Today is Guy Fawkes Day, the English holiday to celebrate Guy’s failed plot to blow up parliament. People celebrate by chanting “Remember, remember the fifth of November” and burning effigies of Guy. Admittedly, I didn’t know about the holiday until high school when it was featured in an episode of

It almost sickens me how obsessed I am with food.  I almost want to make my friends submit me as a subject for “Intervention,” but I feel like that would be a little selfish.  Anyway, one of my favorite restaurants in San Francisco, which I save for special occasions, is

It was only a matter of time before Brooklyn, the DIY capital of the country right now got its own winery. You would never guess that behind this dimly lit, spacious wine bar is a massive wine making operation complete with barrels stacked high in the back room.  Wine making

So, I’m getting ready to take a quick breather from NYC. I should probably spend my last days enjoying my favorite places and people before I go, but instead find myself at two locations: my bed and Mug’s Alehouse. The first because I am about to spend 3 weeks staying

Metrowize seems to be big believers in getting people drunk, and I for one am all for that.  This is the 6th installment of their hosted bar party and it seems to be getting bigger each time.  While I hadn’t heard too much of them before their last party, the

This has been a strange time to come home from Spain.  Not only did I get thrown into all the Halloween madness, but I returned to find the Giants in the World Series, and my good friend Ashkon the most famous person in SF (btw he’ll be performing at Civic

Though not the only one ladling things out of a stockpot these days, the woman known as the “Soup Lady” has probably embraced the temperament of the times more than other ambulant vendors given that she actually gives away the stuff for free. The back story is winding, but it

So maybe your Halloween sucked.  Maybe you spent all day dressing up to find that the one dude or dudette you planned on going home with was more into the sexy nun than you.  Or maybe no one got the obscure comic book reference for your costume but members of