my thoughts and other random things

Monday, December 1, 2008

sammiches

so, i was reading angelikas page today and she had a list of favorite sandwich places in sf. basically, her list was a little lacking, so i came up with my own. there's some overlap here, but she left out a few favorite places, so she gets a D+ for that.

here's her list:

Teds Market
Darby Dans (So. City)
Piccolo Petes
Roxies
The Sub Center
Cafe La Taza
AK Subs
Sorrento Deli
Molinaris
Saigon Sandwiches
Little Luca (San Bruno)
Working Girls

OK here's mine:

Submarine Center aka Sub Center aka The Place that Can Make Everything Better
820 Ulloa Street, SF x West P

I became addicted at an early age. In High School, I was here at least once a week. I had one of those little cards with the stamps to earn free subs. The best is a center hot pastrami, made by the young guy. diet coke. maybe some sun chips. yum yum yum yum.

The Sandwich Shop

635 19th Street (Potrero Hill)

I used to work around the corner from here for YEARS, so i survived off this stuff for a long, long time. it was always the go-to, safe favorite. they put hella meat on their sammies and the avocado is always fresh, the bacon always crisp and sometimes they give you a free cookie!

mae's (r.i.p.) apparently its calld M & L Market...didnt know that

691 14th St(between Landers St & Market St)

so, even though mays doesnt exist anymore (tear :( tear ) it's still on my list because it was that damn good. yummy hot pastrami. she used to serve it out of a crock pot. yum. the chicken salad sandwich was grubbin, too. if you forget to order the bread first, mae freaks out. you also get these delicious little almond cookies when you pay.

boudin bakery, various locations

it wasnt until russell moved to ny that i realized that you couldnt get get a turkey avocado on sliced sourdough just anywhere. i figured since boudin was a chain, they were everywhere. shit, there's one in disneyland...how was i supposed to know? anyway, their turkey avocado sammie is TO DIE FOR, you dont even have to put any mustard on it, but sometimes i do. maybe a lil clam chowder on the side, if im feeling hella frisco-ish.

roxies

1901 San Jose Ave

I dont know when roxy's became such a "thing." i usually dont go for dutch crunch, but roxys dunch crunch sandwiches are oh-so-good. they have this mexican apple soda there that f'n rocks. usually i'll get them heated up. depends what im having.

Mario's Bohemian Cigar Store Cafe

566 Columbus Avenue

i've only been here a couple times, but i mean, any place that puts sandwiches on foggaccia has got to be the bomb, right?

Sunday, October 12, 2008

new kids forever

Friday i went to see New Kids at the hp pavilion in San Jose.

it was Steph's bday and she didn't tag along, and is probably still really pissed that i missed her birthday. in my defense, i have never stopped loving the fab five from beantown since the moment i set eyes on them in BOP magazine back in 88.

we tailgated like real dorks and got in trouble by security as per the usual. I'm sure i"ll look back at the pictures of me with a side pony tail and new kids shirt singing "Please Don't Go Girl" into my beer bottle and laugh/cringe.

seeing them all together again on stage was so amazing and gay and i loved it

the crowd loved them

everyone sang along

every waved their hands during hangin' tough

no one was too cool

i want to go again.

ouch

ive been having crazy dreams again.

last night i dream that this scary, terrier type dog

dug his claws into my legs and his fangs into my arms.

it was strange because i could feel it.

even in my dream,

it hurt like hell.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

a few of my favorite things

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

white rabbit

--If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?--

why does this guy keep showing up everywhere? curiouser and curiouser.