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May 16, 2012
Hot Honey From Delk Bees: Bees Have Stingers, This Has Bite
Honey is an amazing substance. It's eternal: Honey found in a Pharaoh's tomb is still edible. It's antibacterial: Wild honey spread on a cut can temporarily suffice in lieu of Bacitracin. And, of course, it's delicious, even if it does still spike your blood sugar. For all its many qualities, the a ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2012
Ritual's Tex Bohlin Talks Competitive Coffee and Raw Steak Whip Cream
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. With the 2012 Regional Barista Championship occurring this past weekend, we spoke to Rit ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2011
Cafe Gratitude in Santa Cruz Looks to Stay, Dear Mom, and Good News for Chicken Lovers
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Update on Cafe Gratitude: Our own Luis Chong reports one Northern California location is not closing after all -- Santa Cruz. This cafe, which opened Aug. 15, is owned by the owners' son and stepson, Matt ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2011
Alien Pastry Chefs, Nice Baristas, and Fall Cocktails: This Week in Food Bloggery
Jonathan Percy/SF Weekly Flickr poolHighlights from the blog this week: 1. Have you read Lauren Smiley's great profile of Oscar Yedra yet? Yedra's a master butcher who, until now, has remained low profile in a food scene turning butchers into artisans (at minimum), even celebrities. SFoodie acc ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2011
Animal Collective's Henry Miller Library Show Moved to Santa Cruz; More Tix Onsale Thursday
Is Animal Collective laughing in the face of Mother Nature, or laughing at the fact that they'll now sell more tickets?Mother Nature, you are a saucy bitch. First, you offer us a sweet place like Big Sur's Henry Miller Library to have shows. The place books a concert for the beloved weirdo band A ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
The Beach Boys
Is Animal Collective laughing in the face of Mother Nature, or laughing at the fact that they'll now sell more tickets?Mother Nature, you are a saucy bitch. First, you offer us a sweet place like Big Sur's Henry Miller Library to have shows. The place books a concert for the beloved weirdo band A ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2011
Soda Tax: Will it Fizz Out?
KMP0629Liquid assets -- literally! The truth: Soda is incredibly unhealthy -- and limiting the amount one drinks is one of the quickest ways to lose weight. The truth: It is unlikely that two-thirds of California's elected representatives will agree to impose new taxes upon the populace, even if ... More >>
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November 10, 2010
Free Bird!
KMP0629Liquid assets -- literally! The truth: Soda is incredibly unhealthy -- and limiting the amount one drinks is one of the quickest ways to lose weight. The truth: It is unlikely that two-thirds of California's elected representatives will agree to impose new taxes upon the populace, even if ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2010
Pet-Friendly Cities List Snubs San Francisco
San Francisco manages to land on ever so many Top-10 lists; if ever a Top-10 list was assembled of cities that crack the most Top-10 lists, it's a good bet we'd make the Top-10. Now a website called Livability.com has sent along yet another list -- the Top 10 Pet-Friendly Cities. Astoundingly, th ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
Wrap Delight Goes Mexican-Vietnamese, Pudong to Bring Vietnamese-French to the Castro
The past 72 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Inside Scoop's Paolo L. learns that a pair of Shanghai 1930 staffers are planning to open Pudong (2029 Market) in the former Mecca space. The pitch: Shanghainese food with French accents.Humin ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2010
Thursday's Pick: Little Wings
Little WingsHoneycombMichael MusikaCafe Du Nord9 p.m., $12The best concert ever took place on Seabright Beach near Santa Cruz in the late 1990s. The lineup was Little Wings, Phil Elverum (who back then was not called Mount Eerie but the Microphones), and Karl Blau. Having set up sturdy windbreaks ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
Discover Worlds of Wonder
Little WingsHoneycombMichael MusikaCafe Du Nord9 p.m., $12The best concert ever took place on Seabright Beach near Santa Cruz in the late 1990s. The lineup was Little Wings, Phil Elverum (who back then was not called Mount Eerie but the Microphones), and Karl Blau. Having set up sturdy windbreaks ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2010
Outstanding in the Field Adds Two More California Dinners
davecobb/FlickrA 2008 Outstanding in the Field dinner at L.A.'s Wattles Farm.In a little food-themed reversal of Manifest Destiny, the 2010 Outstanding in the Field dinner tour has blazed trails all the way to the East Coast, heaping eats on tables in farms, orchards, and vineyards from sea t ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2010
Chai Cola Light, a Svelte Choice from Taylor's Tonics
Born in Santa Cruz and now based in San Francisco, Taylor's Tonics is a company with theatrical flair and original flavor. We've previously praised the original version of Taylor's Chai Cola, loving its notes of cardamom and clove. And while "diet" drinks admittedly aren't a typical favorite ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2010
Video of the Day: Grand Lake's "Spark"
Shot at Twin Peaks and Lake Temescal, Grand Lake's new video for "Spark" is a perfect, shimmering visualization of the song's melodic twinkles and twangs. The video uses split screen to divide up the same scene in four shaky, simultaneous images of horsey-headed lovers, mostly frolicking at Twin P ... More >>
Music
April 21, 2010
Concert preview: Sleepy Sun
Shot at Twin Peaks and Lake Temescal, Grand Lake's new video for "Spark" is a perfect, shimmering visualization of the song's melodic twinkles and twangs. The video uses split screen to divide up the same scene in four shaky, simultaneous images of horsey-headed lovers, mostly frolicking at Twin P ... More >>
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March 16, 2010
Outstanding in the Field Announces 2010 Dates
Cheryl Bower/FlickrStart saving up.Outstanding in the Field stages al fresco dinners at organic farms around the country, touring from site to site in a 57-year-old bus that probably runs on spring onion fumes and goat cheese whey. Now in its 11th year, Jim Denevan's operation has been across ... More >>
Music
February 17, 2010
Ragga Muffins Festival
Cheryl Bower/FlickrStart saving up.Outstanding in the Field stages al fresco dinners at organic farms around the country, touring from site to site in a 57-year-old bus that probably runs on spring onion fumes and goat cheese whey. Now in its 11th year, Jim Denevan's operation has been across ... More >>
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May 6, 2009
Paley's Palace
Cheryl Bower/FlickrStart saving up.Outstanding in the Field stages al fresco dinners at organic farms around the country, touring from site to site in a 57-year-old bus that probably runs on spring onion fumes and goat cheese whey. Now in its 11th year, Jim Denevan's operation has been across ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2009
Chicken Little Visits San Francisco Backyards
If only we could look this mod in our garden....When Jennifer Siebel squatted down last year in the Civic Center Plaza garden in her Jackie O. shades and trench coat to get her delicate hands dirty, it was official: urban gardening is glam. And with folks having fewer bu ... More >>
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March 18, 2009
The Twisted Path
If only we could look this mod in our garden....When Jennifer Siebel squatted down last year in the Civic Center Plaza garden in her Jackie O. shades and trench coat to get her delicate hands dirty, it was official: urban gardening is glam. And with folks having fewer bu ... More >>
Blogs
February 19, 2009
Vegan Eats: Aunt Nettie's Carrot Spice Teacake
Achieving just the right moist texture is usually the main challenge when it comes to vegan baking; it's been the downfall of oh so many chefs. But the smart addition of pineapple helps Aunt Nettie's Carrot Spice Teacake to pass that important test with flying colors. Nettie's, a Santa Cruz-based w ... More >>
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February 4, 2009
We're Good Sports
Achieving just the right moist texture is usually the main challenge when it comes to vegan baking; it's been the downfall of oh so many chefs. But the smart addition of pineapple helps Aunt Nettie's Carrot Spice Teacake to pass that important test with flying colors. Nettie's, a Santa Cruz-based w ... More >>
Blogs
December 11, 2008
California Cities and Same-Sex Couples Join SF's Prop. 8 Challenge
By Lauren SmileyThe San Francisco city attorney filed an amended petition (note: PDF file) challenging the constitutionality of Prop. 8 in the state Supreme Court Wednesday, adding seven same-sex married couples and 11 more cities and counties as parties. The amended filing also argues that Prop. 8 ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2008
Plan Your Culinary Rocktober
By Lauren SmileyThe San Francisco city attorney filed an amended petition (note: PDF file) challenging the constitutionality of Prop. 8 in the state Supreme Court Wednesday, adding seven same-sex married couples and 11 more cities and counties as parties. The amended filing also argues that Prop. 8 ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2008
Safe Surfin' at Stinson
By Lauren SmileyThe San Francisco city attorney filed an amended petition (note: PDF file) challenging the constitutionality of Prop. 8 in the state Supreme Court Wednesday, adding seven same-sex married couples and 11 more cities and counties as parties. The amended filing also argues that Prop. 8 ... More >>
Music
June 25, 2008
Camper Van Beethoven at 25: from warm beer to funny ideas
By Lauren SmileyThe San Francisco city attorney filed an amended petition (note: PDF file) challenging the constitutionality of Prop. 8 in the state Supreme Court Wednesday, adding seven same-sex married couples and 11 more cities and counties as parties. The amended filing also argues that Prop. 8 ... More >>
Culture
June 25, 2008
Half in the Bag in Half Moon Bay
It's worth the gas to get gassed Coastside.
Blogs
August 29, 2007
Mexican Coke And The Goop We Love To Hate: High Fructose Corn Syrup
It's worth the gas to get gassed Coastside.
Blogs
August 29, 2007
Mexican Coke And The Goop We Love To Hate: High Fructose Corn Syrup
It's worth the gas to get gassed Coastside.
Calendar
July 25, 2007
No Escape
It's worth the gas to get gassed Coastside.
News
April 18, 2007
Letters to the Editor
Week of 4-18-2007
Culture
October 25, 2006
Win Some, Lose Some
City Lights hosted the announcement of the National Book Awards finalists this month. But do book awards even matter?
Calendar
March 2, 2005
Sand Man
Leaving his art in San Francisco
Calendar
December 15, 2004
Blown Away
A murderous cabal unspools onstage
Calendar
October 20, 2004
Arts Explosion
Music, lit, and art collide
Music
August 25, 2004
Mystic Chords of Memory
Mystic Chords of Memory
Music
May 12, 2004
Hear This
Break out the Pucker shots and vomit bags: Camper Van Beethoven is turning 21
Calendar
April 21, 2004
Dance Dance Revolution
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on
Calendar
February 11, 2004
Uke Till Ya Puke
A festival devoted entirely to the tiny Hawaiian guitar
Calendar
October 1, 2003
Walk It Off
Feet don't fail me now
Music
December 18, 2002
Hear This
The apocalyptic acid-rock attack of Comets on Fire
News
August 28, 2002
A Fling in the Forest
Into the woods with the players of the Professional Disc Golf Association
Music
September 26, 2001
Pop Philosophy
Channeling stupidity, and exploding nicely
Dining
May 16, 2001
A Movable Feast
Mayflower Seafood Restaurant
Music
September 27, 2000
Pop Philosophy
Rock Out S.F.; Bart Davenport; Santa Cruz Lo-Fi Indie Music Festival
Dining
October 13, 1999
Back to the Future
Rock Out S.F.; Bart Davenport; Santa Cruz Lo-Fi Indie Music Festival
Music
December 16, 1998
Riff Raff
Rock Out S.F.; Bart Davenport; Santa Cruz Lo-Fi Indie Music Festival
Music
October 22, 1997
Riff Raff
Rock Out S.F.; Bart Davenport; Santa Cruz Lo-Fi Indie Music Festival
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September 4, 1996
Unspun
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