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Bouncer Discovers the Ultimate Tiki Dive Bar in Bamboo Hut

Homeless Roosters, Singing Pigs, and Cat Racism!

​ You knew I would have a Halloween-y recipe for you so let's just get that out of the way. I present stuffed-pepper jack-o-lanterns! Even though bell peppers are my nemesis, these are adorbs. See Also: - Vegan Big Mac, Space Veggies, and Happy Hellaween! - Morrissey, Mike Vick, and a Very Happ ... More >>

Fancy Feat

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Billy Corgan on the Death and Rebirth of the Smashing Pumpkins

Get a Free Cupcake Today at New Sift Cupcake & Dessert Bar

As we teased back in June, North Bay sweet shop Sift Cupcake & Dessert Bar has had its sights set on expanding in San Francisco. The first S.F. store is open today (Aug. 22) near the busy corner of California and Fillmore Streets in the former Dumplings and Buns space. Sift is the type of place tha ... More >>

America's Cup: "Team USA" Devoid of Americans

Glancing out the window here at SF Weekly, a graceful AC45 catamaran featuring a large tricolor on its sail was just towed toward today's race. Apparently, we are supposed to root against this French interloper into San Francisco's waters, and put our efforts into cheering for the "hometown" squad, ... More >>

Brangelina: Guess What's Wrong With This Photo

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been poked, prodded, and splayed across so many pages that one could be forgiven for ceasing to consider them real, live people. Instead, they're a tabula rasa, an abstract concept -- beautiful wax figures. You'll certainly get this impression if you read the Examin ... More >>

Vegan Lemon Meringue Pie, New Sandwiches at Subway, and This Poor Fatty Hedgehog Can't Hibernate!

​Big news for you vegan pizza lovers! Vegan Pizza Day is Saturday, June 30th! I know Source is participating, Paxti's too. What a wonderful holiday that will be. It's like Christmas but instead of tinsel, you have shredded cheese substitute. All the way from Australia, Mr. Nice Guy Cupcakes show ... More >>

Exhibit of S.F. Safe Injection Site Ends Next Week

A Safe Injection site is exactly what is sounds like: A place where drug-users can inject their dope worry-free.Specifically, safe injection sites are sort of like doctor's offices for drug injection; users can inject their drug of choice in a sterile environment under the supervision of a health ... More >>

Facebook Wants Narcissists to Pay to Make Sure Everyone Sees Their Brilliant Status Updates

Imagine this scene:Half-filled Starbucks, around 2 p.m. Man in plaid button-down sits at table, reading nytimes.com story about Michele Bachmann denouncing her Swiss citizenship. Man chuckles, then pulls up Facebook window.Man in plaid button-down: Excuse me.Facebook: Yeah, waddya want?Man in plaid ... More >>

"Last Call at the Oasis": Predicting the Coming Water Crisis

Smuggler's Cove and Wo Hing Tiki Night

When Don the Beachcomber, credited for inventing standards like the Zombie and Navy Grog, opened his tiki bar in Hollywood in 1934, he unleashed a mania for Polynesian drinks, food, and culture. It didn't take long for other enterprising folks across the country to get in on the "exotic" drink actio ... More >>

Non-Gross Raw Food Classes, Vegan Deep-Dish in Alameda, and Vegan Bodybuilders!

​• Vegan bodybuilders featured in the New York Times. They're huge and scary and fairly-awesome. Proof that you can get yoked without the yolks. HA! Also, where's my article? I'm proof that you can get hella chubs and adorable without animal protein. WHERE'S MY PARADE, HUH? Oh well, at least I'v ... More >>

Sperm Donor Smack-Down: Trent Arsenault vs. the Gay-Hating Bill Johnson

You, too, can have a Trent Arsenault baby.​The SF Weekly newsroom boasts the strange distinction of sitting above a fertility clinic. That means the morning elevator ride is often shared with anxious females gripping the hand of their nervous sperm donor/partner. It also means that in dull mo ... More >>

De La Paz's Shark Senesac On the End Of Coffee

​​In an effort to chart the ever-expanding specialty coffee scene in the Bay Area, we've been engaging a selection of local coffee personalities to pick their brains about why coffee and why now. Today we talk with Shark Senesac of De La Paz Coffee.---You're in the process of opening a new ... More >>

"Oranges and Sunshine": Heartbreaking True Story Hits the Right Emotional Notes

Traffic Jam

Bouncer Goes Apiary at the Fairmont

Stanford Solar Car Project to Race Across the Australian Outback

susolarcar /flickr​Barely 3-feet tall and plastered with shiny panels, Xenith looks more like a spaceship for miniature aliens than a car. But the tiny vehicle is the pride and joy of the Stanford Solar Car Project, and will carry the group 2,000 miles across the Australian outback from Darwin to ... More >>

Stanford Wants to Install an Earthquake Sensor on Your Computer

My sensor saw it coming. ​The bad news: The Big One is coming. The good news: At least you can measure it.  Geophysicists are looking for "citizen seismologists" in the Bay Area to install a tiny earthquake sensor in their home, classroom, or office this weekend as part of building the denses ... More >>

They're the Topps -- Literally -- Down Under

Seven Brainy Movies for the Summer

The Familiar Charms of Smuggler’s Cove

Should There Be Historical Preservation of Deeply Ugly Buildings?

Bouncer Explores the Familiar Charms of Smuggler's Cove, a Tiki Bar

​From this week's Bouncer column: I suppose the argument could be made that the world needs another tiki bar, especially after the sad demise of the Tonga Room. Cocktail purists will decry the idea as sooo 1990s, but who needs them and their faded Gearhead tattoos, anyway? S.F.'s latest has s ... More >>

No. 21: Blacksmith Cellars' Chenin Blanc

Lou BustamanteBlacksmith Cellars' chenin blanc: Drink local.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition.Even with the success of Dashe Cellars in industrial Oakland and Sutton Cellars in Dogpatch, it's challenging to hear the words "urban winery" ... More >>

DJ Harvey on How to Throw an Underground Party, Sarcastic Disco, and Not Having a Body Clock

Peter Vahan​It might seem like an artist whose fan base spans three continents -- and who remains a prominent and defining figure in the underground electronic music scene -- would not be excusing himself on a Sunday afternoon to go shopping with his wife. But with that, England's DJ Harvey d ... More >>

The Brixton is Cynical, Fake, and Sad

Kingston W./YelpThis is what fake cool looks like.​Let's get this out of the way: Cow Hollow is white. Is it The Brixton's fault that the color of the patrons skewed so pale on Tuesday night? The Union Street bar and restaurant was packed with women showing off what a couple years of yoga toni ... More >>

Miami Horror Thinks American Culture Is Strange, Is Not That Into the '80s

Miami Horror sheds some light​Everyone's talking about Miami these days, whether it be the electronic show to end all --  Ultra Music Festival -- or how horrible the Miami Heat is playing. Break out of those mundane conversations and introduce your ears to Australian band Miami Horror, k ... More >>

Azul Bartender Wins Cocktail Cup Semifinals

42BelowSemifinalists in the Cocktail World Cup celebrate Sunday. Winner Michael Callahan is in the black shirt and cap, on the right.​Last Sunday, San Francisco bartender Michael Callahan (Azul) advanced to the finals in the 42Below Cocktail World Cup. He'll join bartenders Nate Wales from La ... More >>

Bay Music Links: Britney Spears in S.F., Prince Fan Gets Beat Up, Lil B in XXL, and More

Wait. Britney ... telephone? We're confused. Anyway, she's coming to S.F. next month.​Britney Spears will perform live on Good Morning America from the Castro the day her new album is released. [SF Examiner]Man beaten up by crowd after catching Prince's guitar in Oakland. [ABC 7]How the Thee Oh Se ... More >>

In Print: The Sweet Explorations of Tennis, and the Church Reinvents Its Past

Jessica HessTennis​The Salty Tales of Tennis: Their saga is like some kind of 21st-century fairy tale, and Tennis' work ably carries on a sense of wonder. Cape Dory, their debut released in January, is summery, genial indie-pop, rich with doe-eyed memories of their time on water. The record is tit ... More >>

Standing Up for Bullies, Taking the Rest of the Beef Out of 'Taco Meat'

​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Uh, did you know that if you live in S.F., you can get a free spay or neuter at the SFSPCA for your dog or cat during the month of February? TRUE FACT. So if any of you are running around with companion animals ... More >>

There Are Only Three SF Bands on the 2011 SXSW List So Far -- And You've Probably Heard All of Them

​Put this in your still-illicit pipe and smoke it: The early list of bands invited to perform at SXSW 2011 came out this week, and San Francisco's music scene isn't well represented.There are only three S.F. artists invited so far -- John Vanderslice, Dredg, and Mark Eitzel.All of them are already ... More >>

Decision on Tonga Room Put Off Till Next Year

Zemistor/FlickrTake another hit, dude: You've got plenty of time.​How long did it take to lash the ships' ropes and assemble the thatch for the Tonga Room back in 1945? We bet it was considerably less than the long years it'll take to decide its fate. At our sister blog The Snitch, Chris Rober ... More >>

Growing Popcorn Shoots

Tamara Palmer​The Sprout People of San Francisco have an impressive online business selling everything you need to sprout seeds, beans, nuts, and grains, and a cool YouTube channel demonstrating just how easy it is to make these nutritious snacks. Geeking out on the site, we learned that popco ... More >>

Metallica May Be Planning (Especially) 'Theatrical' Tour

Who you callin' theatrical?​At first, when we heard that Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich told a New Zealand newspaper that his Bay Area metal band is working on a "theatrical" new tour, were kinda confused. Did he mean a tour of smaller theaters (which would be rad, although likely impossible t ... More >>

Sierra Club Sues EPA For Not Enforcing Clean Air Act

Trouble in paradise?​Two environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in federal court in San Francisco, asserting the EPA did not adequately enforce provisions of the Clean Air Act.The lawsuit, filed yesterday by the Sierra Club and WildEarth Guardian ... More >>

Spurned Varietal Tells Wine Writer to Go to Hell

The man (right) who fell out of love with Pinot.​Our favorite morsels from the blogs. The blogosphere is a cruel place. That must've occurred to local wine writer W. Blake Gray earlier this week, after the response to his clever piss-off post about falling out of like with Pinot Noir. Gray, ... More >>

Wines That Go Well With Bay Area Bands

​You can go to a restaurant and ask the server to offer wine pairings to accompany your fancy-pants menu choice. But imagine you're home and have just reached for the latest album from that hip new San Francisco band. You're all ready to crank up those sweet tunes, but what to drink to compliment ... More >>

HEALTH: Noise-Rockers or Marine Bioligists?

Now here's a bit of Internet weirdness. The boys in LA noise-rock quartet HEALTH will be touring the far reaches of Europe for the next few months, but prior to their excursion, they got intimate with some ocean life in Perth, Australia. Through this footage of sunny beaches, shimmering wate ... More >>

SXSW Roundup Thursday PM Pt. 2: Surf City NZ

Levi's took over the east side of Austin for all of SXSW, creating a semi-private world of tight pants and tall beers, a denim labyrinth where the 45-minute line to grab a wristband was made slightly more entertaining by a DJ who loved Michael Jackson. Loved him so much he told the crowd repeatedly, ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A w/ SF ex-pat Andy Caldwell

​Andy Caldwell is a skilled pianist and trumpeter, but his classical training takes a back seat to his rep in the clubs. The Om Records staple and Uno Recordings owner has spent the past decade and a half touring the world (hitting all the big dance meccas: Ibiza, Berlin, Australia) with his turnt ... More >>

Delicious small plates from the Philippines, Vietnam, and China star at Poleng Lounge

"Apocalypse Night"

Cracking Some Eggheads

The Dramatists

The Drones restlessly mine betrayal

Around the World in 1,000 Years

LuLu

Several Jugs of Wine and Thou