There are so many potential jokes about ceramics events. Here are two I just thought up : Q: Why did the guy get arrested at the ceramics fair? A: He was selling pot. Q: Why did the ceramics fair get busted up by the cops? A: It was too big

HAVING RECENTLY WRITTEN ABOUT ALTERNATIVE USES OF THE TACO, I thought it would only be fair to showcase what I feel to be the best taco truck in The City. There it is above, in all its glory: El Tonayense. It took me a while (years actually) to finally check

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

This Sunday, Philip Glass’s Days and Nights Festival will close with an intimate PICNIC at the Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur. It costs sixty bucks (boo), BUT: (1) it’s catered (2) it’s in Big Sur (3) Philip Glass is hosting and playing the show in one of the

AH, THE TACO. It gives so much and asks so little. It’s cheap, tasty and fast. It comes in a bounty of varieties and can serve as a snack, a meal, or much, much more. And that’s what I’m here to talk about. Next time you find yourself at a

It had been a while since I got my cultural rocks off so I stopped by the FIFTY24SF gallery last night for the opening of  CONFLUENCE and was pleasantly sated by the whole experience. Her by Zio Zigler What’s neat about this show is its diversity. Featuring 23 different artists, the

LOCATION: BUENA VISTA PARK BEVERAGE: DEAD GUY ALE by ROGUE The following installment in this series takes a decidedly morbid turn, despite the fact that our setting is a park whose whimsically creative name translates to “Good View”. In fact, Buena Vista Park is San Francisco’s oldest official park and

LOCATION: TANK HILL BEVERAGE: OLYMPIA BEER Up next is Tank Hill, a relatively well-kept secret when compared to his more popular older brother, Twin Peaks. Just down the way from that Disneyland of vistas you can find good ol’ Tank Hill, quietly providing some of the best views of Downtown

LOCATION: BERNAL HEIGHTS PARK BEVERAGE: MOYLAN’S IRISH STYLE RED ALE For this installment, I decided to truck it up to the North facing slope of Bernal Heights with my girlfriend and my dog. Funny, it wasn’t difficult to talk either of them into “doing research on a project” with me.