Where's Gavin? Far from San Francisco. Far from our problems. Today the Board of Supervisors begins the nails-on-chalkboard, surgery-sans-anesthetic, Adam Sandler Film Festival-painful process of adopting hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts. Gavin Newsom won't be there. Not that the mayor skipping a supes meeting is news -- he's made avoiding dealing with the Board his top priority in recent years -- but usually he manages to be on the same continent. Not today. As the city begins the
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But wait, there's more hope for romantic-minded cheapskates on Saturday! Angel Magik's monthly bash at the Shattuck Down Low offers free roses and sangria for the first 100 ladies, plus DJs Romeo and Young Fyah spinning hip-hop, dancehall and--ooh la la--lover's rock. How can ya lose? Speaking of easy-win options, Club Six has a pretty cool showcase called Be Mine, which combines live art, painting and fashion, with live hip-hop and reggae from the Conscious Daughters, X-C
media.newsobserver.comWhere do you go for entrails, chiles, and bacony goodness after you've been to Vietnam, Uzbekistan, and Colombia? Why, San Francisco, of course!Famed tough-guy foodie Anthony Bourdain is in these parts right now, it's rumored, sampling our finest and weirdest cuisine for his Travel Channel show, No Reservations. Our Robert Lauriston, fellow offal fancier, thinks Bourdain may have timed his visit to coincide with Chris Cosentino's famed Head to Tail dinners at Incanto, this