BART

21 Apr 2011

5,000 FREE BART Tickets Being Given Away Today

Thanks to Jennifer Canale for hipping me to this via my facebook page.  My ass rides BART all the time, so I could surely use a FREE ticket.  Read all the info below.  I got it from Oakland Local. On Thursday, April 21 – in honor of Earth Day –

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23 Feb 2011

Unleash the Stop-Motion Love in Your Heart at a FREE Animation Class

Probably not a beginner’s flipbook, but whatevs. I don’t usually post about events happening in Oakland because I don’t like to think about places that are not San Francisco.  It’s almost like if I don’t think about them, they don’t exist, so if there’s ever some kind huge disaster, like

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04 Jan 2011

No Pants Bart Ride 2011

This Saturday, January 9, 2011 marks the 10th annual No Pants Subway Ride in New York. If you remember, our very own Spendthrift Scribe posted the event last year. Well, now San Franciscans can join in the fun, and based on how many inexpicably pantsless people I’ve seen in SF,

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10 Nov 2010

Cheap Date Night: “From Here to Eternity” at The Paramount Theatre in Oakland

A couple weeks ago I had an amazing experience — I got to go to a Sufjan Stevens show at The Paramount Theatre in Oakland.  While I wish he would have played, say, at the Fox due to his new album’s funky, dance-y nature and the Fox’s spacious general admission area,

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18 Oct 2010

BART’S “Secret Word of the Day” Week

BART apparently is trying real hard to let the lads know she’s single and ready to mingle. Try BART Week starts Monday (today!) to entice people to think about trying BART. (Really, are there people who have lived here for an extended period of time who have been able to

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30 Jun 2010

Why the New Clipper Card is Good News for The Brokes

If you haven’t ridden any Bay Area public transit in a while (I know! It’s expensive these days, right?) you might have missed out on the billions of ads for the new one-card-to-rule-them-all transit pass system called Clipper. Apparently Clipper isn’t much more than a fancy focus-grouped version of Translink,

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09 Jun 2010

Check Out Muni Art and Story Tent This Friday!

Hey, all you Muni lovers!  Actually, maybe that’s not the best way to start this off. Hey, all you FREE event, art and fun lovers!  Although at choice times — like when you’re late to work and those goddamn doors won’t close — you may not be the hugest fan

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27 Oct 2009

No Fees at the Fillmore Tomorrow plus Muni Diaries Live and Drunk

Jeff Hunt from the excellent Muni Diaries just dropped me a line about their fantastic sounding event this week.  On Friday, Muni Diaries is gonna be having its second live event Muni Diaries Live! Under the Influence at The Make Out Room.  If it’s anything like the first event, there’s gonna be

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