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03 Jun 2010

Not Recommended: Union Street Festival

Once upon a time, I was a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed East Coast transplant with some embarrassingly fratty friends who convinced me to hang out in the Marina one too many times. One time I heard a guy, who lived within 0.5 blocks of the bullshit nexus of the universe (Union

Andrew Dalton - Aggressive Panhandler 0
03 Jun 2010

See The Nation Beat for FREE at The Rodeo Bar

The Rodeo Bar has a very special place in my heart.  When I moved here to go to college it was not too far from where I lived.  For me, it was like heaven on Earth.  I always got in (and served) there.  They had FREE music and FREE all-you-can-eat

Christine Witmer - Sparing Stringer 0
03 Jun 2010

Free Wine and Vice Courtesy of D-Structure

Vice has got to be one of the most popular words in the English lexicon.  People love it.  Apart from the obvious partaking, people love to gossip about it, watch it, read about it.  It’s like popcorn, very salty popcorn. Local purveyors of clothing/art/parties, D-Structure is hosting their First Fridays

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco) 0
03 Jun 2010

Philadelphia: Your Cheap & Close Getaway from New York City

If you answer yes to the following questions, you need to get yourself to Philadelphia on a weekend getaway, my friend.  And here’s why: 1) You want a weekend getaway under a 3 hour drive You guys, it’s only 2 hours by bus.  I suggest taking the Bolt Bus over

Anna G - Caliburg Contributor 0
03 Jun 2010

Broke-Ass of the Week – Jeremy Sapienza from BushwickBK

Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit…probably not.

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
02 Jun 2010

Election 2010 – Meet the Candidates: Robert Retana: Superior Court Judge, Seat No. 6

It’s hard enough keeping up with one’s day to day nonsense in the great city of San Francisco, so when it comes time to cast your vote, outside of the inane commercials produced for high-profile candidates, it can be hard to find out anything about anyone else. By no means

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco) 0
02 Jun 2010

Maximize Your Harvest with Bedford Stuyvesant Community Garden

So your first attempt at growing plants went well, and your pot of marigolds is growing so big you’re considering naming it “Audrey II.” But what are you going to do with your botanical pet in the winter? Or maybe you tried sprinkling pumpkin seeds in your tiny plot that

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
02 Jun 2010

Thursday Night Deals on Drinks, Eats, and Other Stuff at Divisadero Art Walk

It’s been 3 months since the last Divisadero Art Walk and just over two weeks since the last set of freeloading drunkards rolled through my neighborhood at Bay to Breakers. I guess that means it’s June already, which also means that the Divisadero Art walk is back. And while Art

Andrew Dalton - Aggressive Panhandler 0