tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15812533172019434022012-02-16T02:51:35.971-08:00Because San Francisco's Not Just for Rich PeopleCheapandEasySFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374570618541884240noreply@blogger.comBlogger2491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581253317201943402.post-54254427900092277402010-06-04T12:04:00.001-07:002010-06-04T12:16:00.370-07:00

June 612 noon - 6pmThee Parkside 17th and down Wisconsin$3The Indie Mart - San Francisco's favorite Design and DIY Street Fair is back for it's third anniversary - and what a party it will be! What was once a humble backyard meetup of friends and like-minded designers looking for a place to sell some really cool stuff is now a full-blown street party - with permits and everything!Over 100 vendors

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June 411am - midnightSomArts934 Brannan St.$2 at the doorThe SF Underground Market is happening today. By popular demand, the market is open from 11am to 4pm selling tasty takeaways, and again from 6pm 'til midnight with hot foods, music and cooking demos. Something for everybody, including cheap drinks and some nibbles outside during the 4pm to 6pm market changeover.Come early, stay late. Tons

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June 3Big Umbrella Studios906 1/2 Divisadero (@McAllister)5pm - 11pmWhen checking out the Divisadero Art Walk tonight, be sure to stop by Big Umbrella Studios to see the Art for the Discarded. Art from discarded objects found on the very streets of San Francisco by Sarah Woodward and Chance Carstensen.But wait, there's more! A deal from IBIKESF - Get $5 off all Big Umbrella Studios Tshirts and a

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June 35 pm - 'til?Divisadero St. (aka Divisadero Corridor)So much art, so much walk - check out the Divisadero Art Walk, from Waller (near Haight) up past the Blue Jay Cafe (near Geary). More local businesses have opened up and more are participating in this fun night on the Corridor. Come see the art, stay for the food and drink specials. Come see why some people (like us!) are calling this "San

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May 3117th Street Plaza to the Castro Country Club12 noonFREEWhat's more fun than watching a bunch of drag queens literally kick their heels up and take the 500 steps from 17th Street Plaza to the Castro Country Club? How 'bout pledging some pennies their way as part of this fundraiser to save the Castro Country Club, a recovery meeting and gathering place located at 4058 18th Street. Pledge a

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Summer 2010A theater near you!Memorial Day weekend officially kicks off summer in the US of A (even in San Franny, as far as movie moguls are concerned). While most Americans seek out these dumb-ass flicks as a way to beat the heat and catch some free air conditioning with those $12 movie tickets, we really have no excuse to be seeing Sex and the City 2 for the 5th time, unless it's the

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May 27 - 30San Francisco PopFestFREE and upSee a FREE concert this Sunday, May 30 at 2 pm in Dolores Park, or shell out between $6 and $14 for individual shows at the Rickshaw Stop, Bottom of the Hill and Hotel Utah. It's the San Francisco PopFest weekend - a great way to sample a whole lotta acts at some of the city's best small venues. Click here for listings and tickets to individual shows.

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Now!Raising $3,000 to make this happenClick here to donate by June 7We love music and we especially love it when it's FREE. But like your Dad (or was it Grandad) used to say, "There's no such thing as a free concert" -- or something like that. Sometimes these things take a few bucks to get off the ground. Got a dollar? (Or a little more?) Then give until it hurts to help Mission Creek produce a

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May 276PM - 9PMEl Rio3158 Mission (@ Cesar Chavez)FREEMonica Nolan reads from her campy new pulpfest of a novel, "Bobby Blanchard, Lesbian Gym Teacher" tonight at El Rio, 6 PM. No cover BBQ and book signing on the patio, with gym-themed music (do we hear Sue Sylvester and Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" duet?) But wait...there's more! Come dressed in your best Lesbian Gym Teacher Costume for a

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Lunch (Mondays through Saturdays), Dinner (every night)Maharani Restaurant1122 Post St.Rain or fog, cold weather makes us crave hot food...looking out the window this morning, some spicy Indian curry, perhaps a lamb vindaloo, crosses the mind. And then we saw this Groupon offer to get $30 worth of vindaloo (or any other delish Indian fare) from Maharani Restaurant for just $15. That's like

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'til July 3149 Geary St., #21111 AM - 5:30 PM (Tuesdays - Saturdays)FREEHorst P. Horst and George Hoyningen-Huene are icons of 20th-century art and fashion. Together, they virtually redefined photographic elegance. "Companions" as they were politely referred to, the duo met in 1930 in Paris and spent nearly 40 years as a couple until Hoyningen-Huene's death in 1968.The exhibition at Robert Tat

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Tuesdays673 Geary St.6 PM - 2 AMEnjoy a cocktail (or seven) at $2 Tuesdays Happy Hour at the swanky Ambassador Hotel. $2 beers, $2 well drinks and $2 eats. DJ, too. It's all good.

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MondaysLast week we wrote about Meatless Mondays in San Francisco as if they were a good thing. But not everybody agrees that it's possible to go without meat for a whole day each week. In fact, a few people have said the idea of tsk-tsk'ing at meat only makes them crave a big fat juicy hamburger all the more. So we found this great series of burger photos from Big Mouth Burgers over on the

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Sundays1600 17th St. (@ Wisconsin)5 PMFREEAll ages welcome at FREE Country Sundays at Thee Parkside. Drinks with ID; $5 pulled pork; playground across the street if you're seriously thinking about bringing your kids.Featuring the Bay Area's best acts playing Country, Western, Bluegrass, Americana, Y'All-ternative, & Rockabilly. If it's twang, it's our thang! Fer real. Today's bands: Starlene and

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May 229 PM-ishFind a hill, a rooftop or friend with a place with a viewKFOG's KaBoom fireworks can be seen tonight from many points in the city for absolutely FREE. They launch from the Candlestick Point State Recreation Area for the crowd who pays $15 to attend the all-afternoon KaBoom Fest, a pretty sweet deal in itself. This year's headliner is Melissa Etheridge, and she's got four warm-up

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Fridays thru Sundays2817 24th St. (btwn Bryant & York Sts.) 6 PM - 9 PMRoosevelt Tamale Parlor has been turning out the tamales and standard Mexican combination plates since 1922 (somewhat after Teddy Roosevelt left office, but this is a tamale tale, not a history lesson). Gone are the days when the place was a crumbling relic to better years, crooked T.R. photos on the wall and a proprietress

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'til June 5Tuesdays thru Saturdays10AM - 5:30PMMission Cultural Center for Latino Arts2868 Mission Street$5 (sliding scale) Hamburger Eyes presents Casual Abyss, a photographic exhibition of modern artifacts that provide clues into the chasm hovering in another dimension beneath our own. This exhibition will attempt to explore the void and make sense of what lies in the hearts of men. Photos by

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Every dayIt's okay -- just because white people like San Francisco doesn't mean it's not cool. Just avoid the places they go and you will be just fine. This is an oldie, but a goodie from the kind of stuff that got this guy a nice big fat book contract for Stuff White People Like and left the rest of us in the dust, on Blogger, wishing we had thought of it!White people like to vacation in San

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Mondays through Fridays(closed Saturdays and Sundays)280 Golden Gate Ave. (@ Hyde)8AM - 8PM (close at 6PM on Friday)Morty's Delicatessen mixes East Coast Soul with West Coast Style. What does that mean exactly? Well come and visit them for one of their daily specials, all-day, every-day $2 PBRs and what they simply call "...a nice sandwich".If today is Tuesday, it's Reuben Tuesdays ($7 for a

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MondaysYes, it's true. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has declared Mondays to be Meatless in our fair City by the Bay. What to do? Even if you are a world-class carnivore, it seems as if you're breaking the law if you order a burger today (in that same kind of really-not-illegal way of inhaling the smoke from a joint lit by some unseen concertgoer at The Fillmore the minute the lights go

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May 16Click here for mapLove it, hate it, if you live anywhere near it (i.e., between the Bay to the Breakers) it is a way of life. It's the 99th annual Bay to Breakers 12K run, walk or rampage through the streets of San Francisco. The city's original street party culminating in Golden Gate Park (should you make it that far). Can't get up that early? Got nothing to do Sunday night? You can

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May 152PM - 9PMRuss Alley, off Howard St. (between 6th & 7th)Ritual Roasters has been roasting up the java for 5 years now. Come celebrate strong coffee San Francisco-style with a street party today starting at 2 PM. Line-up of fun includes:# Pedal-powered carnival rides by Cyclecide# Trick bikes for you to ride!# Screenprinting with Camputee!# OmniCircus!# Photoboof!# DeliboardSF!# Music by The

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May 15All day Click here for participating neighborhoodsShop your neighborhood stores — and possibly discover some new ones! In partnership with San Francisco Small Business Week, local merchants are celebrating by providing discounts, in-store demonstrations, sidewalk sales and other exciting activities all day today.To find a participating store, just look for the Small Business Week Poster in

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Wednesdays - Fridays5PM - 7PMFairmont Hotel, 950 Mason St. (@ California)The Fairmont Hotel's original tiki bar, the Tonga Room and Hurricane Bar, that of the chunky cheese cubes and greasy egg rolls alongside silly Scorpion bowls for Happy Hour, is an endangered species. Reports of its demise are conflicting. Some say it meets the criteria for historical preservation. Others interpret this to

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May 13-15Catharine Clark Gallery150 Minna St. (btwn 3rd & New Montgomery)Noon - 6PMFREEA long time ago, before spell checkers we used to edit and proofread hard copy the hard way -- by actually reading it and marking it up for changes with a red pencil. Step back in time (to the '60s, '70s and early '80s) with Charles Gute’s exhibition The Corrections which mines the overlapping terrain between

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May 12Parking lot across from the Good Hotel (7th St. @ Minna)4 PM - 10 PMFREEIt's the second annual Disposable Film Fest Outdoor Bike-In Movie Screening tonight in the parking lot across from the Good Hotel (7th St. @ Minna). It's like a drive-in, only with bikes, get it? And way better food -- starting at 4 PM you've got tasty treats being served up by Foragesf's Underground Market. At 7 pm

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Pre-Summer Sunday in Dolores Park from Spots Unknown on Vimeo.If you're like us (and we know you are), then you'll dig this video by blogger Jeff at Spots Unknown and Daniel Jarvis. One can argue that Pre-Summer is an official season in San Franny, so get your ya-yas to DP soon-ish, before the fog rolls in.The music in this video is "You Hid" by Toro y Moi. When you're done listening, check out

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May 11Lit&Lunch at Minna Gallery111 Minna St.12:30 PM - 1:30 PMFREE Author, scholar, and director of the California State University International Programs in China, Marlon Hom talks about the poetry that's carved into the walls at the Angel Island Detention Center -- unique glimpses into the heart of the immigrant experience and how they were ultimately saved for future generations.In the early

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May 10800 Post St. (@ Leavenworth)7 PMNo cover (tip jar)If it's the second Monday of the month it must be Cafe Royale's Monday Happy Hour Comedy. Starts at 7 PM, no cover and plenty of drink and noshable specials.Tonight's lineup includes: Jason Armenio, Max Curry, Emily Heller, Ryan Kasmier and more. Click here for complete deets.

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Mondays598 Valencia St. @ 17th St. 3 PM - 5 PM After a weekend like that you need tacos. $1 tacos. And, of course you swear you're never drinking again. Until Thursday maybe. If the beers are just $2 on a Monday, though, you might just make an exception. $1 tacos, $2 beers, between 3 PM and 5 PM on Mondays at El Toro Taqueria in the Mission.

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May 9Howard and 2nd Streets12 noon - 8 PM$10; $5 if you're wearing a costumeIt's the cosmic dance party to end all cosmic dance parties! The 11th annual Howeird Street Faire is a fusion of different styles and communities, united in fun. All ages are welcome. Art, performances, colorful costumes, unique vendors, food and drinks. Plus ten stages of electronic music, non-stop fashion shows, and

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May 8Amoeba Music1855 Haight St.2 PMFREEWe can't resist one of Amoeba's FREE in-store shows, because what we don't spend on the entertainment we make up in buying twice as many used CDs and DVDs. And on a sunny day, we're right near Golden Gate Park for a before- or after-party. Then of course there's Kate Nash whose girl-group-inspired tunes like "Do Wah Doo" and "Kiss the Grrrl" sound perfect

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May 8Noon 'til 4 PM3359 Cesar Chavez St. $15 to cook; $5 to watchBaconCamp is a community-driven gathering bringing together chefs and bacon enthusiasts. It is an interactive event filled with discussions, demos and delicious treats, and proceeds go to the San Francisco Food Bank!Everyone is encouraged to participate by presenting (food, art, demo), judging, or volunteering. BaconCamp is not a

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May 71:AM Gallery1000 Howard Street6PM - 10 PMFREEGraphic Attack!, an explosive group exhibition co-curated by Melissa McCaig Welles and Andrea von Bujdoss, highlights an exciting clash of techniques and styles by 15 of the most prolific experts in urban art and graphic design. It's a collective display of works by graffiti artists and graphic designers. A fierce outbreak of complex imagery

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May 6 - May 8Chronicle Books SOMA Store680 Second St. (at Townsend)9 AM - 7 PM (Thu, Fri); 10 AM - 3 PM (Sat)Up to 65% off books at Chronicle Books SOMA Store starting today through Saturday. We don't think this is something bargain hunters should miss, even if SFoodie has already vowed to get there early and clean out the cookbook section.

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May 5Candy Bar1355 Fulton St. (@ Divisadero)6 PMThat headline packed a hella international punch! You've got your Mexican, your Asian and your American sweet tooth all rolled into one big Cinco de Mayo celebration tonight at Candy Bar. Starts at 6 pm with Pacifico and sangria specials and the Kung Fu Tacos truck parked out front. Se puede? Si!Btw -- you can follow both Candy Bar and Kung Fu Tacos

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Sign up at Joffer.com today to get this deal and discounts at other local businesses every day of the week.

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May 4Madrone Art Bar500 Divisadero (@ Fell)9:30 PM$3 coverAt 9:30 PM every Tuesday night, check out the Bay Area's finest boogaloo band, Oscar Meyers' Steppin'. It's a night of soul jazz/boogaloo done with that old school feeling. Brandon Etzler on drums, Wil Blades on the b3, Joe Cohen on alto and tenor sax, Steve Burke on guitar and Oscar Meyers on the trumpet, vocals and percussion.

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May 3Hotel Utah500 4th St.8 PMFREEThe Hotel Utah open mic is the epicenter of San Francisco's singer-songwriter community. Its stage attracts performers at all stages of their careers: from seasoned veterans to first-timers. It attracts music fans who know a good thing when they see it. The musicians who come regularly don't come just to get a little "stage time" -- they come because of the

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May 2Grant Ave. (@Broadway)3 PM - 7 PM$20For $20, the Noodle Fest is a little pricier than we like, but when you weigh it up -- two cultures, two cuisines, and noodle and pasta samples from 30 Chinese and Italian restos in this North Beach vs. Chinatown noodle-off, the deal is starting to look pretty sweet. Starts at 3 PM today. Complete deets at the link.

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May 124th & Mission12 noon(Rally at Civic Center starts at 2 PM)Join more than 10,000 San Franciscans for worker and immigrant rights this afternoon in the city's annual May Day march. The march kicks off at 12 noon at 24th St. and Mission. Assemble with local worker/union groups, immigrant rights folks and the LGBT community (look for the huge rainbow flag that once flew proudly over the Castro)

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May 1Yerba Buena Acupuncture Collective1810 McAllister St. (at Baker)10 AM - 3 PMFREEFREE acupuncture treatments in honor of May Day. Walk-ins welcome. Always wondered if acupuncture could chase away those aches, pains and seemingly chronic health problems? Walk in to the Yerba Buena Acupuncture Clinic today between 10 AM and 3 PM and find out. Nervous? Call them at 415.409.1506 for more info.

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Creme brulee? Asian tacos? Lumpia? Curry? Falafel, tamales and hotogs, too? Yeah, the streets of San Francisco serve up some of the best tasting and cheapest eats. Maybe you have a favorite vendor who is usually on a certain corner on a particular day...or not. Want to make sure that tasty BBQ or seriously awesome cupcake is where it's supposed to be when you want it? Add the San Francisco Street

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April 28Glas Kat Nightclub520 4th StreetDoors 8 PM; show starts at 8:30 PM promptly$10; 21+ with IDCome support struggling San Francisco performers at Bombshell Betty's Burlesque Bailout tonight. Contribute $10 to keep San Francisco a fabulous haven for underemployed performers like Bombshell Betty, Red Velvet, Lezzie McFaggerson, Fina Fatale, Tiger von Claus and more. Live music by Randy

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April 27It's the Tuesday night special at Catch (2362 Market St.). Half-price bottles of wine available all night with your dinner order.

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April 26628 Divisadero7:30 pmFREE ADMISSION (two drink minimum)Come out with the SF Bicycle Coalition and the Independent tonight for a special FREE screening of Nebraska Supersonic, a comedy that tells the story of three friends, in Omaha, who start a bicycle courier service on the Great Plains. FREE bike valet will be provided.

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April 25806 South Van Ness (at 19th)Serious spring weather always brings out the BBQ craves. And since there's no point in having a backyard of your own in SF -- what with only 10 or 12 BBQ Supreme Days a year here, why not drop in at Bender's this afternoon for a couple of Pabsts and whiskey shots and their FREE BBQ?We're thinkin' about it...

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April 23 - 25Friday 7 pm - 11 pm; Saturday & Sunday, noon to 5 pm2425 17th St @ Potrero and 744 Alabama St @ 19thFREE Admission and FREE RefreshmentsArt Explosion Studios, the Mission's largest artist's collective is holding its 10th Annual Spring Open Studios. Opening reception tonight starting at 7 pm. Studios open on Saturday and Sunday from noon 'til 5 pm. Come see over 140 artists as they

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April 23Make-Out Room3225 22nd Street7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNo coverThe spoken-word sensation Muni Diaries will be at the Make-Out Room tonight. If you live local, then Muni needs no introduction. But if you're just passing through, Muni is our illustrious public transportation system, and according to the Diaries, "the wacky stories just keep coming". Come hear regular riders Will Franken, Joe Klocek,

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April 22Cheap drinks and food specials aplenty tonight when you walk the walk with the Upper Divisadero Pub Crawl. Crawling starts around 4:30 on Divis north of Sutter and up just past California. Participating bars and restos include: Tortilla Heights, Godzilla Sushi, Frankie's Bohemian Cafe, Solstice and more. Complete deets on Yelp. Thanks to Ruggy for posting 'em.

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April 227 pm - 9pmCELLspaceCome meet Norwegian jewelry designer Ane Haugen tonight at CELLspace, who will show a range of contemporary silver necklaces inspired by Norwegian folk art. Drawing from the character of each necklace, there will be a performance showcase of the jewelry in motion, questioning notions of personal space between viewer, object and performer.

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April 21SoCha Cafe3235 Mission (at Valencia)8 pm - 10:30 pmFREEClassical Revolution plays tonight at the SoCha Cafe in the Mission, starting at 8 pm. This is a loose contingent of classically trained musicians from schools, orchestras and conservatories around the world who happen to live in San Fran, or are passing through. Come hear professional musicians mix with those who just like to play

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April 21Here's an easy thing to do today. Put on your favorite pair of jeans, a jean jacket or a skirt -- anything made of denim. Why? It's a Denim Day, and by wearing your faded (or not-so-faded) blues you will be showing your support against sexual violence and supporting the prevention of these crimes and much needed education.Click here for more info, and be sure to pass this action on.

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April 20As someone who chowed down on crab cakes for breakfast for the very first time when Just for You was still on "the Hill", I think we can say we knew her when.Long grown up and re-located over in the Dogpatch at 732 22nd St. (@ 3rd), Just for You turns 20 today -- and that is like 150 in restaurant years. If you've never had crab cakes for breakfast then make today be the day and you'll

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April 19-23Why not? ThriftTown (2101 Mission St.) has been "re-cycling" clothes, furniture, housewares and LPs since 1973. What better way to reduce the carbon footprint than by keeping some vintage platforms from the scrap heap or a polyester pair of slacks from combusting into flames -- at least for another year or two? Do your part. Shop at Thrift Town this week.--------------------Want us to

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April 184 pm-ishThe International Cafe in Lower Haight (508 Haight St.) has an improv jazz jam every Sunday starting around 4 pm. In true jazz time, this doesn't always start at 4 pm, but it does go late (or 'til closing at 10 pm). Food here is good. They've got beers on tap and generic red and white wine and you can hang as long as you like. The jazz cats pass the hat, so bring a couple of extra

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April 17Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market10 am - 1 pmFREEOk, goat has been sneaking its way onto menus all around San Franny and it's not like we don't eat meat -- but we are a Capricorn, and have to draw the line somewhere. Naaaaaaaaaaaa. Relax. Today's Goat Festival at the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market is just things made with goat's milk -- like cheese and well, cheese. And probably some other

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April 16Besides AT&T Park? Well, yeah, because the Giants (7-2) are on the road, playing the Dodgers (4-5) tonight in down in L.A. Game starts at 7:10pm. Catch it at these local joints. Beer, wings, maybe even a sausage or two.Zeke's Sports Bar & Grill -- 600 3rd St.Toronado -- 547 Haight St. Located conveniently next door to Rosamunde Sausage Grill (get 'em to go)Tommy's Joynt -- 1101 Geary Blvd

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April 15Feeling the pinch of having to pay into the system ... or still flush with a few extra bucks from that refund? Either way, Tax Day Deals are everywhere today, from free sandwiches and cups of coffee to cheap drinks and Tea Party rallies. Go for it!The links go to "locators" to help you find the store closest to you!Starbucks -- free coffee if you bring your own mugTaco del Mar -- free

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April 14Noe at Market Sts.4 pm - 8 pmThe Castro Farmers' Market is back in vogue after a break for the rainy season. Fresh fruits (no jokes) and vegetables! Seriously, come out and support the neighborhood, local farmers and get healthy and save money at the same time.

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April 13Amnesia853 Valencia (btwn 19th & 20th)9 pmFREEHey, we hear they're good, Ocean Spray - A Cranberries cover band. Get your '90s on and come and channel Dolores O'Riordan via vocalist Em Gift and her band. Be prepared to "Linger" and sing along.

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April 12 & 13Super Duper Burger2304 Market St. (at Noe)11 am - 11 pmRainy days and Mondays (and Tuesdays) pretty much suck. But things will look up if you treat yourself to an old-school burger and fries at the Castro's newest joint, Super Duper Burgers. And, if you buy a burger today or tomorrow you can get a free serving of Strauss Soft Ice Cream (mention Daily Candy to qualify).

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We "heart" polls and contests and lists and voting and stuff at ol' CheapandEasySF. Think you know (and love) San Franny and the Bay Area? Got some favorite spots you wanna give a shout out to? Then get onto SFGate's BAylist where more than 10,000 businesses are vying for "best of" rights. Voting's open 'til May 29.

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April 11Sunday Streets, Great Highway & JFK DriveGolden Gate Park10 am - 3pmFREETake back the streets of San Francisco for car-free space for walking, jogging, cycling, roller blading, yoga and more. Click here for more info and map.

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Sunday April 11 NICE COLLECTIVE Sample Sale630 Treat Ave. (at 19th) 12:00pm - 5:00pmFREEOnce-a-year opportunity to get some deals and steals from SF's most cutting-edge clothing designers -- men's and women's. These guys have done everything to fabric, from burning to embossing to elaborate uses of snaps, Velcro, buttons. A non-linear approach to functional clothes with serious style. Get there

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April 9Gallery 16501 Third Street6 pm - 9 pmFREEOpening reception tonight: Sonny Smith's "100 Records, Volume 1". This is "a dauntingly ambitious project" that bridges Smith's interest in art, music and dramatic form. Smith invited 100 artists to produce artwork for the record covers of fictional bands. Smith concocted the personas of all 100 fictitious bands, then wrote and recorded two hundred

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April 8Mission Dolores Park8 pmFREECome out for the kick-off of Dolores Park Movie Night. Playing tonight: Back to the Future. And, we hear the Tamale Lady will be on the scene with her cheap and tasty snacks.

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You heard it here first (or maybe second). Flash Mob action this afternoon at 3 pm. The first annual San Francisco "Reindeer Run". Don your funkiest pair of phony antlers and bring something that jingles and head for Union Square. The Mob meets at 3 pm at the Westfield Mall, 865 Market St.

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Hard to please people still left on your Christmas list? Someone special who has an exceptionally good-eye for underappreciated style? Maybe something for that odd corner near the bay window that needs sprucing up for the holiday season? Look no further than Lost Art Salon. Specializing in collectible drawings, paintings, ceramics and sculpture from the early part of the last century through the

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Join the San Francisco Green Party for their FREE holiday bash tonight at the Madrone Lounge, 500 Divisadero (@ Fell), 6pm-9pm. Live performance by Garrin Benfield, Phantom Power and The Jabberlope and DJs. Happy hour ('til 8 pm) featuring $1 off drafts, 2 PBRs, $4 well drinks and more. Come on, get festive with some far out people. See you there!

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Sick and tired of all that holiday cheer? Then duck into a dark theater up Castro way for a Hitchcock thriller or two (or three, or hell, 13). Hitchcock for the Holidays at the Castro Theatre starts today with a continuous double bill ("Rear Window" and "Shadow of a Doubt") and runs through December 23. Thirteen Hitchcock classics playing everyday, many of them double features ($7.50 for bargain

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Just a taste here, at your left, of the art of San Francisco artist and tattooist Tanya Wischerath. FREE opening tonight of her solo show at the Muse Gallery, 614 Alabama St., 7pm - 10pm, live music by Fuzzpod.Wischerath's is "an artist with an eye to the zeitgeist and a hand to the classical, [who] seeks to explain what is timeless about that which surrounds her."Click here for more about the

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It's 2nd Monday No Cover Comedy tonight at Cafe Royale, starting at 7 pm. Guest host Tom Anderson and awesome lineup, including:Sean Keane, writer for ESPN the Magazine and McSweeney's and frequent performer at the SF Punchline, San Jose Improv and Rooster T. Feathers. Winner of 2008 Twisted Biscuit comedy competition and two-time winner of Iron Comic. Jill Bourque, creator and co-host of the

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It's simply not the holiday season until you've given or gotten a craft gift. So why put off the inevitable any longer? It's time to give in to your inner glue gun, San Francisco style, and pick up some super homemade thingamajigs for those hard-to-please types on your shopping list at Bazaar Bizarre. Note: This is not your granny's craft fair.Deets: This Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 12-13, at the

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Look, we know 92.7% of CheapandEasySF readers are locals. Well, maybe we made that up. But hey, we know that 74.5% of you shop at Ikea, and better yet, there ain't nothing cheaper and easier to do when you're at Ikea than to eat there. So, during this holiday season, when we know you have to venture out and buy some gifts or maybe a new futon or something, why not buy it all at a place that will

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An evening of parties, food, drink, sales, events, art openings and general fun times. Click here for map and participating vendors.

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It's the Castro Theatre's random Friday nights three-flix -- three flix for just $10, starting at 7:15 pm tonight. As always, when the Midnites for Maniacs crew is involved, this is a triple feature devoted to dismissed, underrated and forgotten films. Tonight's Ladies of the Eighties will showcase one of each!In the "dismissed" category, check out Whoopi Goldberg in what some say is her funniest

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Ho, ho, ho -- how can you not celebrate the holidaze in San Franny without a good dose of tranny? Heklina and the Trannyshack players are at it again, re-creating those golden gals of a certain age, oh-so-ripe and ready for to be brought back to life in drag. Dorothy, Blanche, Rose and Mama Sofia will all be there in these lost "Golden Girl Christmas Episodes" that somehow never made it onto the

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These Viv Special deals are pretty awesome. Just bop into Little Star Pizza tonight (the one at 846 Divisadero St.) between 5pm and 6:30 pm, grab a table, take a look at the menu and when your server arrives say "Viv Special" and you will get 50% off any deep dish pie. We're serious!Special also going on tomorrow night, Dec. 10, same place, same time, same "Viv Special" password. Check it out.

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We've long been hip to this 'hood they call "Nopa", but more locally is known simply as "Divis" (that's "Div-eez", ok?). We've watched it go from a handful of joints back in the day, to now more than 10 (count 'em, 10!) places where you can get drinks for under $3. Happy hours are long and extend beyond the Monday thru Friday thing, because let's face it, some of us don't do 9 to 5 and need cheap

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Hey, we're going rogue for a couple of weeks, doing some travel around the globe. Won't be able to make posts from the road without a laptop, but we can Tweet, so follow us y'all, if you aren't already. Of course, our tweets will be about something cheap and easy somewhere else. But hey, we promise they'll be awesome and entertaining and maybe even informative once in awhile.CheapandEasySF will

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This. Is. Not. Your. Grandmother's. Bingo. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence presents Bare Chest Bingo tonight at 7 pm in the Green Room at the War Memorial Building (401 Van Ness). Get your B-44 on and come on out. Tix are $20 to $40, and as usual, proceeds go to a good cause. Win big prizes, and as the Sisters say themselves, "Come for the hot, bare-chested men and stay for the FREE shit!" We

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Conceptual artist Jonathon Keats opens "The First Bank of Antimatter" tonight, November 12, with a FREE reception at Modernism Gallery, 685 Market St., from 5:30 pm - 8 pm.What is "The First Bank of Antimatter"? Well, it's a hedge against future catastrophe in which the artist has created a mirror economy designed to skyrocket as world markets plummet. It's the first holistic response to the

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The San Francisco International Animation Festival kicks off tonight, November 11 and runs through Sunday, November 15 at Landmark's Embarcadero Theater.Lots and lots going on, like Wes Anderson's snarky take on Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox (including voice-acting by George Clooney), an opening night party and some vintage Disney stuff. Click here for deets and tickets. You can get 4 hours of

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The turkducken is a uniquely American experience. Hailing from Louisiana and the Deep South, this bad boy chicken-in-a-duck-in-a-turkey roast has made its way north and to the Left Coast. And, 4505 Meats here in San Franny will put one together for you, because lawdy-Miss-Clawdy, don't try to stuff a chicken into a duck into a turkey on your own!But you can order one -- and then roast it for 18

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Breon Mitchell, the translator of Gunter Grass's masterpiece The Tin Drum, is the special guest tonight at the Wherever I Lie Is Your Bed anthology book release party at LIMN Gallery, 292 Townsend Street, 6 pm. Tonight's event is presented by the Center for the Art of Translation ($10 donation, suggested). Food, wine and readings from the anthology, including Mitchell as well as Haitian poetry,

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Present your San Francisco Public Library card for FREE entry today to the Contemporary Jewish Museum, 11 am - 5 pm. Explore the Museum's current exhibitions, including There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak, As It Is Written: Project 304,805 and Jews on Vinyl: And you Shall Know Us By the Trail of our Vinyl (it's all about the Bagels and Bongos, baby).The Contemporary Jewish Museum is located

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Old punk rockers die, they don't ever just fade away, so whenever you find out one of them is still kickin', buy a ticket. Exene Cervenka, lead singer and co-lyricist of X and the Knitters performs solo Sunday night, November 8 at Slim's, 333 1th St. $15. Sean Wheeler (Throw Rag) & Zander Schloss (Circle Jerks) are the opening acts. Doors 7:30, show 8p.

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It's FREE Friday night at the De Young tonight. 5p - 9p. See the special exhibitions of Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs and enjoy a special Friday Nights King Tut admission discount. Live music tonight by Dr. Loco’s Rockin’ Jalapeno Band and poetry readings while you sip cocktails in the Wilsey Court or check out the Café's evening menu featuring any three small plates for $13.But.

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Alright Fogheads, it's that time of year again, KFOG is releasing its Live from the Archives 16 this week and you can be among the first to get your copy of this annual unique compilation of music from musicians working in a diverse selection of genres and musical styles. Live tracks have been donated by artists like Mat Kearney, who will do a couple of numbers at Peet's Coffee in the Ferry

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Tonight, 7p - 9p, at Madrone Art Bar, 500 Divisadero, it's The Jules Posner Show. NO COVER comedy featuring Brendan Lynch, Daryus Monday, Adrian Palenchar, Nick Palm, Katie Compa, Al Cox and others. It's FREE y'all, 'til you buy a drink.Not sure what to order at the Madrone? They've got a marvelous drink menu, inspired by some people who might have been dead before you were born, but hey --

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Deets for tonight's FREE Dia de los Muertos pageant and Festival of Altars are here. It's gonna be the perfect San Fran night for this annual procession that gets underway at 7 pm, starting at 24th and Bryant Streets in la Mission. Around the Bay, over in Alameda to be exact, check out the Isla de los Muertos exhibition at Autobody Fine Art. Runs through November 29. See works like this one

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Nothing like a little post-Halloween ghoulish amusement with our new favorite FREE online radio station. Play Misty for Me is a tribute to the radio station Clint Eastwood spun the vinyl around on in the movie of the same name. You remember the movie Play Misty for Me, don't you? Clint Eastwood plays a disc jockey down the coast a bit in Monterey (with a cool bachelor pad in Carmel). A sexy

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Looking for something kinda sorta edgy to do tomorrow night that doesn't involve a costume? Look no further than this double feature put on by Oddball Film and Video, Saturday, October 31, 8:30 pm, 275 Capp Street, $10. First up, the 1951 classic film noir, The House on Telegraph Hill (1951), which brings suspense, identity theft and murder home to our very own City by the Bay.Followed by the

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Seven pubs, seven drinks, $30 (for a good cause). Costumes encouraged (but not required, but after the third or fourth pub you'll wish you were wearing one, so c'mon!!)Starts at 7 pm tonight at Danny Coyle's, 668 Haight Street, where you can buy a ticket. Or buy your ticket today at Lower Haters (597 Haight St.) or Rooky Ricardo's (448 Haight St.). $30; proceeds go to benefit John Muir Elementary

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A psychedelic drama in old San Francisco, "The Hasheesh Eater" is a one-act stage play with six actors and a fiddler. Presented by the SF Buffoons, "The Hasheesh Eater" takes you back to San Francisco in 1863, through the dark eyes of Victorian fiend and best-selling author Fitz Hugh Ludlow. It conjures one "elevated" evening on the dirt streets of a distant, bohemian boomtown.Two final

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We're slackers and don't update this site all that often. So, shoot us...or better yet, follow us on Twitter @cheapandeasysf

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Not to compete with the Divisadero Corridor, that almost-trendy strip of Divis pronounced Di-vees, you dipsticks)...or anything, but that slightly more gentrified strip of Divees, north of Geary, aka "Upper Diversion" has got a pub crawl going on tonight.That's right. Hit the Divisadero Corridor Art Walk and score drink specials and a couple of half-priced appetizers on the lower end of this

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From our friends at the Madrone Art Bar, located on the next-most-trendy place to be, the Divisadero Corridor, a reminder that tomorrow night, September 3 is the Divisadero Corridor Art Walk. The San Francisco Chronicle recently called the Divisadero Corridor, "Bohemian Chic.""Long known as a gritty stretch of seedy dive bars, failed businesses and low-income housing, Divisadero Street has

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We love it in the Divisadero Corridor -- the DC as we call it -- and looks like another new place has popped up over in that neck of the Panhandle. Nooworks is an indy clothing and accessory brand and it will be hoppin' tonight, from 5 pm 'til 9 pm with a FREE party with DJs and more to kick off a grand opening scheme. They're located at 1798B McAllister Street (@ Baker).Dude, can't read the tiny

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