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23 Sep 2011

Edinburgh Castle: A Tenderloin Gem All Its Own

Dark and divey, Edinburgh Castle is just one of those bars at which you always want to drink. It’s nothing fancy. It’s just a spacious and unpretentious pub; but still pretty awesome. The first thing you will notice upon entering Edinburgh Castle is the decent sized smoking room. It’s a

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23 Sep 2011

47th Annual Big Book Sale

At last year’s ABBS (Annual Big Book Sale, put on by the San Francisco Public Library), I was able snag a copy of Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Cancer,” whose scarlet cover and infamously graphic sex scenes both warranted me countless raised eyebrows on the bus. It’s a great book. But

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23 Sep 2011

Broke-Ass Mom and Mass Transit 101

Now that you’re car-free, mass transportation should be your new best friend.  If you’re not careful, what was once as easy as “hop on and hop off” can now be the most miserable thirty minutes of your day. The goal is to not get a standing ovation as you and

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23 Sep 2011

Get Lost in Queens County Farm’s Amazing Maize Maze

It’s that time of year again…I’m assuming since our Spendthrift Scribe, Laura, sent you here this time last year. But this is 2011 and I’m going to be the one to send you off to Queens County Farm’s newly designed “Take me out to the Corn Field” maze. You have

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22 Sep 2011

The “Broke as Hell” East Coast Book Tour

The “Broke as Hell” Book Tour is coming to an East Coast city near you! Broke-Ass Stuart (host of IFC’s “Young, Broke & Beautiful”) is bringing you something special; it’ll be one half book reading/signing and one half dance party. Therefore it’ll be good for both your brain and your

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22 Sep 2011

Horseshoe Tavern – The Un-Marina Marina Bar

I was first introduced to the Horseshoe Tavern when I was taking an improv class nearby in Fort Mason.  Let me say nothing better prepares you to play “acting” games with middle-aged pharmaceutical sales people than a few pints.  In an effort to catch our hometown baseball Giants before class a

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22 Sep 2011

Celebrate 1 Year of SF Public Works this Saturday

Has it really already been a year? I remember last year I went to the opening block-party of SF Public Works– which happened to fall on a Sunday, the day before I started my first day of work at my current job. Let’s just say that my co-workers were probably

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22 Sep 2011

Nerd Out in Public at the FREE Lightsaber Battle this Saturday

We’re all nerds here, right? The kind of people who would enjoy playing with lightsabers in public on a Saturday night instead of going to a bar with friends or basically, NOT playing with lightsabers in public. Well well well, is Newmindspace putting on the event for us! Back by

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