Email Author Katy St. Clair

2012 Stories by Katy St. Clair

• Bouncer Teaches Tourists at the Buddha

  published June 6, 2012

  Buddhism is really the only religion that makes any sense, and that is because there is nothing too inherently kooky about it. No burning bush... More >>

• Bouncer Takes the Disneyland North Beach Ride at Vesuvio

  published May 30, 2012

  I've never really been drawn to the Beats, never really had a Bukowski period, never really liked the feel of a turtleneck on my throat. Don't... More >>

• Bouncer Explores the Rules of Solo Dining at the Monk's Kettle

  published May 23, 2012

  Someone should write a book about places in S.F. that are good for lone diners and imbibers. You could give it a clever name, like Table for... More >>

• Bouncer Drinks Among Newspaper Relics at Local Edition

  published May 16, 2012

  You have to hand it to the proprietors of Bourbon & Branch and Rickhouse. They are the Ken Burnses of booze; they take events in American... More >>

• Bouncer Has a Gross Encounter at Li Po Lounge

  published May 9, 2012

  One must approach Chinatown with a certain cognitive dissonance. I realized this when I spent the night there recently. I left my friend's... More >>

• Bouncer Finds the Dark Side of Mission Bowling Club

  published May 2, 2012

  John Stossel is a fuck-noob, but we do have him to thank for those hard-hitting shit exposés over the years. 'Twas he who first looked... More >>

• Bouncer Reflects on Thomas Kinkade at Comstock Saloon

  published April 25, 2012

  It worked on me, though I hate to say it. Thomas Kinkade wasn't dead but a day before I started viewing his work differently. What I once... More >>

• Bouncer Discovers a Crafty Illusion Behind Cervecería MateVeza

  published April 18, 2012

  p>If you are like me, and have looked at pictures of Frank Sinatra in his 20s and wondered, "Why the hell did women find him attractive?" the... More >>

• Bouncer Experiences the Thrill Envy at Cafe Flore

  published April 11, 2012

  Here's a fact: "Noe" is Spanish for Noah. And yea though the upper-middle-class progressives came in two by two, each couple laden with golden... More >>

• Bouncer Tells the Whole Truth About a Visit to Rock Bar

  published March 28, 2012

  In the wake of the Mike Daisey kerfuffle — the monologist who admitted to taking some serious literary license in his one-man show about... More >>

• Bouncer: Pondering Death and Snookie at Tosca

  published March 21, 2012

  Actually, it's not over when the fat lady sings; an opera is over when the fat lady flat-out dies. Such is the case with Tosca,... More >>

• Bouncer Considers the Originality of Original Joe's

  published March 14, 2012

  I don't claim to truly understand philosopher Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, but that is not... More >>

• Bouncer Judges Bartenders at Cafe Du Nord

  published March 7, 2012

  Bartending jobs in this city are a coveted commodity, especially after the rise of so-called "mixology," which attempts to elevate drink-makers... More >>

• Bouncer Considers the High-Stakes Challenge at Last Call

  published February 22, 2012

  Recurring dreams are fascinating. I dream over and over that I am back in high school. It's the last day of my senior year, I haven't been to... More >>

• Bouncer Communes with the Pinatas at the Latin American Club

  published February 15, 2012

  Have you read that story about the Christmas tree that was adorned with decorations and looked on with adoration? The conifer that finally felt... More >>

• Bouncer Visits the Lion's Den: ING Cafe

  published February 8, 2012

  I have found Noam Chomsky's hell on earth. I have located purgatory for Occupiers. I have discovered Karl Marx's Hieronymus Bosch oil-painted... More >>

• The Besotted Speak of Sod at the White Horse Tavern

  published February 1, 2012

  Did you know that the majority of the world's sod comes from grass fields in Oregon? This blew my mind when I found out — or perhaps my... More >>

• Finding Solace in a Sea of Misery at Twin Peaks

  published January 25, 2012

  The Twin Peaks is soothing. It is soothing from the outside, where the amber-lit patrons look like San Francisco's answer to Edward Hopper's... More >>

• Bouncer Battles a Weirdo at Aub Zam Zam

  published January 18, 2012

  "MAN DIS WAS 1 OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS HERE!!! BARBRA ENDEN WAS "SEXY" AS HELL HAHAHAHA!!!!!! MN WISH I HAD A JEANNE LIKE DAY!!! WHEW!!!" —... More >>

• Seeking and Finding Shithole Glory at the Lucky Spot

  published January 11, 2012

  And so it was on the first day of 2012 that I found myself inside a bar that had called to me on many occasions. Yet until now my soul had not... More >>