Have you been to Virgil’s Sea Room yet? It’s a pretty fucking rad place. I actually just wrote about it in 7×7 last week. Every time I go in there I end up having a total blast. Anyways the fine folks at The Bold Italic are doing a kick-ass party to

If you think you’ve met a Puerto Rican, you haven’t. You’d never have to question it, because where there is a PR…there will be the flag. Even if the car is a rental, there will be a temporary flag on the rear-view mirror. Few West Coast residents understand Puerto Ricans or

Well, fellow urban co-habitants, we are in day three of having the place all to ourselves and what’s better is, since a good majority of us have nowhere to be tomorrow, we can annihilate this mellow Sunday like only a francisqueño can. The big fireball is shining bright onthe bayside

Kam Po Last week’s article concerned Capital Restaurant’s roast duck, for which I had a lustful appreciation, a sentiment strong enough to effect an immediate return to Chinatown for this week’s post.  While tucking into said food at Capital’s low bar last week, a woman sitting next to me clued

Image Courtesy of OurOakland It’s time for you to make a field trip to the East Bay to check out the Kingfish. (Or, if you already live in the East Bay, see what your area has to offer.) You’ll find it’s worth making the trip across the Bay. The Kingfish

Now that the big Indie Mart blowout is only once once a year, they aren’t fucking around. This one is gonna be huge! Indie Mart is that magic event where people get to come out, get some new threads, buy some rad local art, get drunk, and dance. I know

It’s a big fucking week for the fine people over at Noise Pop. First, on Friday at the DNA Lounge they and Do415 are throwing an event called Hella Local which spotlights local musical acts. This time around there will be performances by Main Attrakionz, Friendzone, and Chad Salty. The first 100 people who RSVP will get in for FREE! Otherwise it’s

Capital Restaurant What American dislikes the chicken? I, for one, love the chicken.  But for some reason, the  more sensually inclined fowl called DUCK has never gained quite the same hold on our psyche.  Somehow, duck always comes off as excessive. Duck wasn’t actually on my mind when I went