San Francisco

21 Feb 2010

The Magazine: The Tenderloin’s Awesome Vintage Magazine Shop

Thanks to Paula W. for the photo Wow I’m really amazed people don’t talk about this one more, it’s definitely one of those places that deserves mention in as many conversations as possible. It literally has one of the biggest archives of porno mags I’ve ever seen, and what’s remarkable

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20 Feb 2010

I Heart Tacos: A Taco Tour

Tacos are the greatest. They’re like a flavor punch in your face and cover all five of the basic food groups (do the math…yeah I’m right) which does a body good. It’s pretty hard to mess up a taco, so most you encounter will be at least alright, but for

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19 Feb 2010

Two Commonly Used Words That Originated in SF

I’m a self admitted history nerd:  I wake up every morning and watch an hour of the History Channel.  I generally like any movie that’s a period piece.  I really wanna be one of the actors that gets to dress up for historical reenactments for TV and movies.  Like I

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19 Feb 2010

Bow Bow Cocktail Lounge

The Goddess herself! photo from Anne B. on Yelp I’m going to say this in the most plain and honest way I can: I’m pretty sure Candy, the bartender at Bow Bow, is Dionysus disguised as a human being.  It’s the only logical way to explain the way she handles

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18 Feb 2010

‘Swinging Chinatown’ Exhibit @ Old Mint Fri-Sun

Soft, twinkling lights, snappy dance numbers, beautiful girls, and suppers of eastern delicacies called things like Chop Suey– What a night you could have in that enchanting Chinatown!  The possibilities as endless as the stars in the heavens! By the thirties, San Franciscan xenophobia had ebbed to a level where

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18 Feb 2010

Check out King Tut for FREE at the de Young This Weekend

We’ve mentioned a lot of ways you can get FREE museum admission on this site, but that’s because a) learning is great and b) unlike your favorite falafel place, they’re always changing what they have to offer. (It’s OK about the falafel though, don’t go changin’!) So if you’ve taken

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17 Feb 2010

Folky Events for Folky Folks All Week

I know that part of my job here is to make fun of everything and crack lewd jokes, but at times, though rarely, I find myself at a loss for things to hate.  Either that, or I’m late for like 3 deadlines and don’t have time to make you fools

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17 Feb 2010

FREE Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and Literary Stuff Served Up by Dave Eggers

Tonight the legendary City Lights bookstore on Columbus will be hosting a reading from Stoners and Self-Appointed Saints, and Fever Chart – the latter of which was published by McSweeney’s – that impossibly twee publisher/website/lit rag founded by love-him-or-hate-him memoirist/novelist/newspaper man Dave Eggers. To go along with the readings, their

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