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Where to Stop & Think
By - posted 11/1/2010
City Discoveries

San Francisco is full of beautiful vistas and iconic monuments, but how do you get away in the middle of all the chaos of the city? These are five places that are nestled within the city that are great places to go and wax philosophical with life’s big questions. >> What more...

SF’s Best Free Wi-Fi Spots
By - posted 11/1/2010
City Discoveries

Last fall, the Wall Street Journal reported on a sadly disturbing trend of coffee shops in New York City actually locking up their electrical outlets and pulling the plug on unlimited free wi-fi use for its customers. Thankfully (so far) there’s no sign of a mass wi-fi revolt in San Francisco. more...

Giants Ticker Tape Parade & Celebration
By - posted 11/1/2010
Get Out: Events

For the first time ever since moving to San Francisco, the Giants have won the World Series! Fifty cars and floats will participate in a ticker tape parade for the 2010 World Series Champions will take place on Wednesday, November 3rd at 11am from the Financial District, down Market Street and more...

San Francisco’s Fall Chocolate Festival
By - posted 10/31/2010
Win Stuff

If you’re anything like the funcheap crew, you can’t stop yourself from eating chocolate when there’s an unlimited supply. This is the dilemma you’ll be faced with if you win our contest for two free tickets to the upcoming Fall 2010 Luxury Chocolate Salon which takes place at Fort Mason more...

Voter Discounts on Election Day | 50¢ Drinks
By - posted 10/30/2010
Deals

Two things San Franciscans love: local bars and a good protest! On November 2, some great bars are asking us to go and be a part of an active democracy. The program is called “Straight Up: Vote” so go and vote! Then, get 50 cent drinks at one of our more...

World Series 2010: Where to Watch in San Francisco
By - posted 10/28/2010
Deals

Can’t afford the $400+ it’s going to take to afford standing room only tickets for the World Series at AT&T Park? Or maybe you’d rather spend your time watching the torture that is the 2010 San Francisco Giants with a beer in your hand that didn’t cost $9. Regardless, there’s plenty of more...

Free Cab Rides on Halloween Night
By - posted 10/28/2010
Halloween

Halloween is a time of eating candy, dressing up like a hooker and drinking too much mystery punch. But how the hell do you get home safely after a night of cavorting and drinking too much mystery punch – especially if Muni or BART have already shut down for the more...

Halloween Guide 2010 | San Francisco
By - posted 10/27/2010
Halloween

2010 is unfortunately yet another year without an “official” place to party for Halloween in San Francisco ever since the Castro was declared neighborhood-non-grata by the city. Even with no central location in the city to draw all the ghosts and goblins, tons of smaller events (many with DIY spirit) have more...

Haunted Houses in the Bay Area
By - posted 10/26/2010
Halloween

Professional haunted houses can be pretty expensive for just a few minutes of fun. But community haunted houses offer a cheaper alternative with, arguably, a little less polish. Some of the community haunted houses have a largely younger audience in the early evening hours, but also offer later operating hours for more...

Final Weekend of 2010 SF Open Studios
By - posted 10/26/2010
Fairs & Festivals

During four weekends in October, hundreds of local artists and studios fling open their doors to give you a rare chance to see where they work and their latest projects during SF Open Studios 2010 – the largest and first open studios tour in the country. Now celebrating its 35th anniversary more...

Creepy Contests & Ghoulish Giveaways
By - posted 10/25/2010
Win Stuff

For Halloween weekend, FuncheapSF has dug up a ton of tickets to give away to our readers. You don’t have to answer any stupid trivia questions. – all you need to do is sign up for our free weekly email list and then let us know which contests you want to more...

Half-Priced Halloween Fun
By - posted 10/21/2010
Deals

Get yourself spooky this Halloween without scaring away all of your cash. Here’s a few 50% off deals for Halloween events in San Francisco thanks to our good friends at Goldstar. JoBeth Williams Appears at Castro Theatre’s Screening of Horror Classic Poltergeist Saturday, October 30, 7:30pm – Full Price: $25.00 – Goldstar Price: $12.50 The more...

Funcheap Freebies
By - posted 10/17/2010
Win Stuff

Each week, Funcheap gets tons of free tickets dumped in our laps and we love to turn around and share them with our readers! As long as you’re on the FuncheapSF email list (sign up here) you’re eligible to enter and win as many contests as you want each week – more...

Rainy Day Fun in SF
By - posted 10/17/2010
Get Out: Events

We all knew that the 80 degree weather and sunshine we’ve enjoyed over the past few weeks  had to end sometime – but this soon? Rain is predicted all weekend with temperatures not expected to rise above 60 degrees.  Welcome back, nasty, rainy and cold San Francisco weather! Outdoor Blues Sure, that means more...

Win VIP Tix to Exotic Erotic Ball
By - posted 10/7/2010
Win Stuff

Funcheap has two pair of passes to the 31st Annual Exotic Erotic Ball next weekend to give away. Best of all, our grand prize winner will win a pair of VIP passes (valued at over $350!) with access to a private VIP lounge aboard a luxury yacht, special performances, more...