Dating

Personal Needs: Tech Dude Seeks Young, Materialistic Women

Bouncer Drowns on a Date in the Food Court

Bouncer Discovers That Coffee Dates Suck -- Especially at the Food Court Peet's

​From this week's Bouncer column: I recently plunged back into the world of online dating. "Plunged" is a good word, because you become immediately immersed, struggle to find your footing, begin to panic and gasp for air, and, if you are lucky, slowly rise to the surface again, relieved to be ... More >>

Speed Dating at the Library -- No, Really

Wonder, wonder, wonder no more: Kathleen McGowan wrote The Book of Love​In San Francisco, libraries serve many more purposes than they do in other towns -- in which they're mainly used by 14-year-olds to loudly check their Facebook accounts until the librarian boots them out. Here they serve as de ... More >>

Bouncer: Discussing law and billionaires at the Buena Vista

Wonder, wonder, wonder no more: Kathleen McGowan wrote The Book of Love​In San Francisco, libraries serve many more purposes than they do in other towns -- in which they're mainly used by 14-year-olds to loudly check their Facebook accounts until the librarian boots them out. Here they serve as de ... More >>

Bouncer: Discussing Law and Attractive Billionaires at the Buena Vista

​I love to pick people's brains, so I asked my date about a million law questions. He told me that sexual harassment isn't such a big issue in law anymore; the big cash cow is gay harassment. And it's not so much that one incident will hurt a company -- it's the companies that know that it is goin ... More >>

Wild Nothing: Show Preview

​I love to pick people's brains, so I asked my date about a million law questions. He told me that sexual harassment isn't such a big issue in law anymore; the big cash cow is gay harassment. And it's not so much that one incident will hurt a company -- it's the companies that know that it is goin ... More >>

Bouncer: Pulling back from the pain bar at the Chieftain

​I love to pick people's brains, so I asked my date about a million law questions. He told me that sexual harassment isn't such a big issue in law anymore; the big cash cow is gay harassment. And it's not so much that one incident will hurt a company -- it's the companies that know that it is goin ... More >>

The Internet: People Meet Here

The extent to which people meet romantic partners online has been the subject of some debate. The statistics are muddy and often produced by online matchmaking sites who have obvious biases. One study (PDF alert!), commissioned by Match.com put the number of couples who met and married via the Inter ... More >>

Dating Sites SF Needs More Than Cupidtino

​I realize that Apple's masterplan is to take charge of all our pastimes: phone calls, listening to music, surfing for porn on a giant tablet. But dating? Oh yeah, buddy. Behold Cupidtino, "a beautiful new dating site created for fans of Apple products by fans of Apple products." Assuming thi ... More >>

Girl Game

A world-famous pickup artist tried to teach single women to attract decent guys in S.F. It was harder than he thought.

Love’s Sweet Velocipede

A world-famous pickup artist tried to teach single women to attract decent guys in S.F. It was harder than he thought.

Trick or Street: Family-Friendly Halloween Street-Food Party Tomorrow at Little Skillet

djrajah/FlickrSoul Cocina's Roger Feely: He'll totally be there.​Ready to go all massive (food-wise) for Halloween? Hit up 360 Ritch (at Townsend) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow for food, piñatas, and other tasty treats. It's being billed as a family-friendly event -- Halloween costumes are ... More >>

Veg Ou

djrajah/FlickrSoul Cocina's Roger Feely: He'll totally be there.​Ready to go all massive (food-wise) for Halloween? Hit up 360 Ritch (at Townsend) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow for food, piñatas, and other tasty treats. It's being billed as a family-friendly event -- Halloween costumes are ... More >>

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seahorse or SeaWHORES?

Single and ready to mingle.​Sex sells. Everything. Cars. Cosmetics. Hamburgers. Seahorses. Ads touting a new seahorse exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium started cropping up some time ago (the exhibit opened on April 6 and will run until 2012.) But it wasn't until a friend who was traveling on BA ... More >>

Whatever Happened to the Legions of Locals Who Signed Up For Ridesharing With BART Strike Imminent?

www.abracadabra.comWere they brought together via 511's 'dating service'?​At the end of the 1987 film Harry and the Hendersons, a couple of longtime Sasquatch enthusiasts ponder what to do with their lives now that they've finally seen -- and befriended -- Bigfoot. "There's always Loch Ness," pond ... More >>

Dating Games at the Mix

www.abracadabra.comWere they brought together via 511's 'dating service'?​At the end of the 1987 film Harry and the Hendersons, a couple of longtime Sasquatch enthusiasts ponder what to do with their lives now that they've finally seen -- and befriended -- Bigfoot. "There's always Loch Ness," pond ... More >>

Hollywood's bad b-boys: Dirt Nasty and Andre Legacy

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Pillowfight Battle Royale in SF 02.14.08 - PICTURES from LastNight

www.abracadabra.comWere they brought together via 511's 'dating service'?​At the end of the 1987 film Harry and the Hendersons, a couple of longtime Sasquatch enthusiasts ponder what to do with their lives now that they've finally seen -- and befriended -- Bigfoot. "There's always Loch Ness," pond ... More >>

The One Less Car Game

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Make Onions Sexier and Fresher with Pantyhose

www.abracadabra.comWere they brought together via 511's 'dating service'?​At the end of the 1987 film Harry and the Hendersons, a couple of longtime Sasquatch enthusiasts ponder what to do with their lives now that they've finally seen -- and befriended -- Bigfoot. "There's always Loch Ness," pond ... More >>

Don't Have the Money for Tahoe? Take a Vacation In, uh, San Francisco

www.abracadabra.comWere they brought together via 511's 'dating service'?​At the end of the 1987 film Harry and the Hendersons, a couple of longtime Sasquatch enthusiasts ponder what to do with their lives now that they've finally seen -- and befriended -- Bigfoot. "There's always Loch Ness," pond ... More >>

Best Places to Meet People, Not Including Craigslists Casual Encounter Section

www.abracadabra.comWere they brought together via 511's 'dating service'?​At the end of the 1987 film Harry and the Hendersons, a couple of longtime Sasquatch enthusiasts ponder what to do with their lives now that they've finally seen -- and befriended -- Bigfoot. "There's always Loch Ness," pond ... More >>

Beirut in Paris

www.abracadabra.comWere they brought together via 511's 'dating service'?​At the end of the 1987 film Harry and the Hendersons, a couple of longtime Sasquatch enthusiasts ponder what to do with their lives now that they've finally seen -- and befriended -- Bigfoot. "There's always Loch Ness," pond ... More >>

Froggy Tales: 'After The Quake' at Berkeley Repertory Theatre

www.abracadabra.comWere they brought together via 511's 'dating service'?​At the end of the 1987 film Harry and the Hendersons, a couple of longtime Sasquatch enthusiasts ponder what to do with their lives now that they've finally seen -- and befriended -- Bigfoot. "There's always Loch Ness," pond ... More >>

Dream On

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Change Your Romance Regime

A monthly guide: 12 new ways to meet "The One" in the new year

Someone's Gonna Pay for This

On first-date dinners, road-trip gas, interpreters, and massage therapists

Puppy Love

John Cusack's another endearing mutt in Must Love Dogs

Emma

A group of friends acts out the tale of literature's favorite matchmaker

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, December1, 2004

Sugar and Spice

An art exhibit to tickle you, surprise you, and buoy your spirits intelligently

Love Stinks

Look, there's no way to end a romance without causing pain. Seriously.

Hamell on Trial

Tough Love

Letters to the Editor

Week of August 27, 2003

Irving

Good Morning Beautiful

Letters to the Editor

Week of January 29, 2003

Marital Aids

What to do when a former roommate leaves unmentionables behind when she moves

Say Da to Love

At the Singles Expo, we learn that Russian brides are the hottest thing since online personal ads

Best Monday Night Make-Out Bar

Hush Hush Lounge

Best Advice We Can Give the Unabashedly Horny Males at Polly Esther's

Hush Hush Lounge

Social Grace

Mr. Evil; Forking Pizza; Old-fashioned Gentleman

Comrades of the People's Republic

While traveling in China, our writer explores that country's increasing sexual freedom

Savage Love

While traveling in China, our writer explores that country's increasing sexual freedom

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

While traveling in China, our writer explores that country's increasing sexual freedom

Savage Love

While traveling in China, our writer explores that country's increasing sexual freedom

Savage Love

While traveling in China, our writer explores that country's increasing sexual freedom

Goodbye, Dolly

ACT's The Matchmaker too frequently recalls how much better the musical is

Savage Love

ACT's The Matchmaker too frequently recalls how much better the musical is

Savage Love

ACT's The Matchmaker too frequently recalls how much better the musical is