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Screen Circus Short Film Festival
One of the very first events I attended as a wide-eyed little 18-year-old in San Francisco was a local film festival at the Red Vic Movie House. Since then I have been absolutely in love with the tiny theater in upper Haight, where you can eat popcorn in wooden bowls

Good Times at the Ginza Bazaar
I often forget how much I love Japantown. It’s a completely understated neighborhood that offers amazing food, unique shopping and hidden gems that are often lost in its ‘œsomewhere in the middle’ location of San Francisco. I am grateful for any legit excuse to head that direction, and such an

The 2025 SF Beer Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 28 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 28 of the finest locally

San Francisco Carnaval this Weekend in the Mission
Are you ready to Samba? I hope so, because the two-day San Francisco Cultural Arts Traditions Carnaval celebration is happening all day today and tomorrow in La Mission and is sure to be a multicultural bucket of good times. The festival offers all the Salsa, Samba, Reggae, Tango, Hip- Hop,

Street Food gets its own…Street?
My coverage of the burgeoning street food scene in SF is never ending. First, there was the article. Then, there was Curtis encouraging people to clean up the park, and in turn, winning Best of The Bay. San Francisco magazine decided to do a full on spread on the who’s

FREE Festival in Downtown Oakland Thursday Night
This was sent to me a little bit ago. It sounds pretty cool. Truth be told, I’m one of those lazy SF people who rarely make it to the East Bay, so I doubt I’ll get to this festival. But my laziness shouldn’t discourage you. If you go to this,

Haight Street Fair: A Broke-Ass Photo Wrap-Up
Did you go to the Haight Street Fair yesterday? The weather was beautiful and it seems like those motherfuckers roped in the sun just right, making it the perfect summer day for a festival. If you didn’t check it out, you can get a glimpse through all of my pre-drunken