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31 Aug 2011

DIY: Make Your Own Key Rack

My friend Kat has a theory that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who come home, set down their bags, put away their keys and hang up their coats and those who come home and drop/throw their shit wherever. Being one of the former – and

Amber Bouman - Crafty & Cashless 0
29 Aug 2011

Tonight! SF Is Deserted; Celebrate with a Giants Game

In case you missed that memo, most of the rest of the free world is trekking out to the desert for Burning Man. This leaves the rest of us sane folks here in the city with little to do. But it also leaves tonight’s SF Giants game to attend without

Sarah M. Smart - Red-Light Special 0
28 Aug 2011

FREE Meatball Mondays At Bender’s!

Just when you thought Bender’s couldn’t get any better, there’s more!  Mondays are now FREE Meatball Mondays. Bender’s will be serving up a complimentary, FREE in broke ass speak, meatball with every purchase from 11:00p.m. to close.  That’s prime time for food especially after sucking down a few drinks because your boss

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28 Aug 2011

Your New, Replaceable Best Friends: Fishy, and Three Bucks

. Summer’s wrapping up. Pretty soon the call to begin hibernation will sound, and I, for one, plan on rewatching all my library movies and switching over to a steady diet of popcorn with nutritional yeast to make up for the mounting overdue fees. The only thing missing from this

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28 Aug 2011

The Heart & Dagger Saloon: Bring Me Your Tired, Your Poor- And Anyone that Appreciates a Good Beer Garden

It’s almost dangerous that I live around the corner from the Heart & Dagger Saloon in the Grand Lake neighborhood of Oakland, because a mere glimpse of it makes me want to forget my woes-of-the-moment and relax in the perfect Oakland weather. When you first walk inside, it looks like

Robin Hardwick - Cost-Conscious Connoisseur 0
26 Aug 2011

Musée Mécanique: Entertainment History On The Cheap

If you have an affinity for history, antique arcade games, and those creepy machines painted and dressed as people, then San Francisco’s Musée Mécanique is a place you should check out. The Wharf is quite the tourist destination, but as a local you need only to do some digging to

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25 Aug 2011

Brazen Head – Where Everybody Might Actually Know Your Name

The Brazen Head sits on the corner of two innocuous residential streets in the marina and has to be one of that neighborhood’s best kept secrets. It is both a restaurant and bar (hold your applause) but I have yet to eat there as the prices are not exactly broke-ass

Hugh Hunter - Economical Essayist 0