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This Is Why Everyone on BART Hates You

You know what's worse than late BART trains and increasing transit fares? The douchebags riding those trains. Unfortunately, there's nothing to be done about those passengers who shamelessly clip their nails, pass gas, and pick their nose. And even if you aren't one of those idiots who gives themsel ... More >>

The World As You Know It Has Ended: Trader Joe's Raises Price of "Two Buck Chuck"

It's a sad day indeed for those who drink the beloved Charles Shaw wine from Trader Joe's, affectionately nicknamed "Two Buck Chuck" for the $1.99 price tag. According to the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, the wine's parent company, Bronco Wine Co., is raising prices because of bad crops in 2010 and 201 ... More >>

50 Shows to Watch Instead of the Super Bowl, Because You Hate Football

Oh God, don't you just hate football? Isn't football so dumb? Doesn't anybody read fiction anymore? Everyone gets so excited over ... sports. (Did you just puke a little?) Here are the best things on during the Super Bowl that aren't the Super Bowl, which you hate.

Thanksgiving 101: How Not to Burn Down Your House While Cooking

Editor's Note: The author writes this from a pre-Thanksgiving pecan pie coma in the office. ​I'm not dissing anyone, the disgustingly cloying pie I just ate was store-bought -- by me -- as will be all my other additions to my Thanksgiving potluck come Thursday. My domestic skills are weak, to put ... More >>

Calling All Holiday Lushes: Top 5 Pumpkin Beers!

It's pumpkin time in beer town, and I came to party! Naturally, that means consuming only the best of the best of the pumpkin beers, and then sharing my findings with you. Of course, Beer Advocate has a snobby list, but you know what, I don't think Dogfish Head Punkin Ale is the greatest best. Dogfi ... More >>

Grocery Chain Fresh & Easy Opens First Location in S.F.

Bouncer: Reaffirming the Social Contract at Cotter's Corner

Why Choosy Hippies Won't Be Choosing Whole Foods Peanut Butter

GristWhole Foods' 365: Taking its cue from Jif?​Our favorite morsel from the Web. Whole Foods turned Tom Philpott's peanut butter to shit. The Grist food editor ― hippie-like ― usually grinds his own at the kind of nut mulchers Rainbow has. Dump in goobers, and the shiny paste wiggles out ... More >>

Kauffman's Five: This Week in Blogworld

​My favorite bits from the blogs and beyond.1. Michael Jackson, RIP. Who would have thought he'd live on in San Francisco foods? 2. I haven't been able to touch carrots or potatoes after watching this Japanese curry ad. I blame you, Andy Wright, for putting me on a bread-and-steak diet for the pas ... More >>

Just Tweet It

Wallpaper.’s Eric Frederic is an unstoppable viral music producer. But can the incessant songwriting, video blogging, and booty tweeting make him a star?

Clueless in the Castro

Change for the Worse

Some local Obama supporters hit hard times after the election.

Baggage

The city's politicos made the enviros happy by banning plastic bags, but left us with more pollution and cost

Last Night: Gavin Really Wants Me at The Purple Onion

Future Games

She wants to harness the power of the communal cerebellum her games create and put it to work solving real-world problems

Breaking Up in Public Is Hard to Do

Enduring the heart-rending dissolution ceremony of writers M.I. Blue and Katy Bell

A Moving Experience

Delays and mismanagement endangered a $20 million federal reconstruction grant for North Beach Place. So the Housing Authority tried to speed the project up -- by tricking longtime, elderly residents into leaving.

Requiem for a Church Supreme

After three decades of feeding the homeless, the only church devoted to John Coltrane now finds itself without a home

Dog Bites

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