• THIS AFTERNOON: August 7th: Today at 4:30, the Board of Supervisors will hear the Richmond’s appeal to Planning Commission’s decision to let a Starbucks into the neighborhood (covered here earlier). The anti-Starbucks movement continues to gain steam (there’s even an aptly-named blog!), so if you’re anti-big business (or whatever), show up at City Hall and make a difference by voicing an opinion or merely adding to the opposition’s mass. Or, if you’re a joker, show up and start yelling “Donna Martin graduates!”
• Thursday, August 9th: We’re just suckers for Brazilian jazz. It’s got that cool, breezy sound perfect for a summer evening. And if you can feast on a three-course dinner for under 30 bucks, why not head over to Cote Sud?
• Saturday, August 11th: This Saturday is Toronado’s 20th Anniversary Celebration and it’s shaping up to be one of hell of a bash. According to the official site, over 15 rare beers will be lugged up from various cellars, including a very special “20th anniversary beer.” Here’s how “Big Daddy” describes the special concoction:
I approached Vinnie two years ago about making a beer for the Toronado Anniversary, my guidelines were wood aged, big, and barnyard. We toyed with the idea of making six beers and blending them into one, but agreed this was too time consuming as Vinnie has a lot on his plate. I was surprised when it came to light that he had come up with 5, 1 year old, wood aged beers to blend. Vinnie mixed 5 different blends and we tasted them together, all were fine beers , blend #1 was so good that we filled 1 keg with it calling it 50-50. After removing this quantity of beer from the over all blend ,we decided on a new blend halfway between blend #4 and blend #5. The result, Vinnie says, is a 10.43 percent alcohol by volume beer that is smooth and soft with a faint sourness – a beer that hides its alcohol well. “It drinks like a 6-percent beer.”
• THIS AFTERNOON: August 7th: Today at 4:30, the Board of Supervisors will hear the Richmond’s appeal to Planning Commission’s decision to let a Starbucks into the neighborhood (covered here earlier). The anti-Starbucks movement continues to gain steam (there’s even an aptly-named blog!), so if you’re anti-big business (or whatever), show up at City Hall and make a difference by voicing an opinion or merely adding to the opposition’s mass. Or, if you’re a joker, show up and start yelling “Donna Martin graduates!”
• Thursday, August 9th: We’re just suckers for Brazilian jazz. It’s got that cool, breezy sound perfect for a summer evening. And if you can feast on a three-course dinner for under 30 bucks, why not head over to Cote Sud?
