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Free Day for SF Residents: Confirmed for November 7, 2012. The San Francisco Zoo, Northern California’s largest zoological park and conservation center, offers free admission the first Wednesday every month for San Francisco residents. This urban oasis, nestled against the Pacific Ocean, provides a comfortable climate all year round. We know you’ll enjoy seeing more...
Twice in three years… can’t beat that! Here’s a collection of some of the best photos we’ve found from the 2012 Giants World Series Parade down Market Street and celebration at City Hall that took place on October 31, 2012. Which are your favorite? Yes We Cain! Photo: Beck Diefenbach | Source: sfgate.com Photo: Kelly L more...
It’s not just Fridays or the Giants that are orange anymore. In honor of the Giants’ 2012 World Series Championship, buildings and structures all over the city are decking themselves out with support. The San Francisco Giants flag will fly over City Hall; City Hall and Coit Tower will remain bathed in orange more...
Can’t afford the $400+ it’s going to take to afford standing room only tickets for the 2012 World Series at AT&T Park? Regardless, there’s plenty of places in San Francisco where you can watch the Giants crush the Tigers get a pretty decent drink special, even if many of the bars more...
At the 10th Annual San Francisco Altered Barbie Show AlteredBarbie is running for President and on campaign with or without AlteredKen. The 2012 Altered Barbie Exhibition is a creative reuse art show where people transform these icons into not-so-everyday art reflecting our current society. Ken and Barbie, modern day icons, permeate every corner more...
The 29th Annual Folsom Street Fair, a true Only in San Francisco original, covers 13 city blocks filled with 400,000 people in their most outrageous leather/rubber/fetish attire enjoying the world’s largest leather fair. The festival features over 250 intriguing and sexy exhibitors and food vendors, plus two live stages with 16 more...
Put on your spandex, smuggle in some booze and be prepared to pump it in the park with “Critical Ass” – a quasi-weekly dance party / Jane Fonda-esque workout session in Dolores Park led by choreographer Pearl Marill and other fitness/dance instructors wearing bright colors and leading synchronized cherry pickers more...
Commemorating a 1967 gathering that drew 20,000 hippies and hell’s angels during the “Summer of Love” get ready for another “Human Be-In” in 2012 – A three-day free gathering in Golden Gate Park with Music, Workshops, Skill Shares, Art, Community Kitchen and more. The goal of this unpermited 2012 “Human Be-In more...
Muni’s top bell ringing crewmen compete in the 49th Annual Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest on September 6, 2012. The competition begins at noon in Union Square. Motorized cable car #62 will be parked on Union Square. The contest will feature an amateur competition followed by the main contest with Gripmen more...
Confirmed for 2012! Local skateboarding legends Toad & Salmon will be hosting their 8th annual “Chili Bowl” cook out and skate-off at the La Raza Skatepark in San Francisco’s Potrero Del Sol Park on Saturday, August 25, 2012 (Noon to 6pm) Watch local skateboarders compete to see who has the best kickflip in more...
The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe continues its 53rd season with more free, lively satire performances in park settings around the Bay Area. The 2012 theme, “For the Greater Good, or The Last Election,” turns the 19th century melodrama “The Poor of New York” on its head and tells it from the more...
The Shire of Cloondara (the San Francisco branch of the Society for Creative Anachronisms, who re-create the customs, combat and courtesies of the Middle Ages) invites you to attend “DeBARDchery,” its annual archery and bardic tournament in Golden Gate Park on Saturday, August 18, 2012. That means you get to watch people dressed in middle ages more...
Join Early California descendants (Los Californianos) to celebrate the “birthday” of San Francisco. Descendants will honor their ancestors and the founding of the Presidio of San Francisco with a ceremony featuring horses and riders from the Amigos de Anza drill team. Pasados del Presidio: Commemorating the Presidio’s Past Through Music, Dance & more...
The San Francisco edition of 2012 World Naked Bike Ride Day – Northern Hemisphere edition will meet at the northeast side of the fountain in Justin Herman Plaza on June 9th. Meet at 11:00am for body painting (Bring body paints, washable markers, watercolors or other easily removed media to apply slogans and designs to your more...
Check out a an exhibit presented by Ripley’s Believe It or Not including a 13-foot model of the Golden Gate Bridge, constructed out of 30,000 toothpicks and glue in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco. In addition you can view a 1/3rd scale model of a cable car more...
