http://sanfranciscoca.roxysbestof.com Host Jason Buckley brings you the Best of San Francisco, California, and the Bay Area, from kid stuff (including summer camp) to restaurants to art galleries and shopping Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:59:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We stumbled upon this new-ish restaurant on New Years Eve. It's in the spot where Christopher's Taxi used to be (1101 San Pablo Ave, Albany), and we had heard it was good. That night we just got the spicy lamb shawarmas and they were great! There was one stereotypical Berkeley ... http://sanfranciscoca.roxysbestof.com/2009/02/18/food-and-wine/zaki-kabob-house/ Sure, there are plenty of malls in the bay area where you can take your kid to meet Santa. But none of those consumerist meccas compare to the Tilden Park carousel. Nestled high up in the Berkeley hills, you drive along dark roads until you see the explosion of color. ... http://sanfranciscoca.roxysbestof.com/2008/12/14/kid-stuff/tilden-park-christmas-fantasy/ Anyone who reads my blog knows that I've been having some musical frustration as of late. Being a dad of a toddler doesn't offer much time to rock out, and as a bassist I tend to need to play with other people. While searching craigslist for others to jam with, ... http://sanfranciscoca.roxysbestof.com/2008/11/03/entertainment/red-house-studios/ Pipsqueak a go go is a rock and roll dance party for kids. There's a DJ spinning all sorts of cool retro music that kids and grown ups enjoy. They also have bands, clowns, and the Devil-ettes: a troupe of 60's style go-go dancers who do routines and teach the ... http://sanfranciscoca.roxysbestof.com/2008/10/22/kid-stuff/pipsqueak-a-go-go/ There's a new medical marijuana dispensary in Marin County! I was planning on checking out the one in Fairfax, but when I was searching for it I found that a brand new one opened up in Sausalito which is a little bit easier for me to get to from my ... http://sanfranciscoca.roxysbestof.com/2008/09/25/personal-services/gate-5-caregivers/ Friday night my aunt and uncle were visiting and they took us out to the Hotel Mac for dinner. It's a historic old hotel in Point Richmond with very homey rooms and a pretty good restaurant and bar. The bar fills up with a mix of touorists and Chevron suits ... http://sanfranciscoca.roxysbestof.com/2008/09/22/restaurants-and-bars/hotel-mac/ Berkeley's Tilden Park has a ton of great stuff to do, and I'm sure I'll be hitting on many of them on this blog. This park is way high up in the East Bay hills, and nestled in one of the more remote areas are the steam trains. This is ... http://sanfranciscoca.roxysbestof.com/2008/09/12/kid-stuff/the-steam-trains/ For almost the whole time I lived in San Francisco proper, my wife and I had wanted to check out Burma Superstar (on yelp) on Clement in the Inner Richmond neighborhood (405 Clement between 4th and 5th aves to be exact). And for some reason or other, we never managed ... http://sanfranciscoca.roxysbestof.com/2008/09/10/food-and-wine/burma-superstar/ Hey there new readers. I'd like to thank Roxy for inviting me to offer my crazy ramblings about the San Francisco Bay Area. I've been here just over 5 years as a transplant from the East Coast, Washington, DC by way of Hyde Park, NY to be specific. There are ... http://sanfranciscoca.roxysbestof.com/2008/09/10/communities/hello-roxys-best-of/ Welcome to Roxy's Best Of... San Francisco, one of the very first Roxy blogs not written by Roxy. I'd like to introduce you to Jason Buckley, best known in and around the blogosphere for his blog, Washington Interns Gone Bad. Another BlogExplosion favorite, Jason describes himself in his online profile as ... http://sanfranciscoca.roxysbestof.com/2008/08/30/communities/introducing-roxys-best-of-san-francisco-california-hosted-by-jason-buckley/