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30 Jun 2014

Win Tix To ‘Your Guide to Festivals Live.’

BAS is giving away two FREE tickets to Your Guide to Festivals Live. A forum where you’ll get to explore the world’s biggest festivals and hear the stories from the founders of some of the biggest festivals in North America; SF PRIDE, Burning Man and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. There will

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30 Jun 2014

Win TIX To See Ronnie Spector!

We’ve got a pair of tickets to giveaway to this rad event at the Brick & Mortar Music Hall featuring RONNIE SPECTOR Nobunny, MILK N’ COOKIES, Harold Ray, The Sloths and the Emcee is legendary: Peaches Christ “Ronnie has proven to be the ultimate rock n’ roll survivor and an artist whose voice defines an

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27 Jun 2014

Bob’s Donuts + Pastry: Good Vibrations at the Hole Peddler

It has been five-years since our super hunky co-editor, Stephen Torres, eloquently shared his no-doubt drunken experience at Bob’s. Oh, and four-years since Christy wrote about Bob’s. And of course, I started writing about donuts at 2am, and then realize all of this. So, fuck it…you’re getting the 2014 version of Bob’s. Because

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21 May 2014

Rescue Row: The Officially Official Pet Rescue City Block

I grew up in a house with three indoor cats (two rescued ferals + one neighbor abandoned) and two outdoor ferals. Eventually we also rescued a Golden Labrador, Beau, from the same aforementioned neighbor. They decided to move and leave the dog behind in the front yard with no access

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21 May 2014

Reel M’ Inn: Portland’s Bar Food Extraordinaire

What could possibly distract you from the embarrassment of your traveling companion knocking over two pints of beer onto the table, floor, and your army jacket while every…one…in…the…room…watches…you? Reel M’ Inn’s fried chicken and jojos is what. Don’t believe it could be that good? Just ask Sean Brock, he proudly states that the

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30 Apr 2014

Cookiebar: Alameda’s Ice Cream + Cookie Youth Rebellion

  Being a David Chang ball-fondler, at first I thought Cookiebar’s logo and the name were a little too close to resembling Momofuku’s Milkbar. This minor detail kept me away longer than it should have. On our way home from recreational meandering, I finally went in. All of the employees are under 30-years-old.

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02 Apr 2014

Parada 22: The Puerto Rican Pop-Up in The Mission

Parada 22 is a brick and mortar in the Upper Haight that neighbors its cousin, Cha Cha Cha. And cousins they are, literally, for Cha Cha Cha (and Boogaloos) is owned by restaurateur Philip Belber who is a cousin of Parada 22 owner, Gloria Pinette. For the last six months,

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