Cole Valley Fair 2009

Photos:
2009 Fair photos (click the images to view the full gallery)
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The Crowds |
Car Show |
Photo Display |
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Lots of Kids |
Lots of Music |
Great Food |
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Great Vendors |
Dogs |
CVIA |
Sponsors:
Thank you sponsors of the 2009 Cole Valley Fair:
| Wells Fargo |
| CleanScapes |
| La Boulange de Cole |
| Sunset Scavenger, UCSF, cnewmark.com |
| Art Cleaners, Belvedere House, Cole Hardware, Cole Valley Fitness, Kezar Bar & Restaurant, Mane Attraction, Real Foods / Fresh Organics, Walgreens, AcroSports, Cole Cleaners, Finnegan’s Wake, Occasions, Video Nook |
Clean Well-lighted Bookstore Quiz:
Take the Clean, Well-Lighted Quiz that was featured at the BookSmith booth: 
Here are the answers to Clean, Well-lighted Quiz. Each answer is followed by the chapter in Clean, Well-Lighted Sentences where the issue is discussed.
1. "If" should be "whether." (Chapter 6, Connectives)
2. "Not only" should be placed before "through school," not before "good." The corrected sentence reads, "My English is good enough to get me not only through school but also through work." (Chapter 6, Connectives)
3. The first comma should be a semicolon. "Regards" should be "regard." (Chapter 6, Connectives)
4. "Phenomena" should be "phenomenon." (Chapter 2, Agreement) "Only" should be placed before "on the most common American errors," not before "focuses." (Chapter 5, Modifiers)
5. "Was" should be "were." (Chapter 4, Verb Mood)
6. "Me" should be "my." (Chapter 1, Case)
7. The first "I" should be "me" — "Between you and me, …" (Chapter 1, Case)
8. "Was" should be "were." (Chapter 4, Verb Mood) "Everyday" should be "every day" — two words. (Chapter 5, Modifiers)
9. The comma after "And" should be deleted. (Chapter 6, Connectives)
10. "Like" should be "as." (Chapter 5, Modifiers) The period belongs inside the closing quotation mark. (Chapter 7, Punctuation)
Live music all day!
| Stage 1 Cole St. @ Grattan |
Stage 2 Cole St. @ Parnassus |
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| 10:00 AM | Rebecca & Gary Parks | 10:15 AM | Flassoon | |
| 11:00 AM | Dreamchair Music | 11:15 AM | Douce Ambiance | |
| 11:45 AM | SF Women’s Taiko Troupe | |||
| 12:00 | Aoede | 12:15 PM | Valerie Orth | |
| 12:45 | SF Women’s Taiko Troupe | |||
| 1:00 PM | New Maps of the West | 1:15 PM | The She’s | |
| 2:00 PM | Lucky Lew | 2:15 PM | ||
| 3:00 PM | Nkechi | 3:15 PM | Mary Redente | |
| 4:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Susan Getz | ||
Aoede – indie pop rock
Inspired, compelling stories of love, loss and longing spill out and take you, shake you, and wake you- emotionally evocative, intelligent, vocal driven *pop rock*… pushes the envelope, pulls you in, pulls at your heart.www.aoedemuse.com
Douce Ambiance – Gypsy jazz
Douce Ambiance plays a lively blend of captivating gypsy swing and jazz fueled by the driving rhythm of fiddle, clarinet, guitar, ukulele, and double bass. www.DouceAmbiance.com
Dreamchair Music – folk / acoustic blues
Original acoustic music born in San Francisco. Indie folk with a side order of blues.
Flassoon
Recent graduates of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, this woodwind trio enjoys playing all kinds of music, from classical standards to Irish jigs and everything in between.
Lucky Lew – folk / pop
The great songs of all time, for all ages. Swing to seventies.
Mary Redente – folk / pop
Mary Redente is an award winning songwriter bringing a fresh flavor to the music scene. An eclectic mix of folk-pop with a thought provoking message and upbeat, acoustic accompaniment. www.MaryRedente.com
New Maps of the West – Folk / rock
New Maps of the West is a five-piece all original folk-rock band comprised of some familiear Cole Valley faces. Their dynamic performances have engaged audiences across the Bay Area. www.NewMapsoftheWest.com
Nina Jo Smith – Americana
Eighteen strings, two hands, and a voice. You’ll hear a lot of songs in a day, but you’ll wake up singing Nina Jo’s sweet, funny, folkabilly ballads.www.redwoodrivermusic.com
Rebecca and Gary Parks – theatrical / folk / rock
Rebecca Parks’s songs set scenes, tell stories, and dramatize conversations. She and her husband Gary create warm harmonies over her graceful piano. The mood ranges from silly to sublime.www.rebeccaparksmusic.com
San Francisco Women’s Taiko Troupe – Japanese style Taiko drumming
Our taiko troupe teaches women the joy of taiko drumming; then shares this joy with our communities at selected events.
The She’s – pop rock
A colossal explosion of rock ‘n roll in a candy shop.
Susan Getz – singer / songwriter
As good as it Getz – SF Bay Guardian www.susangetz.com
Valerie Orth – hard folk
Called “soulful, genuine, and edgy” by the SF Bay Guardian, Valerie Orth is a fearless and genre-bending singer/songwriter. With percussionist/singer, Abigail Picache, they are an indie folk power duo.
Vendors:
Arts, crafts, clothing, jewelry, kid’s things, food, information — you’ll find it here:
| ARTS, GLASS, POTTERY | |||
| Anna Efanova | Carolyn Wang | ||
| Jack Jacobson | Lizard Works Glass | ||
| Molly Souders | Randall Museum | ||
| PHOTOGRAPHY | |||
| Craig Fonorow | Daniel Kohanski | ||
| Loic Nicolas | Matt Sarconi | ||
| CLOTHING and ACCESSORIES | |||
| aTaylor Design | Booty Botique | ||
| Do Novo | fiftyseven-thirtythree | ||
| Handmade’n Leather | Hillside Bags | ||
| ICHI-V | Like Minded People | ||
| Ruchi | Saaz | ||
| Slainte Bags | The Girl and Rhino | ||
| The Urge to Adon | Vaska by Annica | ||
| JEWELRY | |||
| Beasly Blue Designs | Black Bunny Jewelry | ||
| Coleen Mauer Designs | Green Halo Designs | ||
| I Jewelry | Josie Adele Designs | ||
| Jose Adele Designs | Kathleen Maley | ||
| Laura A. Paige | Lisa Nagel | ||
| Melissa Muszynski | Oh My Goddess Bangles | ||
| Shimmy’s Beach | Squishy Sushi | ||
| Secession | Swandive | ||
| Tessa Kemp | |||
| CHILDRENS ITEMS | |||
| Abe Jones | lil’Fishy | ||
| Mariposa Baby | Peapod Fabrics | ||
| HEALTH | |||
| Rock Medicine | Trestman Chiropractic | ||
| GIFT and MISCELLANEOUS | |||
| Booksmith | Bug Under Glass | ||
| Cindy Navarro | Cole Hardware | ||
| Dana Levitt | Deanna Glory Landscape Design | ||
| Elaine Robinson | girlywhirly | ||
| Hackney | Hilary at the Circus | ||
| Kathy McHenry | Kirk McCarthy | ||
| Niana Liu | Penny Post Paperie | ||
| The Soi Company | |||
| ENTERTAINMENT | |||
| Buki the Clown | Tree Frog Treks | ||
| Twee Twee the Balloon Artist | |||
| FOOD | |||
| Bambino’s | Casbah Exotic Foods | ||
| Euro Bistro | Grattan School | ||
| Maui Wowi Heaven | Nan’s Gourmet Foods | ||
| Ole’s Cannoli | The Pie Truck | ||




