Portland, Oregon is an amazing city. So often you hear about its wet, dreary winters, that seem to stretch from one grey eternity to another. I have never formally lived in Portland, but I have spent enough winters up there to know that sound of endless months of drumming rain.

  Several years ago k.d. lang sent an email to Neko Case and Laura Veirs on a whim. It read simply, “I think we should make a record together.” Though the three musicians were barely more than acquaintances “Laura and I both responded immediately,” recalls Case. “There was no question.”

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

Avital Tours offers high-end social dining experiences in San Francisco and Los Angeles for locals and travelers alike. Their walking food tours are built by locals for locals. Their goal is that someone who lives in the Mission comes on our Mission Food Tour and learns something about her own neighborhood –

Rad Upcoming SF Events     The Grand Budapest Hotel THU. 08/27 | 8:00PM @ JACK LONDON SQUARE  Cozy up on the waterfront beginning at sundown on the ferry lawn. Moviegoers should arrive early with blankets and chairs in-hand. ADMISSION: FREE Jeremy Castillo FRI. 08/28 | 5:00PM @ AMOEBA MUSIC

Rad Upcoming SF Events Drink Steam with Ricky Watts THU. 08/20 | 6:00PM @ ZEITGEIST Bay Area native Ricky Watts has a unique style of colorful and abstract patterns weaving intricately together. See the art come to life before your eyes in an intimate live-painting session. ADMISSION: FREE REVOLUTIONS: DJ George

No money for a flight to Scotland to sample 30 year-old scotch? Forgot to save up for that luxury Tuscan wine tour, $22,000 cocktail, or whatever the hell else rich people do to get loaded? Don’t worry those young, broke and beautiful little heads of yours, we’ve got you covered:

Rad Upcoming SF Events Tito Puente Jr. THU. 07/02 | 7:30PM @ YOSHI’S OAKLAND The comparison is inevitable. How could it be otherwise? Tito Puente Jr. carries his father with him – imprinted on his physical being and locked in his soul. It’s in his looks, his joy, his music.

Broke-Asses, tell me – do you have time for a quickie today? Great! Me, too! Here are three questions with quick answers that range in topic from female masturbation -to- what to do if it’s too cold in your office. Enjoy! L.G. in New York, asks: “Grown Up – my