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    May 2, 2012

    Cupcake Wars: The Problem With a Cupcake Show Is That It's a Cupcake Show

    Each week, we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with food TV. This week, Cupcake Wars, an hour-long show about one thing, over and over, until death comes, Sundays at 8 p.m. on the Food Network. Cupcake Wars has been on the air just two years, but they're already finishing up their fif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Planned Parenthood Wants You to 'Check In' When You Have Sex

    ​The nonprofit family-planning and sexual-health group Planned Parenthood has been much in the headlines over the past month. After a scandal over a potential loss of foundation funding, PP was hit with the bizarre accusations of a conservative Indiana state legislator who claimed the organization ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Indiana Republican Bob Morris Admits He's Really Scared of Girl Scouts

    ​Indiana doesn't make it in the news too often, and sadly, for the people of the Hoosier state, this is what happens when it does get its 15 minutes of fame.Paranoid Republican Rep. Bob Morris reportedly accused the Girl Scouts of being a radical branch of Planned Parenthood. More specifically, he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    There Are Two Conservative Girl Scout Cookie Boycotts This Year

    ​According to an article in Salon yesterday, this year Girl Scout Cookies are under attack. Yes, cookies. Conservative activists have spotted a tenuous link between the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood -- apparently, some scouts attended an event at which a Planned Parenthood UK brochure arguing ... More >>

  • News

    November 30, 2011

    The Old Gray Mare: At 75, the Bay Bridge Remains Hardworking and Overlooked

    ​According to an article in Salon yesterday, this year Girl Scout Cookies are under attack. Yes, cookies. Conservative activists have spotted a tenuous link between the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood -- apparently, some scouts attended an event at which a Planned Parenthood UK brochure arguing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    The Girl Scouts' New Locavore Badge: What You Have to Do to Earn It

    The Girl Scouts' Locavore badge.​Last week, NPR reported that the Girl Scouts of the USA had just revised its badges for the first time in 20 years. The update included introducing a new "Locavore" badge for senior scouts ages 14-16. But what do the scouts have to do to earn it? A fair amount of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Bittman Blasts McDonald's, Old People Say No to Meat Loaf, Wholesome Bakery Rules!

    ​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Mark Bittman writes a lot (and I mean a lot) about how fucked McDonald's oatmeal is and how basically, it's a reflection of how fucked the company is and how they don't give two shits about anything but getting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Let Them Eat Nachos: Giants Hosting First-Ever Bastille Day at AT&T Park

    ​AT&T Park and the Giants are being careful not to isolate any group on the planet. Ballpark nights honoring singles, Jews, LGBTers, Girl Scouts, Deadheads, and German beer fans all seem to affirm that yes, baseball really cares. And while it's unknown how many local baseball fans are either F ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2009

    Strange Courtfellows — Driver and people he ran into in parking lot

    ​AT&T Park and the Giants are being careful not to isolate any group on the planet. Ballpark nights honoring singles, Jews, LGBTers, Girl Scouts, Deadheads, and German beer fans all seem to affirm that yes, baseball really cares. And while it's unknown how many local baseball fans are either F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Why Local Troops Needn't Worry About Wal-Mart's Bootleg Girl Scout Cookies

    Should Mission panaderias panic over Girl Scouts Dulce de Leche cookies?​If you've been surfing the Internet today, you've quite possibly read something about Wal-Mart's new, suspiciously Girl Scout-like cookies. You may have even wondered how a giant corporation could prey on little girls like th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Hubert Keller Wins First Top Chef Masters Episode with Dorm-Room Mac and Cheese

    On last night's premiere of Top Chef Masters, Hubert Keller, executive chef/owner of Fleur de Lys (777 Sutter at Taylor) charmed a gaggle of Girl Scouts and a mess of college students and whipped up the winning meal: Cold Scottish salmon, hardy carrot and petit pea soup with cinnamon croutons, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    SF Gov InAction: What Kind of MONSTER Wouldn't Get a Candle Permit? Plus: Save the Budget Analyst!

    Monday, April 6 11 a.m. - Public Safety Committee Who watches the watchers? Why, the Public Safety Committee does. Every other week. Its recent agendas haven't actually involved DOING much -- there's not much legislation coming out of these meetings -- but they've been crammed with hearings ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    SF Gov InAction: Meet the Guardian's Imaginary Friend and Congratulate the Department of Technology on Its Fictitous $750,000 Tech Center

    When your whole government shuts down so that it can go to Washington D.C. and lobby for handouts, you know you've reached a point of no return. Economically it's a sign of total defeat, an acknowledgment that we are a zombie municipality that needs fresh infusions of federal blood just to go thr ... More >>

  • News

    August 6, 2008

    The Chief Is In (for Now)

    With homicide cases going unsolved and morale in the police department sinking, Heather Fong's days as chief may be numbered.

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2008

    Gradient: Sexy or Tie Dye Gone Wrong?

    With homicide cases going unsolved and morale in the police department sinking, Heather Fong's days as chief may be numbered.

  • Blogs

    July 4, 2007

    Fair or No Fair with Indulgent Aunt M (at the Alameda County Fair)

    With homicide cases going unsolved and morale in the police department sinking, Heather Fong's days as chief may be numbered.

  • Film

    August 9, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    With homicide cases going unsolved and morale in the police department sinking, Heather Fong's days as chief may be numbered.

  • Culture

    April 26, 2006

    Rose of No Man's Land

    It may be fiction, but it's real

  • Film

    October 12, 2005

    Repertory Film Listings

    It may be fiction, but it's real

  • Music

    October 12, 2005

    Miss Oktoberfest

    The simple pleasures of getting drunk in a German bar for Oktoberfest

  • Calendar

    September 7, 2005

    In the Club

    Moscone gets green

  • Music

    March 2, 2005

    My Date With the Yeti

    Sasquatch and industrial music make the Bigfoot Lodge the perfect bar for ... yuppies?

  • News

    November 24, 2004

    The Dog Bites Interview: Robots That Protest

    An interview with men who make robots that protest.

  • Music Awards

    October 20, 2004

    Music Awards Nominees

    An interview with men who make robots that protest.

  • Music

    September 15, 2004

    Pop-Punk Confessional

    We've all thought about it, but one man finally went and confessed his love of pop-punk

  • News

    February 18, 2004

    Enslaved in Palo Alto

    A domestic worker from Kenya has accused her employer -- a prominent African journalist -- of human trafficking

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    July 10, 2002

    Real Fourth of July

    In Point Arena, where small town and big city mix, and become fond memory

  • Calendar

    March 6, 2002

    Back to School

    Artist Jona Frank shows her series of revealing portraits taken at high schools around the country

  • News

    January 23, 2002

    Horse Senseless

    City closes Golden Gate Park stables for long-needed rehab; only-in-S.F. protest has privileged horse-owners refusing to move mounts

  • Film

    January 3, 2001

    Reel World

    Teknolust; That Is a Family!

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    November 3, 1999

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    July 22, 1998

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    January 3, 1996

    Dharma Bummed

    As it approaches its centennial, the San Francisco-based Buddhist Churches of America finds itself weakened by Japanese-American assimilation, spiritual decline, and a nasty sexual harassment suit

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    October 25, 1995

    Genderation X

    You can change your body with surgery and hormones, but what happens after that might surprise you

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    September 27, 1995

    Drag Kings

    From San Francisco to London, women are donning men's clothes, assuming males personas, and challenging the very concept of gender. Just what is male and female, anyway?

  • Calendar

    March 22, 1995

    Savage Love

    From San Francisco to London, women are donning men's clothes, assuming males personas, and challenging the very concept of gender. Just what is male and female, anyway?

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