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You Can Now Buy Part of the Golden Gate Bridge for $12,000You Can Now Buy Part of the Golden Gate Bridge for $12,000
By - posted 3/14/2023
Worth the Splurge, Wow

Thanks to KRON4 for sharing an interesting listing that has hit Facebook Marketplace. If you want to own a piece of the Golden Gate Bridge, here’s your chance. However, it won’t come cheap. Alexandra Watson, located in Penngrove, CA, which is north of Petaluma, has made a listing on Facebook Marketplace for more...

Warriors Game 5 Courtside Seats Going for "Only" $35,000 EachWarriors Game 5 Courtside Seats Going for “Only” $35,000 Each
By - posted 6/12/2022
San Francisco, Worth the Splurge, Wow

Yes, there are still tickets for sale for the Warriors vs. Celtics NBA Finals Game 5 on Monday, June 13th at Chase Center, but it’s going to cost you. If you’d rather have front row courtside seats than a brand new Honda Accord, then you can get tickets for a more...

A Living Seawall Is Coming to San Francisco's EmbarcaderoA Living Seawall Is Coming to San Francisco’s Embarcadero
By - posted 4/18/2022
Brand New, Green, San Francisco, Support the Bay, Worth the Splurge

San Francisco is erecting a living seawall along the Embarcadero. Before the Gold Rush, San Francisco was a sleepy harbor with a northeastern shoreline near today’s Salesforce Tower. As the waterfront expanded with industry, the Port of San Francisco oversaw the construction of the Embarcadero Seawall, a rock and concrete wall more...

The Bay Area Has A New Drive-in Wildlife SafariThe Bay Area Has A New Drive-in Wildlife Safari
By - posted 8/14/2020
Worth the Splurge

The Alameda County Fairgrounds on August 16th hosts the “wildest” drive-in you can imagine. Your wildlife adventure featuring live animals awaits. This is a Social Distancinig and Pandemic friendly event even if it is where “the wild things are”. You and your whole family will enjoy a fun, educational, wild animal more...

California Rolls Back: New Closures Effective ImmediatelyCalifornia Rolls Back: New Closures Effective Immediately
By - posted 7/13/2020
Worth the Splurge

California has just announced that effective July 13, 2020, all counties statewide must close indoor operations in several sectors. What Must Close Statewide (Indoor Operations Only) Dine-in restaurants Wineries and tasting rooms Movie theaters Family entertainment centers (for example: bowling alleys, miniature golf, batting cages and arcades) – Since Stagecoach Greens in San Francisco’s Mission more...

Bay Area Smoothie Brand "Odwalla" Shuts DownBay Area Smoothie Brand “Odwalla” Shuts Down
By - posted 7/9/2020
Worth the Splurge

Sad news for smoothie lovers, SFGate reported that Odwalla shut down, the Bay Area smoothie brand ceases operations. Odwalla is a pioneer in the premium juice category. Started by three musicians in Santa Cruz in 1980, Odwalla grew from a backyard shed and a local following into a brand that crafts more...

The Bay's First Drive-In Concert is Here... and it's $100The Bay’s First Drive-In Concert is Here… and it’s $100
By - posted 6/11/2020
Worth the Splurge

The Bay’s first drive-in concert is here, but it will cost you. For $100 per car (yikes) you can enjoy the first Drive-In Concert we’re aware of this weekend at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton on June 12 and June 13 from 7 pm to 10 pm. Pay per vehicle more...

Every Bay Area Restaurant Week in 2020Every Bay Area Restaurant Week in 2020
By - posted 1/5/2020
Worth the Splurge

Restaurant week continues to grow… In fact, it’s now “California Restaurant Month” with cities all over the state trying to get people out and dining during a traditionally slow month of January. Here’s all of the Bay Area’s restaurant weeks for 2020; most are in January and a few are spread more...

How to Hack “Bottlerock”
By - posted 5/27/2017
Worth the Splurge

Bottlerock is hopelessly sold out… but if you’re lucky enough to have bought a pass, you’re in luck even if you didn’t get a VIP pass. Funcheap went to Bottlerock on Friday and we found some ways to “hack” your own VIP(ish) experience even if all you have is General more...

Macy’s Flower Show 2017 Plant Sale
By - posted 4/9/2017
Worth the Splurge

The annual Macy’s Flower Show ended yesterday, so today is your day to buy the gorgeous flowers used in the show. Macy’s Flower Show 2017 Flower/Plant Sale Monday, April 10, 2017 | 9am 1200 17th Street, SF No Cover Please note, plants will not be available at the Macy’s Union Square store. The sale will be more...

SF’s Brand New Comedy Fest is Coming
By - posted 2/28/2017
Worth the Splurge

There’s a brand new massive comedy and music festival taking over Civic Center in June called “Colossal Clusterfest.“ Sure it’s got some of the biggest names in comedy like Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Burr, Kevin Hart, Sarah Silverman, but it’s also got a pretty stellar music lineup as well with Ice Cube, more...

Dave Chappelle at The Fillmore
By - posted 5/30/2015
Worth the Splurge

Just announced – Four shows and two great nights with the inscrutable comedy icon Dave Chappelle. He pops up for comedy shows in the Bay Area a few times a year and the shows usually sell out friggin fast (we’re talking gone in sixty seconds) so this time around he’s gone bigger with more...

Harry Potter Movie Marathon
By - posted 11/15/2011
Worth the Splurge

A mammoth weekend at the historic Castro Theater chronicling the adventures of J. K. Rowling’s adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. See these students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on their quest to overcome the evil dark wizard Lord Voldemort at more...