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Transamerica Pyramid

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    November 21, 2008

    My 12-Year-Old Nephew Could Write a Better Restaurant Review Than That

    By Meredith Brody I love eating out with the kiddies. I have six godchildren, aged between early 20s and three, and I must admit I have a weakness for the one who is the best eater. At the age of 9, Chester was so appreciative of a multi-course tasting menu we were enjoying at Redwood Park, George ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    If it's Noon This Must be Vesuvio

    By Matthew Stafford Last week I took it upon myself to show a visitor around San Francisco. The visitor in question, a New Zealander, was on the initial leg of a year-long circumnavigation of the globe, and as a native San Franciscan I wanted her to get home several months from now and say to herse ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 5, 1995

    Dish

    By Matthew Stafford Last week I took it upon myself to show a visitor around San Francisco. The visitor in question, a New Zealander, was on the initial leg of a year-long circumnavigation of the globe, and as a native San Franciscan I wanted her to get home several months from now and say to herse ... More >>

  • News

    April 12, 1995

    S.F.s 10 Tiniest Conspiracies

    By Matthew Stafford Last week I took it upon myself to show a visitor around San Francisco. The visitor in question, a New Zealander, was on the initial leg of a year-long circumnavigation of the globe, and as a native San Franciscan I wanted her to get home several months from now and say to herse ... More >>

  • Film

    October 11, 1995

    Stone Cold

    Jade masquerades as an erotic thriller

  • Dining

    March 4, 2009

    Room with a View — and Heat

    A well-known S.F. chef amps up the menu at Sutro's at the Cliff House.

  • News

    October 29, 2008

    X-Factor

    How comic book heroes could play a part in local politics.

  • Calendar

    February 20, 2008

    Raw Stuff

    How comic book heroes could play a part in local politics.

  • Calendar

    September 14, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    How comic book heroes could play a part in local politics.

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Ways to Kill Yourself in San Francisco

    How comic book heroes could play a part in local politics.

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Redwood Grove

    How comic book heroes could play a part in local politics.

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Midnight Playground

    How comic book heroes could play a part in local politics.

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    Dream Makers

    How teachers, parents, and a young white principal have taken plans for a Dream School in the Bayview and made them a dream of their own

  • Dining

    October 27, 2004

    The Raw and the Cooked

    Curious George, of Aqua and Fifth Floor, opens his quirky new jewel box

  • News

    October 6, 2004

    Monster Mash

    Deep inside, don't you really think Monster Park is a cooler name than Candlestick? Take the quiz and find out!

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2004

    The Rockets' Red Glare

    Where to catch cool fireworks shows around town

  • Culture

    April 23, 2003

    Collaborator

    A retrospective of a profoundly influential career

  • Calendar

    October 23, 2002

    Two Heads Are Better Than One

    An hour of dick tricks and other "genital gesticulations" with Puppetry of the Penis

  • Film

    September 18, 2002

    The Midnight Story

    Wishing for rain-slicked streets during the S.F. Film Noir Festival

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Four Best Skyscrapers

    Wishing for rain-slicked streets during the S.F. Film Noir Festival

  • Dining

    January 30, 2002

    Seedling

    Redwood Park

  • Dining

    December 13, 2000

    A Temple to High Living

    Elisabeth Daniel

  • News

    October 4, 2000

    Laugh Tracks

    You can learn a lot about the city's history with a comedian as your tour guide

  • News

    August 9, 2000

    Dog Bites

    When Cloudy Was the Weather; or, Pyramid Schemes; Warmth: A Contrarian View

  • News

    October 13, 1999

    When Cesar Reigned

    An aging journalist remembers 1999, when an election became a revolution, and the city changed forever

  • News

    August 11, 1999

    Dog Bites

    An aging journalist remembers 1999, when an election became a revolution, and the city changed forever

  • News

    October 21, 1998

    Letters

    An aging journalist remembers 1999, when an election became a revolution, and the city changed forever

  • Calendar

    August 26, 1998

    Night Crawler

    An aging journalist remembers 1999, when an election became a revolution, and the city changed forever

  • Dining

    July 29, 1998

    Evening at the Oasis

    An aging journalist remembers 1999, when an election became a revolution, and the city changed forever

  • News

    July 1, 1998

    From Russia With Diamonds

    In 1995, Golden ADA Inc., a San Francisco diamond-importing firm, collapsed, unveiling an international trail of theft and betrayal that embarrassed San Francisco luminaries involved with the company. Now, newly unsealed court files show that high-level m

  • Dining

    May 20, 1998

    Miller's Crossing

    In 1995, Golden ADA Inc., a San Francisco diamond-importing firm, collapsed, unveiling an international trail of theft and betrayal that embarrassed San Francisco luminaries involved with the company. Now, newly unsealed court files show that high-level m

  • News

    August 28, 1996

    Totems Are Taboo

    But if the court's crucifixation is overblown, let a thousand icons bloom

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    Pisco Latin Lounge's Self-Styled 'Cocktail Historian' Curates an Indigenous Guzzler

    Jason via FlickrThe Pisco Punch at Pisco Latin Lounge: The real deal, for better or worseGuillermo Toro-Lira is pretty much obsessed. It's no coincidence that the Peruvian-born, self-styled "cocktail historian" once wrote a novel about a couple who were (surprise) obsessed with sussing out the origi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Pisco Punch, a Butt-Kicking Sip of S.F. History

    Kenn Wilson/FlickrThe version at Pisco Latin Lounge: From the Monkey Block to your lips.​The mind can touch on all sorts of topics when allowed to wander unimpeded. So it was that as we reflected on Chinatown's annual Double 10 celebration commemorating the overthrow of the Xing Dynasty on Oct ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    Weekly Ink: A Rose By Any Other Name

    ​Spotted: Strolling in Washington Square ParkVital Statistics: Thom McClusky, retired, lives right by the Transamerica Pyramid.When: May 6 1978, the night before my niece's wedding.What: It's hard to tell now, but if you look at this half, it's a crescent moon. There's the eye, the nose the mouth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Your Rundown on the Week in S.F. Government

    A Tea Party slogan unknown in San Franciso government​Should be a fun week -- the Board of Supervisors is weighing in on the fiasco involving narcotics analysis at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab, the Police Commission is trying to reform its process for disciplining wayward officers ... More >>

  • News

    May 12, 2010

    Willie's World: The wisdom of S.F.'s ex-mayor

    A Tea Party slogan unknown in San Franciso government​Should be a fun week -- the Board of Supervisors is weighing in on the fiasco involving narcotics analysis at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab, the Police Commission is trying to reform its process for disciplining wayward officers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    No. 74: Comstock Saloon's Pisco Punch

    Lou BustamantePisco Punch at Comstock Saloon, a cocktail with a lineage.​SFoodie's countdown of the 92 best things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. ​The one issue all cocktail historians can agree on is this: Determining the origin of a drink is imprecise work. Like most ... More >>

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