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Local Moms Want Schools to Cut Hair, Not Budgets

​Leonard Flynn School is no different than every other education facility in the city --- it has no money! Thanks to ongoing budget cuts, local parents have been shouldering much of the cost for the fun part of the kid's education, like art and music. In the latest endeavor to help out San Fr ... More >>

Cache of 'Staches

​Leonard Flynn School is no different than every other education facility in the city --- it has no money! Thanks to ongoing budget cuts, local parents have been shouldering much of the cost for the fun part of the kid's education, like art and music. In the latest endeavor to help out San Fr ... More >>

Whiskey & Waxing Contest Seeks SF's Best Beards and Mustaches

Alison PebworthFreshly sculpted facial hair at the YBCA event​Where: Comstock Saloon, 155 Columbus (at Kearny), 617-0071 When: Mon., August 15, 7 p.m. contestant registration, competition at 8 p.m. Cost: $5 Boothby cocktails, sidecars, and tastes of St. George Single Malt Whiskey The rundow ... More >>

Make Offer

Alison PebworthFreshly sculpted facial hair at the YBCA event​Where: Comstock Saloon, 155 Columbus (at Kearny), 617-0071 When: Mon., August 15, 7 p.m. contestant registration, competition at 8 p.m. Cost: $5 Boothby cocktails, sidecars, and tastes of St. George Single Malt Whiskey The rundow ... More >>

'Mayor Mustache' In San Francisco?

Is Ed Lee a whisker away from making history? ​First Mayor With Facial Hair Since 1944? When Mayor Gavin Newsom suggested his successor during the San Francisco Giants World Series parade, he borrowed one of the team's catchphrases: "Fear the beard." Tightly wound progressives at the time thought ... More >>

Growing Pains

Is Ed Lee a whisker away from making history? ​First Mayor With Facial Hair Since 1944? When Mayor Gavin Newsom suggested his successor during the San Francisco Giants World Series parade, he borrowed one of the team's catchphrases: "Fear the beard." Tightly wound progressives at the time thought ... More >>

Bay Area Beard Luminary Jack Passion to Host National Facial Hair Championships

Jack Passion in recent years; his beard has grown bigger, though no redder​Jack Passion is, quite simply, the John C. Holmes of beards. The Walnut Creek native's facial hair resembles a rhododendron bush. He's the only person we know who could smuggle a bottle of champagne into a ballpark in his b ... More >>

What To Do? Thursday's Pick: The 2009 'Stache Bash

​The 2009 'Stache Bash @ Rickshaw Stop Not everyone can grow a mustache in four weeks. Some people can grow only a gentle patch of downy meadow grass or a few sprouted outposts lashed to an otherwise barren upper lip. Surely, these people are real men, and when they take the stage at Rickshaw Sto ... More >>

Say It Ain't So! USF Rugby Considers Shaving the Maniacal Mustache Look.

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

All Grown Up

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

Sean Owens explores the virtues of a drag queen's best friend in Stale Magnolias

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

Eleven Minutes

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

Eleven Minutes

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

Last Night: Savant Garde Fashion Show at 111 Minna

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

Shooties: the Demise of Shoes

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

Whiskery Goodness

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

Supercuts

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

Smells Good Enough To Eat: Roast Beef And Bruschetta Perfume

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

Smells Good Enough To Eat: Roast Beef And Bruschetta Perfume

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

Just Don't Sit Down in It

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

Lost By a Whisker

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

Shake Your Little Tush

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

SF Fashion to Bloggers: Fuck off, nerds!

Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

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Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

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Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

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