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From the Heart: An East Bay Guide to DIY Gifting
When you’re broke and living on a strict budget, gifting during the holidays when you have more than a few family members has to be handmade. I don’t know who in the world saves up to have tons of money for gifting throughout the year but I refuse to go

We wanna send you to see Reggie and the Full Effect!
James Dewees -from Long Island, NY -Not only is 2018 the 20 year anniversary for the act Reggie and the Full Effect, but it is also the same year that the name can add their 7th studio album, ‘41,’ to their discography. Reggie and the Full Effect is the solo

Spend your NYE with Thievery Corporation!
Thievery Corporation has thrived for 20 years without a radio hit, a big budget video, or major label backing? Moreover, have managed to do high-profile TV appearances, own and operate their own independent label since day one, sell several million albums and continue to expand their fan base across the

Come to My Jewish Xmas Party!
Heeb or not, you are cordially invited to spend the holidays in the company of the “chosen” people…chosen to be alienated and bored stiff when everything is closed on Christmas, that is! Except this year, we’re doing something about it…come down to the Make-Out Room on Tuesday, December 25th to:

San Francisco is the City Where you Can’t….
The story goes that, the day after breaking ground for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, President William H. Taft, the last of our exquisitely mustachioed Commander-in-Chiefs, toasted San Francisco as “The City that Knows How.” It had been less than a decade since the Great Conflagration had burned most of The City to the ground, and President Taft was in awe at the incredible speed at which San Francisco had managed to rebuild.

Why You Should Not Use Amazon To Buy Holiday Gifts
Amazon robots sprayed bear repellent on human workers last week, the perfect symbol of what all-assimilating retail greed-Borg Amazon has become in 2018. There are a ton of reasons why you should not shop on Amazon for your holiday gifts, and punishing companies who hospitalize dozens of minimum-wage workers in

The Oakland & Berkeley Coffee Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the Oakland & Berkeley Coffee Passport. There’s no better way to explore SF than to literally drink it in. The SF Coffee Passport is amazing, you get 20 coffee drinks at 20 cafes for $30. It honestly doesn’t get much better than that. How

We wanna send you to see Lola Kirke @ Cafe Du Nord!
At sixteen, Lola Kirke discovered Gram Parsons and the Cosmic American genre he defined. In spite of being a New Yorker by the way of London, Kirke felt a strong connection to his Country-Rock sound. “For whatever reason, I thought I could resolve all my problems by just becoming him.”