Abendigo R.'s Profile
Date
Recreate is a mirror-free gym without a single benchpress in it. It's loaded with kettlebells, gymnastic rings (and TRX apparatuses), sandbags, huge nylon ropes, half-rolls, et cetera. They believe in traditional exercises that have been around for centuries. They aren't into the latest fad.
Now that I've completed my training, I plan on attending the group classes which are offered almost twice daily, I think. You also get a completely awesome and fun workout for an affordable price.
Anyway, I couldn't more highly recommend Taylor Kruse or Recreate Fitness, if you're looking for something different than the mainstream. If you're not wanting yoga, but you're also not wanting the corporate gym experience, then Recreate is for you.
Did I also mention that I think you get a better workout here, that it's better for your body as a whole, than a yoga studio or a traditional gym? I guess it all depends on what you're looking for.
The exercises I've learned so far (Turkish getups, kettlebell swing cleans, to name a couple) at Recreate I plan to incorporate into my personal program for the rest of my life.
Chehalis, WA 98532
(360) 748-3720
The Shire Bar & Bistro
Categories:
Beer, Wine & Spirits,
American (Traditional)
The only problem with The Shire is that the owner Joel is more of a Packers fan than a Seahawks fan. Give him heck, and he'll be good to you. At least he is compassionate and merciful toward our sea chickens.
Anyway, even though the Oly Club in Centralia is an institution in the twin cities, The Shire is by far my personal preference -- way more chill, low-key, my-kind-of-place.
Oh yeah, and did I mention how bomb the Shire hot sauce is! I wish I had some, but I'm having to rely on my gallon of green Tabasco.
Portland, OR 97212
(503) 288-6900
Ned Ludd
Category:
American (New)
Neighborhoods: Northeast Portland, King
Reborn Babies by Nellerina
Categories:
Toy Stores,
Hobby Shops,
Baby Gear & Furniture
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 647-3033
Just For You Cafe
Categories:
American (Traditional),
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighborhoods: Dogpatch, Potrero Hill
If you're gluten intolerant or allergic or just like to limit your intake of gluten, you can try the French toast, any burger or sandwich, or even eggs benedict on the weekend with the GF bread.
I can't think of a single SF diner or cafe that offers fresh GF bread, can you?
It is delicious.
2 Previous Reviews:
-
11/27/2008
You know, it's funny, every once in a while, you get a bunch of whiners who charge their Whaaambulances around, trying to get folks attention, when they probably shouldn't EVER EAT OUT, b/c their IGNORANCE IS DANGEROUS, and they should DO THEIR HOMEWORK AND GET SOME EXPERIENCE BEFORE THEY OPEN THEIR MOUTHS.
The reason I say this, is because Yelpers can hurt businesses with their talk, and rightly so, as Yelp is a powerful tool, and should be used wisely.
However, when it comes to messing with places I love, they need to get a life, only b/c they DON'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
Of course, there are exceptions to this rule, as many who describe a bad experience they had do it constructively and responsibly.
But SOME DO NOT.
For example, AV C http://www.yelp.c... recently wrote, during a 2 star review of Just For You, that if only she'd had beignets and coffee, then she'd of given 5 stars, and she whines about $2 home fries. Are you kidding me? Welcome to San Francisco, or to eating out for that matter @ a conscious place that actually uses Slow Food principles!
Then you get Paula H. http://www.yelp.c... claiming she'll get shot on 3rd St. Obviously she's never been out of Pac Heights, or whatever, Parkside, oooohhhhh! And she's says Just For You isn't God's gift to foodies. What? Talk about expectations.
And then she says Just For You should close its doors, and she says it's too expensive. Why don't you get a life! Yeah, I guess $14 for a whole mess of organic home-made goodness is too much in San Francisco, why don't you go eat at Denny's.
Anyway, Just For You is a good place to eat.
Before you open your mouth, you should probably get a little more experience first, and make that experience something real, rather than writing a Yelp review, so that you feel like you've accomplished something, when in actual fact you're hurting a good business that you haven't even experienced properly.
So, in the interest and spirit of Yelp, how about I make a few recommendations to you? Try Just For You a few more times. Don't have such expectations. Try it for dinner Wed - Fri. Try it during the week, like on a Tues. Try it on Sunday when they open @ 8am.
Get the corned beef hash (made with Guinness poured over the corned beef, red bell peppers, onions) on a weekend with homemade biscuits and poached eggs, for $12!!!
Get the Huevos with Christmas (homemade red and green ranchero sauce) on corn tortillas, with a side of homefries, for less than $10! Add avocado for $2.
Get the Crab Cake po boy with Creole Mustard or homemade tartar sauce, and a side of fries for like $10 or $11.
Get a pint-sized Fresh Squeezed grapefruit mimosa for $7.
Get the grilled chicken sandwich on a French Roll, add bacon and cheese, and ask for a side of BBQ sauce, with fries for $10 or $11!!!!
Too expensive? Well, then you should probably STAY HOME OR GO TO MCDONALD'S. -
7/21/2008
You can't master everything, right? Well, then why is everything on the menu good here? -- from the homemade green or red chili sauced-doused huevos rancheros to the fresh crispy catfish tacos to the ridiculously mouth-watering reuben on Acme rye to the shrimp po boy?
Oh, and did I mention the Creole-Louisiana-the me...the fresh, hot beignets covered in powdered sugar, the weekend brunch benedicts (corned beef hash, bacon, you name it), the po boys, the Creole mustard.
Add to that a pint-sized mimosa (ask for fresh-squeezed grape fruit juice) to get you shnockered or for a lil hair-of-the-dog, JUST FOR YOU!!!
And the prices are right, while the proportions are heaping and generous and lip-smacking.
Sebastopol, CA 95473
(707) 829-1077
Peter Lowell's
Categories:
Italian,
Breakfast & Brunch,
Pizza
And here are another few reasons:
* It's all about community.
* It's the only gold LEED certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) restaurant in California.
* It's one of long-time Sebastapol local Tom Waits' favorite places, as he's building a new recording studio just a few blocks away.
* The space is sleek, ambient, and the speaker system makes anything (from David Byrne to grassroots hip hop) sound stunning.
* By eating here, you're supporting all of the local artisans, producers, artists, gourmands...;-)
* The prices are unbelievably reasonable, given the quality. I hail from San Francisco, and you'd pay twice as much for something as chalk-ful of nutrients, aesthetics, seasons, and life.
* And last of all, Lowell is just a really good guy, he'll make you feel right at home.
Notes:
I tried his home-made bagels -- they were outrageous.
The chocolate Nemesis cake is nemesetical (is that a word?).
The Neapolitan style pizza, made with organic flour (btw, everything is organic here), melted in my mouth. The Woodstone Bistro must have been turned up just right, or maybe it was the angle at which the pizzaiolo turned the crust.
He has one day of the week were he serves Pinots and Pizzas, where you get a glass of Pinot with your pizza.
Oh and by the way, breakfast is almost as good as dinner...
If you're ever anywhere near Sebastapol, check out Peter Lowell's, and did I mention it's housed in a sustainable community called Florence Lofts, whose greywater system would make Bill McDonnough proud?
Okay, that's enough for now, I'll have more to report later.
Since 1978, PM Recovery, Inc has been a leading direct processor of scrap metals and spent catalysts. The company specializes in reducing the environmental liability and footprint of other industrial behemoths, such as Exxon-Mobil. These are the kinds of behind-the-scenes companies that are the true "green" heroes of today.
Specializing in tungsten carbide, cobalt, vanadium, nickel and molybdenum, these guys are basically a logistics company that takes part in every aspect of the industrial catalyst and metals recycling process. In other words, they aren't brokers but actual participants in the systems of industrial recycling, with actual physical secondary materials recovery plants.
On the catalyst side, you've got industries like aerospace, electronic, magnet production, medical, mining, automotive and other applications. And on the metals side, you've got industries like oil and petroleum, pharmaceutical and industrial gases. And PM Recovery does it all.
Mark Spano, a former college football star in Harrison, New York, founded the company in 1978, and they've taken recycling, IMHO, to another level.
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 572-5453
San Francisco Coffee Biz
Category:
Appliances & Repair
Neighborhood: Mission
He's a true professional that's been doing it for years.
You can call Marlon at 415.621.1171 for his espresso machine repair service line.
2 Previous Reviews:
-
2/21/2008
PastaBiz is the main local purveyor of pasta machines in the Bay Area, supplying everyone from the French Laundry to SPQR. Owner Emilio Mitidieri has a 30-yr. background in industrial pasta manufacturing and machines. He's passionate about pasta and puts his customers first. I know this from first-hand experience.
He also has national and international clients, as pasta is made all over the world.
His company does pasta machine repair, installation, consulting, you name it.
We need more passionate local afficianados like Emilio around in this age of outsourcing and desecration (and pretentiousness) of food! -
11/13/2007 First to Review
This is the main espresso machine repair shop in San Francisco! Marlon and co. repair machines all over the Bay, any kind.
Emilio Mitidieri is an expert in pasta machines, pizza ovens, meat slicers, espresso machines, as well as importing and manufacturing. To put it more succinctly, he supplies "new and used industrial and commercial kitchen equipment for professional food service and restaurants."
Right now he mainly sells pasta machines, meat slicers, and other related parts and equipment, like empanada machines.
He has supplied everything from the pizza ovens at Delfina Pizzeria and Pizzetta 211 to meat slicers and pasta machines and espresso machines to many other well-known places in San Francisco, and others like Per Se and The French Laundry, as well as throughout the country.
If you need a state-of-the-art Italian pasta machine, a brick pizza oven like a Remco or something, or meat slicer for your business, this is the place for you, no matter if you're west or east of the Mississippi.
He also makes a helluv an espresso.
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 771-7779
SPQR
Category:
Italian
Neighborhoods: Lower Pac Heights, Pacific Heights
I went there with my friend who supplied SPQR with their pasta machine and they gave us the royal hookup, so I'm sure I'm slightly biased, but appreciate the fact that I'm being as honest as I possibly can (the hookup was something we of course were not expecting), and I have to say that that's my favorite way to eat -- tasting everything on the menu in one fell swoop of a sitting!
It's definitely a competitor to Bar Tartine, IMHO, of which I'm a fan -- similar ambiance with the bar countertop, the bar layout, the lighting.
Exquisite dishes. Fresh pastas. Fantastic wine seletion. Rockin' great chef Daniel Holzman, and also a great guy. And did I mention the freshly fallen snow? It's an almond powdered snow blizzard surrounding a gelatinous dollop of espresso crema ice cream. God!
I've only been for lunch, but I'll be going back for more. Love it, and guess what? The folks at SPQR love you too.
2 Lists
|
"mission-dolores aposiopetic"
- 216 Friends
- 181 Reviews
- 4 Review Updates
- 24 Firsts
- 14 Fans
- 19 Local Photos
- 2 Lists
-
Rating Distribution
Loading...
- View more graphs »
Review votes:
301 Useful, 166 Funny, and 302 Cool
San Francisco, CA
Yelping SinceMarch 2006
Find Me Insatiable
My Hometownis your hometown
When I'm Not Yelping...I'm playing shuffleboard
Why You Should Read My ReviewsI don't know, why should you? Other than that I'm honest
My Second Favorite Website The Last Great Book I ReadInfluence
My First Concertthe allman brothers
My Favorite Moviedunno
My Last Meal On Earthhomemade enchiladas
Current Crush
Recreate is a mirror-free gym without a single benchpress in it. It's loaded with kettlebells, gymnastic rings (and TRX apparatuses), sandbags, huge nylon ropes, half-rolls, et cetera. They believe in traditional exercises that have been around for centuries. They aren't into the latest fad.
Now that I've completed my training, I plan on attending the group classes which are offered almost twice daily, I think. You also get a completely awesome and fun workout for an affordable price.
Anyway, I couldn't more highly recommend Taylor Kruse (or Recreate Fitness), if you're looking for something different than the mainstream. If you're not wanting yoga, but you're also not wanting the corporate gym experience, then Recreate is for you.
Did I also mention that I think you get a better workout here, that it's better for your body as a whole, than a yoga studio or a traditional gym? I guess it all depends on what you're looking for.
The exercises I've learned so far (Turkish getups, kettlebell swing cleans, to name a couple) at Recreate I plan to incorporate into my personal program for the rest of my life.
I know Taylor does personal training in other parts of the surrounding Portland area, so if you're looking for something a little different, a little more traditional, that challenges you to think about your body in new ways, then I highly recommend giving Taylor a call.