Who are the people in your neighborhood?: Zuzy and Rick

Every week at Fayes we choose 12 movies, loosely based on a theme, that customers can rent for FREE when renting another movie. (And you thought the free only came once a year.) Included in this weeks selection of "How" to videos is locals, Zuzy and Rick's project, "Cooking for the Clueless". On our food obsessed block, this couple's fresh approach on bringing in the pros to teach the delicious basics is a welcomed treat.
And after sifting through their site grab some groceries and make a date for a dinner and a movie.

Thanks

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE for all the FAYES VIDEO LOVE this weekend.We gave out 900+ cups of ICE COFFEE!come back and see us sometime!

To All The Dogs Who Entered In The Cutest Dog Contest...

Thank you one and all, furry and bald, for participating in our Cutest Dog Contest. We had a record-breaking number of entries, and even though most of them didn't stop by for the parade, it was a blast all the same.

Every dog who entered in the contest is deserving of one of our unique Fayes collar decorations, a token of thanks from the store. Come by the shop and claim your decoration. They're cute.

Congratulations to Lolly, Dante, and Stella, our winners, but also to the rest of the Fayes dogs. We had a very cute bunch this year. Check them out for yourself in the store window.

Fingers crossed we can pull out another one like this next year!

FAYES SECRET BLOG WORD for SUNDAY

THE SECRET BLOG WORD for SUNDAY is "SEABISCUIT"
Come by FAYES on SUNDAY and 'say' the SECRET BLOG WORD and get an additional 5 (five) RAFFLE TICKETS !
We are celebrating 12 years of FAYES BIZNESS!
Free Coffee
Drink Deals
Movie Deals
2-for-1 Movies!
SUPER PRE-PAID PLAN!!!
all kinds of things!

SECRET BLOG WORD FOR SATURDAY

SECRET BLOG WORD for SATURDAY
is
"BEST IN SHOW"
Come in Saturday and say the Secret Blog word for that day and receive an additional 5 RAFFLE tickets!
FAYES VIDEO 12 YEAR Anniversary Promotion!
Free Coffee!
Drinks Deals!
Movie Deals!
CUTEST DOG CONTEST!
(see details in previous posting, scroll down...)

FAYES SECRET BLOG WORD for FRIDAY

FRIDAY's SECRET BLOG WORD is...
"SLEEPAWAY CAMP"
Stop by Fayes on Friday for a free coffee, movie deals, raffle.
"Say the secret Blog word" and receive an additional 5 Raffle Tix!

FAYES 12 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PROMOTION

FAYES ANNUAL CUTEST DOG CONTEST

This weekend marks the 12th anniversary of FAYES VIDEO AND ESPRESSO BAR!!! We are welcoming everyone to come by this weekend and help us celebrate our many years as your friendly and local video rental store and espresso bar. To help celebrate we are holding our annual CUTEST DOG CONTEST. WE love dogs and are always deliberating over which one is the cutest. Here is your chance to make your little one the mascot of Fayes...at least till next year!

To Enter: email ONE cute photo of your dog to FAYESVIDEO@GMAIL.COM by 10pm on Friday, June 11th or drop a photo off at the store no later than NOON on Saturday, June 12.

All entrants are invited to participate in a dog parade at Fayes at 3pm on Saturday, June 12th, when and where the winners and prizes will be posted.

HERE'S TO A DOG DAY AFTERNOON!!!!

FAYES CREW 100 FAVORITE MOVIES

2001: A Space Odyssey		Interview With a Vampire
21 Grams		It's a Wonderful Life
28 Days Later		King of Kong
A King in New York		Let The Right One In
A Nightmare Before X-mas		The Lives of Others
Alien		The Lord of The Rings (I,II,III)
All About My Mother		The Lost Boys
Amelie		Mad Men (TV)
Annie Hall		Mask
The Apartment		Network
Arrested Development (TV)		The Night of the Hunter
Back to the Future (I, II, III)		Nine Queens
The Bad News Bears (1976)		No Country For Old Men
Being John Malkovich		Old Boy
Bell Époque		One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Best of Youth		Out of Sight
Better Off Dead		Pan's Labyrinth
The Big Lebowski		Paper Moon
Blazing Saddles		Paris, Texas
Bring It On		The Philadelphia Story
Butch CassidyThe Sundance Kid		Play Misty For Me
Californication (TV)		The Princess Bride
Children of Paradise		The Professional
Children of Men		Raiders of the Lost Ark
City of Lost Children		Rio Bravo
Clue		Rosemary's Baby
Cool Hand Luke		The Royal Tenebaums
Dances With Wolves		Rumba
Dazed and Confused		Say Anything
Dirty Dancing		Show Me Love
The Diving Bell & The Butterfly		Snatch
Dog Day Afternoon		Spirited Away
Donnie Darko		The Sting
Edward Scissorhands		Strangers on a Train
Election		Synecdoche, New York
The Empire Strikes Back		Taxi Driver
F For Fake		There Will be Blood
Fail Safe		They Shoot Horses Don't They?
The Five Obstructions		Trucker
The French Connection		True Blood (TV)
The Game		Unforgiven
Ghostbusters (I & II)		The Vanishing (1988)
Groundhog Day		Vicky Christina Barcelona
Harold and Maude		Volver
Hocus Pocus		Voyage of the Damned
How To Draw A Bunny		Waiting for Guffman
The Hurt Locker		Wall E
The Hustler		Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
Imaginary Heroes		The Witches of Eastwick
In America		Young Frankenstein

N.I.N.Y. -- Leaving NY, going to UT, coming home to CA.

My first year of school is coming to an end, I'm wrapping up the semester now with only a black and white photo critique and a ten page Art & Contemporary Culture final paper to turn in.

On friday, I fly to Salt Lake City for a two week road trip through the state. It should be an amazing trip, filled with mountains, meadows, and Mormons.

I will take lots of pictures. After all, this will be my first look, in person, at the Grand Canyon.

From UT, I fly to SF. I cannot wait to be back on the Fayes bench, drinking coffee, chatting, and hanging out with the dogs.

I'll see you all in a couple weeks!

Who are the people in your neighborhood? (part 1 of many to come)

I don't know if any of you have read Jane Jacobs, "The Death and Life of Great American Cities", but if not... you should. "On cities specifically, Jacobs was an early and prescient voice warning that what was being billed as urban renewal--big housing projects, highway building, creation of business districts, etc.--was actually destroying neighborhoods and creating more problems than it was solving."
I know that doesn't sound like the most uplifting of reads, but specifically I was interested in the concepts that made neighborhoods, such as our Mission District thrive. One of her main points of Jacobs was how the role of knowing your neighbor added safety and comfort to your life. Even if you don't know them by name, your barista, your neighbor, or the homeless guy know you. They notice you on your walk to work, on the BART, or while shopping for groceries.

Fayes has always been a very neighborhood-centric business. You can come for coffee, movies, or conversation. We seem to be the gathering spot for many of the neighborhood contributors. I decided why not use the blog to further the neighborhood connections by spotlighting some of the amazing projects of our customers and neighbors.

So here is one that happens almost directly in our own backyard, Little City Gardens .
We can see the garden from our back window and have even given them our old coffee grounds for compost.
I came across this article about them on Sfgate. Please help them to continue with their amazing efforts... Only 3 days left!!!!

Spring Open Studios

It's going to be a sunny days in the Mission this weekend, why not break out that summer dress and go on an art stroll. Spring open studios are taking place all across the neighborhood. You can find all the information here. And make sure you come to 2111 Mission (@ 17th, above Thrift Town) at the Blue Studios where I am in Suite 405 (Project 3).
If you check out the MAU website you can get coupons for deals at local shops... like FAYES.