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October 19, 2012October 19th is National Seafood Bisque Day, so we have come up with 5 places for you to get your crustacean on. Bisque is a thick, creamy soup of French origin and is typically made from lobster, crab, shrimp, and crayfish. The term "bisque" is also sometimes used to refer to creamy soups made from ... More >>
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September 7, 2012We've heard that in the Navy, you can sail the seven seas. As it turns out, however, you don't need to be in uniform to enjoy unlimited samples of local beer on a WWII ship. If you prefer over 60 craft beers and a slew of food trucks to harsh seas and the threat of enemy attack, then Brews on the Ba ... More >>
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May 23, 2012We've heard that in the Navy, you can sail the seven seas. As it turns out, however, you don't need to be in uniform to enjoy unlimited samples of local beer on a WWII ship. If you prefer over 60 craft beers and a slew of food trucks to harsh seas and the threat of enemy attack, then Brews on the Ba ... More >>
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May 2, 2012We've heard that in the Navy, you can sail the seven seas. As it turns out, however, you don't need to be in uniform to enjoy unlimited samples of local beer on a WWII ship. If you prefer over 60 craft beers and a slew of food trucks to harsh seas and the threat of enemy attack, then Brews on the Ba ... More >>
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November 23, 2011We've heard that in the Navy, you can sail the seven seas. As it turns out, however, you don't need to be in uniform to enjoy unlimited samples of local beer on a WWII ship. If you prefer over 60 craft beers and a slew of food trucks to harsh seas and the threat of enemy attack, then Brews on the Ba ... More >>
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November 15, 2011jay galvin via Flickr Pretty .... cold today!Three girls -- the oldest of which is barely a teenager -- are adding an impressive boost to their resumes this morning: They're jumping into the frigid November waters to swim roughly 1.25 miles from Alcatraz to the San Francisco shore -- a feat most ... More >>
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September 14, 2011Photos by W. Blake GrayTrout ($18)Fog Harbor Fish House recently became the first restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf to commit to using 100% sustainable seafood. SF Weekly had never written anything about the restaurant, so I joined the flock of German and French tourists walking down Embarcader ... More >>
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June 22, 2011Photos by W. Blake GrayTrout ($18)Fog Harbor Fish House recently became the first restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf to commit to using 100% sustainable seafood. SF Weekly had never written anything about the restaurant, so I joined the flock of German and French tourists walking down Embarcader ... More >>
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June 1, 2011Photos by W. Blake GrayTrout ($18)Fog Harbor Fish House recently became the first restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf to commit to using 100% sustainable seafood. SF Weekly had never written anything about the restaurant, so I joined the flock of German and French tourists walking down Embarcader ... More >>
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February 23, 2011Photos by W. Blake GrayTrout ($18)Fog Harbor Fish House recently became the first restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf to commit to using 100% sustainable seafood. SF Weekly had never written anything about the restaurant, so I joined the flock of German and French tourists walking down Embarcader ... More >>
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December 29, 2010Photos by W. Blake GrayTrout ($18)Fog Harbor Fish House recently became the first restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf to commit to using 100% sustainable seafood. SF Weekly had never written anything about the restaurant, so I joined the flock of German and French tourists walking down Embarcader ... More >>
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November 24, 2010Photos by W. Blake GrayTrout ($18)Fog Harbor Fish House recently became the first restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf to commit to using 100% sustainable seafood. SF Weekly had never written anything about the restaurant, so I joined the flock of German and French tourists walking down Embarcader ... More >>
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November 10, 2010Photos by W. Blake GrayTrout ($18)Fog Harbor Fish House recently became the first restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf to commit to using 100% sustainable seafood. SF Weekly had never written anything about the restaurant, so I joined the flock of German and French tourists walking down Embarcader ... More >>
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October 7, 2010Next stop: Pier 70"Worse things happen at sea," is a common, if not sensitive, way of telling someone that things could be far worse for him. It's also an applicable utterance when considering a bizarre incident in the Bay yesterday. Boater Rick Saber plunged off his 32-foot vessel, the Eagle, ye ... More >>
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May 6, 2010Photo at Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze at Pier 39. Why don't bands play here?We're blessed with great live music venues here in San Francisco, but sometimes, bars, ballrooms, clubs, and arenas get kinda monotonous. Here are five more exotic locations that would make awesome spaces to see a band, ... More >>
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March 23, 2010This may soon be illegal in State Parks. It's still kosher in National Parks, though -- as are firearms.
Smoking in the park? Perish the thought. A smoking gun in the park? Well ... that all depends on the park. Yesterday, the state Assembly passed a bill enacting a broad smoking ban in the sta ... More >>
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August 4, 2009Joe EskenaziPerhaps we have to thank the klutz responsible for the above scene at Church Street Station. After all, if he'd pulled his drop-the-merlot act on board an actual train it would have been that much worse -- but not just for the obvious reasons. Suppose a tourist had someone splatter mi ... More >>
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April 8, 2009Joe EskenaziPerhaps we have to thank the klutz responsible for the above scene at Church Street Station. After all, if he'd pulled his drop-the-merlot act on board an actual train it would have been that much worse -- but not just for the obvious reasons. Suppose a tourist had someone splatter mi ... More >>
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February 25, 2009Joe EskenaziPerhaps we have to thank the klutz responsible for the above scene at Church Street Station. After all, if he'd pulled his drop-the-merlot act on board an actual train it would have been that much worse -- but not just for the obvious reasons. Suppose a tourist had someone splatter mi ... More >>
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June 12, 2008Joe EskenaziPerhaps we have to thank the klutz responsible for the above scene at Church Street Station. After all, if he'd pulled his drop-the-merlot act on board an actual train it would have been that much worse -- but not just for the obvious reasons. Suppose a tourist had someone splatter mi ... More >>
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May 2, 2008Joe EskenaziPerhaps we have to thank the klutz responsible for the above scene at Church Street Station. After all, if he'd pulled his drop-the-merlot act on board an actual train it would have been that much worse -- but not just for the obvious reasons. Suppose a tourist had someone splatter mi ... More >>
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June 18, 2007Joe EskenaziPerhaps we have to thank the klutz responsible for the above scene at Church Street Station. After all, if he'd pulled his drop-the-merlot act on board an actual train it would have been that much worse -- but not just for the obvious reasons. Suppose a tourist had someone splatter mi ... More >>
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January 3, 2007Joe EskenaziPerhaps we have to thank the klutz responsible for the above scene at Church Street Station. After all, if he'd pulled his drop-the-merlot act on board an actual train it would have been that much worse -- but not just for the obvious reasons. Suppose a tourist had someone splatter mi ... More >>
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November 2, 2005Touring the Rock on celluloid
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August 3, 2005Get a plate lunch in the Presidio
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April 6, 2005Feeding four hungry Spring Break-ers on Pittsburgh-style sandwiches and Singaporean street food
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February 9, 2005The best place to ponder the Metallica movie Some Kind of Monster: Zeitgeist, of course
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December 15, 2004Cruise and chow on the bay
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November 3, 2004Calendar
August 4, 2004Best of San Francisco
May 19, 2004Calendar
December 10, 2003Celebrate the season at sea
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July 30, 2003Party like the islanders in S.F.
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June 4, 2003Triathletes get out of jail free
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April 30, 2003Film
October 30, 2002Aisha Tyler wants to be "an action heroine who is funny and witty and sarcastic and sexy and can kick butt."
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June 19, 2002Aisha Tyler wants to be "an action heroine who is funny and witty and sarcastic and sexy and can kick butt."
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June 12, 2002When people learn that Pedro Ordenes, 55, has swum to or from Alcatraz 126 times, or that he crossed the Strait of Magellan in 39-degree water, they often joke about his sanity. That's before they hear about his idea to swim the Bering Strait.
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June 5, 2002News
February 6, 2002The Alcatraz Night Tour is fascinating and beautiful. Then it's cold and eerie. And then it's -- let's get outta here!
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May 23, 2001San Francisco Art Institute
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May 17, 2000News
May 17, 2000Long-missing Alcatraz files make their way back to the Bay Area
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November 24, 1999Unthanksgiving Day Sun-Rise Gathering
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September 1, 1999After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered
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December 2, 1998After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered
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November 4, 1998How Tokyo Rose, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Amelia Earhart are endangered by money-saving moves at the National Archives in San Bruno
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November 12, 1997How Tokyo Rose, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Amelia Earhart are endangered by money-saving moves at the National Archives in San Bruno
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October 22, 1997How Tokyo Rose, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Amelia Earhart are endangered by money-saving moves at the National Archives in San Bruno
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October 23, 1996How Tokyo Rose, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Amelia Earhart are endangered by money-saving moves at the National Archives in San Bruno
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