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29 Dec 2022

The Cool Stuff On Hulu In January 2023

January means the start of a new year.  It also unfortunately means the start of the Rethuglican-dominated House Of Representatives playing poo baseball with the legislative process.  Fortunately, Hulu’s January offerings include several titles likely to send those wannabe fascists into public screeching frenzies. There’s an acclaimed pro-abortion film from

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29 Dec 2022

The Do’s and Don’ts of New Year’s Eve in a Restaurant

For better or for worse, we’ve made it through another year. In just a few short days, the dumpster fire of 2022 will be in our collective rearview mirrors and we’ll have a shiny new year ahead of us. Twelve months from now we’ll call 2023 a dumpster fire too,

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27 Dec 2022

Le Marais Bakery in the Castro Robbed and Vandalized

One of San Francisco’s best French bakeries was broken into and vandalized on Monday evening. Even their industrial safe was stolen! As a result of this, they are calling upon local and state leaders to step up and fix San Francisco’s property crime issues. According to their Instagram post: “They took

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27 Dec 2022

The Worst Part Of Sex Work Isn’t The Sex, It’s The Stigma

Written Anonymously: Trigger Warning The pandemic affected everyone. I couldn’t begin to describe the innumerable amount of ways that COVID-19 challenged our view of what is normal. What I can do is explain how it affected me and my normal. When the political upheaval surrounding the pandemic resulted in lockdown-based

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23 Dec 2022

Appease Visiting Tourists With This 1-Day Drive Through San Francisco

I’m sure I’m not the only one that dreads having to accompany visiting friends and family to all of the San Francisco tourist-y destinations. I figured out a solve though. Having lived here for most of my life, I’ve developed the perfect 1-Day Driving Tour of The City with short

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21 Dec 2022

The new hair metal holiday ballad from Love Jerks

Watching the Love Jerk’s music videos feels like you’re hanging out in the Mission in the 2000’s.  There’s a fun, weird, vibe in the air, and the scenes are full of DYI costumes, humor, and art nerds you probably did a shot with at Delerium at some point.

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21 Dec 2022

This Is What Your Food Delivery Person Wants You to Know

Whether you use Uber Eats, Seamless, DoorDash, or the Pony Express, food delivery apps are as common as a cold. Every time you log in to your app of choice for some Pad Thai or a burrito, that means someone will soon be knocking on your door to satiate your

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21 Dec 2022

How COVID Kickstarted New San Francisco Christmas Traditions

BY PAOLO BICCHIERI The Paris of the West, our Baghdad by the Bay, shines like an overcast gray diamond once the end of the year rolls in, like so much fog in a bank. Why? Certainly because most everyone leaves. The streets run empty like ancient Greece with invisible wine.

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