Yuppin’ it Up:
I’ve heard from people who’ve lived here longer than I that the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco used to be a dump. My office is seven of eight blocks from there and half a world away, next to a questionable greek lunchery and across the street from a methadone clinic.
What do I mean? A recent walking trip to the neighborhood confirms that Hayes Valley is like a crash course in urban with-it-ness. Some examples…
Urban Knitting Studio: Located below a former porn studio, UKS sees itself as half-knitting store, half-singles bar, where you can sit, knit, and hopefully meet someone. This is a bright idea because, even though knitting has been bleeding edge hip for a few years now, it hasn’t quite spread enough to include men.
Fritz Fries: I’ve been to a Belgian fry joint in New York whose name I’ve forgotton. It looked like a soccer hooligan’s pub, low lighting, dark woods, and the faint smell of grease. Take that same cuisine and make the decor Japanese school girl and you’ve got Fritz, right down to the DJ spinning next to the soda refrigerator and the bathroom with a day-glo toilet seat. Fries were good though.
Gravis: Some footwear company I’ve never heard of is now in the ultra trendy luggage business. I saw a backpack of theirs I liked, available at the fashion-is-pain price of $98.
Phillipe Starck Chair: I sat in this while Suzan poked through the overpriced luggage at the overpriced luggage store. When I asked a clerk where one could get a chair like this, she haughtily informed me that they got it from MOMA but I could get it through Design Within Reach. Thanks.
This is all way over my head. I mean yeah, I have a sense of style but taking it out for a spin just wierds be out. Makes me long for a bowl of cottage cheese and a Neil Diamond album back home.
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This is exactly what happened to the Williamsburg area in Brooklyn, NY. Now it’s to the point where the hipness is embarrassing and laughable. But you know, those freedom frites in your neighborhood sound like a pretty darn good reason to move there.
This is exactly what happened to the Williamsburg area in Brooklyn, NY. Now it’s to the point where the hipness is embarrassing and laughable. But you know, those freedom frites in your neighborhood sound like a pretty darn good reason to move there.
They’re great but hell on the blood pressure. I don’t think I’ll become a regular.
They’re great but hell on the blood pressure. I don’t think I’ll become a regular.
DWR is actual a great resource for that kind of stuff and some of their items are quite reasonably priced. I would highly recommend at least signing up for their catalog, as it’s very nicely done. Their email newsletter is great to and is almost like an email equivalent of a weblog. But don’t take it from me.
DWR is actual a great resource for that kind of stuff and some of their items are quite reasonably priced. I would highly recommend at least signing up for their catalog, as it’s very nicely done. Their email newsletter is great to and is almost like an email equivalent of a weblog. But don’t take it from me.
No HTML? For shame.
DWR should have been a link to http://dwr.com/
The last sentence should have linked to http://daidala.com/26jan2003.html
No HTML? For shame.
DWR should have been a link to http://dwr.com/
The last sentence should have linked to http://daidala.com/26jan2003.html
Were you at Urban Knitting on April 3rd with your girlfriend talking to the owner and giving her a suggestion to start screening movies? If so, I thought it was a great idea and hope that she takes you up on it!
Were you at Urban Knitting on April 3rd with your girlfriend talking to the owner and giving her a suggestion to start screening movies? If so, I thought it was a great idea and hope that she takes you up on it!
Yes Franny, that was me. You read this thing? Wow, what a teeny-tiny world.
Yes Franny, that was me. You read this thing? Wow, what a teeny-tiny world.
Don’t forget The Comix Experience, a kickass place with knowledgeable people to boot that has a healthy selection of alternative and underground titles (more so than any other comic shop in the City). They even have a punkish monthly newsletter. And Frankie’s has saved my ass when I had the munchies at a late hour. The food’s all right, but I dare anybody to name another place where else can you get brambory close to midnight on the West Coast.
Don’t forget The Comix Experience, a kickass place with knowledgeable people to boot that has a healthy selection of alternative and underground titles (more so than any other comic shop in the City). They even have a punkish monthly newsletter. And Frankie’s has saved my ass when I had the munchies at a late hour. The food’s all right, but I dare anybody to name another place where else can you get brambory close to midnight on the West Coast.
And the ten-sided die-throwing part of me would be remiss if I ignored the Game Room next door to CE.
And the ten-sided die-throwing part of me would be remiss if I ignored the Game Room next door to CE.