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    Spying the generation gaffes at MoMo's

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: June 24, 2009

    As I write this, I am sitting on a big sofa in a big atrium in a big hotel in Grand Teton National Park. There is a big picture window that looks out over the big mountain...

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    The naan, the bitch, and the mall bar at Straits

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: June 17, 2009

    When I was a kid, the most exciting part of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was the beginning of the book, when a child pushes through the back of the wardrobe during a...

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    The High Tide time capsule

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: June 10, 2009

    As you get older, some wise old sayings start to make sense. Such as "Youth is wasted on the young." Or "You can tell a lot about a man by the company he keeps." Or "Let a ho...

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    Jay Bennett breaks a heart

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: June 3, 2009

    Cormac McCarthy once said that all writers worth their salt should write about death. If literature doesn't take on that great mystery, then it just ain't literature in his...

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    Bouncer’s Highly Accurate Bar Quiz

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: May 27, 2009

    Your days of wandering the streets in search of your perfect watering hole are over! Just take this handy quiz and find which bar best suits you by answering these 10...

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    3300 ways to make friends

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: May 20, 2009

    It's hard to tell whether bars foster phony relationships. When you feel a certain fealty to your fellow man sitting next to you, is that genuine bonhomie, or just the booze...

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    Talking to survivors at Twin Peaks

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: May 13, 2009

    "Excuse me," I said to the man at the end of the bar at Twin Peaks. I was trying to squeeze past him and up the stairs to the ATM on the balcony. It was a close fit, and my...

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    Farewell to Oreo

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: May 6, 2009

    There I was in a David Bowie video, circa 1975. The room was scattered with high booths upholstered in silver leather, each containing men with spiky, overgelled hair....

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    Tempting fate at the Deco Lounge

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: April 29, 2009

    The Aztecs were firm believers in predestination. It's probably helpful to think that everything is meant to be when you are about to have your heart cut out of your chest and...

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    Isolation drills at Celia's

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: April 22, 2009

    When I get depressed, I usually isolate myself from everything. I retreat from friends, family, neighbors, roommates, pets, even books. No reading for me; I get lost in...

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    Chances Are? Questioning coincidence at Edinburgh Castle

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: April 15, 2009

    There are two kinds of people in the world: those who believe in coincidence, and those who don't. I'm not sure which category I fall into yet. The folks who don't believe in...

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    Creationism -- and beer -- at Kezar Pub

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: April 8, 2009

    Young Earth Creationism would be a funny little religious belief worthy only of a footnote discussion if it weren't for the fact that it appears to be gathering steam. The...

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    Everybody poops at Lime

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: March 25, 2009

    They say that beauty is only skin deep, which is indeed true. Case in point: Joan Crawford, the original "hot mess." I find her a very sympathetic character, despite being an...

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    Ant Farm at the Tavern

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: March 18, 2009

    The famous biologist Edward O. Wilson has coauthored a new book, Superorganisms, about wasps, bees, and his personal favorites, ants. It's hard not to think of Wilson when I am...

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    WEB EXCLUSIVE: Thinking about my two baby daddies at the Hi Dive

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: March 4, 2009

    And so it was that I found myself on BART, gazing intently at an advertisement for gay adoption. The poster showed two happy gay men cuddling with their son. The photo gave me...

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    Golden Beers and Thirsty Girls

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: February 25, 2009

    I wonder what sorts of things San Francisco Public Library employees talk about in the break room. I head to the main branch every week to pick up my new holds, and I always...

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    Best friends and coke fiends at Noe's Bar

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: February 18, 2009

    My friend and I once had a hot debate about Gerry Rafferty's song "Baker Street." I'd made some offhand remark about how it must be about Sherlock Holmes, since the sleuth...

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    Underwear Night at 440 Castro

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: February 11, 2009

    When you travel on public transit every day, you begin to memorize all the advertising campaigns on the sides of the buses and streetcars. It's like a shitty top 40 song you...

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    Skittles and Punk Floyd at the Uptown

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: February 4, 2009

    After spending an evening meandering through the Mission, I wasn't feeling well by the time I reached my final destination. "I think I'm having a low blood sugar episode," I...

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    Live and let live at CAV

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: January 28, 2009

    Sarcasm is the music of the bourgeoisie — folks who live comfortably, free from most wants and fears, who need to create tiny conflicts where there really are none. As a...