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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
There's a fine documentary series, The Bachelor, currently airing on television. A single American male with a garden-variety yet manly job, like firefighter or power broker,...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
I'm gleeful now I can easily access all the TV I want online, and I don't have to give any money to Comcast, which has taken my checks long enough. Now I mainly watch Hulu,...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
There are some bars you walk into hoping for a glass of wine and tapas. There are other bars you walk into hoping for a beer and a blow job. And then there are the bars you...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
Lately, to my delight, there's been a spate of incredibly crappy busking goin' round various BART and Muni stations. Don't get me wrong: I like the good musicians, too, but the...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
Unfortunately, there are plenty of men who are always perceived as gay, even though they're straight. I say "unfortunately" because these are guys who would like to attract...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
Though Las Vegas is not exactly my first choice in vacation spots (or even my 139th), I do love to read about the casinos that were planned but never executed. They are always...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
Sometimes it's nice to see how the other half lives. And by the other half, I mean those folks who go out and enjoy themselves without imbibing liquor. You know, weirdos. I...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
It's rare to find someone who looks Dickensian in San Francisco, but I did. For the two or three people reading this who don't have a master's in English, by "Dickensian" I...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
There's something about naming your bar after a social or psychological term that strikes people's fancy in this town. We've got Amnesia, Zeitgeist, and Gestalt. Amnesia I...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
Anyone who says you can't learn anything from hanging out in bars is nuts. I've built up my vocabulary from digging into the origins of drink names. For example, we're all...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
When I first walked into new downtown bar Rickhouse, I thought, finally, someone gets it. The decor was incredible. Instead of slick, loungey modernity and trendy artwork, this...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
At first I thought I'd come upon some sort of urban fishing experiment. I was in an alley off Grant Street, walking toward the Irish Bank, when I saw two men in suits flinging...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
I don't spend enough time in North Beach. Part of the reason is geographical. It seems to be in the Bermuda Triangle of my ramblings, and I usually get sidetracked in Chinatown...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
I do social work for a developmentally disabled client who loves to play pool. I'll call her Sylvia. She also likes bars, although she only drinks Cokes. Lucky for us, bars and...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
I dumped my bags down with a thud and sat in the exact same seat I'd taken a week before at the Mission Bar and Grill at SFO. A week ago I was heading for Illinois and my high...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
Happy birthday, Bouncer! Five years of stickin it to the Man, exposing the wrongs of City Hall, and generally being a thorn in the side of power ... oh, wait. No,...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
Everyone likes a good revenge movie. They are tops on my list, especially old samurai flicks. The best ones take place after the warrior system has broken down, when the ronin...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
There comes a time in everyone's life when you try to be less cynical. Less sarcastic. Less glass-half-empty. Less of a douche. For one thing, it takes a lot of energy to...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
In case you didn't know, it is possible to travel into the future. All you need are twin babies and a vessel that can go faster than the speed of light (easy-peasy!). You shoot...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
Lately I've been wondering if my strict adherence to atheism is really the correct way to go. There comes a time when logic gets the best of you, and you realize that being...
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