thursday night thursday night (clapping.) wow. the san francisco gay man's chorus let's hear it for them they know how to light a fuse their handsome the second song was hard to believe i'm not gay i didn't fool us but i look out here and see the people that love the castro and want to celebrate you're welcome to come starting with the what are we're going to do do it as part of the community and not an invasion already the san francisco giants something happened this week you look like yourself you've been out the san francisco one the world series (clapping.) i love them it's not because

they have to sing the national anthem in 2010 but, yeah they broke all reports i love them for that and it, it's a secure day in san francisco they've done charities for the san franciscans let's hear it for the san francisco giants (clapping) >> plus one person came out of emphasis jacket they said to me well don you're doing a lovely thing it's not on the schedule i'm going to do it anyway urge you to sing with me this is the basic the national anthem but people excuse me. you know stealing my thunder it is something you have to realize a sink along only when i tell you so i'm going to sing this little

versus ahead of time and then i'm going to go and we'll all sing together can you do that what about you, you're not doing that >> hurrying pick a note you have to do that in the national anthem too when all the world is a great big jump and the rain drops tumble all around and then opens the magic lane when all the clouds dark and up the sideways interests a robin rainbow to be fined leading from our windowpane to a point beyond the sun on the rain somewhere over the rainbow way

up high sing out lewis there's a - place up high somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue and the dreams that you dare to dream really do colonel true some day i'll wish upon a stair and wish what clouds are behind me where trouble felt like lemon drops away above the chimney drops that's where you'll find me somewhere over the rainbow blue

birds fly if birds fly over the rainbow then why oh, why think can't i if just drop out for a minute if happy this blue birds fly beyond the rainbow why oh, why everybody can't i. >> (repeated.) (clapping) thank you oh, i feel like judy garland with a cold oh, i love seeing you all out there i think i know every face out under what's our first name i'll know you by the end of the night there's one man we're thanking a lot this man is getting a lot of press he got things rolling and

made it finish so let's give him credit and put other things aside can you concentrate here we have this fabulous improved ass electro because supervisor scott wiener (clapping.) thank you, don so let's hear it for don that in a before we bring the next speakers up i want to thank first of all, this buell beautiful rainbow ribbon we're going to cut was a maid by that the ribbon zircon the 4r6b9 community betsycy ross and thank audrey and john wood for putting together this program and for

bringing up this to our community i want to thank a project like this doesn't happen we have a major city department and city staff that have worked very, very hard to make this happen including the department of public works and john dennis our project manager so thank you to the dpw team and our planning department, our director of planning director ram and rick that helped to bring this and the mta we had to move the overhead wires but edward reiskin from the mta made that happen and the contractor we're appreciative for the work that the dba lot brothers did and finally before i bring up the next speaker i want to

acknowledge several of my colleagues are here the folks that funded the project but the board of supervisors appropriated the money to make this project happen so two of my colleagues are here the president of the board of supervisors david chiu and my colleague supervisor campos so thank you, colleagues for being here tonight. >> so with that, we're at mayor ed lee will be here support shortly i want to thank when i pass the bond i went into the mayor's office i want our support and he immediately said, yes so i want to thank mayor ed lee for emphasis support he'll be here shortly i want to bring up two amazing people the director of public works mohammed nuru and one of any

predecessors the great mark len so no come on up mohammed. >> good evening are you all excited as i am. >> yes. >> i'm excited i remember many, many years ago all the discussions that we were having and what we could do for the castro and year and a half ago we went to many meetings down the street do you remember that all your idea and all that was brought into the plan that made today happen both situations you remember what they used to feel like how do you like them now? all right. we have trees out there and plays and nice lights all a the overhead lights have been changed this is the first

of many projects that will be done around the city we started here because this is the area that was the most important i'm very, very very happy and excited to be part of this project there are also many things that are happening within city government under the leadership of our mayor we're going to make sure we get the projects and we've heard from the supervisor wiener and the planning commission and public works and puc and rec and park we all work together to make sure we can deliver those amenities to you a few people i want to thank very special people that worked on the project our contractor railings who worked all the way to get us to this point and we still have further to go but i want to thank the businesses themselves just being patient

with the construction happening and a lot of the impacts that effect all the businesses so you know please a big hand to all did businesses for the patience with us (clapping) for the project team our city engineering is here under foreclosed and john thomas they lead the implementation of the project we also have john dennis and everybody know john dennis he was here everyday making sure we put our heads together to get this implemented and michelle and ashley i saw ashley just making sure things were happening and dean smith and alex part of the public works team that made this happen and finally i'm excited as well let's get the rest of our

citywideer sidewalks and easier to walk around san francisco thank you very much thank you, thank you (clapping) >> hey one more time let's hear it for mohammed nuru the department of public works and the planning department, (clapping.) mayor ed lee who is behind this from day one and, of course, this wouldn't have happened without supervisor scott wiener thank you scott (clapping.) and let me i'd like to take full credit but all those other folks we're here to say thank you and say on a extra special thank you to those who put out the most and surviving the most this is the merchant of the streets they were lost a lot of business and foot traffic and not easy on the neighbors but thank you

merchants for opening your doors every day you know each day you have to start up again and it can be interpreting to see how difficult it is getting the customers in the doors while construction is going on things are looking brighter and let finish i'm sure you've been to the jewish wedding there's breathing breaking of glasses but in times of joyfully celebration we break the glass to remind ourselves the word is broken and suffering i know that supervisor wiener knows this our job is not complete until we found a way to make sure the castro is affordable for as many people as possible thank you for

coming out tonight and supervisor wiener our dedication and tenacity and to the beautiful, beautiful community tonight thank you (clapping). >> thank you senator mark leno and now the mayor has arrived and mr. mayor i told the crowd before, after, the bond passed i came to our office and said i want to fund the bond and we're deeply appreciative let's hear it for our mayor, mayor ed lee. >> i want to thank you you 0 hours everybody hostiles the world series? >> all right. well i want to just say introduce you to another lee name lee is final lee final lee we got this done and there's a lot of thanks to go around

you've heard in mohammed at dpw and now from the puc and the mta and certainly supervisor wiener advocacy is very, very strong and senator mark leno said it right this is an historic street we've got to take care of it and improved it and find the street to be one of the most beautiful streets in san francisco as it deserves yes (clapping) i just saw keith jones thank you, thank you very much for your historic lifetime leadership lee jones thank you, very much. he's getting the scissors ready (clapping.) you know supervisor wiener and i have been working a lot and i want to make sure you know that 8 point that $3 million that we just spent while we can do

things faster we wouldn't be able to do my of it without your help those bonds are available to the city we need to pass those bonds and the honor that we will place to you ever we get those bonds transportation bonds our responsibility is to spend it ate and get it done to go on to the next thing; right? and yeah. >> our beautiful street and invest in our city and in castro it's about our history you'll have great fun not only tomorrow but every day of every year we get to celebrate you'll find me down here bye my hot cookies and doing my breakfasts detain here this is one of the most wonderful neighborhood investments we could make all over the city we're investing in our neighborhoods making the

city stronger and bringing people cogent and conquer the need for more affordable housing and better transportation and stop evictions and slow down the eviction and build for 55 laguna how about that more housing for our residents thank you to the cd and the castro merchants association they're so painter and you'll see my dollars spent down here i join i all to great city this world-class neighborhood of castro street thank you very much let's all celebrate (clapping.) yeah. >> okay. now we're going to cut gilbert bakers beautiful ribbon i want to welcome a few additional people lee jones, of course, and the city fester

naomi keeling and john ram and this is the guy i've talked about nick who helped us to the design process and john dennis our dpw project manager and thank you, welcome to the neighborhood those are part of our community so lee i want to cut the ribbon. >> i want to send love from gilbert baker he lives in new york i called him and said we need a ribbon she got out her ribbon and sued all weekend long and get it to use it was gilbert's idea to make the robin rainbow the symbol of our movement so he's in new york and as the supervisor do the honors and cut it on the seam

(laughter.) >> (clapping) >> yeah. (clapping) yeah. (clapping) well, i live in n this neighborhood i'm so glad this is

over oh, my god what a mess okay folks get off my stage matt are you ready now okay. we're going to have wonderful music please welcome matt (clapping.) >> hello people ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ what's going on san francisco hey, i'm here are you ready to distance with me i like or romantic songs now here you go again, you say you need a friend well, who am i to keep you down

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>> you're watching quick bites, the show that is san francisco. and today you're in for a real treat. oh, my! food inspired by the mediterranean and middle east with a twist so unique you can only find it in one place in san francisco. we're at the 55th annual armenian festival and bizarre. this is extra special not only because i happen to be armenian, but there is so much delicious food here. and i can't wait to share it with all of you. let's go. armenia, culture and cusine has had much cultural exchanges with its neighbors. today armenian food infuses he flavor from the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern europe.

>> this is our 55th year and in san francisco we're the largest armenian food festival and widely recognized as one of the best food festivals in the area. we have vendors that come up from fresno, from los angeles showing off their craft. we really feel like we have something for everyone in the neighborhood and that's really what it is, is drawing people to see a little bit of our culture and experience what we experience weekend in and weekend out. >> we are behind the scenes now watching the chef at work preparing some delicious armenian kabob. this is a staple in armenian cooking, is that right? >> absolutely, since the beginning of time. our soldiers used to skewer it on the swords. we have a combination of beef and lam and parsley. and every september over 2000 pounds of meat being cooked in three days. >> after all that savory protein, i was ready to check out the fresh veggie options.

>> this is armenian cheat sheet. it's tomatos and mint and olive oil. that makes summer food. and what i'm doing is i'm putting some nutmeg. it is kind of like cream cheese. in armenia when they offer you food, you have to eat it. they would welcome you and food is very important for them. >> in every armenian community we feel like we're a "smallville"age and they come together to put on something like this. what i find really interesting about san francisco is the blends of armenia that come together. once they are here, the way people work together at any age, including our grandmothers, our grandfathers, skewering the meat, it's fun to see. fun to see everybody get together. >> we call it subarek. it's a cheese turn over if you want. we make the dough from scratch. we boil it like you do for la san i can't.

>> the amount of love and karin fused in these foods is tremendous. they come in every day to prepare, cook and bake bread, all in preparation for this big festival. >> nobody says no. when you come them, they have to come tomorrow for the feast. >> what a treat it is to taste a delicious recipe, all made from scratch and passed down through generations. it really makes you appreciate the little things. >> it's one of the best festivals. it's outstanding, a marvelous occasion. >> we're outside checking some of the food to go options. i grabbed myself a ka bob sandwich, all kinds of herbs and spices. i'm going to taste this. looking fantastic. one of the best i've had in a long time. you know it's delicious b i have just enough room for dessert, my favorite part. we're behind the scenes right now watching how all the pastries get made.

and we've got a whole array of pastries here. honey and nuts and cinnamon, all kinds of great ingredients. this is amazing. here's another yummy pastry made with filo dough. oh, my god. really sweet and similar, it's lighter. this is what i like. we have a lovely row here. looks like a very delicious and exciting surprise. i'm going to bite into it. here we go. um. this is great with armenian coffee. now we're making some incredible armenian coffee. >> we buy our coffee, they have the best coffee. they come from armenia,

specially made. and would you like to try it? >> i would like to try. >> would you like sugar or no sugar? >> no sugar today. i'm so excited. really earthy. you can really taste the grain. i think that's what makes it so special. really comes out. i hope you try it. we're having a great time at the armenian festival. we ate, we saw, and we definitely conquered. i don't know about you, but i have to go down to the food. check out our blog for so much more at sf bites at tums abler.com. until next time, may the force be with you. ♪ ♪ >> first of all, everybody is welcome and we ask two things when they get here. one, that they try something they've never tried before.

be it food or be it dancing or doing something. and if they feel like it was worth their while to tell one person and bring that person, that family member, that friend down the street to come with them. >> we're going to have to do a lot of eating so get ready. >> get ready. and you diet tomorrow. >> order of the san francisco public utilities commission today is october 28, 2014, roll call. >> commissioner president caen commissioner courtney commissioner moran