It took me a long time to figure out why Winston Churchill was not re-elected in 1945, after World War II. It is hard to imagine something like... More >>

All bars are great. Every last one of them, even the nightclubs that advertise on the sides of Muni buses. I have my favorites, of course, and I... More >>

I have spent a fair amount of time talking about bars in this town that seem to have an eerie presence, as if they were built on an Indian burial... More >>

A couple of weeks back I went to a barbecue thrown by evangelical Christians. If you ever have a chance to do such a thing, I highly recommend... More >>

I recently plunged back into the world of online dating. "Plunged" is a good word, because you become immediately immersed, struggle to find your... More >>

To my knowledge, people never claim Nob Hill as their favorite locale, unless they are middle-aged tourists, wealthy socialites, or weirdos like... More >>

Let us turn our attention to Ayn Rand, whose Objectivism theory has been generally rejected by almost everyone except Libertarian survivalists... More >>

My friend Audra has a theory that the shortest route to madness is buying a club or bar. She says that she has seen good, sane people go batshit... More >>

I suppose the argument could be made that the world needs another tiki bar, especially after the sad demise of the Tonga Room. Cocktail purists... More >>

The cynical critic in me, the bitch, does not want to like places like Bar Agricole. It is au courant, trendy, artsy, pricey, Alice Watersy,... More >>