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Francis Drake

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    September 23, 2011

    Cocktail Week Events This Weekend, Sept. 24-25

    Lou BustamanteJoel Teitelbaum at the Starlight Room​The final two days of cocktail week are jam-packed, with awards, seminars, and parties. Once it's done, we're doing a cleanse, eating some vegetables, and getting our livers back in shape for in time for WhiskyFest on October 7th. Historic ... More >>

  • Music

    February 23, 2011

    Bouncer: A Solo Voyage at the Buccaneer

    Lou BustamanteJoel Teitelbaum at the Starlight Room​The final two days of cocktail week are jam-packed, with awards, seminars, and parties. Once it's done, we're doing a cleanse, eating some vegetables, and getting our livers back in shape for in time for WhiskyFest on October 7th. Historic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    City's Restroom Taskforce Wants You To -- Ahem -- Sit Down And Offer Your Input

    Jim HerdAs noted before, this public restroom in the Panhandle cost as much as a 16,200-square-foot mansion in the midwestDoes this city have a taskforce on taskforces? It doesn't appear to -- but just you wait, now someone will bring it up. In any event, all excretory humor aside, we do have a rest ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 24, 2009

    Fun Times from Uncle Sugar

    Fifteen fabulous ways to stimulate the local economy.

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Passport to the World NYE vs. NYE Ball 2009

    Passport to the World NYE vs. NYE Ball 2009The Westin St. Francis and Sir Francis Drake HotelDecember 31, 2008Notes by Crystal Akins Photos by Crystal Akins and Hardy Wilson Better than: Standing outside and watching the fireworks in the cold -- but at least that's free. On New Year's Eve, the We ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 20, 2008

    Cracked Up

    Passport to the World NYE vs. NYE Ball 2009The Westin St. Francis and Sir Francis Drake HotelDecember 31, 2008Notes by Crystal Akins Photos by Crystal Akins and Hardy Wilson Better than: Standing outside and watching the fireworks in the cold -- but at least that's free. On New Year's Eve, the We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2008

    Human Trapped Under MUNI Bus, Winds Flip Tractor Trailer - News on the "New Year's Storm of 2008"

    Passport to the World NYE vs. NYE Ball 2009The Westin St. Francis and Sir Francis Drake HotelDecember 31, 2008Notes by Crystal Akins Photos by Crystal Akins and Hardy Wilson Better than: Standing outside and watching the fireworks in the cold -- but at least that's free. On New Year's Eve, the We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2007

    New York Post on S.F.: Sir Francis Drake, AIDS, and Everything in Between

    Passport to the World NYE vs. NYE Ball 2009The Westin St. Francis and Sir Francis Drake HotelDecember 31, 2008Notes by Crystal Akins Photos by Crystal Akins and Hardy Wilson Better than: Standing outside and watching the fireworks in the cold -- but at least that's free. On New Year's Eve, the We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2007

    Arrrrrrgh, Mendozer! It Be Yer Special Day!

    Passport to the World NYE vs. NYE Ball 2009The Westin St. Francis and Sir Francis Drake HotelDecember 31, 2008Notes by Crystal Akins Photos by Crystal Akins and Hardy Wilson Better than: Standing outside and watching the fireworks in the cold -- but at least that's free. On New Year's Eve, the We ... More >>

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    June 28, 2006

    A Different Tack

    A nautical novice learns sailing's not just for the high society

  • Culture

    March 23, 2005

    Encore

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    March 16, 2005

    Encore

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Music

    September 24, 2003

    Northern California Dreamer

    Jon Bernson was a man without a past, so he created one for himself in Ray's Vast Basement.

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Gingerbread House

    Sir Francis Drake Hotel

  • News

    March 12, 2003

    Pirates Be Cool (Yarrrgh!)

    All Things Piratical

  • Music

    September 18, 2002

    House of Tudor

    A rap-war documentary, the old new wave, and Gypsy-fied French noir

  • Dining

    March 21, 2001

    Side Dish

    Left Bank to Left Coast

  • Music

    August 23, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    Queer; Glamour Pussies; Ray's Vast Basement

  • Dining

    May 31, 2000

    Side Dish

    Color Me Red; No Spitting; Room With a View; Where Are They Now?

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    May 15, 1996

    Slap Shots

    Color Me Red; No Spitting; Room With a View; Where Are They Now?

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    December 13, 1995

    Money for Something

    Willie Brown's A-list donors and what they may want

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