Thrillist San Francisco
Emailed in a LIST on: Wednesday July 2, 2008The List
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Gear: Stealth Watch by Axcent
Designed and crafted in Sweden, these old-school-slick timepieces sport solid stainless-steel casing, a genuine leather (black/white/brown) band, and a fat, glowing LED display in red or green. In keeping with Scandinavian no-nonsenseness, there're two buttons only, for time & date -- for the calculator function, look in front of the watch, and you should find ten fingers.
They're also up for sale at ScandanavianDetails.com
Eat: Jasmine Garden
Formerly Will's Vietnamese, this mirror-lined cafe's trotting out a revamped look (Mini koi fountain? Check) and an expanded menu that includes starters like BBQ pork rolls and a poached shrimp-loaded papaya salad, plus mains from marinated wok-roasted crab to the watercress/tomato/red onion-topped filet mignon known as "Dancing Beef" (it narrowly defeated Slater on Dancing with the Steers).
Click: TennisMaps
Right in time for summer, this GMap provides an aerial view of 276 SF tennis courts, with a legend indicating each one's particulars (public/private/lighting/backboard). Hovering over each gives you address/phone, while zooming in gets you close enough to literally see the lines and nets, or in the case of Bayview, not-nets.
Your court is waiting at TennisMaps.com
Drink: 50% off Lark Creek Wines
Through July, all Lark Creek 'raunts (One Market, LarkCreekSteak, etc) are slinging their 1000+ American wines at half price. The discounts run from a pricey Spotteswood Cab (slashed to $82), to a now-$23 Sauv Blanc from Garry Farrell, Napa viticulturalist, lead singer of Pinot for Winos.
All your cut-rate July dining's at LarkCreek.com
Watch: Bullitt Chase Geocoded
Witness the truth behind SF's most famous/geographically fanciful chase scene ever, as Steve McQueen's '68 Mustang route is juxtaposed against a "map". Beginning in Potrero, the action jumps through 7 'hoods before the bad guys crash and burn down by Monster Park -- a stadium where, if we're being accurate, it's mainly the good guys who crash and burn.
Gentlemen, start your engines
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