San Francisco

Dolores Park Etiquette – Part 1 – General Guidelines
I’ve spent a lot of time away from San Francisco over the past few years and one of the things that I always miss the most is Dolores Park. Seriously, there really aren’t many places like it in the world. It’s beautiful, has a great view, the cops don’t fuck

The New Blackbird Bar in the Castro
Sometime last week a friend hit me up to let me know that he was working at a place that was about to open called The Blackbird, and that I should come through on opening night. I was certainly interested in seeing what they’d done to the place. The last

FREE Tickets for The OffSpring in San Francisco
I have particularly fond memories of The Offspring. They were really popular the summer I first got to second base, and since the girl I was with was an older girl and thought they were cool, I thought they were cool. But even at the age of 13 I still

Broke-Ass of the Week – Matt Haney of Citizen Hope
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.

$2 Well booze, a Job Fair and a Calvacade of Other Offerings from the Hustler Club
Seems like ol’ Larry Flynt is just a regular Santy Claus. Not only does he want to employ you, he wants you to save money at his topless dancing club. What a guy! Most people who hang out in North Beach already know about the $2 Tuesdays at the Hustler

Cardboard Tube Fighting in Golden Gate Park
Got this the other day from Robert of the Cardboard Tube Fighting League: You can’t keep a good thing down. Come one, come all, to the Summer 2009 Cardboard Tube Fighting League Tournament. Prepare yourselves for a late afternoon of cardboard tube wielding mayhem as contestants vie for the title

FREE Musical Ambrosia at Dolores Park – SF Symphony Park Day
Such a versatile venue Dolores Park is. Though the city is awfully good about providing and utilizing public spaces, Dolores has the accessibility, beauty and ease of the best of town squares. Whether it be a naked, divinely-inspired pageant, a derby or just lying in the sun, Dolores has something