I write to you, dear reader, from Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here at my hotel – the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino – I wait out the extreme midday heat, letting my somewhat brackish lunch digest. The room is decent; the bathroom is functional. Smoking is allowed so

Everyone has either been tuned into the Olympics, or at least, keeping count of the medals won. You could be a casual fan and tune in whenever boredom rears its ugly head, but there is at least one event or sport you try to keep tabs on. Either way, the

Adobe Books, a Mission tradition that has been called “the last bohemian-style bookstore,” may be closing this fall. The great two-headed best that is declining sales and rising rent is rearing its ugly head. There is talk of saving the store, so nothing is for sure at this point, but

I mentioned them at the end of my last column, but let me officially introduce Donny and Dave. I met these two fellows up in the mountains a few weeks ago. Donny walked up first, and by his shuffling stroll, disheveled garb, and red-rimmed eyes, I presumed him to be

Part of living in San Francisco means having a love/hate relationship with Muni. On the plus side is the fact that it’s an affordable mass transit system that allows many of us to live a car free life. On the minus side is that it never quite works like it’s

An open letter from the McCarren Park Pool: When you’re a pool you need to realize right off the bat that a couple thousand kids are going to pee in you everyday. You suffer that humiliation willingly because of the joy you bring them. What’s a little pee against thousands

I like Puma as a sneaker company because they made one of my favorites sneakers of all-time—Walt Clyde Frazier’s signature line, The Clyde’s. Now, they’re creating a decent party, the Mad Decent Block Party, that is. Embrace & Teamwork have gotten together to with Puma to bring this event to

  Ever have the problem of not knowing where to go out because you can’t decide which music will be better? Thank goodness some people actually plan these things out! Saturday, August 4th, Brass Tax and the Space Cowboys are joining forces once again for the most explosive event of