San Francisco
Bound Together Anarchist Bookstore
This is the mural from the side of the building This is certainly one of the coolest places in all of San Francisco. Bound Together is an Anarchist Book Collective. Now I know that for a lot of people the word Anarchist has negative and ominous connotations, but that is
Broke-Ass of the Week – Jay H.
Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit’probably not. Wanna be a Broke-Ass of the Week? Holler at us here and we’ll send you the questionnaire. Our Broke-Ass of the Week this
Five Signs You May Need a Vacation
Residents of San Francisco often refer to the city as a “bubble.” You know, a big civil-rights-loving-wastoid-environmentalist-organic bubble. It’s easy to get acclimated to this place and forget that not every city embraces trannies and public nudity, if not copulation. The other day while deciding what to get for lunch,
FREE CPR Classes, Yoga Classes, Fitness Classes, Biking Events/Classes/Swaps, and more @ Sports Basement
I babysat for two little girls during college. The 4 year-old was kind of an asshole (can you say that about a kid?), but the toddler was pretty cool. Anyway, one day the mom asked me if I knew CPR and Heimlich maneuver, in particular the methods designed for toddlers.
This Saturday: FREE Oakland Plant Exchange
In keeping with my ‘œHow to Make a Garden for Free in Berkeley’ series (Part I, Part II), here is a perfect opportunity to get a bunch of starts for your winter crop (though this looks to be more of a flower than veggie kind of party). A FREE plant
Berkeley's Urban Ore: The Best in East Bay Salvage
One of my old roommates gets immediately overwhelmed by large, overstocked stores. As soon as she enters a thrift shop, a library, or a salvage yard, she has to pee’”it’s some sort of physiological phenomenon triggered by clutter. For her, Urban Ore is the worst (the bathrooms are nothing to
Any Port In A Storm: Cruising Fleet Week and the Italian Heritage Parade
It’s that time of year kids! Time for two of the more contentious festivals in the city: The San Francisco Italian Heritage Parade (aka Columbus Day Parade) and Fleet Week! Military grandstanding and attending celebrations named after an ambitious sailor who initiated mass genocide may not rank high in a