Every year, the wonderful science center in San Francisco called the Exploratorium hosts a series of super fun events which are enjoyed primarily, but not entirely, by us nerdy kids. One of these events is the annual Rubik’s cube competition. You’d be stunned to see how quickly some of these folks can get a Rubik’s cube in place while blindfolded. Today’s YouTube pick for SF stuff gives you some info on this.
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Did you know that you can get a new iPod or other fun tech toy from vending machines in San Francisco? Yup, SFO airport and the Macy’s in SF both have iPod vending machines. Check it out:
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In honor of Easter Sunday, today’s YouTube pick is of a San Francisco Easter tradition. Only in San Francisco do you celebrate Easter with Big Wheel races down The Crookedest Street in the World. The narrated clip is set to a Cake song.
This magic carpet ride shows off the highlights of tourist San Francisco to the tune of the song of the same name. Gotta love it!
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24 Hours on Craigslist is a movie which is fun to watch because it shows you all of the strangeness you can encounter in SF in a single day. This clip from the movie is of a San Francisco staring contest … yes, an actual competitive contest.
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In today’s SF YouTube pick, two kids break down the very basics of the Bay Area hyphy culure and entertain viewers with footage of ghostriding. Um, don’t try this at home?
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Today’s San Francisco YouTube video is for adults only. It doesn’t show any risque behavior but it does offer a brief glimpse into the world of San Francisco’s Nob Hill Adult Theatre, the gay strip joint that’s open twenty four hours a day right in the heart of San Francisco.
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One of the eras which San Francisco remains associated with is that of the “Summer of Love” or the hippie era of the late 1960’s. Remnants of this remain today in The Haight and throwbacks to it can be seen all across the city. A popular hippie activity is the regular drum circle which happens at “hippie hill” in San Francisco. San Fran Voice loves to bring you the oddest San Francisco YouTube footage possible, so what we’ve got today is a clip from hippie hill … but it’s not just any old clip – it’s a clip of “Crackbaby” …read more
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San Francisco is a city where gender exists primarily to be played with. Boys will be boys and girls will be girls … and girls will be boys and boys will be girls … and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Today’s San Francisco YouTube pick is a nearly four minute clip from 1998 of the Spice Girls making their way through San Francisco, except of course that the girls are boys.
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San Francisco is the home to numerous interesting group activities from treasure hunts to street festivals. One of the more creative of these activities is the “flash mob” (see here if you’re not familiar with the concept). Flash mobs in San Francisco range from pillow fights to Santarchy but today’s San Francisco YouTube pick is of a “Where’s Waldo?” Flash Mob event.
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