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Free Hugs Day 2014
By - posted 3/18/2014
Celebrations

Come by and get a free hug in Market Street Plaza from 11 am to 1 pm on UN International Day of Happiness, March 20, 2014. Hugs are proven to release oxytocin, a hormone linked to feeling happy, so a group of happy huggers will be gathering to give free hugs in more...

Urban Air Night Market
By - posted 3/18/2014
Get Out: Events

Come spend a fun Thursday night shopping, eating, drinking and live music at the Urban Air Night Market on March 20, 2014 at SoMa StrEat Food Park. In addition to about a dozen artisan vendors selling unique and handmade products from right here in the Bay Area, You’ll get a chance more...

St. Patrick’s Food Truck Party
By - posted 3/17/2014
Fairs & Festivals

Get ready for the final night of Funcheap’s big three-day St. Patrick’s Day weekend outdoor party  with exclusive Irish food truck specials, green beer, Guinness, free green beads, green beer, and live music all day. Funcheap’s St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Bash | 2014 – Mon. March 17, 2014 (5pm to 10pm) SoMa Streat Food Park, 428 11th more...

Free Cab Rides
By - posted 3/17/2014
Freebies

St. Patrick’s Day revelers in San Francisco can get their cab rides home paid for throughout the night because Alameda law firm Berg Injury Lawyers once again is sponsoring the “Safe and Sober Free Cab Ride Home” program. Free Cab Rides Home for St. Patrick’s Day 2014 Begins: March 17, 2014 | more...

St. Patrick’s Day 2014
By - posted 3/15/2014
Get Out: Events

Other than the Giants’ World Series victory celebrations, there’s one day a year when San Franciscans seem to love to take to the streets and celebrate more than any other – and that’s St. Patrick’s Day. Unfortunately in 2014, there is no big festival at Civic Center, but that doesn’t mean the partying more...

“Brides of March” Wedding Dress Pub Crawl
By - posted 3/14/2014
Only in San Francisco

Grab a wedding dress and join the brides as more than a hundred people in wedding dress (men, women and in-betweeners) parade through the heart of San Francisco, strolling through Union Square, shopping at fancy stores and drinking in local bars. All you need for this event is a white wedding more...

Off the Grid: Fort Mason Food Truck Party
By - posted 3/13/2014
Get Out: Events

Over 32 food trucks and street food carts in a huge circle with a full bar and bands in the middle? Now that’s a party. Off the Grid is a weekly outdoor food truck bonanza staged every Friday from 5-11 pm at the historic waterfront campus of Fort Mason Center. In 2014, with a focus more...

Pi Day 2014 (3.14)
By - posted 3/12/2014
Celebrations

Photo credit: Michael Moses Any day can be a holiday, and so for math nerds and pie lovers, March 14th is an extra special mathematical date. Pi (aka π) is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter which comes out to roughly 3.14. So March 14th has been dubbed “Pi Day”-  a more...

Dolores Park’s Final Day of 2014
By - posted 3/11/2014
City Insight

Our beloved Dolores Park is being renovated in 2014/2015, so get ready for $13.2 million in changes & improvements. Get ready as the fences are going up and half the park will be closed until the fall of 2014. The northern side of Dolores Park (with tennis courts & hipster hangout area) more...

Brand New SF iPhone App: Hoodline
By - posted 3/11/2014
City Insight

Our friends over at Haighteration have combined forces with a few other neighborhood blogs to launch a brand new San Francisco-only iPhone app called “Hoodline.” It’s a single app containing stories about the Lower Haight, Upper Haight and Hayes Valley with minor coverage of surrounding areas as well. And you can get more...

Jet Blue $49 Sale
By - posted 3/10/2014
Deals

To help you travel in March, April and May, Jet Blue is on sale for two days only with $49 fares from SFO and Oakland to Long Beach. >> Search for $49 fares The fine print says the $49 fares are only good Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but we found several  Mondays through Thursdays, more...

Three Twins Grand Re-Opening
By - posted 3/10/2014
Get Out: Events

Three Twins Ice Cream invites all ice cream lovers to join in celebrating the triumphant return of the neighborhood scoop shop at 3 pm on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, after a devastating fire destroyed the storefront two years ago. Three Twins Ice Cream Shop Grand Re-Opening March 11, 2014 | 3pm Three Twins, 254 Fillmore more...

2014 Holi Festival
By - posted 3/9/2014
Fun & Games

The colorful, ancient spring festival of Holi will once again be celebrated at Bishop Ranch in San Ramon, so get ready to get messy and have a lot of fun at this free gathering. 2014 Holi Celebration Friday, March 14, 2014 | 5-7 pm 2680 Bishop Drive, San Ramon FREE There will be live music, more...

Sunday Streets 2014
By - posted 3/8/2014
Fairs & Festivals

Sunday Streets (March – October 2014) is San Francisco’s official block party – a sorta-monthly roving neighborhood celebration and five hour street party where the streets are closed to vehicles, so pedestrians, roller skaters, bicyclists, yoga classes, and everyone except for cars can take over the streets for an afternoon. >> Funcheap is more...

Unauthorized “Hello Kitty” Art Attack
By - posted 3/7/2014
Artsy Fartsy

Art Attack SF and Pabst Blue Ribbon present the Second Annual Hello City Show, a collection of totally unauthorized Sanrio inspired artworks (like Hello Kitty) done by local artists. Hello City 2014 Friday & Saturday, March 7-8, 2014 | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm Art Attack SF | 2722A Hyde St., San Francisco, CA 94109 FREE, more...