Valentine's Day

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Joaquin Phoenix, Avocado Pesto, and God Made a Factory Farmer

​ Good day! Maggie Q goes topless to get people to eat less meat. If only it were that easy. See also: Biscuits, Bakesales and Babycakes S.F.! Kristen Bell Loves Pigs, Sweet Potatoes Love Chocolate, and This Squirrel is Like "OMG" Quinoa Controversy, Sriracha Soy Curls, and You Can Now Officiall ... More >>

Confused San Franciscans Drop by the "Love Doctor" for Relationship Advice

For many, Valentine's Day is simply a reminder that their relationship is no box of chocolates. That's why Michelle Crosby, a professional relationship expert, decided to help these lovesick (or maybe just sick?) locals navigate their troubled relationships -- Peanuts-style. The love maven set up ... More >>

Strip Down for Cupid's Undie Run. Do It for the Children

If you are trying to find a last-minute date for Valentine's Day, we know just the place to look. Head down to the Marina District on Saturday afternoon where you'll find plenty of people milling around in their underwear. Don't roll your eyes just yet. It might sound kinda ridiculous, but, hey, y ... More >>

Biscuits, Bakesales and Babycakes S.F.!

​Happy Meatless Monday! What did you have for breakfast? I had weird chickpea flour corn fritters with applesauce because I'm cray and that's what I have every morning. But what I WISH I had is this breakfast biscuit casserole from Namely Marly! Let us admire its beauty:

Women's Empowerment Dancing Flash Mob, Pro-Life March to Converge on Embarcadero

It's hard to differentiate pro-choice dancing from pro-life dancing. And Magalie Bonneau-Marcil insists that, tomorrow, San Franciscans will see neither. The founder of Dancing Without Borders is a co-organizer of a flash mob set for 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Justin Herman Plaza. She expects 500 or so ... More >>

Eat Your Heart Out at the Grand Cafe Later This Month

The Grand Cafe has announced a special menu for the last weekend in January that's not for the faint of heart (sorry, we couldn't resist). As part of its ongoing Misfit Dinner series, which looks to celebrate unusual animal cuts and preparations beyond traditional French brasserie fare, chef Alicia ... More >>

Lost in the Night: Moodymann Brings Detroit to San Francisco

Sunset and Public Works present Moodymann Public Works 11/30/12 Better than: Valentine's Day 2010, Moodymann's unfortunately aborted last appearance in San Francisco. "It was 1981, we wasn't playing no house, we wasn't playing no techno. It was just music to us." Kenny Dixon Jr. (a.k.a. Moodymann) ... More >>

Those Darlins and Heavy Cream Rule the Rickshaw Stop, 11/9/12

By NATE WAGGONER Those Darlins Pangea Heavy Cream Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 Rickshaw Stop Better than: Encountering a coven of witches who cast a hard-rock spell on you. In front of the purple tentacles painted on the Rickshaw Stop, a girl discusses her Croatian fake ID while she waits in line. "It sa ... More >>

Have You Properly Observed Global Female Condom Day Yet?

Today is Female Condom Day, where women and gay men -- or any closeted Republican who likes anal sex -- are being asked to pay respect and attention to the condom just as they would a sucker on National Lollipop Day.That means you should definitely have a quickie today -- you deserve it.It's the fir ... More >>

Occupy Can't Wait to Make Life Hell for Golden Gate Bridge Commuters

No more dressing up in ugly hospital gowns or sending mean Valentine's Day cards to Wells Fargo executives. It seems 99 percenters have decided it's time to go big or go home.On May 1, occupiers aren't just going to make life hell for Wells Fargo executives  -- they are going  to make life ... More >>

Who's Serving Foie Gras? Palio d'Asti, Le Charm, and BayWolf

​Counting down the meals before July 1, when California's foie gras ban takes effect. At Palio d'Asti, which weathered its first anti-foie protest on Valentine's Day, chef Daniel Scherotter serves an appetizer of hazelnut-encrusted seared Sonoma foie gras with balsamic glazed cippolini onions an ... More >>

Willie's World Redux: The Former Mayor Tells It Like It Is

Valentine's Day Warning: These Five Love Songs Are Not About Loving People

​Rob Sheffield's book, Love Is a Mix Tape, meticulously details the many categories of the medium: The Party Tape; The Walking Tape; You Broke My Heart and Made Me Cry and Here Are Twenty or Thirty Songs About It. But there's not a thing in it about Valentine's Day mix tapes. You know, those ... More >>

Candy Heart Valentine's Day Graffiti Might Make Lonely Folks Feel Better

You know how candy corn tastes like sugary candles, and Peeps taste like sugary foam, and candy hearts are pretty much just sugary chalk? Over on our sister blog The Exhibitionist, our funny, talented, and entirely un-housebroken writer Angela Lutz has put the hearts-are-just-chalk theory to the tes ... More >>

Keep VD Out of Valentine's Day, Use a Condom

​While they have the attention of lovers and horny people everywhere, health officials are camping onto Valentine's Day to promote National Condom Week. And that's probably a good idea, considering the news last week detailing San Francisco's STD problem. Today, the California Family Health Counci ... More >>

An Early Beer Week Valentine: Chocolate and Beer Pairings and More

Celebrating Valentine's Day on February 14th is sooooo 2011. You know what's really sexy? The element of surprise. Get the jump on your significant other by planning an early surprise outing, and you may even get jumped at the end of the night. Turn up the smooth jazz, because Cupid's arrow is about ... More >>

Weekend Parties: Back2Back Celebrates Seven Years of Raving, Optimo Returns, and More

Well, it's February, and you know what that means: Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching. Yet, while the floral industry's favorite holiday lies on the horizon, that's no excuse for staying in, drinking wine, and "watching movies." Truth is that this weekend has quite a few options for those invest ... More >>

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Act Quick: Tables for Two Still Available on Valentine's Day

Reservations book up quickly for this Hallmark holiday. Even on a Tuesday night, couples will fill every table for two in San Francisco with their gooey cravings for public displays of affection. Although the holiday is still three weeks away, most restaurants offering specials are already booked. ... More >>

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Vex Your Mind with Vex Ruffin's Crash Course EP

​ Listen to this while high: Vex Ruffin's Crash Course EPBehind the buzz: Vex Ruffin is the next whiz kid out of L.A.'s celebrated Stones Throw Records, signed after an unsolicited demo and now being touted as a split of the considerable difference between Ruff Ryders and The Cure. Such flacker ... More >>

Interview with PieTisserie's Jaynelle St. Jean: 'People Started Calling Me the Pie Lady'

Robin JolinPieTisserie's Janelle St. Jean.As I was writing this week's review of roving pie bakers, I spoke to Jaynelle St. Jean, whose "provincial pie window" has settled for the summer at 1015 Clay, a temporary restaurant of sorts in Old Oakland. You can find pictures of her pies, as well as order ... More >>

March's Literary Events

Obama, Brown Receive Death Threats on President's Day

Photo by Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyThis will go down in history ​An unknown tagger decided to use the President's Day holiday as a time to threaten elected leaders.Southern California authorities are investigating more death threats that were found scrawled on a wall in Santa Ana early Monday ... More >>

Why Waste Pot on Listening to REO Speedwagon? An Intrepid Search for an Answer

​ Listen to this while high: Hi Infidelity by REO Speedwagon. Huh?: If you were getting high thirty years ago, you did so to this record whether you remember it or not. ​ Behind the buzz: Formed in 1967 as a cover band by students at the University of Illinois in Champaign, REO S-Wagon was y ... More >>

Dig the New Mogwai Album, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, and a New Video Today

Scottish post-rock/#BASED progenitors Mogwai release album number seven today, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. It's less what you'd call a return to form than a spirited condensation of their roomy, moody noise epics; as they've done before, most notably on 2006's Mr. Beast, this album finds ... More >>

Gay Couples to Stage City Hall Sit-In to Celebrate Valentine's Day

Love hurts​For many San Francisco gay couples, Valentine's Day is just a bitter reminder of what they don't have -- marriage certificates. So expect a huge turnout at San Francisco City Hall for the hallmark holiday today; gay couples across the nation will celebrate their love with a little civil ... More >>

Stream Julianna Barwick's Looping, Swooping New Album

Okay, Cupid​Last night at the Bottom of the Hill, curtain-haired Smith Westerns singer Cullen Omori introduced the band's third number with an exhortation to "fuck your girlfriend to this song." Well-meant though it may have been, this advice was logistically baffling (where were we, Dolores Park? ... More >>

One Love Bake Sale Yields Big Haul for City Clinic

Gil Riego Jr.Thanks to you guys, we made nearly $1,300 for a good cause.​Sunday's One Love bake sale at La Victoria is now no more than a memory, a cake box or two we forgot to compost (sorry, Jaime!), and a huge pile of cash. That's right: Thanks to the generosity of the 12 pastry shops who d ... More >>

Valentine's Day Gift for Her: Female Condom (VIDEO)

Female condom: putting the "party" back into party bus. ​Health Department Tries Hand At Public Service Announcement Porn. Best. Video. Ever.The wait has been long. It has been curious. And now the Female Condom 2 will finally launch in San Francisco on Valentine's Day. The motto: "The FC2, For Wh ... More >>

Where to Toast Love (or Loneliness) This Weekend

Lou BustamanteProspect's Forbidden Fruit, a lush Valentine's special.​The old saying "candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker" might not always be true, but our experience shows that cupid is most effective when firing shots of booze, not arrows. With that in mind, here's SFoodie's guide for fin ... More >>

This Week's Review: Hearts on Fire!

Caitlin Kuhwald​Making heart the subject of my Valentine's Day review may be a stunt, but eating heart meat isn't. Whether it comes from a chicken, duck, pig, lamb, or cow, heart is an amazing cut: smooth and yet not slippery-gushy, lean and robust. Heart meat readily takes to fire, smoke, chiles, ... More >>

Guide to SF Beer Week's Food Brew Pairings, Part 1

bittermelon/FlickrBeer Week supper at the Alembic.​Stories abound of Belgian monks who toiled through laborious days with nothing to nourish them but low-alcohol beers designed for sustenance. But you're no monk. You're a hungry beer geek. Luckily, multiple beer dinners and pairing seminars ar ... More >>

Eat More Hearts for Valentine's Day at Avedano's

​I wasn't the only person who consumed hearts in honor of/protest over Valentine's Day. Avedano's Meats, the sustainability-minded butcher shop in Bernal Heights, is making hearts the focus of its first event open to the public. The Lonely Hearts dinners take place in the butcher shop's private di ... More >>

Southpaw BBQ to Smoke Up the Mission, Slanted Door Loses a Wine Director

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. My word! San Francisco is becoming overrun peppered with BBQ joints ― restaurants, bars, several smoker trucks. Now Grub Street spots a liquor-license application for Southpaw BBQ (2170 Mi ... More >>

Week in Gay: Ted Haggard is Bisexual and Anderson Cooper has a 'Companion'

Coming after cousin Geri​This edition of The Week in Gay is a potpourri (either a miscellaneous collection of stories or a mixture of dried flowers and spices) of four categories - plus an extra special bonus!Included are updates on the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, the latest stories from San F ... More >>

Comfort Times Two: A Guide to Mac and Tots

Marthie D./YelpCastro flamer: Blue's Flaming Mac and Cheese ($10.29), perfect with a side of tots.​Childhood favorites individually, mac 'n' cheese and tater tots combined add up to the perfect hangover combo or blue-day pick-me-up. When the urge for mac and tots strikes, we head to one of the ... More >>

Short Encounters for the Long Haul

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Diamond Lil Makes a Public Appearance, Manresa Bulks Out

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Only two small tidbits for you today: Item the first: Eater says the bustaurant named Diamond Lil will be making two rare public appearances this week: It parks outside Spencer and Daniels (1 ... More >>

10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10

Peter Mel at Mavericks ​This is a big weekend if you're into surfing, pillow fighting, swapping spit (and/or records), and other cheap activities. Here's our to-do list. Thao With the Get Down Stay Down & The Thermals @ Sproul Plaza (Fri.)(We posted this one earlier in the week, but here's a r ... More >>

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