In this troubled economy, thinking about buying holiday gifts as a broke-ass can sound like a nightmare. It’s bad enough you’re eating cold three-day-old spaghetti for dinner, now you’re expected to buy a ton of presents for your friends who you secretly hate. That’s why this year I’ve decided to

This Saturday, December 5th marks the Feast of Saint Nicholas (aka Little Christmas) for a lot of Western Christendom.  Ostensibly this means that when you wake up on Saturday morning, the giftish Turkish bishop may have left you a little treat in your shoe, which could mean a toe covered

I wrote yesterday about another Friday night event , but luckily the timing works out so you can go to both.  Head to the East Bay and make a night of it!  A couple weeks ago I posted about all the ins and outs of the Berkeley Art Museum and

Officials have released a police sketch this week of the man known as The Tooth Bandit who allegedly terrorized Elena Aronson by stealing her two front teeth. The suspect was said to have made several comments to the woman while riding the MUNI referencing her teeth and saying “I want them.”

Alright, so you folks all know that I’ve generally got the scoop on all the ill deals going on and that I’ve made it my duty to hip you to them. As exhausting as it is, I do it because I love you fuckers (well most of you at least),

photo by Julie Michelle of I Live Here SF. Aw shit!!   Tonight is the night!!! Book Passage in the Ferry Building has asked me to come and do a reading and signing on December 1st (tomorrow).  If you’ve never been to one of my book events before, they are

I discovered Apples to Apples like we all do – at a dinner party, post dinner, with the wine a-flowin freely!  Initially Apples to Apples sounded more like a 4th-grade grammar lesson than a game to me, but judge not lest ye be left out on your too-cool-for-school ass! Laura

Thank Christ — MUNI has finally thrown us a bone. After cutting services and lines after December 5th and announcing that Fast Passes will be going up another $15 to $70 a month, our very own urine express decided to cut us a break. Though they do not guarantee that