agency

Dance

* Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), "mother" of Modern dance

Directors/Filmmakers

* David Butler (1894-1979), film director, actor, writer and producer
* Clint Eastwood (b. 1930), director, actor, producer
* Mervyn LeRoy (1900-1987), director, producer, actor
* Andy Luckey (b. 1965), TV writer, producer, director
* Jay Ward (1920-1989), creator and producer of animated TV series

Actors
* Gracie Allen (1895-1964), comedian
* Bill Bixby (1934-1993), actor
* Joan Blackman (b. 193, actress
* Mel Blanc (1908-1989), voiceover actor
* Lisa Bonet (b. 1967), actress
* Benjamin Bratt (b. 1963) actor
* Margaret Cho (b. 196, comedian
* Barbara Eden (b. 1934), actress
* Danny Glover (b. 1946), actor
* Bruce Lee (1940-1973)
* Leslie Mann (b. 1972), actress
* Melissa Ng (b. 1972), actress
* Rob Schneider (b. 1963), actor
* Liev Schreiber (b. 1967), actor
* Alicia Silverstone (b. 1976), actress
* David Strathairn (b. 1949), actor
* Phillip Terry (1909-1993), actor
* Aisha Tyler (b. 1970), actress
* Stuart Whitman (b. 192, actor
* B.D. Wong (b. 1960), actor
* Natalie Wood (1938-1981), actress
* Kari Byron (b. 1974), television personality

Musicians

* Paul Bostaph (b. 1964) heavy metal drummer
* Craig Chaquico (b. 1954) rock, jazz and new age guitarist
* Greg Errico (b. 1946) drummer for many bands but most notably for Sly & the Family Stone
* Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) psychedelic and folk-rock guitarist and singer
* Vince Guaraldi (1928-1976), Jazz musician and pianist
* Cindy Herron (b. 1961), R&B singer
* Gary Holt (b. 1964), thrash metal guitarist
* Kirk Hammett (b. 1962), lead guitarist for rock band Metallica
* Cliff Burton (1962-1986), bass guitarist for rock band Metallica
* Paul Kantner (b. 1941), rock musician and co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane
* Huey Lewis (b. 1950), rock singer, raised in Marin County.
* Courtney Love (b. 1964), singer and actress
* Johnny Mathis (b. 1935), pop singer
* Kristina Olsen (b. 1957), folk singer-songwriter
* Tim Pagnotta (b. 1977), guitarist
* Carlos Santana (b. 1947), rock, blues, and salsa guitarist and singer
* Ross Valory (b. 1949), bass player for many bands but most notably for Journey

Writers

* Greg Downs (b. 1971), short-story writer
* Robert Frost (1874-1963), American poet
* Daniel Handler (b. 1970), better known as Lemony Snicket
* Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)
* Gus Lee (b. 1946), Asian-American author
* Jack London (1876-1916), American writer
* Armistead Maupin (b. 1944), American writer
* Gary Snyder (b. 1930), poet
* Walter Tevis (1928-1994), author
* Robert Alfred Theobald (1884-1957), US Navy Rear Admiral and author of The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor: The Washington Background of the Pearl Harbor Attack
* Naomi Wolf (b. 1962), writer
* Helen Zia (b. 1952), writer, journalist, and activist
* Laurence Yep (b. 194, Asian-American writer

News/Commentary

* Ambrose Bierce (1842-1913), journalist
* Tucker Carlson (b. 1969), television political commentator and host
* William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), newspaper magnate & publisher
* Lewis Lapham, editor of Harper's
* Kent Ninomiya, journalist
* Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936), journalist

Political figures

* Luis Antonio Argüello (1784-1830), first governor of Alta California[2]
* Stephen Breyer (b. 193, United States Supreme Court Associate Justice
* Jerry Brown (b. 193, former Governor of California, former Mayor of Oakland, California Attorney General
* Pat Brown (1905-1996), former Governor of California
* Christopher Augustine Buckley ("Blind Boss" Buckley, 1845-1922), Democratic Party boss
* Dianne Feinstein (b. 1933), San Francisco's first female mayor (1978-198 and U.S. Senator since 1992
* Robert McNamara (b. 1916), former Secretary of Defense
* Nancy Pelosi (b. 1940) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
* Caspar Weinberger (1917-2006), former Secretary of Defense

Other

* Abigail Folger, (1943-1969), Folgers coffee heiress
* Clifford Geertz (1926-2006), anthropologist
* William T. Shorey (1859-1919), First Black SF Sea Captain
* John W. Young (b. 1930), astronaut
* Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. (1920-2000), US Navy Admiral
* The Zodiac Killer, unidentified serial killer active in the 1960s
* Jim Jones (1931-197, Cult leader
* Melrose Bickerstaff, runner-up of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7, signed with Storm Model Management

Non-native residents

* Cheerleader Melissa, pro wrestler
* Maya Angelou, poet
* Ambrose Bierce, journalist and author
* Clark Blaise, Canadian author
* Marian and Vivian Brown, (b. 1927), socialites
* Willie Brown, former San Francisco Mayor
* Victor Burgin, artist
* Vanessa Carlton, singer
* Herb Caen, newspaper columnist
* Carol Channing, actress and comedian
* Chris Columbus, film director
* Francis Ford Coppola, film director
* Andrew Smith Hallidie, promoter of the first cable car line
* George Hearst, politician
* Phoebe Hearst, first woman Regent of the University of California
* Sargent Johnson, African-American sculptor
* Philip Kaufman, film director
* Jason Kidd, NBA player
* CoCo Lee, CantoPop singer and actress
* James Lick, real estate investor
* Cheech Marin, actor
* Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, activists, first same-sex couple to get a marriage license in San Francisco
* Kirke Mechem, composer
* Midori, author and (kinky) sex educator
* Harvey Milk, former city supervisor of San Francisco
* The Mitchell brothers, Jim and Artie, adult industry pioneers
* Joe Montana, football player
* Matt Nathanson, singer/musician
* Emperor Norton, notable local eccentric
* Gary Payton, NBA player
* Linda Perry, lead singer of 4 Non Blondes
* William Chapman Ralston, founder of the Bank of California
* The Residents, Avant-Garde music and visual arts group
* Anne Rice, author
* Tina Root, ex-vocalist of the now defunct darkwave band Switchblade Symphony
* Kevin Rose, founder, digg.com
* Michael Savage, conservative radio personality
* Charlotte Smith Mailliard Swig Shultz (born ca. 1934), heiress, socialite
* Danielle Steel, author
* Robert Louis Stevenson, (from 1879-1880)
* Sharon Stone, actress
* Amy Tan, author
* Mark Twain, author
* Wayne Wang, film director
* Robert Wartenberg, neurologist
* Oscar Wilde, spent 1882 there
* Cecil Williams, pastor
* Robin Williams, actor
* Martin Yan, television chef

 

[sk23]

it is definitely appreciated. yee

 

[suckafree85]

Gary Payton stays in Frisco?


I remember dude used to be in Vallejo at E-40's house parties all the time.

 

[west2east]

 

[916kings]

Man I love SF. The people, the atmosphere...
Def. Appreciated.

 

[bgl2687]

Originally Posted by SUCKAFREE85

Gary Payton stays in Frisco?


I remember dude used to be in Vallejo at E-40's house parties all the time.

GP is from the town.

 

[so4i5]

This is what we listen to out here.
http://www.youtube.com/v/qA1OM8Qmolc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1

 

[slamcity]

Originally Posted by Apollo XXXIII

Originally Posted by Purple Face

I want to go back

same.

Home, Sweet Home

 

[theswoosh]

Always had fun there. Turk & Leavenworth whats good!!

 

[suckafree85]

 

[freshhh]

dont give me no bammer weed
we dont

that ###* in the SFC

SF was/is/will always be home.

 

[smokey1212]

Word. I love this place.

 

[18key]

Originally Posted by So4i5

This is what we listen to out here.

Nickatina

Dude stays on every cd that's in my car

SF is appreciated. I wouldnt mind living there if the cost of living goes down.

 

[nickle dime bay]

Love the City

 

[andrew630]

appreciated