SF City Guides
The tall ship Lady Washington is back in the Bay Area offering free walk-on tours while docked in between their cruises. Crews typically are on hand in period costume to answer questions and tell stories. Lady Washington, a replica of an 18th century sailing ship, has appeared in several television shows and movies, including Pirates of the Caribbean: The more...
Capp Street Project turns 30 soon and the CCA Wattis Institute is celebrating with dancing, 30 cakes (free for you to eat), a “Bauhaus Baunshaus” bouncy house for adults and 30 custom piñatas at a blowout birthday party on February 18, 2014. CCA alum Erica “Wanna Hang Out?” Johnson will kick off the evening more...
SF’s bar workers work long shifts pouring drinks and dealing with lousy tippers, so it’s time for them to have a night for themselves – at the annual Mid-Winter Bar Workers Ball. 7×7 magazine and Broke Ass Stuart host this annual event featuring free spirits tastings, drink specials, an Irish Car Bomb contest and more...
Sometimes you’ve just got get away from the hustle and bustle of the city to enjoy the serenity of a national park. On certain “fee-free” days throughout the year, enjoy free entrance to all national parks including Muir Woods and Yosemite Park. Yosemite park waves their usual $20 per car fee, and Muir Woods is allowing free entry more...
Flask Mob is a unique renegade monthly photo walk with a very solid following, and no wonder. Loosely based on the idea of a flash mob – Flask Mob is a monthly meeting of Bay Area creatives who gather with flasks and cameras to mob the streets to discover and photograph typical more...
Named one of the world’s top ten parades, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. Over 100 groups will participate in the parade and many of the floats and specialty groups will be featuring the theme of this year’s Chinese more...
Friday and Saturday, February 14-15, 2014 most of Goodwill’s brand name clothing is on sale for just $2 a piece. This is the first $2 Goodwill Sale in four years. That’s two dollars for tees, tops, trousers, ties, twills, tweeds, tutus and more. Other than red tagged, pink tagged and vintage more...
Feathers will fly at this fun, flash-mob type event which takes place on Valentine’s Day, just as the Ferry Building clock tower strikes 6 pm. It’s Pillow Fight. Nearly 1,000 San Franciscans descend on Justin Herman Plaza with feather-stuffed pillows to run Braveheart-like at full speed at one another to lovingly more...
Come to the most frightening Valentine’s event of the year. The group behind the Zombie Christ haunted house and Faetopia brings you another interactive labyrinth of art and horror. Expect two evenings of frightful glances into the secret love lives of zombies, weirdos, and codependents. Be warned: no sexuality or sentiment more...
La Luna Cupcakes will be at Capital One 360 Cafe for Valentine’s Day 2014 helping you bring something tasty home in the name of love. We are told they are bringing free cupcakes – chocolate, tres leches, red velvet and vanilla to give away and everyone can add Valentine’s Day red more...
It’s coming up to the weekend and you’ve got nothing planned yet for Valentine’s Day – and worse you’ve got no money to spend? Normally that would be a nightmare for your love life, but we’ve hunted down some fun and unique ways to have Valentine’s fun, while allowing you to more...
The Armory Club hosts Art Peterson, who will do a presentation, read some excerpts and have a Q&A about his book Why Is That Bridge Orange: San Francisco for the Curious. “Why is that Bridge Orange: San Francisco for the Curious” Book Party with Author Q&A Thursday, February 13, 2014 – 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Armory Club more...
Come all to the most frightening Valentine’s event of the year. The group behind Zombie Christ haunted house and Faetopia brings you another interactive labyrinth of art and horror. Two evenings of frightful glances into the secret love lives of zombies, weirdos, and codependents. Be warned: No sexuality or sentiment will more...
Valentine’s Day = Roman fertility festival, Chaucer’s love poems, bank-breaking gifts, and Hallmark cards with stuffed animals… it is our modern day holiday of love. For many people it can be a day of loneliness, whether they have a love or not… enter Operation Street Love. Operation Street Love Thursday, February 13, 2014 (6pm) Meet more...
Get into the San Francisco Zoo for free if you were born in the Year of the Horse (1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002 and 2014) to enjoy a day of Chinese New Year performances and activities at the zoo on Sunday, February 9, 2014. The zoo features interactive, culturally-themed family more...
