Mission District

26 Jul 2010

A Night at the Uptown, Minus the Prostitutes

Barfly Be Thy Name – The Uptown “Seedy, working girl bar” is the way I’ve heard the Uptown best described ever since moving to the city, but on a recent Friday night there wasn’t a lady of the evening to be found. I was meeting my friend Sabina, in for

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10 Dec 2009

Our Lady, Mariachis, And FREE Tamales This Saturday at the Crack of Dawn

At 4:30 a.m. this Saturday, most of you will more than likely be asleep or some may be finally out of booze, losing steam and heading home.  A lot of Mexicanos, however, will be on their way to church.  The reason for this insanity is because tradition has it that

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09 Dec 2009

Mission Holiday Block Party This Friday

Since not everyone on your holiday shopping list will want some of this awesomeness, you’ll probably have to do at least some of your gift buying somewhere else.  Luckily the merchants of the Mission District know you almost as well as I do and realize that you might want to

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27 Oct 2009

Events for the 5 Senses: FREE starting tonight!!!

Wondering what to do for fun this week?  Feeling a little dead inside?  Wake yourself up with an event for each of the 5 senses.  This week’s events all FREE! TOUCH: Missing Link Bicycle Cooperative in Berkeley offers FREE bike repair classes.  This is advantageous because you don’t want to

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05 Jun 2009

FREE Beer and Sangria at Sunday’s Backyard Gallery in the Mission

By the nature of our strange little micro-climate, San Francisco is not really an “outside” city.  Forecasters have all but given up on accurately predicting the each day’s weather, and every time you leave the house you must bring at least a couple layers, just in case.  That’s why when the weather

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