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04 Nov 2011

FREE This Weekend: Pongtopia at The World Financial Center

Pongtopia, now this is an event so powerful it couldn’t be limited to just one day. From Thursday, November 3rd-Saturday, November 5th be prepared for an onslaught of table tennis at the World Financial Center. On Thursday we begin with the Expo & Open Play from 12-2pm. The Main Court

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03 Nov 2011

American Apparel Warehouse Sale Starts Saturday

Do you like American Apparel, but never dare to even go inside because you know you will just want to buy everything? Well, my friends, your luck has just changed. Starting this Saturday, November 5th through Sunday November 13th, you can get all the goodies you’ve always dreamed of at

Heidi Smith - The Ultimate Scavenger 0
03 Nov 2011

Pho Clement II Electric Boogaloo

When you catch a movie with whose title is followed with numeral dos you generally expect a rehash of something that never lives up to the original.  Such is not the case at Pho Clement II. Even though the restaurant is actually on Geary that does little to hinder the

Hugh Hunter - Economical Essayist 0
03 Nov 2011

Lights, Camera, Auction! Tonight in Carroll Gardens

As I inch closer and closer to the big 30, “adultey” things like fixing the toilet seat I broke by standing on it (don’t judge, I’m short and needed to see!) are slowly becoming less “Shit, I have to fix this before dad comes and reminds me he had 4

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02 Nov 2011

HULLS: The Art of Decay in San Francisco Bay

Now this is something that is truly special: Today San Francisco’s very first female tugboat captain debuts a collection of photographs taken from the unique angle, aboard the tugboat’s deck; Jan Tiura’s HULLS closely examines working vessels from around the world. Tiura unique angle allows the inspiration to focus on

Paulette Greenhouse - The Penny Pincher 0
02 Nov 2011

DIY: Day of the Dead

One of the (many) reasons Halloween is the best holiday ever is that the fun continues into the Day of the Dead. Celebrated across two days, November 1 and 2 in connection with All Saints Day and All Souls Day, Day of the Dead is a holiday that pays respect

Amber Bouman - Crafty & Cashless 0
02 Nov 2011

Broke-Ass Style: 99 Cents Store Treasures That Will Transform You Into a Pop Diva

Last weekend, I spent my Halloween dressed as Selena (a costume which– thanks to procrastination and an extremely ill-timed thunder/snowstorm– turned out looking more like an alcoholic 90s-goth-chola in snow boots, but whatevs).  I’ve always had a special place in my kinky-cop-hat-and-bustier-wearing heart for that quick-stepping ranchera, and would probably

Carrie Laven - Pretty Penniless 0

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