Around town that anthonys are those cookies. With rave reviews like this i have to experience these cookies for myself and see what the fuss was all about. So lets see. While attending San FranciscoState University as an accountinging major, anthonys friend jokingly suggested he make cookies to make ends make. With no formal culinary training he opened his own bakery and is now the no. 1 producer of gourmet cookies in the biarea and thank you for joining us on quick bites. How do you feel . I feel great. So i want to get to the bottom of some very burning questions. Why cookies . It was a recommendation from a friend. Hard to believe thats how it all started. Why not pies and cakes . What do you have against pies and cakes, anthony. I have nothing against pies and cakes. However, that was the recommendation. You were on the road to be an account apblt. Actually, an engineer. Even better. And it led to making cookies. In delicious ways. Delicious ways. This is where the magic goes down and were going to be getting to the truth behind cookies and cream. This is what is behind cookies and cream. Where were you when the idea came to your mind. I was in my apartment eating ice cream, cookies and cream ice cream. How much fun, cookies and cream cookies. Their cookies and cream is not even it took a lot of time, a lot of fun. A lot of butter. A lot, a lot, a lot. But it was one of those things. All right, now behold. You know what that is . What is that . Cookies and cream. Oh, they are beautiful. Yes, so we got to get. All right, all right. We treat the cookies like wine tasting. I dont ever want anybody to bite into a cookie and not get what they want to get. Were Training Staff because they can look at the cookie and tell if its wrong. Oh, here we go. You smell it and then you taste it, clean the plat palate with the milk. I could be a professional painter because i know how to do this. I can tell that its a really nice shell, that nice crunch. But inside. Oh, my god. So you are going to cheat a little bit. I had to give you a heads up on that. Whats happening tomorrow . These cookies, theres a lot of love in these cookies. I dont know how else to say it. It really just makes me so happy. Man, you bake a mean cookie, anthony. I know. People really know if they are getting something made with love. Aww you know, you cant fool people. They know if you are taking shortcuts here and there. They can eat something and tell the care that went into it. They get what they expect. Uhhuh. System development and things like that. Sounds so technical. Im an engineer. Thats right, thats right. Cookies are so good, drove all other thoughts out of my head. Thank you for taking time out it talk to us about what you do and the love with which you do it. We appreciate your time here on quick bites. I hope youve enjoyed our delicious tale of defendant 93 and dessert. As for me, my search is over. Those reviews did not lie. In fact, im thinking of one of my very own. Some things you just have it experience for yourself. To learn more about anthonys cookies, visit him on the web at anthoniescookies. Com. If you want to watch some of our other episodes at sfquickbites tumbler. Com. See good morning ladies and gentlemen, my name is combairth the Public Affairs officer for the fleet week if you for being here for the kickoff 35th fleet week the conduct of this press xhefrps will be speaking engagements by city and Civic Leaders immediately media availability and not about a q and a portion at this time id like to introduce louis the executive director fleet week clapping. thank you garth graisht is our public officer affairs the fabulous voice for fleet week thank you garth we are here on a ship in followup to a Disaster Response time we had joint multiply by government and private sector town hall how to move assets where the scenario bridges and highway are out and thats one of the things fleet week is about the humphrey Response Time weve been running response tabletop exercise and have the Senior Leader seminar during fleet week the senior response come together to share the best practices we have best cooperation within the military and civic and our very, very Strong Partner in the San FranciscoBudget Finance Committee the port of San Francisco and, of course, the great event to the c men and women in uniform the wonderful blue angles that fly and fleet going on with live music and four ships will be tied up at the pier the men and women staying on the ships will have a nice food trucks and live music and a as and work their way towards the city the public will mixtures and band concerts the band challenge on monday of fleet week 8 High School Bands play at the Golden Gate Park after the marine cosponsorship plays their judged by professional band judges so fleet week has an array of activities beyond the blue angles one of the greatest friends i have fleet week and the greatest supporters is the San Francisco mayor ed lee and im going to go straight to introducing him mayor ed lee please come to the podium thank you. Clamoring. Thank you louis to you and the committee and general mit for your wonderful leadership welcome to San Francisco what a day, huh . I know that everybody serves loving coming to San Francisco and from the outset it is our tradition it is our pleasure, it is our honor to celebrate and to thank our men and women in uniform here right in San Francisco and i want to take this opportunity to thank new senator feinstein then mayor feinstein that recess instructed our fleet week and made that every mayor since that time including your own today embraces in entire week we always burglary pray and hope we never are visit by disaster and one way that helps us to have a Strong Military force to make sure our defense are laser clear we we celebrate our men and women that also serve in that capacity weve taken the tremendous opportunity were presented with fleet week and made that an additional to one of the most active fleet week we can image not with the events that louis identified as well as but in collaboration that the department of emergency our Fire Department and Police Department all of the agencies from muni to the public works to the volunteers that red cross and the tremendous communities collaboration over the years when we had navel landing contrast on ocean beach or in the replenishing we continued the very special practice of commissioner melara that we create the relationships that are necessary in case an event were to happen in San Francisco or the bay area no other part of country not only slbltd like we do but takes the opportunity to make sure we practice all the things we want to do in case an event man made or natural earthquake and be looking at you know winter were looking at all kinds of things that can happen well time to have practiced those very things that we want to have happen on the shores and within the boundary of San Francisco that means questions like how do we bring emergency workers back to the city in time and how we triage those are injured and on their own in the first 72 hours to insure we dont have pockets of solicitation in the city is given with something i everything the military is well known to, of course, the defense of country theyre most known for but i also think that is military including all of the difference divisions and our coast guard are most known for the logistics expert they get things when people need them in the constant of time when they need them weve been working on that as we work on Landing Crafts and we can fit on them just this morning to follow up with the desk tape experience on a 7. 4 i think earthquake or 7. 5 that we also wanted to have Landing Crafts that bring supplies in well bring trucks from other agencies not only the military trucks that are staged here but if you look at all the collaboration weve done youll see American Red Cross and go, of course, our that emergency vehicles and pg e vehicles in an effort to mash or make sure that supplies and Emergency Responders are there in any part of city to help them restore as soon as possible you you know why it takes practice this morning we find out that southern types of vehicles a local Utility Company will couldnt necessarily get on the level in which that Landing Craft was going to land in the city i know that is going to cause that utility work to work closer with us to make sure they have the right vehicles and they can respond when you need them those are times this should be found out not during the disaster its iris this is exactly why practice a simulations and Relationship Building with the military partners is so variable to city like San Francisco we are threequarters surrounded by water well know and often expect that traffic will be stopped for many varieties of reasons we have to take advantage of those Landing Craft and all the other military type of vehicles that might be assessable to us i want to say a great thanks joe who is here in the middleincome Family Association more than observing but Hermosa Beach up to critique the things we can do with our maritime friends and rear admiral to his wonderful staff with our navy and fleet i want to say a special thank you to them because the relationships were building is not just the mayor and the high command youve got to know the logistics the people that run this sheriff deputy ship are talking directly with the people that run our city day to day and make sure the logizing and engineers are talking with each other more handshakes exchanging practices that will necessarily be experienced in a large event in the invaluable to any city i ask every other cities in the country without that practice and the names and agencies associations generally the first 72 hours is confusion and misdirection it is one sacrificing to e casing saying to the other and command structures that are complimentary to each other in a major disaster there has of a be one set of commands that are obeyed and carried figure out that why we want to work with them and have our Fire Department and Police Department our emergency renders when i have a chance in addition to all the lovely beautiful things the blue adams to the vehicles that are here to military vehicles and ships that are here during the week with take into account something that it is special units of firefighters of Fire Department our emt and department of emergency has done in converting a muni bus this bus upon a large emergency is already reoutfitted with a tremendous amount of work with the mta staff and engineer and staffs did with the other renders parked outside on the wharf and take into account what, if anything, we have theyve converted a bus were good at converting old buses for showers and pit stops in the parts the city that one is equipped to cover up 12 people lying down with all the equipment to save and improve their lives those buses will definitely be on time they are and they say as the Fire Department vehicle they look at the regular buses theyve got all the right Energy Lights and systems on there and the Fire Department i think that very proud theyll have this he additional tool to reach the victims throughout the city 12 00 smart and inventive i ask you all take into account that as well one of the newer things weve done in collaboration to get services to people im arrived to have your military men and women here in San Francisco on the occasion of fleet week he know that is spends well beyond the celebration and support for them it is in recognition of their role we practice those things i cant say enough thanks to the fleet Week Association led by louis and general mit and all the wonderful ideas that allow the citizens and the residents and visitor of the city to feel more comfortable, more confidence and more graces of what we do like events like fleet week lets celebrate and identify the things we have to do and practice in understanding what peoples roles are in those fonts to prepare better and rim the public the first 72 hours youve got to go to the 72 hours. Org wednesday night to find out what you should do to compliment the entire brigade of people what theyre doing to help the city and the region thank you for celebrating fleet week i cannot r cant be more exciting and looking at looter look forward a to a wonderful week and the crack of the open sky to the blue angles thank you. clapping . Mayor ed lee on behalf of the fleet Week Association i just i thank you you are an inspiration and youre a great supporter and the words he speaks i believe see dooementd thank you very much to you and your employers City Government is wonderful yeah thank you clapping. next up were having a array of the organizations represented behind me the San FranciscoFire Department every year they off the on tdr their academy the urban rescue for the military they go over there and spend a day with the Fire Department learning how to do techniques it is an important thing to leernt folks from the military the small leaders become excellent at the leeds the missions especially the International Situations one of the great supporters of San Francisco fleet week is fire chief joanne hayeswhite ill ask here to come up here thank you. clapping . Good afternoon, everyone it is an honor and privilege to off remarks as we begin fleet week a lot of people to thank fire hydrant our great mayor ed lee he has credentials but as a leader of public works as the Public Safety and has a presents message many say would today is about i want to acknowledge the fleet week men and women in the u. S. Military and perp acknowledge the men and women in the u. S. Military that put their lives on the line each day and make sacrificed youre welcome here in San Francisco thank you for what you do clapping. similarly id like to acknowledge the local safety providers the men and women in the San FranciscoFire Department and joining with chief suhr the men and women Police Department for the efforts and sacrificed you make to keep over city satisfy that is about this would not have happened without the fleet week and the department of emergency under the leader ann there a civilian organization that gets you will i us together a practice and prepare as mayor ed lee it is about partnerships and teamwork all of us sx that if any, that yaefrdz were dllthd to host over wednesday the urban search and instruct at treasure islands you are youre welcome to come out and obvious spectacular on thursday, well be learning and doing ship firefighters were thrilled to partner and get closer and closer he spent the last 4 and 10 minutes to get to know the admiral and his dedication to the country as mayor ed lee said after you have at opportunity to view this ship were proud with the partnerships like mta with the men and women in auditorium get a lot of proposals but the muni transportation and the director neil pots representing the mta without the mta and the grant we received you wouldnt see the bus down blow it is the status quo and the only one it will transport 12 critically injured people 23 patients that will be treated and transported you know during the course a mass causality or for drills like today other tool in the toolbox thank you it is a perfect utilization illustration of what this week is about and prep and being ready for anything that may come our way thank you and enjoy the week clapping thank you, chief marad weve gotten into our fold the deputy administer to our seminar and talked about the capacities and their response system and their port of the exercise program and hosting us on the action is the executive directors joel joel clapping. thank you thank you thank you, mayor ed lee want to thank the city of San Francisco for inviting the maritime to host the kickoff for fleet week on one of the vessels here but most importantly for inviting us in and others to agencies to participate as part of fleet week the one of the lessons weve learned the exorbitance the cooperation whether for disaster or International Security i want to give a special shout out to the two andrew that are both the captain and a near the velsz vessel we have a crew of 10 people in the peacetime for whatever needs and partnership Maritime Administration manages a 46 other vessels like this some of them with faster with chips those are vessels their name applies can travel fast a rapid replenishment or supply and support we have vessels that are called gear vessels those are important for disasters and emergencies unload cargo from theyre on vessels from the port was damgd or no port at all but perhaps the most vessels we have perhaps the most valuable like the deck on the one were standing on our role on and role off i see behind me a type of equipment that can be moved and taken to a disaster area what kind country tells me that represents hundred and thirty capacities 3 hundred and plus more vessels can be loaded and taken quickly in case of an emergency so thats the need we have and the capacity that we bring and wear delighted to as mayor ed lee said last year to be part of exercise and working with the military and counterparts by the end of this week youre going to see some of the most dramatic scenes of ships and airplanes underlying overmedicates reprimand yourselves for executives than technology and platform are the men and women who serve them the men and women in the military but also the men and women in the Service Agencies as is private segment in the marines tennis e since 1774 regular sailors were called on to man those and they come in the time world war ii and vietnam and cc r weve had them whenever we needed them theyre there for us as long as we keep faith with the brave fornicated and when the men and women theyll be there for us thank you clapping. thank you yellow and thank you for hosting us on this ship it was really expresses us to be out here and looking at the equipment delayed you know, i think that was eisenhower said it was not the plan but the planning together and the third fleets and the e s g they start planning with us all the way back right after fleet week they plan for the next fleet week they and the next marine down no Camp Pendleton part of Emergency Management they talk about next years fleet week and the drills and others in the program it takes a lot of work to plan the events and with us today is the commander of the strike group 3 rear admiral if you could come up here clapping. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for allowing us to be here id like to say to the mayor the citizens of San Francisco thank you for having the United States marine corp in San Francisco ladies and gentlemen, those men and women in the uniform youll meet this week represent the bright and im bias every one of them the youngsters when i joined the u. S. Military were that not at war every person in the klgd and army and Coast Guard National guardian want and raise your right hand and enlisted knowing well, we were in houmz ladies and gentlemen, thats a trumps accomplishment for the men and women i offer to you if you see those folks theyre your navy and marking up and our requested i guarantee if i engage them youll be expressed mayor ed lee thank you for having us, sir were honored very, very much clapping. the mayor framed exactly what w what were doing as happily ill shire shire this that planning we talked about we do before beget her and several months back an awe brefk force a load we acronym everyone in the military quite frankly its cool. Confusing we were practicing how quickly to get the equipment to binge to support you and the men and women of San Francisco and the marking up and other military in the afternoon it is seasonally hot in san diego and theyre wet loading the gear he said i know what youre im doing in the most important position, sir ive detain this overseas im doing this for my country pretty powerful statement we work for you assistance wear ready to do it a honored i cant thank you envelope enough for the hospitality in the short time weve been here he promise promise you engage over navy and marking up and our other military mr. Mayor town to be training for the event we hope never happens but if it happens well get through that thank you very much clapping. thank you be careful what lunch your invited to in 2010 he got a phone call from a friend of mine that asked me to come to lunch at the memorial were to talk about fleet week it will be him and me that was a Conference Room filled with volunteers and an Organization Chart with my name an it thats how we recruit we talk about a Training Program for the joint military joint response i want to introduce the man who inspired me to stick with that and create the program thank you Major General mike mit clapping. and. Thank you we have a saying in the marking up never from a users yourselves on a battlefield get to know each other first this is what that is about it includes not only local people but the pentagon and the office of secretary of defense and fuming and north come and all the people of the agrees that is have been mentioned here previously i want to thank everyone for the participation and so grateful for picking louis to be the executive director larva but thank you very much and we have partnerships with the verizon with pg e, with the academy of Arts University that provides the transportation we use everyone here and everyone does it willfully thank you very much clapping. thank you general and thank you for that lunch it was where we will good laughter i want to say i want to say thank you to a number of folks general mentioned pg e and verizon their True Partners in the abruptly again you think about 2 if you cant community you cant command or cooperate and verizon is out there painstakingly with the Wireless Networks with the Data Networks we dont think their work as well and you know what verizon cant do a lot without power of pg e another Strong Partner in the execution of the exercise program thank you to the pg e and developing for their support i want to run down a list those folks are here and to host follower presentation interviews theyre available from the Police Department chief suhr and the department of emergency ann who i talked to 2, 3, 445 times a day to make sure that program will take off and be successful and as part of public works Mohammed Nuru and the Security Initiative greg and California National guard cornell is he here California National guard is here the bryan kelly from transportation, jed i didnt Regional Department of emergency and fuming region 9 officer a strong friend of fleet week cornell and responding fenton who is new on board but we know as a speaker now the regional administrator for the fuming region 9 and the army korea and joseph United States marking up cornell phil whos men have helped us plan throughout and mary hickey from pg e and eric from verizon i wanted to thank all of them and let you know theyre available for post conference discussions and tours of the ship are available after this so thank you, everyone for coming very much appreciate that and to the speakers behind them clapping. the airport it where i know to mind visions of traffic romance and excitement and gourmet can you limousine were at San Francisco inspirational airport to discover the awardwinning concession that conspiracies us around the world. Sfo serves are more 40 million travelers a year and a lot of the them are hungry theres many restaurant and nearly all are restaurant and cafe thats right even the airport is a diane designation. So tell me a little bit the food program at sfo and what makes this so special well, we have a we have food and Beverage Program at sfo we trivia important the sustainable organic produce and our objective to be a nonterminal and bring in the best food of San Francisco for our passengers. I like this its is inaudible i thank my parents for bringing me here. This the definitely better than the la airport one thousand times better than. I have a double knees burger with bacon. I realize im on a diet but im hoping this will be good. It total is San Francisco experience because theres so many people and nationalities in this town to come to the airport especially everyone what have what they wanted. Are repioneering or is this a model. Were definitely pioneers and in airport commemoration at least nationally if not intvrl we have many folks asking our our process and how we select our great operators. The food option in San Francisco airport are phenomenal thats if it a lot of the airports yeah. You dont have the choice. Some airports are all about food this is not many and this particular airport are amazing especially at the tirnl indicating and corey is my favorite i come one or two hours before my flight this is the life. We definitely try to use as many local grirnts as we can we use the goat cheese and we also use local vendors we use greenly produce they summarize the local soured products and the last one had 97 percent open that. Wow. Have you taken up anything unique or odd here. Ive picked up a few things in napa valley i love checking chocolates theres a lot of types of chocolate and caramel corn. Now this is a given right there. Im curious about the customer externals and how people are richmond to this collection of cities youve put together not only of San Francisco food in San Francisco but food across the bay area. This type of market with the local savors the highend products is great. I know people cant believe theyre in an airport i really joy people picking up things for their friends and family and wait i dont have to be shopping now we want people take the opportunity at our location. How long has this been operating in San Francisco and the late 18 hours it is one of the best places to get it coffee. We have intrrnl consumers that know of this original outlet here and come here for the coffee. So lets talk sandwiches. Uhhuh. Can you tell me how you came about naming our sandwiches from the katrero hills or 27 years i thought okay neighborhood and how do you keep it fresh you can answer that mia anyway you want. Our broadened is were going not irving preserves or packaged goods we take the time to incubate our jogger art if scratch people appreciate our work here. So you feel like out of captured the airport atmosphere. This is its own the city the Airline Crews and the bag handlers and the frequent travels travelers and weve established relationships it feels good. When i get lunch or come to eat the food i feel like im not city. I was kind of under the assumption you want to be done with our gifts you are down one time not true we have a lot of regulars we didnt think wed find that here at the airport. People come in at least one a week for that the food and service and the atmosphere. The food is great in San Francisco its a coffee and i took an e calorie home every couple of weeks. Im impressed i might come here on my own without a trip, you know, we have kids we could get a babysitter and have diner at the airport. This is a little bit of things for everybody theres plenty of restaurant to grab something and go otherwise in you want to sit you can enjoy the experience of local food. Tell me about the future food. Were hoping to bring newer concepts out in San Francisco and what our passengers want. I look forward to see what your cooking up laughter today weve shown you the only restaurant in San Francisco from the comfortableing old stand but you dont have to be hungry sfo has changed what it is like to eat another an airport check out our oblige at tumbler dating. Com welcome to culturewire. Today we are at recology. They are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique Artist Residency programs. We are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. Welcome to the show, deborah. Tell us how this Program Began 20 years ago. The Program Began 20 years ago. Our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970s. She started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. She started with kids. They had an exhibition at city hall. City officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. We thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. Since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. How has the Program Changed over the years . How has the program what can the public has an artist engage with . For the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. Over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. Conceptual artists, at installation, photographers, videographers. That has really expanded the program out. It is becoming so dynamic right now with your vision of interesting artists in gauging here. Why would an artist when to come here . Mainly, access to the materials. We also give them a lot of support. When they start, it is an empty studio. They go out to the public area and we call it the big store. They go out shopping, take the materials that, and get to work. It is kind of like a reprieve, so they can really focus on their body of work. When you are talking about recology, do you have the only Sculpture Garden at the top . It is based on work that was done many years ago in new york. It is the only kind of structured, artist program. Weit is beautiful. A lot of the plants you see were pulled out of the garbage, and we use our compost to transplant them. The pathway is lined with rubble from the earthquake from the freeways we tour about 5000 people a year to our facility, adults and children. We talk about recycling and conservation. They can meet the artists. Fantastic. Lets go meet some of your current artists. Here we are with lauren. Can you tell us how long have been here so far and what youre working on . We started our residency on june 1, so we came into the studio then and spent most of the first couple weeks just digging around in the trash. I am continuing my body of work, kind of making these hand embroidered objects from our daytoday life. Can you describe some of the things you have been making here . This is amazing. I think i started a lot of my work about the qualities of light is in the weight. I have been thinking a lot about things floating through the air. It is also very windy down here. There is a piece of sheet music up there that i have embroidered third. There is a pamphlet about hearing dea nearing death. This is a dead rabbit. This is what i am working on now. This is a greeting card that i found, making it embroidered. It is for a very special friend. While we were looking at this, i glanced down and this is amazing, and it is on top of a book, it is ridiculous and amazing. I am interested in the serendipity of these still life compositions. When he got to the garbage and to see the arrangement of objects that is completely spontaneous. It is probably one of the least thought of compositions. People are getting rid of this stuff. It holds no real value to them, because theyre disposing of it. Were here in another recology studio with abel. What attracted you to apply for this special program . Who would not want to come to the dump . But is the first question. For me, being in a situation that youre not comfortable in has always been the best. What materials were you immediately attracted to when you started and so what was available here . There are a lot of books. That is one of the thing that hits me the most. Books are good for understanding, language, and art in general. Also being a graphic designer, going straight to the magazines and seeing all this printed material being discarded has also been part of my work. Of course, always wood or any kind of plastic form or anything like that. Job mr. Some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. Taught me through some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. The first thing that attracted me to this was the printed surface. It was actually a poster. It was a silk screen watercolor, about 8 feet long. In terms of the flatwork, i work with a lot of cloddish. So being able to cut into it come at into it, removed parts, it is part of the process of negotiating the final form. How do you jump from the two dimensional work that you create to the threedimensional . Maybe going back from the 3f to 2d. Everything is in the process of becoming. Things are never said or settled. The sculptures are being made while i am doing the collages, and vice versa. It becomes a part of something else. Theres always this figuring out of where things belong or where they could parapets something else. At the end goal is to possibly see one of these collage plans be built out and create a structure that reflects back into the flat work. Thank you so much for allowing culturewire to visit this amazing facility and to learn more about the artists in residence program. Is there anything you like our viewers to know . We have art exhibitions every four months, and a win by the public to come out. Everybody is welcome to come out. We have food. Sometimes we have gains and bands. It is great time. From june to september, we accept applications from bay area artists. We encouraged artists from all mediums to apply. We want as many artists from the bay area out here so they can have the same experience. How many artists to do your host here . 6 artist a year, and we receive about 108 applications. Very competitive. But everyone should be encouraged to apply. Thank you again for hosting us. Thank you for including us in culturewire. Good evening and welcome to the wednesday, october 7, 2015, of the San Francisco board of appeals the presiding officer is commissioner president ann lazarus and shes joined by the Vice President commissioner honda and commissioner swig and commissioner Bobbie Wilson we expect commissioner fung to be here to my left is the City Attorney and at the controls is the boards legal assistant cable car and legal clerk alex im Cynthia Goldstein the boards executive director were joined