SF-born Bay Area radio and TV personality Chuy Gomez announced he’ll be co-hosting the first-ever live broadcast of SF’s Lowrider Parade and “King of the Streets” Hopping Competition with local reporter Sara Donchey on September 20 from 1–3 p.m.

As the Instagram account Bay Area TV writes, the parade’s inaugural September 20 broadcast will be aired on CBS Bay Area’s KPIX as part of San Francisco’s official National Latino Heritage Month celebration, which runs from September 15 through October 15, according to the event’s website.

In addition to the parade and hopping competition, over 300 low riders will be on display as part of the Class Car Show. According to Bay Area TV, hundreds of cars will be cruising in from across the West for the event — many from women-led clubs.

Although the deadline for the parade has passed, interested participants can still sign up for the hopping contest through August 31. The winner gets a $10,000 cash prize.

The event is put on by the San Francisco Lowrider Council and Cultura y Arte Nativa de Las Américas (CANA), celebrating the city’s Latino roots and resilience while uplifting neighborhood businesses, artists, and cultural traditions.

Image: San Francisco Lowrider Council/Facebook

Related: Video: Watch Mayor London Breed Riding In The LowRider Council Car Show

This Sunday, the fourth annual Bottomless Negroni and Pimp Cup Competition goes down at Jasper's Corner Tap & Kitchen. If you're crafty and clever enough, you could win endless Negroni cocktails* for an entire year. Which is pretty damn boss.

To jog your memory, here's how it works: create the most inventive chalice, win all the glory. Last year, contestants and patrons voted on tricked-out collection of cups -- one created out of legos, another was unicorn-ed out. It was fabulous. (And while the name "pimp cup" is in the event title, we implore you not to go with a literal pimp theme. It's a touch tired at this point -- which won't win you enough votes, anyway -- but pimps also bring to mind sex trafficking and worse.)

Our favorite from last year was this last-minute gem. (No wait, this one was our favorite.) Here are last year's entries and winners. The winner takes home the coveted prize of a free Negroni every day for a year at Jasper's.

To enter the contest, you must buy a ticket for $20 pre-sale (through eventbrite) or $25 at the door. Ticket price, going to benefit the Bartender Relief Fund, also scores you bottomless Negronis.

Goes from 3:30pm-5:30pm on Sunday, August 4th.

* If you do win, you still need to tip your bartender when you use your cup for free Negronis throughout your reign. Don't be a dick.

2013 marks the fifth year of Cochon 555, a competition that pits five local chefs against one another to prepare a menu concocted from the entirety of heritage breed pigs for an audience of pork-loving epicureans and celebrated judges.

This year's competing chefs are Mark Richardson (of the Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco) Omri Aflalo (Bourbon Steak), Adam Sobel (RN74), Scott Youkilis (Hi Lo BBQ / Hog & Rocks), and Christopher Thompson (A16). The winner, selected from 20 judges and 400 guests, will be crowned the Prince of Pork and will later go up against other regional finalists at the Grand Cochon event in Aspen in June.

What: Cochon 555
When: Sunday, April 14; 4 p.m. (VIP); 5 p.m. (general admission)
Where: Four Seasons - 757 Market Street (at Third Street); S.F.
Tickets: $125 (general admission) and $200 (VIP); to purchase tickets

FILM: Food Shift presents a free screening (donations appreciated) of Dive, which exposes the problem of food waste in America, followed by a discussion with Dana Frasz, Director of Food Shift and Kirsten Bourne from Bi-Rite Market, about innovative ways grocery stores can do their part to reduce waste. (6 to 9 p.m., Rally Pad, 144 2nd Street)

COMPETITION: Hot on the heels of the big Mr. Marina Competition last week, the Marinaites' mustachioed male counterparts will contend for the coveted top Mr. Mission slot tonight, also in the name of cancer research. (8 to 11 p.m., Elbo Room, 647 Valencia Street)

LITERARY: Litquake and City Lights Books present an evening of readings and music celebrating the life of Edith Piaf with Carolyn Burke, author of No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf, and musical accompaniment from chanteuse Betty Roi. The talk and performance will be followed by an audience Q+A and book signing. (7 to 9 p.m., Tosca Cafe, 242 Columbus Avenue)

COMPETITION: Air Sex Championships: It might sound like a sexy time, but judging from this collection of Flickr photos, it's more comic than erotic. As Flavorpill notes, "At one recent SF championship, a school teacher simulating strap-on sex won out over a man dressed as a robot who air fucked a blender and a lava lamp." (hot.) (9 p.m., Elbo Room, 647 Valencia Street)

FOOD: Inforum hosts Distilled in SF: How to Drink Like a Locavore, featuring a panel of malt masters who will speak to the art of beverage creation, the modern craft movement, and San Francisco’s rich culinary traditions, followed by a tasting from the best local "boozeries," including Anchor Distilling Company, SFvodka, St. George Spirits, Essential Spirits, Distillery No. 209, Osocalis Distillery, Old World Spirits and more. (hiccup) (6:30 p.m., The Commonwealth Club of California, 595 Market Street, 2nd Floor)

FILM: Tonight's feature at the weekly French Cinema Class, which pairs French films with wine and conversation, is Le Professionnel starring Jean Paul Belmondo. (ooh, la la!) (6:45 p.m., Alliance Française of San Francisco, 1345 Bush Street)

San Francisco announced the 20 recipients of the upcoming Rainbow Honor Walk installation — think Hollywood Walk of Fame, only vastly more important — last year. The installation wil stretch from the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy on 19th Street at Diamond down to Castro, continuing up to Market and along 18th Street and over near the LGBT Center at Octavia Boulevard. But they need someone to create a superb design to compliment the honor and people it commemorate. Might that someone be you?

The contest, running from February 2 - May 2, 2012, will ask for designs from around the world. So get creative — a trite Diego Riveraesque mishmash or a rainbow will simply not do. Four finalists will be selected, judged by a jury of curators from San Francisco’s leading cultural institutions as well as LGBT community leaders and a member of the San Francisco Arts Commission’s Civic Design Committee.

The winner designer will receive an honorarium of $1,000. And glory. Lots of glory.

"The Rainbow Honor Walk will not only be an inspiring educational tool for future generations, but an important, ongoing and permanent part of San Francisco’s cultural landscape," said Tom DeCaigny, newly crowned Director of Cultural Affairs for the San Francisco Arts Commission. "We are honored and pleased to support this project, and look forward to assisting in any way we can."

Our suggestion, brilliant in its simplicity and honesty, is a shiny golden poppers bottle. Toot, toot, yeah, beep, beep, and so forth.

Details are as follows:

Design parameters:
1) Designs must include the name of the individual to be honored, their birth and death dates, and a brief description of their contributions
2) Size: 3 feet wide x 3 feet long (depth to be determined based upon engineering recommendations)
3) Materials: bronze and/or terrazzo

Individuals and/or design teams interested in participating in the design competition should contact the Rainbow Honor Walk by mail. Each submission must include:
1) A $100 non-refundable submission fee payable to “The Rainbow Honor Walk.” *
2) A one page description (no more than 500 words) of why this design is appropriate along with the qualifications of the designer.
3) A CD with documentation of completed and installed public artwork or similar projects. No more than three (3) projects should be submitted although there may be multiple images of each project from different perspectives to show the design, the materials and the context in which the work is located. A maximum of 10 jpeg images may be submitted.
4) One 1 foot by 1 foot color design concept in the format of a drawing, painting or photo montage. Actual fabricated models will not be accepted. Please do not deviate from the standard submission format. Applicants may only submit one design.
5) The applicant agrees to allow the Rainbow Honor Walk to use the images of his/her submission for promotional, educational and informational purposes.
6) The winning applicant will be required to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Rainbow Honor Walk organization to allow her/his design to be implemented and to agree to consult on details related to the materials utilized for fabrication of the Walk of Fame plaques.

* The submission fee will be waived for one student from each school in the San Francisco Unified School District, to be determined by that school.

Entries should be mailed to:
The Rainbow Honor Walk Design Contest
584 Castro Street, #113
San Francisco, California 94114

Honorees are:

- Jane Addams (1860-1935), Social worker, first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, 1931
- James Baldwin (1924-87), American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, civil rights activist
- George Choy (1960-93): Activist for Asian & Pacific Islander youth and people with AIDS
- Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936), Spanish poet, playwright, political activist
- Allen Ginsberg (1926-97), American poet. San Francisco Beat poet/ Free speech activist
- Keith Haring (1958-90), American artist and AIDS activist
- Harry Hay (1912-2002), English born writer, gay rights activist. Founder of The Mattachine Society, 1950.
- Sylvester James (1947-88), Mighty real
- Christine Jorgensen (1926-89), Pre-eminent American transgender pioneer and advocate
- Frida Kahlo (1907-54), Mexican artist whose work has been celebrated as emblematic of national and indigenous tradition
- Del Martin (1921-2008), American feminist, gay rights activist. Founder Daughters of Bilitis
- Yukio Mishima nee Kimitake Hiraoka (1925-70), Japanese playwright, poet, actor, film director
- Bayard Rustin (1912-87), American civil rights leader.
- Randy Shilts (1951-94), San Francisco journalist, biographer.
- Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), American novelist, essayist, playwright.
- Alan Turing (1912-54), British scientist who broke the Nazi's Enigma Code and father of the modern computer, cryptanalyst, logician, mathematician
- Tom Waddell (1937-87), American athlete, physician, founder of the Gay Games
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish playwright, poet, novelist, essayist
- Tennessee Williams (1911-83), American dramatist, poet, novelist
- Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), English novelist, essayist, publisher

For us, nothing is more Californian than Mexican food. So I was very excited to attend The Great Salsa Championchip hosted by SF Food Wars this last Sunday. The competition is a partnership between Food Wars and CUESA to showcase some of SF's best salsa makers.

Two men enter, one man leaves!

Actually, twenty different chefs entered and the rest of us just left stuffed. The competition took place downtown at the Ferry Building along with 300 attendees all armed with organic tortilla chips by Casa Sanchez. The twenty teams, along with a description of there entry can be found below.

Purveyors of Awesome / Gravensalsa / Gravenstein apple salsa with a bit of heat.

DoomBunny en Fuego / Ceviche Verdura / A vegetarian ceviche with roasted corn.

Devórate Esto / My Mama's Salsa / A classic tomato salsa that is well balanced.

The Average Foodie / Summer Sweet, Summer Spice - Part Deux / Peach and pear salsa.

bangbangsalsa / salsa #9 / This three alarm fire is made with roasted habaneros.

Los Pares Deliciosos / Veraniega Sabrosa / Slightly sweet salsa with a hint of red wine.

El Charapo / Gutsy Red / A classic roasted salsa with a nice amount of garlic and veggies.

Ai Made It / GazPOWcho Salsa / Homegrown tomatoes make this salsa gaspacho-like.

Here are the first 8 salsas. Start with the #1 and move clockwise where #8, the GazPOWcho Salsa, is in the middle. Of this batch, I really enjoyed #7 (Gutsy Red) and #5 (Veraniega Sabrosa) the most. I thought the ceviche salsa was good but in my opinion it was less of a salsa and more of a salad with all of the toppings it had.

Chi-Wow-Wow / El Niño / A family recipe from Chihuahua, Mexico.

Team Hellapeños / Salsa Delfina / Mexican salsa recipe from Grandma Delfina.

Team Steph / Salsa de Nino / A salsa recipe passed down by the chef's Godfather.

Dammit Tina! / Dammit! I Forgot the Salsa Again / Early girl-based Pico de Gallo salsa.

Spice Girls / When Harissa Met Salsa / Roasted tomatoes and North African spices.

(y)our food choices / Salsa-touille / Ratatouille-inspired salsa.

Desi Girls / Kuchumber / Salsa with an Indian spin.

Huuyub / Green Monster / A cilantro-based salsa with lots of roasted tomatoes.

Chip trick / Chilesco Salsa / Mexican salsa with the smooth texture of Catalan Romesco.

Dr. Peppers / Belly-Warmin' Salsa / A mix of fire-roasted peppers and lots of love.

Iron Bunny / Salsa Pine-a-peño / Grilled pineapple and jalapeno salsa.

At then end of it all, we chose Salsa Pine-a-peño. We love tropical fruit-based salsas but usually they are too sweet. This particular salsa, however, could be eaten by the buckets. Well, we could anyway. Alas, it was not the winner of the competition.

Wanna know who won? Find out here.

MUSIC: Yoshi's brings together poetry and music at Talking Taiko, celebrating the release of Yuri Kageyama's The New and Selected Yuri Writing From Peeling Till Now, and featuring guest poet Ishmael Reed, accompanied by taiko drumming. (8 p.m., Yoshi's San Francisco, 1330 Fillmore Street)

COMPETITION: Head over to Comstock Saloon to witness your mustachioed comrades take part in the Whiskey Waxing Beard And Mustache Competition. Contestants will be judged on their form & ability to sip whiskey or tea. All sizes, shapes, and styles considered. "It’s not the size of your sweep, but the shape of your broom!" (7 p.m., Comstock Saloon, 155 Columbus Avenue)

FOOD: The second week of Slim's August Pop-Up series features Radio Africa & Kitchen, which was inspired by Chef Eskender Aseged's experience growing up in Ethiopia, featuring old world-inspired recipes of Mediterranean and Red Sea countries. (7:30 to 10 p.m., Slim's, 333 11th Street)

This year's annual bacchanalia of pork and wine, Cochon 555, rears its savory head on Sunday, June 5. Will you be there? Well, you should. "Officially, the event is all about promoting heritage pig breeds and blah blah blah, but clearly for most, it's a chance for indulging their unadulterated pork passions and eat a lot of bacon," explains Grub Street.

And as far as this year's competition goes? We would swallow whatever these gentlemen put before us. They're that talented.

This year’s San Francisco competitors are David Varley of Michael Mina; Ravi Kapur of Prospect; Brandon Jew and Salvatore Cracco of Bar Agricole; our personal favorite SF chef, Matthew Accarrino of SPQR; and the eyelid-rippingly hot David Bazirgan of Fifth Floor.

Casting his blinding light of judgment on the evening's porcine party is none other than SFist's Jay Barmann. (Psst, he's also the man behind Grub Street SF. He's well versed in culinary thingamajigs like meat and thyme bundles and the proper way to fold napkin swans and bain-maries... you know, stuff like that.) He's already told you in explicit detail why California should turn into an early primary state and he just read this crazy techie-hippie to filth. So, you know, Cochon 555 competing chefs better be en pointe, dig?

Barmann joins the following local foodies turned judges:

Andy Peay, Peay Vineyards
Anthony Strong, Locanda
Caleb Zigas, La Cocina
Carleigh Connolly, Culinary Trends magazine
Dave McClean, Magnolia Brew
John Fink, The Whole Beast
Judy Rodgers, Zuni Café
Laura Werlin, Cheese Lady
Melanie Wong, Chowhound
Mark Dommen, One Market
Pax Mahle, Wind Gap Wines
Staffan Terje, Perbacco
Steve Becker, Fire Man
Tara Duggan, Bay Citizen

The winning chef will compete against other regional winners at the Grand Cochon finale in Aspen on June 19.

What: Cochon 555
When: Sunday, June 5
Where: Merchants Exchange Building, Julia Morgan Ballroom (465 California)
Time: 3:30 p.m. VIP; 5 p.m. general admission
Tickets: $125 general admission, $200 VIP. Purchase them here.