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  • Blogs

    January 7, 2013

    Oil Tanker Hits Bay Bridge, No Signs of Spilled Oil So Far

    At 11:37 a.m today, an oil tanker hit the Bay Bridge's eastern tower. The tanker was empty and emergency crews said that they have not seen spilled oil in the water, the Chronicle reported. Still, officials from the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife established a nearby command post and sent ... More >>

  • Film

    December 26, 2012

    The Year in Film: Top 10 Movies of 2012

    At 11:37 a.m today, an oil tanker hit the Bay Bridge's eastern tower. The tanker was empty and emergency crews said that they have not seen spilled oil in the water, the Chronicle reported. Still, officials from the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife established a nearby command post and sent ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 28, 2012

    Machka: A Few Bright Spots with Turkish Flair

    At 11:37 a.m today, an oil tanker hit the Bay Bridge's eastern tower. The tanker was empty and emergency crews said that they have not seen spilled oil in the water, the Chronicle reported. Still, officials from the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife established a nearby command post and sent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2012

    Pig Out on Greek Food at This Weekend's Taste of Greece Festival

    A Taste of Greece Where: Annunciation Cathedral, 245 Valencia St (at 14th) When: Fri. Sept. 21 - Sun. Sept 23 (Fri-Sat 12-10 p.m., Sun 12-8p.m.) Cost: $5 adults, childen under 12 free Fancy a food festival this weekend but don't feel like fighting the crowds across the bay at the Eat Real Fest? St ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2012

    Mitt Romney Trashes California, Comparing Golden State to Financially Screwed Europe

    Mitt Romney is in trouble with California Democrats -- not that he really cares. The Republican Presidential candidate was heard popping off again, but this time he was trashing California instead of Palestine. While speaking to a group of Iowans, Romney talked about how another four years with Obam ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 4, 2012

    Troya: Traditional Mediterranean Gets Tarted Up

    Mitt Romney is in trouble with California Democrats -- not that he really cares. The Republican Presidential candidate was heard popping off again, but this time he was trashing California instead of Palestine. While speaking to a group of Iowans, Romney talked about how another four years with Obam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Russell Brand and Kristen Wiig Are Sexy, Spam Is Evil, and S.F.'s Best Vegan Junk Food

    ​This news is from last week but I was in Greece and Russia (WHAT'S UP I HAVE A PASSPORT) so I'm gonna talk about it anyway, okay? Okay! Also, I've got mad jet lag, a nasty cold, and a really bad attitude. Things could get extra real today and I apologize in advance/YOU'RE WELCOME. • So! SFood ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 22, 2011

    Wall of Sound, Plate of Cakes

    ​This news is from last week but I was in Greece and Russia (WHAT'S UP I HAVE A PASSPORT) so I'm gonna talk about it anyway, okay? Okay! Also, I've got mad jet lag, a nasty cold, and a really bad attitude. Things could get extra real today and I apologize in advance/YOU'RE WELCOME. • So! SFood ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Summer Food Festivals, Product Placement, and the Mysteries of Meal Snap

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Mark your summer calendar. Every year I swear I'm going to make it to events like the Fiesta Filipina and the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral's Taste of Greece but always fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    A Field Guide to Sustainable and Delicious Dry Farmed Wines

    Whole lotta irrigation goin' on in Napa.​Irrigation is plainly a function of the modern world. Though the ancient Romans built spectacular gravity-driven aqueducts, drip irrigation for agriculture was not invented until the late 1960s in Israel, and only in the 1970s did water-bearing pipes a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    In Print: the Forward Leanings of Baths, Eskmo, and oOoOO, Plus the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise

    Baths' Will Wiesenfeld​From SF Weekly's latest print music section:You're Okay, Computer: Consider Baths, the stage name of 21-year-old bedroom producer Will Wiesenfeld, who uses a laptop and various other tools to make beat music, with vocals, that is melancholic and complex and beautiful. A sudd ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    Baths' Will Wiesenfeld​From SF Weekly's latest print music section:You're Okay, Computer: Consider Baths, the stage name of 21-year-old bedroom producer Will Wiesenfeld, who uses a laptop and various other tools to make beat music, with vocals, that is melancholic and complex and beautiful. A sudd ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Doyle Drive's costly pothole

    Governor Schwarzenegger is willing to pour billions of public dollars into a schemeto benefit private investors.

  • Culture

    May 12, 2010

    Theater Review: "Hot Greeks" at the Hypnodrome

    Governor Schwarzenegger is willing to pour billions of public dollars into a schemeto benefit private investors.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Local Band Q&A with Local Noiseniks CCR Headcleaner

    Alan Miknus​​It took some time to track down CCR Headcleaner. Messages were left, mailboxes were full, emails went unread. Finally, on a crisp San Francisco afternoon I got a hold of drummer Nick Givens, who blurted out "Every member of CCR Headcleaner is officially homeless! Can we meet at nine ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    Salacious Drag from Ancient Greece

    Alan Miknus​​It took some time to track down CCR Headcleaner. Messages were left, mailboxes were full, emails went unread. Finally, on a crisp San Francisco afternoon I got a hold of drummer Nick Givens, who blurted out "Every member of CCR Headcleaner is officially homeless! Can we meet at nine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2009

    Eight New Year's Food Customs from Around the World

    In the United States, the new year is usually ushered in by champagne and as many hangover-inducing beverages as we can get our hands on. In other countries, however, hearty food traditions mark the start of the year. Below, some of our favorites.​8. The Christ CakeIn Greece, the vasilopeta cake i ... More >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2009

    Argy

    In the United States, the new year is usually ushered in by champagne and as many hangover-inducing beverages as we can get our hands on. In other countries, however, hearty food traditions mark the start of the year. Below, some of our favorites.​8. The Christ CakeIn Greece, the vasilopeta cake i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2009

    The Baker's Wife Will See You Now

    In the United States, the new year is usually ushered in by champagne and as many hangover-inducing beverages as we can get our hands on. In other countries, however, hearty food traditions mark the start of the year. Below, some of our favorites.​8. The Christ CakeIn Greece, the vasilopeta cake i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    Happy Greek Independence Day!

    Opa! Opaaaaaaaa!!

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Blue Monkey Used San Francisco as Springboard to World Tour

    This is Wilbert, everyone. He's a a three-haired, yellow-bellied, stuffed monkey who started his world travels in San Francisco on May 4, 2008. Since then, he's hit up Paris, Jamaica, New York City, Toronto, Vegas, Tokyo, the Amazon, Rio De Janeiro, China, Greece, Oklahoma, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Why Can't Radicals Protest JUST ONE THING At a Time?

    "What're you protesting against, Johnny?" "Whaddya got?" Why protesters who can't stick to the subject deserve nothing but contempt To those of us who live in the Bay Area, it's old hat by now - but to my family and friends in the Midwest, it's still baffling. "Wait, so, these people went t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2008

    The Shadow Knows

    "What're you protesting against, Johnny?" "Whaddya got?" Why protesters who can't stick to the subject deserve nothing but contempt To those of us who live in the Bay Area, it's old hat by now - but to my family and friends in the Midwest, it's still baffling. "Wait, so, these people went t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2008

    Sports Buffs

    "What're you protesting against, Johnny?" "Whaddya got?" Why protesters who can't stick to the subject deserve nothing but contempt To those of us who live in the Bay Area, it's old hat by now - but to my family and friends in the Midwest, it's still baffling. "Wait, so, these people went t ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 4, 2008

    Mack the Kunafa

    New tastes from the Middle East.

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2008

    Roman Holiday

    New tastes from the Middle East.

  • Dining

    February 13, 2008

    Inner Richmond's Troya Takes Turkish Up a Notch

    New tastes from the Middle East.

  • Dining

    July 25, 2007

    Tasty Decor

    An uneven Mediterranean kitchen and international wines come sleekly wrapped in exotic wood

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2007

    Placebo releases Extended Play '07

    An uneven Mediterranean kitchen and international wines come sleekly wrapped in exotic wood

  • Film

    December 7, 2005

    Repertory Film Listings

    An uneven Mediterranean kitchen and international wines come sleekly wrapped in exotic wood

  • Film

    November 30, 2005

    Repertory Film Listings

    An uneven Mediterranean kitchen and international wines come sleekly wrapped in exotic wood

  • Film

    November 23, 2005

    Repertory Film Listings

    An uneven Mediterranean kitchen and international wines come sleekly wrapped in exotic wood

  • Dining

    August 10, 2005

    Everything We Ate

    Pleasant food in a pretty room at a new Turkish-accented "Mediterranean" spot in the Marina

  • Music

    June 22, 2005

    BeatBox

    Funky house impresario Chris Fortier; "The Hottest Dyke March After Party" at the Rickshaw Stop

  • Film

    June 15, 2005

    Reps Etc.

    Funky house impresario Chris Fortier; "The Hottest Dyke March After Party" at the Rickshaw Stop

  • Dining

    May 5, 2004

    Hits and Myths

    A fancy Greek restaurant explodes our expectations of cheap, unmemorable fare

  • Dining

    January 7, 2004

    Feta (Not Quite) Accompli

    Our second meal isn't as dazzling as our first at a new Greek eatery

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Yogurt

    Total

  • Dining

    August 28, 2002

    Toga Party

    O Mythos

  • Dining

    January 2, 2002

    Passing Through

    Sampling the cozy bars along Divisadero

  • Film

    August 15, 2001

    Ship of Fools

    The setting is the only real star in the cliché-ridden Captain Corelli's Mandolin

  • Dining

    June 6, 2001

    Dinner at the Oasis

    Fattoush

  • Dining

    October 18, 2000

    A Welcome Homecoming

    Jianna

  • Dining

    October 27, 1999

    Livin' La Dolce Vita

    Jianna

  • Calendar

    June 9, 1999

    Just Plain Folk

    Jianna

  • Dining

    March 24, 1999

    Grecian Formula

    Jianna

  • Dining

    September 18, 1996

    Dish

    Jianna

  • Dining

    August 14, 1996

    What's in a Name?

    At Pride of the Mediterranean, well-done is the order of the day

  • Film

    July 19, 1995

    Speaking in Tongues

    A cacophony of accents, from Russian to Arabic, rings through the Jewish Film Festival

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