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13 Nov 2009

Drinking and Dancing Competition at The Lab TONIGHT!

Spilling a drink at the bar is like spilling a sperm sample — its going to take about 45 minutes to get another one, so guard that shit with your life. That’s why The Lab is hosting the hilarious Drinking and Dancing competition tonight. It combines the art of two

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02 Nov 2009

Ticket Giveaway: A Heartbeat and a Guitar – Johnny Cash Book Release

While my favorite portrait of Johnny Cash is the painting that hangs behind the bar at Bender’s (you really need to go see it), this cover that Shepard Fairy did for Antonino D’Ambrosio’s new book A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears, is pretty

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30 Oct 2009

Abandoned Planet Bookstore in the Mission is Closing

Abandoned Planet Bookstore reminds me of the strange and funky shops the used to line Valencia when I first moved to the Mission.  Something about it always made me think of the weird old bookstore from The Never Ending Story.  If you’ve never been to the place, but you’re into

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29 Oct 2009

Hua Zang Si Buddhist Temple

I like to wander.  It’s really one of my favorite things to do. You know, just kinda going for a walk and seeing what kind of cool shit I come across.  Well for awhile I always noticed this humongous red church on 22nd St and it reminded me of some

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21 Oct 2009

Events for the 5 Senses

Wondering what to do for fun this week?  Feeling a little dead inside?  Wake yourself up with an event for each of the 5 senses.  And they are all FREE or almost FREE! 1st Sense, TASTE: Get your taste buds going!  Go to an event at SF’s Omnivore Books, learn how to

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20 Oct 2009

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. 

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20 Oct 2009

El Rio Anniversary Party Today

As you know, we here at BAS.com love the fuck out of El Rio.  Hell, our own Threadbare-Fact Finder, Stephen Torres, even works there.  He even wrote a whole piece detailing all of El Rio’s amazing deals, and there are MANY of them. Today this fantastic watering hole is celebrating

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