SF City Guides
Whether you’re a weekend or a weekday warrior, get ready to celebrate – for a limited time, Lyft Line rides in San Francisco are only $2.25. How to Get a Ride for $2.25 Download the Lyft app for iPhone or Android. Apply Code: Enter the code MATCHMUNI in the ‘Payment’ section. Be sure to hit ‘Apply’ Request Ride: more...
Order Chipotle’s organic tofu Sofritas on Monday, January 26, 2015 at any Chipotle, then bring your receipt back on your next visit—from January 27 through February 28, 2015—for a free burrito, bowl, salad or order of tacos of your choice. It’s like a buy-one-get-one free, except they want you to try more...
From traditional Japanese woodcuts and old master engravings to 19th century etchings and impressionist lithographs, the annual San Francisco Fine Print Fair provides a wide array of choice and a place to learn about the art and history of printmaking from knowledgeable art dealers. 2015 San Francisco Fine Print Fair – Saturday, January more...
It’s Carnaval season and Brass Band Mission is once again traveling to the Crescent City and the birthplace of jazz – New Orleans – to participate in the Mardi Gras Carnival parade of the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus. The band is throwing a backyard and second line parade party with all proceeds going more...
Prepare your appetites and head out to the East Bay to get a taste for Oakland and Berkeley’s restaurants during Oakland Restaurant Week (January 15-25) and Berkeley Restaurant Week (January 22-31). In Oakland over 65 restaurants are offering prix fixe menu options at $20, $30 and $40 per person. In Berkeley, 27 restaurants are more...
Get outside and spend your weekend exploring the second annual Snow Party at the Treasure Island Flea. Originally scheduled for November and postponed due to the big rains, now it’s back on for January. The Great San Francisco Snow Ball Fight Saturday-Sunday, January 24-25, 2015 | 11 am Treasure Island, San Francisco $3, plus more...
Dive in and discover the past like never before with amazing history events all week long including battles reenactments at the annual Civil War Days in Presidio’s Fort Point, a 19th century pistol dueling class (don’t forget your black collared overcoat!), local fishing history talks and exhibits in Sausalito at more...
The highly anticipated 2015 SF Sketchfest returns to San Francisco with over two weeks of top notch comedy, improv and stand-up. Funcheap lets you in on the best deals of this year’s festival, plus all the comedy you can handle for under $20 bucks per show. 2015 SF Sketchfest January 22 – more...
Grumpy Cat (aka Tardar Sauce) will be present at the ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate Berkeley Humane Society’s new Mobile Adoption Center (MAC), followed by festivities and refreshments. Grumpy Cat Opens New Mobile Adoption Center Saturday, January 24, 2015 | noon to 3 pm Berkeley Humane, 2700 Ninth St, Berkeley FREE The MAC will spotlight Berkeley Humane cats more...
Be civically minded and join Modern Times Bookstore Collective for their first panel of the new year in their popular discussion series on gentrification issues, which concern our city’s most vulnerable population: the people who live homeless–or one step away from it–on the streets of San Francisco. 2015 State of the City Forum: Displacement more...
836M Gallery brings Banksy’s “Haight Street Rat” back to the city of its origins after it was almost lost due to anti-graffiti laws. The owner of The Red Victorian, which had the mural on its wall painted during a 2010 SF spree by Banksy, was planning to paint over the Rat. more...
What actually happened to Darling Clementine? Historian Joel Pomerantz explores the California floods of 1862. Learn how this historic storm, which killed thousands and caused a number of San Francisco houses to collapse, can be an example for what a really extreme weather event could be like in our future. SF’s more...
Frugal foodies get to eat their way through 100+ of San Francisco’s best restaurants during San Francisco Restaurant Week (formerly Dine About Town) from January 21-30, 2015. 2015 San Francisco Restaurant Week January 21-30, 2015 | San Francisco 2015 is the first year that the Golden Gate Restaurant Association has taken the lead for more...
The Booksmith celebrates the first-ever Write Club Anthology, Bare-Knuckled Lit, culled from live performances of Chicago, San Francisco, and Atlanta Write Club chapters. There’ll be readings from Write Club SF regulars Joy Carletti, Colin McCarthy, Casey Childers, & Booksmith bookslinger Na’amen Tilahun (reading for Justin Goldman), along with appearances by editors more...
Become sea lion savvy and learn more about California sea lions, marine life, and bay conservation on the annual “Sea Lion Encounter” in celebration of the anniversary of their arrival to Pier 39. The boisterous barking pinnipeds began arriving in droves shortly after the Loma Prieta earthquake hit San Francisco in October more...
