Good Weekend for January 9-11
January 7, 2009
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| Aziza's bartender Farnoush Deylamian. (Courtesy photo) |
This Friday night try drinking at Aziza. This bar brings together the most unusual of flavors through bartender Farnoush Deylamian’s muddle method of grinding fresh ingredients into all their cocktails. They have expanded their signature drink menu from four cocktails to 25. [5800 Geary Blvd., S.F.]
Eating
Wakuriya: This restaurant in San Mateo, brings a little bit of Kyoto right here to the Bay Area, with Kyoto-trained chefs Katsushiro Yamasake and Mika Matsuda constructing a single set of kaiseki dishes each night. [Crystal Springs Village Shopping Center, 115 De Anza Blvd., San Mateo]
On the town
String band: Hot Buttered Rum, a locally-based progressive bluegrass band, performs at the Fillmore. Blue Turtle Seduction opens the evening. [9 p.m., 1805 Geary Blvd.]
Modern dance: The Natasha Carlitz Dance Ensemble presents “Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun),” a fast-paced program of premieres and favorite repertory. [8 p.m., Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center]
SATURDAY
A great bike ride
Start: 16th and Illinois streets
Route: Ride west (away from the Bay) on 16th Street, left on Kansas, right on 17th Street, follow 17th across the Mission and Castro, fork left onto Corbett Avenue, hard right onto Clayton Street, left onto Parnassus Avenue, left on 6th Avenue, right onto Kirkham, follow Kirkham Street across the Sunset to the Great Highway and Ocean Beach.
Bike Network: 100 percent (S.F. Bike Route 40)
Complete for bikes: 15 percent (bike lanes coming soon to 17th and Kirkham streets)
Stop and check out: Vistas from Tank Hill (side trip up Clarendon off Clayton) and Parnassus Heights
Time: 45-60 minutes, rolling and surveying
— San Francisco Bicycle Coalition; www.sfbike.org
Flora and fauna
Best fronds forever: Activities at the S.F. Botanical Garden include a workshop with palm expert Jason Dewees titled “Unusual Palms for Bay Area Gardens.” [9 a.m. to noon, Golden Gate Park]
‘Big Year’ celebration: GGNRA’s Endangered Species Big Year project presents its closing celebration. Awards, snacks and nature activities are on the bill. [1 to 4 p.m., Crissy Field Center, 603 Mason St., the Presidio]
Literary events
Wilde thing: The Second Saturday Book Club meets. January’s selection: Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” [10 a.m., Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave.]
Movies
Bogie and Bacall: “To Have and Have Not” (1944) and “The Big Sleep” (1946), both featuring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, screen as a double bill. [12:30, 2:40, 4:40, 7 and 9 p.m., Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St.]
Comedy
Stand-up show: Comedian Tom Rhodes, whose career spans 25 years and seven continents, performs a stand-up show. Kevin Avery and Joe Tobin also take the stage. [8 and 10 p.m., Punch Line Comedy Club, 444 Battery St.]
SUNDAY
Take a hike
Picchetti Ranch and Winery: Created in the early ’70s to preserve the “green backdrop of hills … and cool forests in the Coast Range,” Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has successfully maintained 550 square miles of welcoming wildland. Nonprofit partners, including Peninsula Open Space Trust, help raise money not only to keep these spaces open, but also to create more. Enjoy some of the lands of the labor at Picchetti Ranch and Winery near Cupertino, where easy hiking, roaming peacocks, and an afternoon of wine-tasting go hand in hand. Or take on a more robust 7-mile jaunt through lush Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve, traversing fern canyons that stoke distant views of Half Moon Bay and the Pacific. Enjoy the green backdrop, cool forests and coastal range.
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A great city walk
Haight-Ashbury: Come explore streets, sidewalks, parks and vistas that tell the story of a Victorian era resort site subsequently developed by comfortable merchants, whose gingerbread homes still grace its streets. Somewhat strenuous. Offered Sundaysat 11:00 a.m. Meet at the Park Branch Library, 1833 Page St.
[Visit www.sfcityguides.org or call (415) 557-4266 for more information]
Museums
Family Appreciation Day: Families with kids 18 or younger receive free admission to 32 museums and other cultural attractions during this mayor-presented celebration. [Participating attractions are listed at www.sfkids.org]
Solo performance: Playwright and performer Josh Kornbluth debuts “Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews?” a solo show inspired by the Warhol exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum. [3 p.m., CJM, 736 Mission St.]
Last day: “Martin Puryear Prints” closes at the de Young Museum. The exhibit shows how Puryear, known mainly as a sculptor, can masterfully turn three-dimensional ideas into print. [9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., Golden Gate Park]
Theater
‘Sincerity’ returns: Brava Theater Center presents “Sincerity Forever,” Mac Wellman’s Obie-winning, NEA-repudiated 1990 play about a group of young people blinded by a belief in their own sincerity. [8 p.m., Brava, 2781 24th St.]
Music
String quartet: The Cypress Quartet performs music by Haydn, Debussy, and Schulhoff. Noe Valley Chamber Music presents the concert. [4 p.m., Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez St.]
Cello and piano: S.F. Performances presents its annual Gift Concert. Cellist David Requiro (2008 Naumburg Award recipient) and pianist Elizabeth DiMio perform. [7 p.m., Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave.]
Environmental film festival: “Being Caribou” (2005) screens today. [Noon, Main Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin St.]
Performances
Adam Werbach: The environmental advocate and Saatchi & Saatchi CEO receives InForum’s 21st Century Award for his efforts. [6:30 p.m., Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St.]
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market top picks
- Collard greens
- Carrots
- Sun-dried tomatoes
- Bok choy
- Almond brittle
- Parsnips
- Kiwi
[www.ferryplazafarmersmarket.com]
