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08 Oct 2010

Borrow Lombardi Sports’ Rooftop for Fleet Week!

Loud noises!  Sailors!  Gay guys in hot pants!  These fit right into a game I like to call “Halloween, Pride or Fleet Week?”  One look out the window should tell you (as if you don’t already know, you savvy San Franciscan, you) that it’s FLEET WEEK and you know what

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08 Oct 2010

Art, Technology and Urbanism Combine at Conflux Festival This Weekend

“Psychogeography” likely strikes the initiated as a word with a fairly niche following of academics. That’s a fair assessment. The word refers to the study of the effects that environments have on the emotions and behaviors of individuals. It’s is also the subject of Conflux Festival, now in its 7th year.

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07 Oct 2010

Miss Last Saturday? Special Hard Frenching This Sunday at Thee Parkside

The merry crew of Hard French is pulling up anchor from the river and sailing to Potrero Hill this weekend, as the official arbiters of fun for the Out Loud Comedy Festival Wrap Party.  Usual dancing to the discos is at perennial garden spot, El Rio, but the port for

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07 Oct 2010

Get Stuffed by an NBA Legend at Big Nate’s BBQ 20th Anniversary Party

If you’ve never been to Big Nate’s BBQ in SoMa then you’re not only missing out on a delicious and nap-inducing lunch, but you’re also missing your chance to hang out with NBA legend, former Golden State Warriors all-star and BBQ aficionado Big Nate Thurmond himself. Luckily, this Saturday from

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07 Oct 2010

Ways to Enjoy Autumn in New York

The other day I caught myself almost buying a pair of reindeer printed leggings. Blame the sweltering summer that lasted until, well last week, but I was ready to stock up on thermal already in protest. I think every New Yorker is ready to wear clothing that doesn’t involve mesh

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07 Oct 2010

TICKET GIVEAWAY: Liz Miele at Caroline’s on Broadway

Remember being 18? Apparently while the rest of us were sneaking warm beers from our parents’ garage, comedian Liz Miele was being profiled in the New Yorker. NBD. Now, at 25, Liz’s comedy is older and wiser but still told with the relatable ease that’s been earning her attention since

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06 Oct 2010

Tonight: FREE Happy Hour Comedy Returns to Madrone

It’s been awhile since the starts have aligned for me to make it over to Madrone on Divis for one of their first-Wednesdays Comedy Happy Hours, but the jokes I do remember between the $2 PBRs and dollar-off drafts from the last one were a HILARIOUS mix of insightful stand-up

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06 Oct 2010

How to Feel Rich

David Sedaris once said “To be broke in New York was to feel a constant, needling sense of failure, as you were regularly confronted by people who had not only more but much, much more.”  This is very true.  Due to the nature of the city you can pass by

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