San Francisco - Alison Bing [6]
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INTERNET RESOURCES
To take SF by storm, do what the locals do: go online to these indispensable sites to find out what’s happening where.
www.7×7.com The newest, trendiest restaurants, bars, boutiques and more.
www.cookhereandnow.com Free local and seasonal food events and weekly updates on what’s in season in SF.
www.craigslist.org Find a job, apartment rental, a German-speaking poker party, free furniture or that hottie you spied on the 22 Fillmore bus via Missed Connections.
www.dailycandy.com The latest hot spots for drinking, shopping, seeing and being seen.
www.flavorpill.com The flavor of the week in SF movie premieres, art openings, music lectures and more.
www.indybay.org Left Coast news, protest listings, fundraisers and causes galore.
www.laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events Fair warning about bizarre, offbeat events happening around the Bay Area daily.
www.sfbg.com San Francisco Bay Guardian’s website offers hot tips on local theater, art, events, movies and sex habits.
www.sf.eater.com The lowdown on the SF food and nightlife scene: restaurant openings, drinking deals and juicy gossip on SF star chefs.
www.sfgate.com The online version of the San Francisco Chronicle, with news and comprehensive event listings.
www.sfist.com Blog with irreverent take on San Francisco news and politics.
www.somalit.com/newsletter.html LitGuide covers events, workshops and the last word on the SF literary scene.
www.stretcher.org Art reviews, interviews and more.
www.thebaybridged.com Music podcast featuring local talents and event listings.
www.thedelimagazine.com/sf Tasty tidbits about the Bay Area indie-rock scene.
www.thrillist.com Blog on the new and now in SF: bars, bands, shops, restaurants, events.
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BACKGROUND
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HISTORY
COWBOYS ON A MISSION
‘GOLD! GOLD! GOLD!’
OUTCASTS AMONG OUTCASTS
RAILROADS & RIOTS
KEEPING THE WEST WILD
DOUBLE DISASTER
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
THE LEFT COAST
BEATS: FREE SPEECH, FREE SPIRITS
FLOWER POWER
PRIDE
SAN FRANCISCO 3.0
ARTS
LITERATURE
VISUAL ARTS
MUSIC
CINEMA & TELEVISION
THEATER
DANCE
ARCHITECTURE
ENVIRONMENT & PLANNING
CLIMATE
THE LAND
GREEN SAN FRANCISCO
URBAN PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
MEDIA
NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
RADIO & TV
FASHION
TIMELINE
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HISTORY
COWBOYS ON A MISSION
San Francisco is one dinner party where most of the guests arrived rather rudely late. When Spanish cowboys brought 340 horses, 302 head of cattle and 160 mules to graze here in 1776, the area we know as San Francisco already had a standing dinner date with local Native Americans that went back over 14,300 years. Early California cuisine included shellfish, bear meat, edible flowers and acorn-flour bread, and when the seasons changed, the Native Ohlone moved their dinner venue further up or down the coast. The arrival of unexpected guests Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, Father Francisco Palou and their livestock met with no apparent resistance initially, until the Spaniards began to demand more than dinner.
The new arrivals expected the locals to build them a mission, and to take over its management within 10 years. In exchange, the Ohlone were allowed one meager meal a day, which didn’t always materialize, and a place in God’s kingdom – which came much sooner than expected for many, due to the smallpox the Spanish brought with them. Introduced diseases decimated the Ohlone population by almost three-quarters during the 50 years of Spanish rule in California.
While some Ohlone managed to escape the short life of obligatory construction