October 5-8, SF Weekend Events

This should be a pretty poppin' weekend to get out and do something fun. Aside from the gloomy weather today, it should clear up for Fleet Week Weekend.

Fleet Week is gonna mean loud jets, races, and airshows. Maybe a good time to try out that new digital camera on shutter priority!

October 7 & 8 is the First Annual Canine Film Festival at the Castro Theatre. Screenings include Best In Show, Shaggy Dog, and Wallace & Grommit.

The new Marciano Store opening is today in the Westfield SF Centre. Thanks to SFindiefashion, here are some deets. Two of the original Guess? brothers, Maurice and Paul, are involved in this line extension. Party tonight from 7-9 pm with "light refreshments," DJs, and models.

If you're seeking something more bookish, there is Litquake going on for 9 days (Oct 6-14). By far, the Friday Nite Opening event looks to be of the most interest (IMHO). Dave Eggers is a really great speaker/reader, funny and engaging. Litquake boasts over 300 participating authors.

And if you can get him to sign your books (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, You Shall Know Our Velocity!, How We Are Hungry, etc) he's likely to draw a pretty little scene inside, personalize, AND sign his name!

The San Francisco World Music Festival continues through Saturday (9/24-10/7), with Chinese Opera events/workshops going on through Saturday.

Hovey Lee Jewelry is celebrating its 5th year with a discount of 15% off purchases up to $199 and 25% off purchases over $200. Offer good through the end of October. Some very nice (Byzantine-inspired) jewelry at a very, very fabulous price.

If you're more in the mood to stay in, SFGate has 20 Best Recipes from Two Decades of the Chronicle Food section. Yummm!

A couple quick notes. The Cool Hunter has some very swank interior space designs on their site that address both form + function amazingly, and Inhabitat pointed me to GreenGrid Roofs... A beautiful concept, that no doubt will get ever-more-popular as buildings continually grow taller and green space becomes such a premium.

image credits: Blue Angels from sfgate.com, LitQuake from litquake.org, Food at 20 from SFGate.com