Weekend wrap-up by Janine KahnSorry to shake you out of tryptophan-induced slothfulness, but it's Cyber Monday, kids. And that means you're supposed to blow what's left of the shopping dough you didn't honestly have last week on marginally-cheaper memory cards and online escorts or something. It's your duty to god and government! At least that's what we took away after running into these clever signs on Powell and Market streets last Friday (see above).
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Raising Funds (Toys for Tots Drive)
The Milk Bar
November 29, 2008
Notes and photos by Jackie Lopez
Saturday night was all about celebrating a few minor victories in this time of recession: gas prices going down (well, for the time being), the stock market shooting up with Obama's appointment of a Treasury secretary (it'll probably plummet come next week, but we'll take what we can get). But more than that, it was about giving something back. An unopened, unwrapped toy got you into the Milk Bar
One of the most respected DJs to grace the Bay Area, Miguel Escobedo has been manning the decks for over two decades. The resident DJ for San Francisco's Rock the Bells tour stop, he's one of the most sought out vinyl spinners when national artists are looking for local support.
Coming up in the game with fellow homeboys the Beat Junkies and Sake 1 at hip hop's peak in the 1990's, Mr. E, as he's known, recently sat down for a Q&A session at his restaurant, Papalote (the man can make bomb M