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06 Aug 2021

Shining Light on the Outer Sunset People Helping Us Get Through the Pandemic

I’m not sure if you’ve seen it yet, but I’ve teamed up with the folks at Here/Say Media to make something really special. It’s a new series called When the Light Come Up in the City and it’s a celebration of the people, places, and businesses that have helped us

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06 Aug 2021

A List of SF Bay Area Bars & Restaurants Requiring Proof of Vaccine

As you know by now the is Delta variant isn’t messing around. It’s far more spreadable than the original COVID-19 virus, and the fact that people are not getting vaccinated is allowing the virus to further mutate. At the moment, the City and County of San Francisco is considering an

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05 Aug 2021

SF’s Newest Park was Originally built by prisoners from Alcatraz : A History of Black Point Gardens

It’s not everyday that our little peninsula gets a new piece of public land, but for the last four years the Parks Conservancy, the National Park Service, and a team of volunteers, have been restoring the gardens, walkways, stairs, and terraces of The Historic Black Point Gardens. The Black Point

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05 Aug 2021

The Best Beer Drinking Patios in the East Bay

One of my favorite jobs as a journalist is trying out bars and restaurants in order to write our Beer Passports. This past year nearly every weekend I explored 2-3 new drinkin’ patios in the Bay Area, while asking friends and patrons where their favorite spots to drink were. Oakland

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04 Aug 2021

Hooray! The Oakland & East Bay Beer Passport is Here!

Step into a world of adventure with the Oakland & East Bay Beer Passport There’s no better way to explore Oakland and the East Bay than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 28 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 28 of the

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03 Aug 2021

This Week’s Sweetest (and Safest!) Stuff to Do

Every Tuesday our subscribers get this awesome roundup in their inboxes. You should sign up right here to make sure you never miss a thing. Welp, that darned old mask mandate is back again – but don’t worry, there’s still plenty of fun to be had while keeping yourself and

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02 Aug 2021

Siren Island’s New Immersive Theatre Production Promises Magic, Mystique

Siren Island, the brainchild of artist Serena JV Elston, is many things: part boat, part sculpture, part stage, and part sanctuary, the floating wooden installation can often be found drifting along the shores of Treasure Island. Perched upon its peaks and lounging in its valleys one can spy the alluring

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30 Jul 2021

All The Great Stuff Coming To Netflix In August

“Is it time to forgive Benioff and Weiss for lousing up the final season of ‘Game Of Thrones?’” is probably not the question Netflix hopes viewers will ask about the duo’s debut on the streaming service. But it’s a question that will come up anyway given the high profile talent

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