As some wise sage once said, timing is everything. Last week I showed up at Martuni's too early for the piano bar and too late for the happy... More >>

If you watch the American version of The Office, you know that Michael, the clueless boss played by Steve Carell, likes Chili's restaurant. He... More >>

Lately I've been having strange dreams where I am either reborn or am amid death and dying. In the "reborn" situations, I travel down a shaft and... More >>

And the winner of the longest dive bar in San Francisco is ... the Sea Star on Third Street in Potrero Hill. From the outside, the place looks... More >>

My father is what you would call a Renaissance man. He is a physicist who specializes in quarks, which are parts of atoms. The more you try to... More >>

Seein' as I just love Planet of the Apes, along with all of its offspring (sequels, remake, TV show, merchandising), I was excited to recently... More >>

When last I left off, I was about to enter a haunted room in the Queen Anne Hotel (see last week's Bouncer for part one of this column) after... More >>

Every night I tell myself, "I am the cosmos; I am the wind." Then I make sure I have my ID and I head out. On one particular night last week, I... More >>

A friend of mine who is in her 60s is afraid she might be developing Alzheimer's. She is losing her acuity, her memory, and her train of thought... More >>

If there's gonna be sports on TV in a bar — and let's face it, there always is — then I can hope that it will at least be hockey.... More >>