Herb Caen

13 Sep 2023

SF’s Longest Running Musical Show is in This North Beach Cafe

In its 52nd year, the Caffe Trieste free Saturday Afternoon Concert Series might be telling the truth when they claim to be “The Longest Running Musical Show in San Francisco”.

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08 Nov 2019

When the City You Love Doesn’t Love You Back

“The city is cruel to the weak, deaf to those who love it, and subservient only to those who are wrecking it. Like all neurotics, the city hates its friends, and loves its enemies.”

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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01 Feb 2018

SFCentric History: Some of the Coolest Things Said About San Francisco

San Francisco is an incredible city that has left a mark on almost everyone who has visited it. It is hard to put the sentiment into words, but thankfully, there are people who found just the right ones to describe what SF means to them.

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14 Jan 2016

You May Meet the Love of Your Life at Edinburgh Castle

A great bar is more than just a place to drink. It’s a secondary character in stories of romance, regret, radiance, and redemption that transpire nightly throughout every town in the world.The Edinburgh Castle is one of these great bars.

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02 Feb 2010

Frugal Bliss at the It’s-It Factory

Oh, It’s-It!  You are one of the last from a different era.  The city that Herb Caen wrote about.  Tonga Room, Laughing Sal, etc.  It’s a class that manages to hang on every year. I guess one of the best things about you, is that you haven’t changed all that much since your

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