What’s New — By Louis Wertz on August 19, 2010 at 2:26 am

Getting around the San Francisco Bay Area can be a challenge to anyone, recently arrived or native son. If you’ve got somewhere to go that’s too far to walk, but too expensive to take a cab (and I personally am saving my cab fare for beer money…), then public transit is your last best option. …

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Events — By Louis Wertz on August 3, 2010 at 4:29 am

Tequila aficionados, vamos aqui! Everyone else, watch out for stumblers Saturday night in South Beach, because San Francisco’s best known tequila bar, Tres Agaves, is teaming up with City-based ezine Liquor.com for the first annual Tequila Grand Tasting.
The charity event, benefiting the Guardsmen, will feature tequilas from more than a dozen premium brands, including Antiguo, Casa …

Events, Nightlife, Things to Do — By seantimberlake on July 21, 2010 at 3:57 am

San Francisco is famously libertine in its attitudes toward alternative communities of all stripes, and this weekend the leather and fetish communities will be out in full force for the Up Your Alley Fair on Sunday, July 25.
Up Your Alley Fair is the younger, naughtier sister to the …

Food, Things to Do — By seantimberlake on July 16, 2010 at 10:05 pm

San Francisco has long been a hotbed of culinary innovation and out-of-the-box thinking. But the latest trend to hit the foodie scene isn’t new at all — it’s old. Some of the city’s newest establishments are paying homage to the city’s great and long history as a dining and …

Travel Tips — By Louis Wertz on July 3, 2010 at 6:58 pm

In the first of an irregular series, your Bay Area Local Expert profiles a Bay Area neighborhood that’s just off the beaten path.
For this inaugural Neighborhood in Profile, I’ve chosen a neighborhood that really stands out, both for its character and for its accessibility. The Rockridge district of Oakland definitely isn’t on most Bay Area …

Food, What’s New — By seantimberlake on June 22, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Remember when fusion cuisine was all the rage? Just the mere thought of the culinary mashup of East and West sends us into a nostalgic reverie inflected with dot-com boomtime excess and Clinton administration swagger. And according to Michael Bauer, fusion seems to have died right along with them. SF …

Events — By Louis Wertz on June 18, 2010 at 9:59 pm
A picnic lunch, free live world-class music, and perhaps a drop or two of wine. Sound like a wonderful way to spend this Father’s Day, or any other day? This summer, just like the last 72 summers, free concerts in the park are a regular Sunday occurrence in San Francisco. The Stern Grove Festival is in …

Food — By Louis Wertz on June 16, 2010 at 7:04 pm
In San Francisco, spending $5 or less on lunch is a perfect goal for the budget traveler; a challenge with a delicious, and attainable, conclusion where the hunt can be as rewarding as the meal. There are many options for a cheap meal in SF, if you know where to look. So many, in fact, that …

Things to Do — By Louis Wertz on June 15, 2010 at 3:21 am
So you’re stuck in the San Francisco Bay Area during the World Cup, wishing you were in South Africa. Don’t dismay. There are plenty of places to find South Africa in San Francisco, and with all those options for watching the Cup with a crowd, your experience won’t be too far off. (Okay, okay, …