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Bay Area Man Sues Company Over Unwanted Flirting Tips

​A Bay Area man has insisted he doesn't need help picking up chicks. To prove this, Andrew Humble, a Millbrae resident,  filed a lawsuit in San Francisco this week, claiming a Georgia-based company sent him "flirting tips" via text message -- and then charged him for the dating advice without ... More >>

Lost Boys: New Research Demolishes the Stereotype of the Underage Sex Worker

​A Bay Area man has insisted he doesn't need help picking up chicks. To prove this, Andrew Humble, a Millbrae resident,  filed a lawsuit in San Francisco this week, claiming a Georgia-based company sent him "flirting tips" via text message -- and then charged him for the dating advice without ... More >>

Studio Gourmet is Inside the Actors Studio for Chefs, and You Can Be in the Audience!

Studio Gourmet's FaceBook page1300 Fillmore's chef David Lawrence at Studio Gourmet.​Brad Lev founded Studio Gourmet while still living in Atlanta, Georgia. He owned a catering business, which was headquartered in a 5,000 square foot space, perfect for special events. He started hosting specia ... More >>

After "Portlandia", Washed Out Trades Sampling for Songwriting

Studio Gourmet's FaceBook page1300 Fillmore's chef David Lawrence at Studio Gourmet.​Brad Lev founded Studio Gourmet while still living in Atlanta, Georgia. He owned a catering business, which was headquartered in a 5,000 square foot space, perfect for special events. He started hosting specia ... More >>

Grocery Chain Fresh & Easy Opens First Location in S.F.

Studio Gourmet's FaceBook page1300 Fillmore's chef David Lawrence at Studio Gourmet.​Brad Lev founded Studio Gourmet while still living in Atlanta, Georgia. He owned a catering business, which was headquartered in a 5,000 square foot space, perfect for special events. He started hosting specia ... More >>

Previewing San Francisco's New Fresh & Easy Markets

Jonathan KauffmanFresh & Easy's prepared salads are attractively packaged.​Wednesday, June 22, is opening day for the Richmond District Fresh & Easy, a Britain-based grocery chain spreading across California with the speed of kudzu vines in Georgia. Owned by Tesco, Fresh & Easy opened ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Recap: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Microwave

bravotv.comHugh and his magnificent eyebrow.​After last week's rerun, we were amped for last night's all new Top Chef Masters. What we were not so amped about? The episode's title, "Blinded me with Science." We didn't go blind, but we came close pulling an optic nerve rolling our eyes at the l ... More >>

Seven Brainy Movies for the Summer

bravotv.comHugh and his magnificent eyebrow.​After last week's rerun, we were amped for last night's all new Top Chef Masters. What we were not so amped about? The episode's title, "Blinded me with Science." We didn't go blind, but we came close pulling an optic nerve rolling our eyes at the l ... More >>

Six Lucky Foods for the New Year and Where to Find Them

nep/FlickrBlack-eyed peas are said to resemble coins, a symbol of prosperity for the New Year.​Among numerous New Year's traditions (kissing at midnight, binge drinking, swearing at occupied cabs around 4 a.m.) are those of the culinary persuasion. Here are six foods that, if consumed in celeb ... More >>

Tommie Smith Selling Gold Medal (PICS)

...Step three: Profit​Want a Gold Medal? Start training. Or, start saving. Tommie Smith, the former San Jose State track star immortalized when he and fellow San Jose teammate John Carlos gave Black Power salutes on the medal stand in 1968, is hawking his gold medal. You can put in your bid here a ... More >>

Come Together: Paul McCartney's Return to SF

​My mom is way cooler than I am. Back when she lived in Atlanta, Georgia, and had a southern accent still intact, she was a music journalist whose homemade chocolate chip cookies gave her an automatic "in" backstage at Elvis Costello and Bruce Springsteen concerts. At 57, she continues to tell me ... More >>

Harlem Globetrotters to Traverse Golden Gate Bridge. What Could Go Wrong?

Those tall guys on the Golden Gate Bridge? That's right...​Yes, the rumors are true: The Harlem Globetrotters, prior to their trio of forthcoming Bay Area games, will dribble basketballs across the Golden Gate Bridge tomorrow morning. Hey, sounds like fun (they'll even do a bit of habitat restorat ... More >>

Sewage Sludge Protestors Sling Mud at Chez Panisse

superhappyfoodie/FlickrUnfair target?​The good folks who earlier this month gallivanted into Mayor Gavin Newsom's office outfitted in HazMat suits and brandishing jars of compost will be doling out the charm again tomorrow ― at Chez Panisse. The Organic Consumers Association, via a not overh ... More >>

Cuba Libre

superhappyfoodie/FlickrUnfair target?​The good folks who earlier this month gallivanted into Mayor Gavin Newsom's office outfitted in HazMat suits and brandishing jars of compost will be doling out the charm again tomorrow ― at Chez Panisse. The Organic Consumers Association, via a not overh ... More >>

Openers (New Column): Personal & the Pizzas

​"Openers" is a new column here at All Shook Down in which we will dig up some of the best opening bands in San Francisco each week and tell you why it's worth showing up early to catch them. Our ambition is to uncover music that you aren't familiar with and would otherwise probably eat a burrito ... More >>

Duck, Duck, Suit: One SF Duck Tour Sues Another Over Trademarked Quack

In November of last year, the SF Weekly published a cover story on the all-out duck fight going on between the city's rival amphibious tours, Bay Quackers and Ride the Ducks. Bay Quackers is the smaller, locally owned business that's been around about five years; Ride the Ducks belongs to ... More >>

Mastodon exposes its inner prog

In November of last year, the SF Weekly published a cover story on the all-out duck fight going on between the city's rival amphibious tours, Bay Quackers and Ride the Ducks. Bay Quackers is the smaller, locally owned business that's been around about five years; Ride the Ducks belongs to ... More >>

SF Government InAction: We blame everybody. EVERYBODY!

By Benjamin Wachs San Francisco has managed to come out of the most hopeful election in US memory more divided than ever. It’s not because Prop 8 passed – everybody loses at some point in a Democracy. It’s because our search for someone to blame has now got us hating each other even more ... More >>

Last Night: The Mountain Goats at the Fillmore

By Benjamin Wachs San Francisco has managed to come out of the most hopeful election in US memory more divided than ever. It’s not because Prop 8 passed – everybody loses at some point in a Democracy. It’s because our search for someone to blame has now got us hating each other even more ... More >>

Swedish Skull Crush

By Benjamin Wachs San Francisco has managed to come out of the most hopeful election in US memory more divided than ever. It’s not because Prop 8 passed – everybody loses at some point in a Democracy. It’s because our search for someone to blame has now got us hating each other even more ... More >>

CSNY: Déjà Vu

By Benjamin Wachs San Francisco has managed to come out of the most hopeful election in US memory more divided than ever. It’s not because Prop 8 passed – everybody loses at some point in a Democracy. It’s because our search for someone to blame has now got us hating each other even more ... More >>

Dark Meat drags underground rock below the Mason-Dixon Line

By Benjamin Wachs San Francisco has managed to come out of the most hopeful election in US memory more divided than ever. It’s not because Prop 8 passed – everybody loses at some point in a Democracy. It’s because our search for someone to blame has now got us hating each other even more ... More >>

Soundtrack to Your Future Unemployment!

By Benjamin Wachs San Francisco has managed to come out of the most hopeful election in US memory more divided than ever. It’s not because Prop 8 passed – everybody loses at some point in a Democracy. It’s because our search for someone to blame has now got us hating each other even more ... More >>

Guitar Hero III Easily the Best Entry in the Franchise

By Benjamin Wachs San Francisco has managed to come out of the most hopeful election in US memory more divided than ever. It’s not because Prop 8 passed – everybody loses at some point in a Democracy. It’s because our search for someone to blame has now got us hating each other even more ... More >>

Breaking the Cycle

It's expensive and time-consuming, but a court can help cure the hard-core homeless problem in San Francisco

The Call of Katrina

Dirty Dozen Brass Band gives sonic insight into New Orleans' stormy history

Grand Opening

The inaugural exhibition at Catharine Clark's new gallery shows that context is everything

Repertory Film Listings

The inaugural exhibition at Catharine Clark's new gallery shows that context is everything

Repertory Film Listings

The inaugural exhibition at Catharine Clark's new gallery shows that context is everything

The blue-blooded Blowfly, the multialiased MF Doom, and the lyrically infallible Casual

The inaugural exhibition at Catharine Clark's new gallery shows that context is everything

Sage Francis

A Healthy Distrust

Yippie-Ki-Yay!

Getting back to what the Cow Palace was intended for: rodeo

Dog Bites

The photo spread that has the city giggling

Life on the Savanna

The photo spread that has the city giggling

Missing Links

A well-meaning ode to golf's first legend ends up in the bunker

Bot of Course, My Dear

At the first ROBOlympics, the combat robots are thrilling, but those cute, humanoid Robo-Ones steal the show

Skits and Skin

Is it getting hot in here?

Reps Etc.

Is it getting hot in here?

Rockin' Dixie

Two Southern-fried artists bring politics and religion to light, while Grace Slick checks her pulse

The Apples in Stereo

Discovery of the World Inside the Moone
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Side Dish

Eating Winona; Doon Town; Pictionary; Fore; Star-ing

South and West

Eating Winona; Doon Town; Pictionary; Fore; Star-ing

White Wedding

Eating Winona; Doon Town; Pictionary; Fore; Star-ing

Hear This

Eating Winona; Doon Town; Pictionary; Fore; Star-ing

Night+Day

Eating Winona; Doon Town; Pictionary; Fore; Star-ing

Suspicious Minds

Eating Winona; Doon Town; Pictionary; Fore; Star-ing

Recordings

Eating Winona; Doon Town; Pictionary; Fore; Star-ing