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01 Jul 2011

How to Be Broke: The Upside of Being Unemployed

The worst part of about looking for work is the days in between.  You have no idea how long your money is going to have to last, you have no idea when you can expect to work again and you silently curse every tiny expenditure that you made back when

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30 Jun 2011

Tonight: Music that You Crave

Looking for something different to do tonight? Check out Music that You Crave, a part of Indie Thursdays at Lookout SF in the Castro. This is perfect if you are indecisive – as there are four different indie parties going on at the same time! Choose the music that suits

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30 Jun 2011

FREE No Age, Health and Cults Show TONIGHT in Greenpoint

Music lovers, try if you can to pull yourself away from the double click fun of turntable.fm for a few hours tonight to check out the killer inaugural line-up at the new House of Vans space in Greenpoint. No Age, Health, Cults and Ceremony will put on a free, all

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30 Jun 2011

Five Summer Movies to Avoid

Ah, summer blockbusters: They have a reputation for being especially vapid. Often visually overcooked with little or no story line, it seems as though Hollywood collectively decided that the best medicine for the heat is to flood your brain with total garbage. Remember The Last Airbender? How about You Don’t

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29 Jun 2011

Win A Pair of Tix to ‘Happy’ Screening at the Roxie

Happiness is one of those elusive emotions that I’ve always thought is really interesting to hear psychologists and social-whatever experts talk about and try to quantify.  I’m pretty sure Oscar-nominated director Roko Belic agrees, because his new non-profit feature documentary, called Happy, explores societal factors, like money, fame and relationships,

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29 Jun 2011

FREE Ice Cream and Body Chocolate at Babeland Today

Have you eaten an ice cream cone lately and thought, “I wish there was someone in a vulva costume here.” Today, Babeland is granting your wish. They’re already the nicest, most well-stocked store in the city for all your sex toy and lube needs, and they’re doubling their awesomeness by

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29 Jun 2011

Gold Cane: Always Cheap, Always a Good Time

I have a lot of friends who live in Upper Haight, and it just so happens that every time I am up there, I find myself ending up at the Gold Cane. This dark and divey cocktail lounge is infamous for its cheap drinks all day and all night. No

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29 Jun 2011

FREE Word for Word Series at Bryant Park

Although it’s been around for a few years, I only got hip to Bryant Park’s free “Word for Word” series a few days ago. I also only found out a few days ago that you can expand the view finder on the Hipstamatic camera app, making it 1000x easier to

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