History + Beer = Awesome! It’s one of the oldest equations of all time. And the fine folks over at the FlipSide want to reward those of you who love this equation by giving away 3 pairs of tickets to their upcoming event History and Hops: SF’s Brewing Past. This

As you probably know, I’m a huge history nerd and major SF fanboy, so the opportunity to fuse these two loves is awesome. On March 14th I’ll be speaking about some of SF’s most notorious and nefarious characters from her strange and storied history. The event is called Hooch, Harlots,

I just learned about the Wayback Machine this morning when I read this article on Time’s Techland blog. Some fucking genius created this amazing digital time capsule that is described thusly on wikipedia: The Wayback Machine is a digital time capsule created by the Internet Archive non-profit organization, based in

According to some rudimentary Internet research, the world of historical reenactment is a strange and nuanced one. Honestly, that’s pretty expected. It takes some peculiarly fixated folks to want to simulate trenchfoot and bayonet wounds and the numerous other miserable accoutrements of historical battles. Nevertheless, they soldier on. Apparently, the

I’ve been in NYC for 6 weeks now and it’s not difficult to spot the differences between here and where I’m from, sunny Southern California (Orange County, to be exact). Ever since the mercury began falling, people have been asking me if I long to be back there. The answer

You had me at “Drunken.” Dempsey’s in the East Village is known for their Wednesday pub trivia night… and the title just makes me happy. The Drunken Smart Ass Olympics prides itself on the diverse topic range of the questions and since you can have 5 in your team, I

If you’re a huge fan of FREE art – particularly about the great City of New York, check out a FREE exhibition of selections from Bruce Davidson‘s 1986 photography series, Subway at the Aperture Foundation Gallery. But wait, there’s more! If you go today, Wednesday, at 6:30pm, Davidson himself will be

If you have an affinity for history, antique arcade games, and those creepy machines painted and dressed as people, then San Francisco’s Musée Mécanique is a place you should check out. The Wharf is quite the tourist destination, but as a local you need only to do some digging to