San Francisco Dream House Raffle
…this house could be yours for just $150. And, no, I’m not kidding.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is raffling this $2.4 million dollar San Francisco home. Each ticket costs $150 and there is no limit to the number of tickets you can purchase. If you put more than one name on the ticket, the official winner will be the first name written on the ticket. Proceeds from this raffle benefit YBCA in San Francisco.
The Grand Prize Drawing will take place on Saturday, July 25th. The deadline to buy a ticket for this Grand Prize Drawing is Friday, July 10th.
And if you don’t want the house? No worries. If you are the grand prize winner, you can choose between the house OR $.18 million in cash. Which would you choose?
And if this isn’t enough? YBCA is also having THREE Early Bird Drawings for those that buy their tickets by Friday April 3rd, Friday May 1st, or Friday May 29th, with various cash prizes.
House Features:
Location: Inner Sunset, within walking distance from Golden Gate Park, UCSF, DeYoung Museum, Academy of Sciences. (exact address not listed)
Size: 2 homes on one property – the main house, and a guest cottage, combined 4,200 square feet. (Main house has 4 bed/4.5 bath and Guest house has 2 bed/2 bath)
Parking spaces: 4 car garage
Check out SF Raffle for more information and more photos.
Spring is in the Air…
…well, according to the calendar it is.
For San Franciscans, it can be difficult to really know what season it truly is, since their is only a mild fluctuation in temperature all year. So even though, it doesn’t really feel like the first day of Spring today, I’m excited to know that Winter (my least favorite season) has officially cleared and that Spring is on its way.
What does spring-time mean to you? To me, Spring represents life itself. It is the renewing of one’s soul. It is the birth of new souls. It is the new light of day after being in the dark early nights for so long. I adore Spring.
One of my most favorite things about spring time in San Francisco are the Cherry Blossoms in Japantown. Every year, around mid-April, over 200,000 people flood the streets of Japantown to attend the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival.
And look, even though it may not feel like Spring outside today, these Cherry Blossoms that have already started blooming in Japantown, know what’s up.
“Snuggie” Pub Crawl
You’ve seen the infomercial. (Here is the link in case you haven’t had the pleasure of watching that hilarious video Snuggie Infomercial)
You’ve laughed and chuckled. You’ve wondered who in the world would actually buy this thing. Or, maybe, you were one of the few that did. (no, no…im not judging)
In any case, leave it to San Francisco to hold its 1st annual Snuggie Bar Crawl on the first day of Spring, Friday March 20th, starting at 8pm. It starts at Rouge Nightclub on Polk street, and continues to Shanghai Kelly’s, Vertigo, McTeagues, and R Bar.
The organizers of the event will not be providing Snuggies, so you will need to bring your own. (Walgreens and Bet Bath and Beyond have been known to carry them in their stores). They will even be having several contests during the night in the categories of: best male, best female, best couple or group, and best sluttiest snuggie.
Check out this Yelp listing for more details. Have fun!!
“Kiss Me, I’m Irish”
Every year, on March 17th, people all around the world want nothing more than to be Irish for the day. It is the one day of the year where Guinness, Harp, Smithwick’s, and Bailey’s Irish Cream are sought after more than any other alcoholic beverage out there. Is the one day of the year where Whites, Blacks, Latinos, and Asians alike can say “Kiss Me, Im Irish” without getting odd stares.
In Boston, they dye the river green. As they also do in Indianapolis. Savannah (Georgia) dyes its downtown city fountains green. And in Missouri twelve city blocks are painted kelly green before the start of the parade.
So how do San Franciscan’s celebrate this Green holiday? Well, despite the fact, that our very own mayor, Gavin Newsom is Irish Catholic himself, since1852, San Francisco has held a huge St Patricks Day Parade (typically the weekend before). And of course, as environmentally conscious San Franciscans are, the theme of this years parade was “Go Green!”
So what about the day of? Even though St Patrick’s Day falls in the middle of the work week, it wont stop thousands of local San Franciscan’s from hitting up the most popular Irish Pubs in the city. Here is a compilation of the 10 best Irish Pubs in the City (according to 7 x 7 magazine).
Feel free to comment if you agree or disagree with the rankings.
Bottoms up, everyone! Happy St Pattys Day!