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17 Jun 2016

Muni Finally Retiring Classic Transfers

I collect muni transfers. These elongated multicolored pieces of paper adorn the cork-boards on my walls, sit in piles on my writing desk and are just generally strewn about throughout my house; some date all the way back to 2004, the year I moved to SF. I’ve incorporated them into

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16 Jun 2016

Why Can’t Gay Men Give Blood? An Analysis

I gave blood this week. But if I had sucked c*ck or done a dude I met on Grindr anytime in the last year, they would have turned me away. After scores of gay men were denied from donating blood in the aftermath of the Orlando shootings, many of our

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15 Jun 2016

Aging Gracelessly: 100 Years of Merchant’s Saloon

Ah, aging. Getting old hits some harder than others. Some mellow out, some get 17 cats and some just go straight crazy. Diving headfirst into the aging process is NO reason for one to stop being a belligerent, loud, shit show. I mean, one only needs to look at Oakland’s

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10 Jun 2016

The UC Theatre Reopens its doors as live music venue in Downtown Berkeley

Depending on who you’re talking to, independent music venues can be seen as a hostile environment where carefree attitudes can often overstep boundaries and find themselves in dangerous situations, or they can be seen as incubators for artists. And not just musicians, but also for visual artists that often take

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10 Jun 2016

Hillary Gets the Nomination, But Bernie Won, Too

It seems like Hillary has sewn up the nomination, but in a lot of ways, Bernie also won. Anything could happen, in this strange election cycle, but it appears that—barring unforeseen circumstances—Hillary Clinton will be the first female president of the United States. It’s about time we had a woman

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10 Jun 2016

How to Celebrate World Gin Day on a Budget & in Style

Oh gin. What a beautiful boozy thing you are. Unfortunately, most people fuck their gin cocktails up and never truly understand the taste of the stuff. One of my favourite places in the world is this little gin join in Bath, England, The Canary Gin Bar. Simple name, biggest mother f’ing

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09 Jun 2016

A Brewer You Should Know: The Bay Area’s 21st Amendment

We asked the Co-Founder and Brewmaster of 21st Amendment about west coast brewing, pairing, & much much more:

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09 Jun 2016

How To Crash All of Apple’s Best WWDC Parties For Free

Apple’s big, fancy WWDC conference is next week, and you’re not going. But you can go the afterparties, even if you’re not registered for this $1,600-a-pop developer conference June 13-17 in San Francisco. Several startups are busting out other people’s money to throw their various branded afterparties and soirees, so

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