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The Sparkle & Wit of Elsa Touche: Drag Queen You Should Know
Elsa Touche can bring a room to life with her ever-ready wit and sparkling eyes that are kind enough to let you in on the joke. She arrived in a cloud of pink ruffles and a touch of Sunset Boulevard.

When Gay Nightclubs Act as Safe Spaces for Straight Women
When I heard of the shooting in Orlando my stomach sank. Once again so many innocent people had been the victims of gun violence and a hate crime. Later as I began to process the staggering number of victims, I knew that among the gay men tragically lost, there would likely

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

Farewell Widow Norton- The Imperial State Funeral of José Julio Sarria
It was on a cold damp evening, 133 years ago that His Imperial Majesty, Joshua Abraham Norton I entered immortality on the steps of Saint Mary’s Cathedral in Chinatown. The city wept in great frenzy and many have kept his devotion in the many years since, one such devotee being

Free Birthday Party for Harvey at the Lookout 05/22
Yep, eighty-three years ago today, Harvey Bernard Milk was born in Woodmere, Long Island, New York. Although he had a successful career on Wall Street, it wasn’t until he gave it all up to join the hippies and move out to San Francisco, that he found his true happiness and

More Cheap All-You-Can-Eat Pizza at The Lookout on Tuesday Nights
I’ll start out with a hypothetical: It’s a Tuesday afternoon, you’ve been working like a dog all day (or, like me, woke up at 3pm because you work from home and set your own hours) and you’re STARVING. So starving you stoop to using a cliche over Gchat and tell

Cheap Eats and DJs at Dirty Dishes #4
This Dirty Dishes DJs and Food Carts event at the Lookout has been going on for a couple months now (Christy wrote about it’s second incarnation back in March), but because every month brings a couple new street food dining options for you to sample all under one roof, you’ve

50¢ Drinks While They Last at the LookOut on Tax Day
Tax day looms on the horizon for a lot of people, but for people in the service industry, its passing is always highly anticipated. Like giving things up for Lent and making new year resolutions, the months following Christmas and leading up to tax day inspire the average consumer to

Dirty Dishes at The Lookout on Thursday Night
So you like street food with your dirty house music? Lucky for you every fourth Thursday of the month, The Lookout hosts Dirty Dishes, a night devoted to “hot beats, tasty eats and cool peeps.” While I definitely appreciate some good “indie electro/future bass” DJ action once in a while, and