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What to Do This Weekend
TGIF! Here are our picks for good times this weekend.FRIDAY7 P.M. SING-A-LONG SOUND OF MUSIC $15CASTRO THEATREDon your best Von Trapp-style get-up and warm up your vocal chords – it's time for another...
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Two Truths & a Lie: SF Edition
By Jules SuzdaltsevSan Francisco is a city shrouded in fog and historical myth. Whether you’ve lived here since the great 1906 earthquake or you’ve just started your first month at SF State, you’re...
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Illegally Dumped Junk in Oakland Becomes Art
Oakland has a dumping problem. Abandoned couches, mattresses, appliances, and other large castaway items are left on the sidewalks and near underpasses, where they linger, get tagged, get grosser, and...
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Where to See Giant Gingerbread Houses In SF
Photo courtesy of the Westin St. Francis HotelOk people, it's officially the holidays. That means it's time to crank up the festivities. Three San Francisco hotels are doing their part to add to the...
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Where to Buy a Christmas Tree by Neighborhood in San Francisco
I'm one of the crazy people who buys a Christmas tree the day I get home from traveling for Thanksgiving. Last night, as I was dragging my new tree down Haight Street, some dude mumbled to his friend...
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Other Things to Put in Your Plug Holes
By Jessica SaiaPeople with plugs: let's talk. You spend years tenaciously stretching holes through your earlobes, fill them only with the typical little metal discs and then when you're done, you're...
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Ask Ted Wilson – I Wasn't Invited to the Wedding
Hello, and welcome to Ask Ted Wilson, my weekly advice column where readers ask me questions about absolutely anything, and I tell them what to do. If you have a question you would like answered please...
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Sponsored: Attention Gentlemen! Let Your Sexy Out Week By Week!
Who needs Black Friday when you can have Polka Dot Monday or Plaid Thursdays? Walking with that swagger 100% of the time? That’s a lot of pressure for us dapper gents. How about breaking up your...
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Do This Wednesday: WOBO's First Annual Winter Wonderland
Walk Oakland Bike Oakland, or WOBO, is holding its first annual fundraiser, Winter Wonderland, this Wednesday, Dec. 4, at New Parish in downtown Oakland. As an East Bay bike rider and pedestrian, I...
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Is Talking About High Rents So Often Crippling Our City?
Are we spending too much time in San Francisco complaining about rent? Have we lost our ability to do anything on Facebook but post regular links to stories about cultural attrition and the high cost...
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BART Heads Vol. 6
Here are a few more BART Heads from this past week. These are sketches of BART passengers I draw on the train during my commute. The text is verbatim bits of overheard conversation.I sat next to a...
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Skymall Products for San Francisco
By Jessica SaiaSkyMall: mall of the skies. I know it’s not anyone’s first choice for shopping once they’re released from the captive boredom of an airplane seat, but really, where else can I find a...
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Bored With Your Pics? Add Stripes!
LoryStripes is a new photo app that allows you to spice up otherwise drab pictures with bright ribbons of color. The iPhone and iPad app is $1.99, which I know is probably $1.99 above your price range,...
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What States Are Most Likely to Curse and Say Thanks?
According to a survey taken this spring by mobile advertising technology company Marchex Institute, the five states most likely to swear like sailors are – in order of most profane – Ohio, Maryland,...
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What's Up with the Brick Circles in the Intersections?
What are those big brick circles in the intersections all around the city? A. Urban crop circlesB. Masonic fairy rings C. Last ditch backups of the city’s fire-fighting system D. Part of a city-wide...
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This Is How You Travel Between SF and LA for $1* (But Read the Fine Print)
By Jules SuzdaltsevGiven the 400 miles of radiant coastline and drudging flatland separating Los Angeles and San Francisco, getting back and forth is a real bitch, especially over the holidays. As...
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It's Freaking Cold Out There! Let's Help the Homeless
In the hour of walking my dog this morning, my feet felt like they were turning into frozen popsicles inside my boots. And I actually saw ice forming where wet puddles once were, and frost blanketing...
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So What IS the Future of Digital Media?
On November 18, The Bold Italic, General Assembly, and Getty Images co-hosted Tech Panel: Digital Media, a discussion about the future of journalism, reporting, and media consumption in the digital...
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What to Do This Weekend
TGIT! Here are our picks for good times this weekend.THURSDAY4 P.M. 80th ANNIVERSARY OF PROHIBITION'S REPEALfree21ST AMENDMENT BREWERYThursday, December 5, marks the 80th anniversary of the repeal of...
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Why I Love Living in Noe Valley
By Alexis CoeWhen I first moved to San Francisco from Brooklyn, Noe Valley felt like home. It wasn’t the babies, although they were certainly an initial indicator of likeness. And it wasn’t the...
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