According to WIkipedia, koi fish “are among the longest-living vertebrates, with some animals living over 200 years.”
Sadly, that wasn’t the case for these unlucky three on Haight Street, whose short lives came to an abrupt end this week.
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To celebrate our visit inside the U.S. Mint yesterday, and to reward you if you happened to make it all the way through our lengthy story, we’ve teamed up with Three Twins Ice Cream for a special promotion!
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Not many buildings in San Francisco are as mysterious as the one at 155 Hermann Street.
Heavily fortified, perpetually guarded, and extremely closed to the public, the U.S. Mint is a building that few San Francisco residents have entered, and most know little about.
Well, we at Haighteration are not OK with that.
Because according to our maps, the U.S. Mint sits at the southeast corner of the Lower Haight. And we just can’t have this much mystery on our own turf.
So, yesterday, we decided to do something about it.
We went inside.
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On Sunday, I was lucky enough to be invited to help judge a pie baking contest at the Divisadero Farmers Market. Today I’ve got some pics from the event for you — plus the winning recipe!
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Oh hey look at that — it’s finally summer in San Francisco! The sun is shining, the flip-flops are out, and the marine layer is nowhere to be found. Certainly that’s worth celebrating, right?
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The Lower Haight Mural Collective, a group of local artists, galleries, merchants, sponsors, and residents, is planning to paint a giant mural along Haight Street next month — and they want your input.
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If you’re a fan of discounts and hoodies — and frankly who isn’t? — then you’re going to want to get in on today’s Groupon.
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This weekend’s quiz is a little abstract — a few columns, a couple of lights, an odd detail in the middle, and two shades of green.
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This is a rare hybrid of two regular Friday posts that we do — a roundup of Lower Haight news stories that didn’t quite make the front page, and some events to make your weekend extra-special.
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Calling all photographers! Haighteration has an event coming up that we’d like to cover, and we need your help.
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