Email Author Katy St. Clair

2007 Stories by Katy St. Clair

• Cha Cha Cha: a melange of busboys, gofers, lime-squeezers, and journeymen

  published June 13, 2007

  Katy.StClair@sfweekly.com CHA CHA CHA. 2327 Mission St. 648-0504 More >>

• Romancing the bar at Pop's

  published June 6, 2007

  Katy.StClair@sfweekly.com POP'S BAR. 2800 24th Street. 401-7677. More >>

• Empty Nest

  published May 30, 2007

  Of all the old-school, kitschy "theme" bars in San Francisco, few hold the same place in people's hearts as the Owl Tree at the corner of Post and... More >>

• Mark Twain would never have settled for the suburbs

  published May 30, 2007

  For a guy who wrote a lot about Midwestern riverboats, injuns, and whitewashin' fences on hot Missouri afternoons, Mark Twain actually spent much... More >>

• Tenderloin refuge: a spendy drink oasis hidden in S.F.'s rough patch

  published May 23, 2007

  Katy.StClair@sfweekly.com Bourbon & Branch. 501 Jones St. www. More >>

• Dear Trannyshack: Thank you for being a friend

  published May 16, 2007

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• Slap Happy: the last honest man in town loads his BlackBerry with B.S.

  published May 9, 2007

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• Pot's for pussies

  published May 2, 2007

  I'm an eight-at-a-time Netflix junkie, which means either I'm a cinephile or I have no life. Or both. Anywho, a documentary on the site... More >>

• Who's cuter: fuzzy kitties or Silly Pink skaters?

  published April 18, 2007

  Why do we find fluffy fat things with big eyes cute (like kittens), but not creatures with sharp features and bony frames (like lobsters)? Some... More >>

• Shine on you crazy lightning bugs and deep-sea creatures!

  published April 11, 2007

  Katy.StClair@sfweekly.com FIREFLY. 4288 24th Street. 415-821-7652. More >>

• No sex, no drugs, and Shields & Yarnell. It must be hell.

  published April 4, 2007

  Katy.StClair@sfweekly.com THE DUBLINER. 328 W Portal. 566-9444. More >>

• Mixing politics with pleasure

  published March 28, 2007

  Katy.StClair@sfweekly.com 21st AMENDMENT. 563 Second St. 369-0900. More >>

• No Foos Is Bad News

  published March 21, 2007

  The city has faced many devastating losses: the AIDS epidemic, diminishing enrollment in elementary schools, and the death of Herb Caen. But there... More >>

• Erin go bragh ya bloomin' phonies!

  published March 21, 2007

  Katy.stclair@sfweekly.com KATE O'BRIEN'S. 579 Howard St. 882-7240. More >>

• Republicans, Irish and otherwise

  published March 14, 2007

  One of the best things about San Francisco is that you can still find tiny ma 'n' pa bars run by people with accents — Greek, Welsh,... More >>

• Stud recovery

  published March 7, 2007

  Katy.StClair@sfweekly.com THE STUD. 399 9th St. 863-6623. More >>

• German dreams and Gavin nightmares

  published February 28, 2007

  When you're dreaming, certain things seem completely normal, and it's only when you wake up and really think about it that you realize something... More >>

• Foosball fundamentalists and satanic odors in Hayes Valley

  published February 21, 2007

  Katy.StClair@sfweekly.com PLACE PIGALLE. 520 Hayes St. 552-2671. More >>

• Drinking to the dead

  published February 14, 2007

  Katy.StClair@sfweekly.com BLISS BAR. 4026 24th Street, 826-6200. More >>

• The power of positive drinking

  published January 31, 2007

  There is a man who sits on the board of directors for the organization I work for who has wealth, happiness, and that certain something that... More >>

• Bellying up to a bar of sperm donors

  published January 24, 2007

  It seems I am always at my brokest when I decide to go somewheres fancy-schmancy. I like the idea of scraping together my last $15 for a martini,... More >>

• Sammy Hagar's tequila paradise

  published January 17, 2007

  Working in Marin, you see a lot of celebrities. For example, I once saw Andre Agassi buying a Christmas tree. My Sean Penn sightings are numerous... More >>

• Never grab the martini shakers at Specs

  published January 10, 2007

  In SOC101 we all learned about "norms." Norms gave Allen Funt a raison d'être when he messed around on Candid Camera; they are... More >>