10 thing for under $10 for sf weekly

10 Things For Under $10
Bicycle Music Fest, Renegade Craft Fair, Meeting in the Ladies Room, and 400 Blows [...]

tofu dearest column for poor taste magazine

The Taco Chronicles
Name any kind of meatless, non-dairy ingredient and I’ll find a way to taco it up [...]

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Ooh, baby, baby: Jewish inspiration via a newborn sabra
There must be some sort of Jewish baby boom happening right now. Or at least it feels like there is in my insular world. There’s been an upswing of birth announcements in our Lifecycles section, and while I personally will not be having children for quite some time (I’ve yet to successfully raise a houseplant), I’m in awe of all my friends who’ve recently welcomed children into their lives [...]

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Meatless grilling on a summer’s day
Lately, all I can think about are three syllables: bar-be-cue. Maybe it’s the hazy, pleasant vibe of the summer months in general [...]

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Riot Grrrls Return
Dum Dum Girls and the new wave of feminist punk.

The Dum Dum Girls sound like the Ronettes — that is, if the classic '60s girl group time-traveled to the '90s to make music with scuzzy beach-punks [...]

tofu dearest column for poor taste magazine

I’ve missed you most of all, pizza
I stared intently at the greasy delivery pizza slice forming grayish pools of oil on my paper plate, fully aware of the impending stomach trauma [...]

Danzig at the Regency Ballroom for sf weekly

Danzig, All Shall Perish and Toxic Holocaust at the Regency Ballroom
The photo you see above, of Glenn Danzig brooding with his eponymous band during a live performance, is not from the Regency Ballroom last night. The reason there's no actual image of his San Francisco show? [...]

Wines That Go Well With Bay Area Bands for sf weekly

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 the sonic snack? [...]

Last night: The Good Life for sf weekly

Last Night: How The Good Life's Rock Resembles Messy Relationships
The anatomy of a messy relationship: Step 1. The first meeting. The Patron Saint of Messy Relationships, Mr. Tim Kasher, the driving force and lifeblood of Saddle Creek indie rock group the Good Life, climbed onto the miniscule Bottom of the Hill stage last night [...]

Local Frequency: Q&A w/ Myles Cooper for sf weekly

Local Frequency: Q&A w/ Myles Cooper
You might recognize Myles Cooper from his yearlong stint with hugely popular San Francisco indie popsters Girls (you can catch a glimpse of his cherubic mug in their NSFW video romp "Lust for Life"). Or you may have seen the new tripped out, candy-colored music video for his song "Gonna Find Boyfriends Today" on other local blogs [...]

Last Night: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone for sf weekly

Last Night: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone at Bottom of the Hill
There's a ghost in the machine. "Wizards did it!" one helpful audience member offered. Yes, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (A.K.A Owen Ashworth) was suffering from a few minor technical difficulties during his Popfest appearance at Bottom of the Hill last night [...]

10 things for under $10 for sf weekly

10 Things To Do For Under $10: Roller Disco, the '90s, John Waters
Finals are over (if you're the schoolin' type), your office is starting to seem half-full (if you've got the 9-to-5 life), and the park is suddenly bursting with grass dwellers (if you unemployment-collectors are used to barren weekdays). Yes folks, it's summertime. And we San Franciscans can feel the change in our midst. Free concerts, cheap dance dates, and outdoor parades - this Memorial Day weekend has it all [...]

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Takin’ it to the streets: Jewish vendors add deli favorites to S.F. mobile food scene
San Francisco’s Madame Bubbles was on her way to teach Hebrew school a few weeks ago when a small crowd of curious bystanders gathered around her [...]

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Emily Jane White evokes melancholy nostalgia
Emily Jane White has a sorrowful singing voice that evokes feelings of long-forgotten, foggy memories [...]

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Shooting for the hip: All-night culture festival shines light on Shavuot
Young, hip Jews looking for something to do in San Francisco might not put an all-night Shavuot study session at the top of the list [...]