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Chinese New Year Parade 2013 – February 23, 2013

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Celebrating the Year of the Snake (Lunar Year 4711), the Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade will be held on Saturday, February 23, 2013. Stepping off from 2nd & Market at 5:15 PM PST , more than 100 entries will participate. This beloved and breathtaking San Francisco tradition has been going on for over 60 years, warming hearts and electrifying the senses with its gorgeous floats, traditional costumes and fantastical creatures. One crowd favorite, the Gum Lung (Golden Dragon), is a stunning 268’ long and takes a team of over 100 men and women from the martial arts group, White Crane, to carry its undulating form through the streets of San Francisco.

This year brings a new parade route beginning at Second and Market Street, going up Post to Powell, turning right on Sutter to Kearny and ending at Columbus. This is the largest Lunar New Year celebration outside of Asia. The New Year Parade is one of the finishing touches of a two week celebration and festival that includes the Flower Fair, Community Fair, Jamboree, Run and the Miss Chinatown USA Pageant and Ball.

February 23, 2013 at 5:15 PM.
2nd and Market Street, San Francisco.

For more information, go to www.chineseparade.com

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SF Beer Week – February 8 – 17, 2013

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SF Beer Week is an annual event held in various locations throughout the Bay area where beer lovers can congregate in a celebration of tastings, events, breweries and bars. Starting with the Opening Celebration at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco on Friday, February 8 at 6:00 PM (through 10:00 PM PST), this event gathers over 65 Northern Californian breweries for beer fans to enjoy.

Opening Night offers revelers live music, specialty brews, and tastings from the likes of Lassen Ale Works, Uncommon Brewers, and Anchor Brewing Company. Throughout the week events ranging from Chocolate and Beer Pairing, 2nd Annual Beer and Sausage Eating Contest, Woman Only Blind Beer Tasting and Appreciation Night, and the Brewers Sunday Tea offer a wide variety of venues and flavors for the true beer lover to enjoy.

February 8 through February 17, 2013
Opening Celebration 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PST)
General Admission: $75 (payable at the opening ceremonies)

For more information, check out www.sfbeerweek.org.

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August Case-Shiller Index

The Case-Shiller Index for August for the 5-county San Francisco Metro Statistical Area was released today. It showed a small improvement from July’s reading and is now at its highest point since December 2008.

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Who is San Francisco? City Demographics

Who is San Francisco?

Who We Are, How We Live, What We Do, How We Rank

How many San Franciscans:

Trace their ancestry from China, Ireland, Mexico or the Philippines?

Are children under 5? Speak Spanish at home? Have their cars stolen?

Are heterosexual or gay? Divorced? Live alone? Give birth each year?

Vote Libertarian? Earn over $200,000/year? Have graduate degrees?

There is no city in the world like San Francisco – and here are some of the details.

For analyses of the city’s real estate market, please see links at bottom of newsletter.

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Fleet Week – October 4-8

From its humble beginning in 1911, the Navy’s flight program has grown to become a guardian of freedom for America and its allies. The U.S. Naval Aviation program includes three branches of the military: the Navy, the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard. This year San Francisco Fleet Week spectators will be captivated by the dynamic performances of the Marines AV-8B Harrier and by TWO jet teams, The Blue Angels and Canadian Snowbirds!

Click here for more information!

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Folsom Street Fair – September 23

The Folsom Street Fair (FSF) is an annual BDSM and leather subculture street fair held on the last Sunday in September and caps San Francisco’s “Leather Pride Week”. The Folsom Street Fair, sometimes simply referred to as “Folsom”, takes place on Folsom Street between 7th and 12th Streets, in San Francisco’s South of Market district.

Click here for more information.