Conservatory of Flowers

30 Sep 2011

Going Under with Tribal Baroque

Underpasses don’t generally lend themselves to good, wholesome fun. I, for one, experienced in a Dolores Park underpass an “Egyptian baptism” by a man wearing a gold turban and claiming to be King Tut in a previous life. He sprinkled me with bottles labeled “opium,” “sunlight,” and “holy water” that he carried

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09 Aug 2011

“Wicked Plants” Are out to Get You

This is the strychnine tree, used by nineteenth-century serial killer Dr. Thomas Neill Cream. Effing scary, right? Despite the many lovely products (cilantro, pumpkins, marijuana, +c.) the flora of the earth provide us, plants are pretty terrifying. From the hemlock that killed Socrates to the white snakeroot that (indirectly) killed

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04 Dec 2010

Free First Tuesdays = The Opportunity for a Cheap Date

For some reason, being smart and cultured is considered sexy. Whether you actually are these things doesn’t really matter as long as you pretend to be, or at least pretend to want to be. And that’s where museum free days come in. Pretty much all of the best museums in

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03 Oct 2010

FREE "Get Your Ass Cultured*" Day

* and the rest of you too. Although on second thought, that sounds like a STD testing ad. Uh. Well, I got your attention, didn’t I? On to the boring part, Tuesday, Oct. 5th is the first Tuesday of the month which means FREE museum day to more museums than

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20 Sep 2010

Drink a Beer and See Some Carnivorous Plants at the Conservatory of Flowers

Yeah, I know I’m just pasting in a press release, but I’m crazy busy today.  Plus I wanna get out and enjoy some of this good weather.  Also the good thing about this event is that you can go and then still come to my party afterwards.  So fuck it,

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23 Mar 2010

Cheap Things to do in Golden Gate Park Illustrated with Vintage Postcards

It’s gonna be like 71 degrees today in San Francisco, so why not go some place other than Dolores Park for a change? Golden Gate Park is 1,017 acres of a good time; in fact it is 174 acres more of a good time than Central Park in New York.

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