Choose Your City

28 Sep 2010

Netflix Brooklyn Favorites

I don’t know about you, but every time I browse through the “Local Favorites for Brooklyn, NY” sections of Netflix, I’ve maybe seen 4 movies out of like 20 (especially with the Instantly Viewable ones, eeek!!). I consider myself to be a fairly knowledgeable/avid movie watcher, but I’m just wondering

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27 Sep 2010

OCD Lecture: Flesh Lights and Other Toys from Japan

There comes a time in everyday when your mind wanders into the gutter and you start thinking things like, “Gee, I wish I knew more about the history and current trends of Japanese masturbatory aid technology.” Pete’s Candy Store can answer all your questions. Tonight, they’re starting back up the

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27 Sep 2010

Five Hour Open Bar from Metrowize

Unlike Mission Mission, I’m actually not all that good at keeping up with other blogs.  I mean, those cats (especially Allan) must read like hundreds of blogs a day, because they always source from ones that are crazy obscure.  I’m pretty sure I’ve heard of Metrowize though, I mean it’s

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27 Sep 2010

Donuts Luncheonette Keeps You Coming Back

Some places lure you in with high design, a dining gimmick, or enough sangria to make your mouth go numb, and all of those are excellent reasons to be enticed to sit down and throw around some pocket change. However, some places suck you in and keep you coming back

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26 Sep 2010

Stuff Your Face With Cheap Buns From Lung Fung Bakery

My second apartment in the city was on 18th Avenue at Geary in an area I like to call “Central Richmond” (Google Maps tells me this is a real term in existence, but I’ve never heard anybody actually speak this in conversation). Anyway, there were a ton of cheap and

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26 Sep 2010

What You Wish You Could Have Told Young You

[youtube 7KOr3nhb8XI&hd=1] Dan Savage recently printed a letter from a reader mourning the suicide of Billy Lucas and was at a loss for what to do about isolated gay teenagers in unsupportive and even abusive communities. Savage responded by starting the “It Gets Better” project on Youtube to reach out

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26 Sep 2010

BYOB and Empanadas at Tabaré

Going on dates isn’t a thing hipsters really…. do…. since it often involves sobriety (gah), looking somewhat presentable, and acknowledging that an actual courtship is going on. But if you have found that special someone you think you can be sober around, Tabaré is one of the cutest date places

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25 Sep 2010

A Taste of Greece – San Francisco Greek Food Festival

The San Francisco Greek Food Festival is one of the most elusive events I have ever encountered. For the past few months, in an act of probably overzealous anticipation, I have been scouring the interwebs looking for clues as to the dates and deets on my most favorite of food

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