Archive for March, 2010

The hyphen and its staff are enjoying spring break, but, in our absence, enjoy a cup of joe and these coffee bar reviews.

Got the mean ol’ coffee blues Mint Plaza Café 66 Mint Street, San Francisco (and multiple locations) www.bluebottlecoffee.net Upon parking in the dim and dreary alleyway of Mint Plaza, my comrade Logan and I received a friendly (?) warning from the neighborhood parking attendant to not leave our bags in the car as “those f—-ers would break into it...

Jive of the Sweet Java: Caffe Trieste 601 Vallejo Street, San Francisco (and multiple locations) www.caffetrieste.com I awoke from my afternoon siesta at work with the buzz of my phone. It was Erik. I knew it was time. We sped across town with Caffe Trieste of North Beach in our sights. The route was tricky. Bamboozled by one-way...

Ritual Roasters should be everyone’s ritual 1026 Valencia, San Francisco www.ritualroasters.com The Mission is definitely where you should go if you want to experience what’s happening in San Francisco today…and for coffee, that place is Ritual Roasters. Opened in 2005, the love for Ritual has been viral. According to their website, it was only a week...

When I heard bluegrass abutted with Rachmaninoff and Brahms, I knew I was either in a time warp or at the Aim High Showcase recently. Although not so temporal, the experience was nonetheless thought provoking. Provocative? Will Hitz ’10’s electronica group, 91+, opened the soirée with an icy melody that fit an ice-age epic playing...

Dan Hoyle ‘98 is back at San Francisco’s Marsh Theatre with a new solo show, The Real Americans, that chronicles the 100 days that Hoyle spent traveling outside of San Francisco’s “liberal bubble” in search of America. Hoyle’s quest comes in the wake of the divisive presidential contest of 2008. Having heard multiple politicians speak...

Shutter Island begins to weave its trance over the audience even before the fade-in. Deep, haunting strings instantly establish the film’s tone of unrelenting doom. As the opening credits loom out of the darkness, typography has never looked so sinister. By the time we fade into Leonardo DiCaprio throwing up over the side of...

Daniel Tesfai grew up locally, in the town of Santa Rosa. After graduating from San Francisco State University, he landed a job at Mission Cliffs Rock Climbing and Fitness Gym. Here he met Marisol Sullivan, the former Body-Mind Education teacher, and the rest of his history resides at Lick-Wilmerding. He has experience leading trips with...

Both Men’s and Women’s Track & Field smiled in victory after the results came in late Tuesday night, March 2. The scores were as follows: Girls 1. Lick-Wilmerding 192 2. Marin Academy 108 3. University 90 4. Urban 34 5. Bay 8 6. Convent 1 Boys 1. Lick-Wilmerding 176.5 2. Marin Academy 111.5 3. Urban 44 4. Stuart Hall 33 5. University 27 6. International 26 7. Bay 4 As...

After much debate and input from teachers, students and parents, Head of School, Dr. Al Adams, along with Assistant Head of School, Karen Eshoo, have come to a final decision about the future of AP courses offered at Lick-Wilmerding. According to Eshoo, the school’s plan is to phase out the number of AP classes. For...