Silmaril http://www.oneeyedman.net Wed, 02 May 2012 19:18:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 May Day 2012 http://www.oneeyedman.net/?p=1768 http://www.oneeyedman.net/?p=1768#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 16:28:53 +0000 dwrob http://www.oneeyedman.net/?p=1768 Pictures from the chaotic 2012 May Day events in Seattle.

Complete album

Un-permitted march in downtown.

Flag and helicopter.
Flag and helicopter

Marchers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weaponized bicycles.

bicycle barricades

When one club is not enough.
cudgels

]]> http://www.oneeyedman.net/?feed=rss2&p=1768 0 Sam Wo closes [Update: Closes?] http://www.oneeyedman.net/?p=1718 http://www.oneeyedman.net/?p=1718#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:13:54 +0000 dwrob http://www.oneeyedman.net/?p=1718 Continue reading →]]> After 100 years, the San Francisco health department is shocked, shocked to find unsanitary conditions in Sam Wo’s kitchen.

UPDATE I, 4/24/2012: Sam Wo is fighting the city to re-open! [KPIX] [Examiner]

Meanwhile, the SF Weekly ran a a story and a link with Conan O’Brien’s “commercial” for Sam Wo.

UPDATE II, 4/24/2012: Sam Wo reprieve!

More details on the hearing.
In the photo below, the owners plead their case in a packed hearing room.

Below are some pictures from a 2008 visit. I will see if I can dig up some vintage ones. The most glaring omissions are the sign in front and the kitchen itself. I don’t think I have a picture of the kitchen, so these are from the article:

Looking out the kitchen
Looking out through the kitchen

The view when entering
What patrons pass by on the way to the stairs

Menu in 2008
Late-model menu

Rogues galleryClockwise: Mike, David, Jan, Ron.

Jan at Sam Wo in 2008
Jan on the 3rd-floor balcony at Sam Wo.

Rosa at Sam Wo in 2008
Rosa on the balcony.

View from the balconyThe view east.

View from the balconyThe view west.

View from the balconyThe view up.

View from the balconyView of a bird and some Chinese gingerbread.

The guardians of the balcony
The three sentinels of the balcony. Who says they didn’t keep this place clean?

]]> http://www.oneeyedman.net/?feed=rss2&p=1718 0 Favorite scene from “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” (Swedish version) http://www.oneeyedman.net/?p=1711 http://www.oneeyedman.net/?p=1711#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:26:59 +0000 dwrob http://www.oneeyedman.net/?p=1711 Lisbeth Salander struts to her trial.

The bad-ass of the moment.

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