In Sunday's inaugural edition of the new-look Chronicle, editor Ward Bushee wrote a puzzling note to readers that amounted to telling a joke with a long-winded setup and then never delivering the punchline. In the piece, Bushee acknowledged that the daily "is losing large sums of money each week and has been for some time," that the economy sucks and it now costs a whopping $10 to produce and deliver each copy of the Sunday paper.
After this buildup, readers no doubt were waiting to hear th
As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all.
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The stereotype may be racist and classist, but that hasn't kept a generation from embracing the white trash aesthetic -- a disposable culture populated by trailer parks; junk cars; big hair and gaudy makeup; loud, angry music; and empty beer cans -- and i
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Broken Record's Frito PieSan Francisco fancies itself a haute eating town, but the truth is we sometimes have a taste for something a little bit less refined. Rip open a bag of pork rinds (the kind you get at 7-Eleven), pop a Fanta, kick up your feet and enjoy our five favorite local white trash dishes.1. Frito Pie at the Broken Record (1166 Geneva at Edinburgh)This has most of the major food groups in one bowl: dairy, vegetables, meat, and processed.
