SF City Guides
Being sick sucks. Especially with a disease like cancer where the treatments and medicine can often make you feel worse, as they try to get you better. Thankfully, the good people at Alternative Cure, a San Francisco-based nonprofit entertainment company, have found a way to play a small role in improving more...
Calling all special agents, conspiracy theorists, monsters, aliens, and skeptics – the truth is (still) out there. Linty & Mannequin, Scully & Mulder are back and Oasis is bringing you 5 action packed nights to include the viewing of all 6 new X-Files episodes, with X-Files themed drag performances, X-files trivia with prizes, drink specials, more...
After more than six months of waiting (and $20.5 million in renovations), the southern half of Dolores Park is finally set for its grand re-opening on January 27, 2016. The original opening was planned for January 14th but was postponed due to rain. So that means sunbathing at the top of the hill with more...
Virgin America has put together a pretty good sale for nonstop fares from SFO to Portland, San Diego and LAX for $59 each way along with decent deals to other cities. And for some reason we see an unadvertised fare of $44 to Las Vegas through June that may expire at any moment. Travelzoo says this more...
Super Bowl City is a free-to-the-public fan village designed to celebrate the milestone Super Bowl 50 and serve as the hub of fan activities from Saturday, January 30 through Sunday, February 7, 2016. Centered in Justin Herman Plaza, on the Embarcadero at the foot of San Francisco’s famed Market Street, Super Bowl City will showcase the more...
If you’ve been waiting for the stars to align, you’re in luck! Well, it’s actually the planets that have aligned, but no matter. All five bright planets will appear together in the morning sky from about January 20 to February 20, 2016. Keep in mind – you’ll need to be up early more...
The Bay Lights will be re-lit on January 30, 2016 in time to shine for Super Bowl 50 and beyond, thanks to generous private donors and an agreement between the non-profit Illuminate the Arts. Photography Lucas Saugen Leo Villareal’s masterwork of public art of 25,000 lights LED attached to the bridge’s 300 more...
What’s better than getting drunk during the work week? Probably nothing. That’s why SF Beer Week is the place to be, so strap on your beer goggles ladies and gents, because it’s about to be a long and dangerously hungover ride. Check out Funcheap’s full SF Beer Week coverage. Beer Week is more...
This the cheapest fares we’ve seen in probably 10 years of checking from SFO. Frontier is flying $38 round trip from SFO to both Las Vegas and to Phoenix. And you can buy one-way fares for just $19! There’s a lot of restrictions and caveats, of course. You must travel by February 13 more...
You can bring your bike on BART, on the ferry or on AC Transit, but there’s nothing quite like making the journey between San Francisco and Oakland by bike out in the fresh air. The public is invited to attend the first community meeting, hosted by the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA), more...
The folks at Surfing Magazine spent 36 hours surfing these awesome waves at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. Their glorious photos capture the magnitude of these breaks which are the main reason surfers are addicted to the ocean. Check out Surfing Magazine’s 22 awesome photos of Ocean Beach There persists an underground surfing culture you wouldn’t expect in more...
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a mini traveling festival of free lion dancing performances at several San Francisco Public Library branches. 2016 Lunar New Year Lion Dancer Celebrations Saturday, January 16, 2016 10:15 – 10:45 am: Chinatown/Him Mark Lai 11:15 – 11:45 am: North Beach 12:15 – 1 pm: Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial 1:15 – 1:45 pm: Presidio 2:00 – 2:30 pm: Anza Library 3:00 more...
Every year on the third Monday in January, over 15,000 attendees come to San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Gardens to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Monday, January 18, 2016 | 11 am to 5 pm YBCA, 701 Mission St., San more...
Celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with an MLK Day festival, march and parade around Yerba Buena Gardens, held annually on the third Monday in January. Attend a full day of free and exciting events, festivals and programs, as well as a march and parade from Caltrain to Yerba more...
Come celebrate the publication of two California-centric books, This Bridge Will Not Be Gray, an all ages picture book about the Golden Gate Bridge, written by Dave Eggers and illustrated by Tucker Nichols. Plus this night will celebrate Some Recollections of a Busy Life, a reissue of Dave Eggers’s great great more...
