If you’re willing to venture to lower Polk tomorrow night, the fifth annual Three Thirty Three Under the Tree festival will be livening up Kimo’s (1351 Polk) with eight local bands, including 333, Room For A Ghost, Entropy Density, Cuban Cigar Crisis, Old And Gray, Burnt Thumbs, Megan Romero, and Tell The Truth. The show [...]
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Three’s Company
Posted in Events, tagged Concert, Cuban Cigar Criss, Kimo's, Music, Polk, Three Thirty Three Under the Tree on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dine About Russian Hill
Posted in Events, Restaurants, tagged Dine About Town, Restaurants on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The ninth annual Dine About Town event kicked off on Friday and will run through the end of the month, with bargain prix-fixe lunches and dinners throughout the city. No doubt the affair aims to pull San Franciscans out of their rabbit holes and into restaurants they’ve yet to try, but for some of us, [...]
Mark Your Calendars!
Posted in Events, tagged Blues, Music, Pacific, Polk, Polk Street Blues Festival, Union on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Polk Street Blues Festival is coming to “Upper Polk” between Pacific and Union Streets on September 25th and 26th 2010! [I know, I know, you wanted to take it easy that month.] The only free blues event in the city, the fest will “feature two main stages, a merchant market [...]
Aww, Look at the Tree!
Posted in Events, tagged Christmas, Christmas Tree, Ghirardelli Square, Thanksgiving, Tree Lighting Ceremony on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow night at Ghirardelli Square is the time to look at the tree! The annual tree lighting ceremony will kick off at at 5:30 p.m., with emcee’ing by local meteorologist Roberta Gonzales and appearance by Santa — the stars align! The Royal Underground Theatre Company will also perform RENT’s “Seasons of Love.” If you’re there early, [...]
Get Roasted
Posted in Events, Stores, tagged Holiday, Thanksgiving, William Cross Wine Merchants, wine, Wine Tasting on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pumpkin ale is for the birds. Wine is where it’s at on Thanksgiving — unless you’re WT, in which case, a keg of Natty Lite would be proper form. So it’s time to stock up on vino for the upcoming holiday. Next Wednesday, Nov. 18, William Cross Wine Merchants (2253 Polk at Green) will host [...]
Cop it Sweet on Vallejo Street
Posted in Events, Stores, tagged Candy, Events, Food, Halloween, The Candy Store on October 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Treat or treat! Tomorrow from 2 to 6 p.m., the Candy Store (1507 Vallejo St. at Polk) will host its third annual Halloween event. The boutique will set a candy cart set outside where sweet-toothed locals can fill their own containers for free. Prizes will also be awarded for the best costumes. Gosh darnit that’s [...]
Academy of Sciences Welcomes Russian Hill Folk for Free
Posted in Events, tagged California Academy of Sciences, Events, Free, Museums on October 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I am a lazy Susan when it comes to leaving the neighborhood. This is particularly so if getting somewhere requires more than one bus. That said, the number of times I’ve been to the city’s most heralded museums is an embarrassment to say the least. The California Academy of Sciences is no exception, so I [...]
What Is Art If Not Accompanied by Wine?
Posted in Art, Events, tagged Art, Events, Space Gallery, Spencer & Daniel's, wine on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When wine snobs and art world-lings join forces, do you think their pretensions are neutralized? You can soon find out. This Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m., Polk’s ‘premium wine outlet’ Spencer and Daniels is hosting a wine tasting bash at Space Gallery (1141 Polk at Sutter). For a $5 advance ticket ($10 at the [...]
