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Appetite: Southern taste adventures in Louisville, KY
Kentucky: land of bourbon, the Derby and Mint Juleps. I’m ever delighted to return to the South, although I’m connected to some areas more than others (ah, New Orleans, my love). I recently spent a...
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Localized Appreesh: Seatraffic
Seatraffic, on dry land. Localized Appreesh is our weekly thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. To be considered, contact emilysavage@sfbg.com. On the new seven-inch, Crimes, the...
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Two of SF's most venerable cannabis dispensaries get shut down
Cathy Smith, founder of HopeNet, shut down her once bustling club yesterday. Tim Daw Sadness, anger, and confusion hung thick in the fragrant, smoky air of two of San Francisco's oldest and most...
View ArticleGuardian editorial: The real Mirkarimi question
Do you believe Eliana? After more than five months of legal and political wrangling, after criminal prosecution and a guilty plea, misconduct charges that are costing both sides hundreds of thousands...
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Live Shots: SF Street Food Festival 2012 preview
The SF Street Food Festival has become such a delight in the summertime. (This year's takes place on Saturday, August 18.) A chance to sample wonderful treats from the around the world (many developed...
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Seattle's best record store is Starbucks?
While my mermaid gently weeps. PHOTO BY WHATLEY DUDE/CREATIVE COMMONS “This is a joke right?” “BARFING FOREVER.” “You should be embarrassed that you even thought this was acceptable.” Just few choice...
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Antonini, quarterback for development interests, wins the game
Under pressure, Antonini scrambles and throws and ... touchdown! The Developers are now in the lead. If there was any doubt about the loyalty to developers of Planning Commissioner Michael Antonini,...
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Party Radar: House of Aviance, John Talabot, Scuba, Rewind, Mykki Blanco, more
John Talabot's 'Fin' -- and personal look -- aren't really scary. Just a bit drawing room post-apocalyptic. Tons of great dance music and fab haps on tap this weekend -- so much, in fact that I'm...
View ArticleCalvin Trillin: Deadline Poet: Ohio
Ohio (A 2012 version of the Wonderful Town classic) With the rest of the states either solidly red or solidly blue, the election will be decided by nine or ten swing states....
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Survivor recounts life of rape and abuse by Your Black Muslim Bakery leader
Kowana Banks played a key role in exposing the horrors that took place behind the bakery compound's walls. Adithya Sambamurthy/Center for Investigative Reporting Editor's Note: This story is part of...
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Taser debate takes off once again at police comission
Commander Mikail Ali displays a taser at for the San Francisco Police Commission GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFF At a police commission meeting last night, commissioners delayed the vote on a...
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The Performant: Arctic mysteria
Cold trippin', direct from Berlin Thirty seconds after we walk into Bindlestiff Studio, S. is sold on kInDeRdEuTsCh pRoJeKtS’ production of “Arctic Hysteria.” He instantly recognizes their preshow...
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You, too, can win a gold medal in popcorn eating: new movies!
Rodriguez, elusive subject of "Searching for Sugar Man" Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics This weekend, it's all about the Women's Marathon at the London Olympics! If my calculations are correct, I...
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Live Shots: Buraka Som Sistema at the Independent
How much space does a person need to dance? If you’ve been to a packed, over-sold massive EDM show lately, the answer could be zero, as being rooted in place and fist-pumpin’ seems to be all the rage....
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Donorsexual: One man explains why he spreads his sperm around
Trent Arsenault, or as he's been dubbed by the Discovery Channel, "The Inseminator" PHOTO COURTEST TRENT ARSENAULT At this point, I am not one for making babies. Perhaps this has to do with the...
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Supervisors prepare to receive Mirkarimi case from Ethics
Ross Mirkarimi's official misconduct case will move from the Ethics Commission to the Board of Supervisors next month. Mike Koozmin The Board of Supervisors this week adopted a plan for considering...
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Is the War on Fun over, or do we still need to fight for our right to party?
Past crackdowns on nightlife have created spirited Entertainment Commission hearings. Steven T. Jones On Monday, the Entertainment Commission brings together a slew of City folk and party people at...
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Molded in his image: James Deen sex toys released
It's ass molding time. ALL PHOTOS COURTESY DOC JOHNSON Perhaps you caught our cover story this week on crossover porn star James Deen. In it, I talk about how Deen has managed to bridge all kinds of...
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Activists win legal victory just as the circus comes to town
Activists have documented repeated abuses of elephants by their Ringling Bros. handlers. Animal welfare advocates and other critics of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus just won an...
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Instrumental duo Silian Rail includes 'every/one'
Silian Rail doesn't need a mic -- but included guest vocalists on a new EP Do artists need vocals and lyrics to demand audience attention in a place like the Bay Area, where there are new musicians...
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