This is a RSS file. Copy the URL into your aggregator of choice. If you don't know what this means and want to learn more, please see: http://platial.typepad.com/news/2006/04/really_simple_t.html for more info. http://www.platial.comhttp://www.platial.com/map/Haight-Street-Trippin-/7727 Ze Haight eez filled wif ze wonderous folk hoo bring us good eats und dreenkies und jewels und shoes shoes shoes! Please tou add yore own favourite haunts. (Tags: Haight Street, San Francisco, California, Hobson's Choice, Victorian punch, crepes, Tibet Style, Red Vic, Sami Sunchild, mocha, shopping, designers, handbags, shoes, bars, fashion, art, rings, Madame Gonzaga) http://www.platial.com/post/96852
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]]> 2006-08-20 17:37:54.718599+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/97409 Herbie eez ze gooding artiste. Hee hopes tou vun day hav ze art shop in ze building, butt fur now contents heez elf tou hav vun on ze street. Herbie nose every biddy! Go buy some nicey arts or tayketh heem yore spare acrylic paints und paintable canvases und cardboards. Tell heem ze Madame sent aryooo und hee veal mayketh aryooo ze special drawling on ze baxxx ov yore drawling!

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]]> 2006-07-05 10:20:19.680755+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/97457 I fluff Carlos' cobblings und hee doth four shoesies fur ze price ov two just fur meeee! Hee nicey! Ze creepy bear in heez window breengs heem ze luxxx und hee been zare long time. Ze landbeasts tried tou hurl heem outtie butt hee came baxxx lyke ze sly cattie. Donut let heez old-weirld ways fooool aryoooooo eentou complacency, heee veal kik-kik your assss wit' your own bootie eefin aryooo step outta lyne.

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]]> 2006-07-09 16:11:12.231662+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/98136 Sami Sunchild eez not ze flower chylde mourning ze end ov ze Summer ov Fluff, shee eez ze visionary hoo wants tou lead ze weirld to peace through tourism und travel ov each nation's peoples. Veeziting herr B&B eez lyke having ze dinings wif your favrit auntie. Shee veal poot aryooo to work if help eez needed und shee veal sit und chat if shee hath ze moment. Butt shee alvays vants tou ensure your comfort und whilst shee eez doing zat she veal plant ze seeds ov love und peace inside aryooo wifout your even noticing until later. Get a dose ov Sami next time aryooo veezit ze Haight. ZE TOMATOE PIE EEZ TOU DYE FUR!!!!!!!!!! Best. Pie. Ever. Paws down.

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]]> 2006-10-03 18:43:12.954625+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/98139 A most lovely woman und friend ov ze Madame (she gaved mee ze bracelet fur tou cure myne hurted pawl!), Ugyen eez ze proprietress ov ze weirld's larget jewelry boxxx! Ringies! Bracelets! Neck laces! Some ov ze moist vunnerful pieces zat I hav seen in ze Tibetan-style can beef hound heer. Und Madame nose herr jewelies, tou be sure! Veezit Ugyen fur all ov your sparkly needs. Tell herr ze Madame sent aryoooo fur ze exxxtra special service und ze treat! Tibet Styles (415) 387-0903

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]]> 2006-07-11 11:57:16.590915+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/102818 Sweet Maria Lopez, married tou ze veddy cutening Carlos ze Cobbler ov Haight Street, eez ze proud new proprietress ov ze beast place fur tou buy your pea coats und dickies! Open 11-7 Moonday through Satyrday und 11-5 on Sundae, aryooo veal be redeye fur ze beeg jobbie und stylin' tooo! Hee! So adorkabull I had tou load bofe videos! Take vun! Tayketh Two! I veal tayketh bofe!!! (415)621-2181.

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]]> 2006-07-17 10:16:31.768883+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/102878 Despite ze off-pooting name und mad crazy way zay eez multiplying across ze City lyke randy rabbits (hoo kneads FOUR Squat und Gobbles in such ze small City?), cutening baristas und gut breakfasts kin bee had heer. I ham profoundly upset zat zay donut consent tou mayketh mee ze olde "Yellow Bird" from ze long-agoo menu, butt ze crab cakes wif spinach were ze suitabull substitute. Say...wot wot izzit 'bout zare chalkboard sign zat moist men (und some o'ze ladies, tou) seem tou fluff so wellll?

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]]> 2006-07-07 16:12:21.04806+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/102820 Tvsi und Lola ar fun tou talk tou und hav ze roxxxin' goods. Mee, I likey loooxin' at ze ringies und jewelies, butt ze posters ar poopular, tou. Donut mist ze peyote buttox tile at ze entrance, lyke ze hidden treasure. Zeez leetle shoppe eez ze real ting; beast sure tou wear ze flower in yore hares!

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]]> 2006-07-17 10:31:34.291543+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/102851 Vicki eez ze eentaresting straight-talkin' hottie shopkeeper hoo donut mince weirds. Eefin aryoo goose in ze shoppe, aryooo otter buy ze leetl sumpin' sumpin'! Git yore ass cabbage down zare und buy ze 'hoodie. I lyke nosing shee eez zare fur buyin' ze leetl last-minute gifties fur mein fiends. Und shee eevin carries Beebalalou neck laces!!! Miss Vicki eez ze charm. Tell her ze Mad Ham sent aryooooo und mebbee shee throw aryoo ze discount. Und donut furgit tou stoop und snif-snif ze incense. Gud sniffinks!

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]]> 2006-07-06 22:35:27.12726+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/102804 Even afore ze pea nutty miracle elixir "Signs und Wonders" was discovereded acause ov Jack's achin' gums, I injoyed ze tummyfluff I felt when veeziting Margaret und Jack's happy nest. Ze hamburgles ar tasty und easy on ze pocketbooxxx! Allso, zay donut mynde ze wee doggings hoo always bee sniffinings at zare door. So aryooo kin imagine mein delightings when zay discufffered ze fountain ov youth on top ov their allredeye mouth-watering line-up ov ze snaxxx. Vun hamburgle und ze miracle, coming uppinks!

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]]> 2006-07-17 11:36:59.601716+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/158393 Say hello to Peter Zeigelmeyer, Proprietor. _________________ For a very long time now, I've been jonesin' for one of those cool-looking Gado Gado sweatshirts with the tribal design on the sleeves and the long pointy swirly hoods that I see in Ceiba's window when I pass by the store...maybe in red. Touring Ceiba with Peter Ziegelmeier and Marie is a worldwide affair: local designers Dreamtime, Eka, and Space Turtle; Hikari from Japan; Psylo/Israel; Gado Gado/Austria; Nuclear Star/Italy; Quantum Leap & Mido from Bali all compete for my Mastercard's attention. But my favorite items in the store at the moment has got to be those stash belts by Hipsterr SF (modeled by Marie at right), which are like old-west gun holsters of wonderfully crafted leather but instead of gun holsters you get pockets for all of your raver or just-plain-boring-old-daily needs. These are way hipper than the standard fanny-pack, that's for damn sure, and I'll bet no one ever broke up with/refused to go out with/beat up someone for wearing a Hipsterr. Furry playa coats by Simone Schulz and an interesting selection of jewlery by Gina Pfanz round out the offerings of a bit of each type of gear you might need for an overnight dance party or just a hard day of urban living. If you're wondering where the music comes in, Peter founded Ceiba Records in 1996 and produces psytrance, progressive trance, and downtempo ambient music; listen and buy in the back of the store or on the website.

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]]> 2006-09-01 04:55:38.190859+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/158396 Video: Stephanie Don of Betsey Dee welcomes us to Betsy Dee's Haight Ashbury boutique. _____ "When dressing for an evening out, I always choose chandelier earrings. They're more likely to match the lampshade I will inevitably be wearing." ~Betsy Dee Sounds like the kind of friend you want to take to your office Christmas party, or rather skip your office Christmas party to go to a burlesque show with instead! Betsy Dee's store inventory selection follows that same kind of party girl theme, with fun clothes in soft, feminine, plush fabrics and a hearty selection of unique artisan jewelry. This is the place for petite/small women and women who like to wear their clothing reallyreallllly tight to buy sexy tops to go with favorite jeans (Anoname $89) and incredibly soft skirts to kick around with in those new red boots. I especially dug Momie's skirts (see polka dot skirt photo shown with tank tops to the right), which sport great pockets featuring 50s-looking cocktail stencils and are made from interestingly oddly-matched soft soft soft cotton vintage fabrics. At $98 these skirts are reasonably priced given the feel, workmanship, and look. Many of the designers Betsy Dee carries are local, with a few from Los Angeles and the midwest, and she hires interns and local designers to work in the store. One of my favourite pieces, which, like Betsy Dee's own "Bad Pants" label--a sizzling "Sharon Stone" kind of line--looks much better on a human than on the hanger, was a denim skirt with insets (see photo over there on the right hand side somewhere) designed by a student at San Francisco's Art Institute in a student fashion show that Betsy sponsors called "The Denim Invention." Some pieces created in that show are still available in the store, such as a sexy little jean-material corset. Interesting t-shirts that are lots more fun to wear than the standard plain Gap cotton number start at $25 and saucy little skirts that would be great with your stomper boots are $45-$90something. I do wish designers would cover a wider range of sizes to suit the curvier and taller of us! Be sure to check out the well-made and not-as-pricey-as-you-might-think designer jewelry in the cases lining the back of the store. Betsy Dee carries a better variety of jewelry than most mainly-clothing kind of stores. You never know where you might find the perfect signature piece for Fall.

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]]> 2006-09-01 05:12:18.503589+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/159036 >>>>>) I have enjoyed shopping at Laura's original Ruby store in the Mission; one Christmas I bought handmade handbags and fuzzy animal-ear hats there for most of my gifts to family and friends. Ruby's is a good place to find something reasonably priced and unique for thoughtful gift-giving. Personally, I am craving the raven resin necklace that I recently spotted on Ruby's website (see photo to the right) and I've got a few expectant momma friends who I think will enjoy dressing up their little bundles of joy in one-of-a-kind hipster baby togs (and starting at $20, these little outfits don't cost much more than standard cookie-cutter sleeper jammies!). Fused glass pendants with vintage textile patterns ($40-$99) and handpainted resin necklaces (both pictured to the right) are interesting pieces to add to the right outfit and are the sort of jewelry that it's hard not to move in on a for a closer look! I love the Fall-colored brocade and leather handbags; one I spotted looked perfect for opera season--lush fabric, nice long strap, and just big enough for tickets, opera glasses, and lipstick. (also shown over there>>>) If you're a tourist, here you can buy a not-so-obviously-a-tourist-wearing-just-shorts sweatshirt or a different-than-most scarf to keep warm, and one that you'll probably even wear again (as opposed to the Fisherman's Wharf tourist variety). Don't forget to bring it with you next time! This is not L.A.! Note: Photos of Ruby's great handmade scarf selection and a glimpse of one of the interesting paintings on back of hoodies are over there on the right>>>> Beyond the painted wave midway through the Haight Ashbury store is Vie Papiel, a store of a different sort, carrying vintage ephemera such as old prints, scary clowns, and framed works. Original hand-colored prints of buff men, brave lions, fair maidens and other interesting tidbits put me in mind of old carnivals and Auntie Flora's Funhouse Library. Wonderful browsing...I spotted several future gifts for hard-to-buy for males. MISSION STORE HOURS Monday 3-7pm Friday 12-7pm Saturday/Sunday 11-6pm ____________ HAIGHT STORE HOURS Monday-Saturday 11-7pm Sunday 11-6pm

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]]> 2006-08-21 17:40:46.285743+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/224540 Danielle and Brian creating heavenly crepes. ~~~~ Sweet or savory>? My usual is the Opera (ham/swiss/mushrooms) but I've been known to go to the Louvre (dark chocolate sauce) on occasion. The efficient workers here always deliver the goods and the mochas are surprisingly delicious for a place that specializes in something else. You can always swig Orangina or French Limonade if it's too late for caffeine--but it's really never too late for caffeine, is it? I seem to forget when ensconced in the wafting aromatic goodness of crepes, but the crepe-shy can also get a pretty good salad (Spinach salad with feta/red onions and tomatoes, Nicoise, Gorgonzola/Walnut) or opt for a baguette. Tables aren't guaranteed but it's okay to tell someone to scoot the heck over...or you can get your goodies to go if you're a good juggler. Consistently excellent service and taste. __________ Open 7days from 9:30am-10pm weekdays, 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays. 415.865.0264

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