San Francisco

12 Nov 2013

The Amazing and Ridiculous Things Drunk People Forget in Bars

Where on earth did he leave it? I bartend a few nights a week. It’s what I do to pay the bills since being a writer is obviously not where the money is at. The other day I found a hoodie that someone had left at the Golden Gate Tap

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11 Nov 2013

Win a pair of Premium Tix to Graham Nash Gets Wild With The Commonwealth Club

So this is pretty amazing. Graham Nash, yes that Graham Nash (from Crosby, Still and Nash), just put out an autobiography about his life in rock and roll. I imagine the stories are pretty insane considering, for awhile, his band was one of the biggest in the world. Now that

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11 Nov 2013

Win a Pair of Tix to See the Award-Winning Documentary Medora

Medora sounds like a pretty amazing documentary. It’s been called the “best sports film since hoop dream”. That’s some big praise! Anyways, we’ve got 2 pairs of tickets to giveaway. The showing is on November 18th at the Roxy Theater in SF. Here’s a quick rundown on what the film

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11 Nov 2013

A Huge List of Bar Trivia Nights in San Francisco (And Oakland and Berkeley Too!)

Image Courtesy of Brainstormer Trivia is exactly what its name tells you: the trivial gunk knowledge that clogs up the important, higher functioning regions of your brain. And unless you’re the one percent of brain gunk retainers, you can’t put any of that to use on a game show. (Unless

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07 Nov 2013

The Broke-Ass Insider’s Guide to New Orleans: Downtown (7th Ward/ Marigny, Bywater/ 9th Ward)

From Drew Brees to Hog’s Head Cheese, James Black to Sazerac: Here’s our New Orleans insider’s guide, neighborhood by neighborhood, to all the things that make the Crescent City the greatest city in America. Downtown (7th Ward/ Marigny, Bywater/ 9th Ward) Scrap Sculpture It’s been a long trip to the

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06 Nov 2013

Color Me Badd: A New Weekly 90’s Slow Jam Happy Hour w/ Coloring Books and FREE Bar Snacks

In the profound words of a wise man, “Yeahhhh boyyyy!!!” Starting Wednesday May 15th I’m teaming up with The Cellar and DJ Matt Haze to bring you Color Me Badd: A Weekly 90’s Slow Jam Happy Hour! Yes, I know! I’m SO excited for this too. There’s gonna be: ★ FREE

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06 Nov 2013

Organ Grind, A South American Food Journal Part 2: The Eerie Charms of Mompox, Colombia.

Mompox, Colombia   When traveling in a strange land with only a hazily defined sense of purpose to guide you, you find yourself pointed towards destinations based on some fairly whimsical pretexts.   The one which inspired me to make a long, harsh journey over unpaved roads perched in the

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30 Oct 2013

Getting Towed is Easily the Most Infuriating Thing That Happens in the City

If you have ever been towed in the city, there is a distinct moment where you truly wish the aspects of government that regulate transit in our fair town be summarily destroyed by a plague, a tempest of fire, or sent to meet another equally cataclysmic and terrible fate. FOUR

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