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December 24, 2012It's a well-known fact that the worst time of year for music is Christmas. Christmas songs, by and large, stink to high heaven. They reek of sleigh bells and Santa references and tree dressing and mistletoe. They are overly sentimental and frequently border on sickly. Occasionally, however, there co ... More >>
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December 14, 2012Penguins might not be able to fly, but they sure as hell can sing -- or at least this sextet of aquatic birds can.
Call it a Christmas miracle, but somehow while bored at the San Francisco Zoo, these musically inclined penguins managed to harmonize the ubiquitous Christmas tune "Jingle Bells."
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December 12, 2012We get a lot of press releases here at SFoodie, and it's the rare pitch that stands out from the pack. Harley Farms in Pescadero got our attention this morning with a video promoting its goat cheese that features goats dressed in elf costumes lamenting the fact that reindeer get all the glory during ... More >>
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December 12, 2012We get a lot of press releases here at SFoodie, and it's the rare pitch that stands out from the pack. Harley Farms in Pescadero got our attention this morning with a video promoting its goat cheese that features goats dressed in elf costumes lamenting the fact that reindeer get all the glory during ... More >>
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December 12, 2012We get a lot of press releases here at SFoodie, and it's the rare pitch that stands out from the pack. Harley Farms in Pescadero got our attention this morning with a video promoting its goat cheese that features goats dressed in elf costumes lamenting the fact that reindeer get all the glory during ... More >>
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December 11, 2012This Christmas, instead of slaving away in your kitchen for hours making a delicious meal to feed relatives you might not like that much anyway, consider eating out and letting some of the best chefs in the city cook for you instead. On Christmas Eve, Hubert Keller's Fleur de Lys will be serving a f ... More >>
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December 7, 2012So 2012 was a bad year for you -- you lost your job or your home, or maybe you lost both your job and your home -- in that order.
But here's your chance to end the year on a good note and do something great for everyone, yourself included. You can start by donating some new toys to San Francisco's ... More >>
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December 6, 2012It's been about a week since the annual Santa-splosion has happened at Marlena's, the gay/dive bar on the main drag in Hayes Valley. This year brings 1,400 Santas of varying shapes, sizes, and species, literally everywhere you look in the small room -- hanging from the ceiling, chilling on every ima ... More >>
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November 28, 2012It's been about a week since the annual Santa-splosion has happened at Marlena's, the gay/dive bar on the main drag in Hayes Valley. This year brings 1,400 Santas of varying shapes, sizes, and species, literally everywhere you look in the small room -- hanging from the ceiling, chilling on every ima ... More >>
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November 28, 2012It's been about a week since the annual Santa-splosion has happened at Marlena's, the gay/dive bar on the main drag in Hayes Valley. This year brings 1,400 Santas of varying shapes, sizes, and species, literally everywhere you look in the small room -- hanging from the ceiling, chilling on every ima ... More >>
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November 21, 2012It's been about a week since the annual Santa-splosion has happened at Marlena's, the gay/dive bar on the main drag in Hayes Valley. This year brings 1,400 Santas of varying shapes, sizes, and species, literally everywhere you look in the small room -- hanging from the ceiling, chilling on every ima ... More >>
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November 21, 2012It's been about a week since the annual Santa-splosion has happened at Marlena's, the gay/dive bar on the main drag in Hayes Valley. This year brings 1,400 Santas of varying shapes, sizes, and species, literally everywhere you look in the small room -- hanging from the ceiling, chilling on every ima ... More >>
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November 12, 2012If you are anticipating a lonely Thanksgiving followed by an even emptier Christmas, stop with the pity party and go get yourself a pet.Starting Friday, you can peruse the Macy's storefront in Union Square to check out the latest crop of available animals who are just as sad and lonely as you are ri ... More >>
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November 7, 2012If you are anticipating a lonely Thanksgiving followed by an even emptier Christmas, stop with the pity party and go get yourself a pet.Starting Friday, you can peruse the Macy's storefront in Union Square to check out the latest crop of available animals who are just as sad and lonely as you are ri ... More >>
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December 23, 2011That's right, folks. It's the rarest of things -- a Christmas song that doesn't make you want to vomit, or jam sharp pencils into your ear-holes. Finding one of these gems is like stumbling across a white tiger in your backyard -- you can't believe it's there, you know it's not supposed to be there, ... More >>
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December 22, 2011Flour WaterWhat: Fancy Christmas Eve dinner of fanciness
Where: Flour Water
When: Sat., December 24, 6-9:30 p.m.
Cost: $265
The rundown: From SF Weekly's 7-Day Dish (subscribe!), we get word of a Christmas eve dinner for big spenders. Wiz kid chef Thomas McNaughton is planning a cha ... More >>
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December 21, 2011Flour WaterWhat: Fancy Christmas Eve dinner of fanciness
Where: Flour Water
When: Sat., December 24, 6-9:30 p.m.
Cost: $265
The rundown: From SF Weekly's 7-Day Dish (subscribe!), we get word of a Christmas eve dinner for big spenders. Wiz kid chef Thomas McNaughton is planning a cha ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
"Young people listen to you if you say fuck!"
That's Mary Risley's assessment of the viral success of her Thanksgiving video after being recognized in public for her YouTube achievement. "Just Put the F*cking Turkey in the Oven" has garnered more than 120,000 views since November for the head of ... More >>
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December 16, 2011In case you missed all the twinkling lights and massive, decorated trees everywhere, the holiday season is well and truly upon us. And, as you already know, that means it's also the season for awful, cringe-worthy music you can only listen to for -- at most -- one week of the year (the only excep ... More >>
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December 14, 2011What: Old World's Hanukkah Pop-Up Dinner
Where: La Victoria
When: Tue. and Wed., December 20 and 21, seatings at 5:30 and 8:15 p.m.
Cost: $40 adult, $20 kid (kids welcome at 5:30 p.m. seating)
The rundown: Jewish people and lovers of delicious Jewish food unite, for it's an unique pop-u ... More >>
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November 30, 2011What: Old World's Hanukkah Pop-Up Dinner
Where: La Victoria
When: Tue. and Wed., December 20 and 21, seatings at 5:30 and 8:15 p.m.
Cost: $40 adult, $20 kid (kids welcome at 5:30 p.m. seating)
The rundown: Jewish people and lovers of delicious Jewish food unite, for it's an unique pop-u ... More >>
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December 29, 2010What: Old World's Hanukkah Pop-Up Dinner
Where: La Victoria
When: Tue. and Wed., December 20 and 21, seatings at 5:30 and 8:15 p.m.
Cost: $40 adult, $20 kid (kids welcome at 5:30 p.m. seating)
The rundown: Jewish people and lovers of delicious Jewish food unite, for it's an unique pop-u ... More >>
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December 28, 2010Fa la la la la...An arson fire using a Christmas tree as kindling led to a frantic evacuation of an apartment building in Potrero Hill. Nobody was injured, but it was an unpleasant 4:30 a.m. wakeup call for the residents at Connecticut and Wisconsin streets. News reports stated that the Christmas ... More >>
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December 23, 2010Merry Christmas, indeed...As San Francisco empties out and its residents head "home" to places that possibly feature traditional Christmas weather, the hangers-on will cope with a different sort of holiday climate. The weather prediction for Dec. 25: breezy, rainy, cold -- but not cold enough to ... More >>
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December 22, 2010Merry Christmas, indeed...As San Francisco empties out and its residents head "home" to places that possibly feature traditional Christmas weather, the hangers-on will cope with a different sort of holiday climate. The weather prediction for Dec. 25: breezy, rainy, cold -- but not cold enough to ... More >>
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December 22, 2010Merry Christmas, indeed...As San Francisco empties out and its residents head "home" to places that possibly feature traditional Christmas weather, the hangers-on will cope with a different sort of holiday climate. The weather prediction for Dec. 25: breezy, rainy, cold -- but not cold enough to ... More >>
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December 20, 2010Nothing puts us in the holiday spirit like whispery vocals and rattling electronics.And now, an argument in favor of Christmas music -- that is, if it's made by non-pop-stars. After this definitive indication of what usually happens when you let mainstreamers make Christmas songs (that is, irrita ... More >>
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December 17, 2010Jonathan KauffmanDestination Bakery's gingerbread girl. The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one treat at a time.SFoodie has learned over the past three weeks that sugar cookies decorated to OCD standards aren't as common in this cit ... More >>
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December 16, 2010That's the basic idea...Is it a sign of the decline and fall of western civilization or, rather, a wonderful thing that one of the Bay Area's highest-rated Christmas TV programs is simply footage of a log burning -- for hours? By now you know: The answer is "yes." The "holiday log" once aga ... More >>
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December 15, 2010That's the basic idea...Is it a sign of the decline and fall of western civilization or, rather, a wonderful thing that one of the Bay Area's highest-rated Christmas TV programs is simply footage of a log burning -- for hours? By now you know: The answer is "yes." The "holiday log" once aga ... More >>
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December 8, 2010That's the basic idea...Is it a sign of the decline and fall of western civilization or, rather, a wonderful thing that one of the Bay Area's highest-rated Christmas TV programs is simply footage of a log burning -- for hours? By now you know: The answer is "yes." The "holiday log" once aga ... More >>
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December 7, 2010Shmaltz's gift pack ― the bottles can double as a menorah.Hanukkah is a time to celebrate miracles. This year, Shmaltz Brewing Co. ― which calls both S.F. and N.Y. home ― asked you to put down the Manischewitz for a minute and celebrate the miracle of beer. The 14-year-old brewery (happ ... More >>
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December 6, 2010Jonathan KauffmanCitizen Cake's cranberry verrine, $5.The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one treat at a time.Citizen Cake: The Pac Heights Sequel has a few sugar cookies in its case right now, decorated with OCD flair, but SFoodie's e ... More >>
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December 2, 2010Filled with the holiday spirit? Yep. Vegan? That, too.The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one holiday treat at a time.For a vegan like me, Candy Cane Joe-Joes are nature's perfect food. I don't exaggerate when I say that I wait all year f ... More >>
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December 1, 2010Filled with the holiday spirit? Yep. Vegan? That, too.The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one holiday treat at a time.For a vegan like me, Candy Cane Joe-Joes are nature's perfect food. I don't exaggerate when I say that I wait all year f ... More >>
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November 24, 2010Filled with the holiday spirit? Yep. Vegan? That, too.The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one holiday treat at a time.For a vegan like me, Candy Cane Joe-Joes are nature's perfect food. I don't exaggerate when I say that I wait all year f ... More >>
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November 24, 2010Filled with the holiday spirit? Yep. Vegan? That, too.The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one holiday treat at a time.For a vegan like me, Candy Cane Joe-Joes are nature's perfect food. I don't exaggerate when I say that I wait all year f ... More >>
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October 13, 2010Filled with the holiday spirit? Yep. Vegan? That, too.The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one holiday treat at a time.For a vegan like me, Candy Cane Joe-Joes are nature's perfect food. I don't exaggerate when I say that I wait all year f ... More >>
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December 16, 2009Filled with the holiday spirit? Yep. Vegan? That, too.The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one holiday treat at a time.For a vegan like me, Candy Cane Joe-Joes are nature's perfect food. I don't exaggerate when I say that I wait all year f ... More >>
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December 9, 2009Filled with the holiday spirit? Yep. Vegan? That, too.The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one holiday treat at a time.For a vegan like me, Candy Cane Joe-Joes are nature's perfect food. I don't exaggerate when I say that I wait all year f ... More >>
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December 24, 2008Filled with the holiday spirit? Yep. Vegan? That, too.The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one holiday treat at a time.For a vegan like me, Candy Cane Joe-Joes are nature's perfect food. I don't exaggerate when I say that I wait all year f ... More >>
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December 24, 2008Filled with the holiday spirit? Yep. Vegan? That, too.The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one holiday treat at a time.For a vegan like me, Candy Cane Joe-Joes are nature's perfect food. I don't exaggerate when I say that I wait all year f ... More >>
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