Did you go to the Haight Street Fair yesterday? The weather was beautiful and it seems like those motherfuckers roped in the sun just right, making it the perfect summer day for a festival. If you didn’t check it out, you can get a glimpse through all of my pre-drunken

“No more wire hangers!!” Whether you’ve seen it a dozen or not at all, Pabst Blue Ribbon’s  sponsored “Monday Movie Madness” may be the best opportunity ever to watch Faye Dunaway’s Joan Crawford in Frank Perry’s Mommie Dearest.  Starting at 8 PM at the redundantly named Lounge Bar on Bowery,

I totally forgot about this until I saw it on Laughing Squid yesterday.  The Tamale Lady is the godmother of San Francisco’s street food scene.  She’s been slanging her wares for close to 15 years and they are as good as ever.  But she’s more than just a lady selling

Last night was supposed to be low key and chill.  I was going to be home by 1 and in bed shortly thereafter if all went according to plan. Alas the best of intentions came to nothing and I didn’t get to bed until shortly after 4. My dreams of

  Yeah, I really don’t have much to say about these.  Street fairs are street fairs.  One of them will have more hippies and one will have more yuppies.  Can you guess which is which?   The good thing about attending street fairs is that they are FREE and there’s

I recorded this when I was out in NY back in March.  It was done the same day as my NYC book reading and walking tour.  It was supposed to play both on TV and in the back of the taxi cabs, but then it got bumped because of something

Yesterday’s unexpected turn from the 20th gray, rainy miserable day in a row to sunny and lovely late spring afternoon evening restored my faith in God and humanity.  Too bad it didn’t last. We’re back to gray and lame again today, but it’s not raining yet, so at least we

  I don’t have a whole lot of time to write up something witty here because I gotta run out and go to work.  So I’ve pretty much just cut and pasted all the info that the fine folks from the festival sent to me.  If you don’t like that I’m doing