Monday, June 22, 2009
Let's do lunch:
It's summer, and though you may be too broke for a proper vacation, taste a simulacrum of Spain in the two-bocadillo-and-soup combo (which two? SF Weekly critic Meredith Brody suggests Serrano ham with tomato and chorizo with walnut spread and parsley) at Bocadillos (710 Montgomery at Washington, 982-2622).
Drink therapy:
The dance floor is all Dance Dance Revolution flashy, the mostly Asian guys are mostly cute, and you can guzzle two-for-one happy-hour
Fire Arts Festival
July 15, 2009
At an abandoned parking lot beneath an overpass to the Bay Bridge between a field of dry weeds and the Oakland Water Treatment Plant
Review and Photos by Sam Prestianni
Better Than: Maker Faire, cousin to Burning Man
How do engineers feel cool? They get hot at the Fire Arts Festival, the Bay Area's premier showcase for exploding sculptures and all forms of fire play, second only to Burning Man.
The spectacular four-night event (which runs through Sat