And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. From our captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose tonight we close the year by remembering some of the people we lost in 2013. These men and women lead lives of purpose and consequence. They enriched our culture through their inventions, their art and their enterprise. All of them left an impact on the world that we live. Many appeared on this program over the last 22 years and heres a look back at some of those conversations. It was clearly time to take care of the rest of life. Rose yeah, right. So i and my family were immediately moving to paris. Rose you owed family big time. Big time. Rose that year, that book as i remember six years in the making, was it. It was. Rose so you moved to paris and do what . Well, do exactly what you hadnt been doing. Pay attention to the rest of life and dont dont think about politics. And dont worry abo
I wrote this letter to supervisor wiener and expecting that it be shared with you as well. Im going to leave a copy here for you to take home. Dear supervisor wiener, San Francisco has been my home for the last 16 years. The castro my neighborhood, and cafe floor the soul of the castro. I cant imagine the loss of this venue. Whether my mood is fair to midland and down, i find [speaker not understood] in this remarkable place. The barista know my order before i reach the register. [speaker not understood], delicious vegetarian soups, oil instead of wine on my avocado or meat salads, warm greetings and equally warm smiles all around even fromth village of cooks as they glance up from the splendors they place on the plates. Cafe floor staff are extended family whether cooking, serving or busing the tables. But thats only part of the picture. Invariably i have a friend or two or more stop and share my table and catch up on each others lives. Often these are friends i met first at cafe floo
Ken bunch, deborah aiano, gerald im sorry, cant read that last name. John kodera. Sister honey bee, ron schmidt. Hello, my name is kenneth bunch. Im the founder of the sisters of perpetual indulgence. Cafe floor is like any other business in the castro, any other business or cafe. Its a community center. Over the last couple of decades, people meet there to talk about issues and to make plans and form organizations, [speaker not understood] the sister. Weve all at various times met there to plan our activities. As well, cafe floor has donated thousands of dollars to charity, to our charities over the years. And you really have to understand, cafe floor, the kitchen is more like a walkin closet. It really needs for the tremendous number of people that want to eat there and there are, as has been said, especially on the weekends, a line of people out the door to eat there, so socialize, to connect, and to eat the great food. In order to provide that service, they really need an offsite k
Has really earned. Incredible [speaker not understood]. They hold plenty of fundraisers. Ive been with them on different fundraisers for the Lgbt Community and other causes. They are always invaluable in providing support. And specifically j. D. Petras can be amazing. Weve worked with him on several big projects in the city, including fatopia [speaker not understood]. Cafe floor was a huge sponsor of that event. J. D. Goes above and beyond in term of making projects in San Francisco unique continue. And as it goes for health, it seems really silly to make this not an officially sanctioned use so we can have real regulation and oversight in the space. I always felt perfectly safe and trusting in cafe floors food. They never served me wrong. Its been wonderful. Thank you for your support. Thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners. My name is Michael Phillips and im in support of the legislation being proposed by supervisor wiener. I have taken part in many fundraisers, many party events.
Hi, im dina plotkin. I just moved back to San Francisco after being gone for 11 years, and ive been here for a couple decades before that. And a lot of change in 11 years coming home. And i moved back into the duboce area so we go to cafe floor. And there has been a lot of, like a lot of places that were here for a long time when i moved here are not here any more. So seeing cafe floor there when i got back was really nice and seeing how theyve worked and been a part of the community is really nice. So, i think they have to be away to recognize that their growth is good for the Larger Community because it helped they put it back into the community. So, 1850sing away to allow them to grow and give back to the community and be there would be great. Thank you. A couple more speakers. Kyle devrios, Michael Phillips, j. D. Petras. Hi, high name is dianne amos. Thank you for your time today. Im one of those people that started in my late teens. Ive done my four years at floor. When mr. Petra