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I Heart Tacos: A Taco Tour
Tacos are the greatest. They’re like a flavor punch in your face and cover all five of the basic food groups (do the math…yeah I’m right) which does a body good. It’s pretty hard to mess up a taco, so most you encounter will be at least alright, but for

Two Commonly Used Words That Originated in SF
I’m a self admitted history nerd: I wake up every morning and watch an hour of the History Channel. I generally like any movie that’s a period piece. I really wanna be one of the actors that gets to dress up for historical reenactments for TV and movies. Like I

Telecommuter’s 10 Commandments: Coffee Shop Etiquette for the “Work At Home” Crowd
There’s been a lot of talk over the last few months about coffee shops in NYC banning laptops during lunch rush hours or even disallowing anything with a screen altogether, so naturally some coffee purveyors in San Francisco are considering a similar move. And while I like to think we’ve

DIY Diva: Ribbed (for YOUR pleasure) Fingerless Gloves
Heyo Broke-Ass fans! The DIY Diva here with a quickie knit craft that works TREMENDOUSLY well as a last minute gift. Seriously — my hipster friends love these silly Ribbed (for YOUR pleasure) Fingerless Gloves more than fat kids love cake. Basically, a pair of these gloves take one solid

Drink Brooklyn Tonight for FREE
It’s too cold to wander around, and we’re too poor to pay for our drinks. So here’s the plan for tonight folks. (It’s Friday Feb. 19th.) 6:00 Start at Brooklyn Kitchen Labs/Meat Hook in Greenpoint for FREE Sixpoint Beer and Kombucha on tap. Kombucha Brooklyn is celebrating with a chill

Bow Bow Cocktail Lounge
The Goddess herself! photo from Anne B. on Yelp I’m going to say this in the most plain and honest way I can: I’m pretty sure Candy, the bartender at Bow Bow, is Dionysus disguised as a human being. It’s the only logical way to explain the way she handles

‘Swinging Chinatown’ Exhibit @ Old Mint Fri-Sun
Soft, twinkling lights, snappy dance numbers, beautiful girls, and suppers of eastern delicacies called things like Chop Suey– What a night you could have in that enchanting Chinatown! The possibilities as endless as the stars in the heavens! By the thirties, San Franciscan xenophobia had ebbed to a level where