Check The Weekly Papers
The two local weekly papers in San Francisco always have an extensive listing of upcoming events, best of all, both are free both in the city and on the web. The San Francisco Bay Guardian has listings of upcoming political events and protests; theater shows; concerts; films; club happenings and other events that fail to fit in these categories. The SF Weekly has listings of concerts; movies; art gallery events; book-related happenings; museum exhibits; gay and lesbian meetings; theater shows and other events submitted to their publication.

Ask A City Guide
San Francisco City Guides provide free local tours of the city. These friendly residents are also very happy to help you answer any questions you have about the city, including what activities they may recommend doing during your trip.

The main City Guide booth is located at:
100 Larkin St

San Francisco, CA 94102

(415) 557-4266

www.sfcityguides.org

The List
If you’re looking to see what bands are in town, the best resource available is an extensive collection of Bay Area shows put together weekly by Steve Koepke and known simply as ‘The List.’ The list can be found in an easily accessible html version by visiting foopee.com and clicking on punk shows -note that the list is not limited to punk music though.

Visit SF Station
SFStation.com is a comprehensive website with listings all types of activities in the Bay Area. Here you can find upcoming events, top-rated restaurants, local band profiles, and more. This site check help you find just about anything related to shopping, eating or events.

Yelp It
Yelp.com is a great resource of reviews from cities across the globe. They started out of San Francisco though, so their listings here are some of the best. If you’re looking for upcoming events, you can check the forums and then take a look at the reviews of the location it is held at.
One great thing about Yelp is that you may avoid good events ruined by the venue. Even if you heard about the event from one of the other sources listed here, you can still check its location on Yelp to make sure it’s worth your time.

If you’ve been itching to try the new BK burger shots (I have, and they’re actually quite good) now’s your chance. On Saturday, 3/14 Burger King is giving away free burger shots between 11 AM to 2 PM. I’m not sure if “one” means one shot or one pack, but either way, one free tiny burger is yours if you stop by your local BK this Saturday.

I am highly skeptical of a new Japanese trend that promises bigger breasts merely by using a new ring tone. In fact, I normally dismiss the concept of breast enlargement unless it involves cosmetic surgery.

The breast enlargement pills seem to be a fraud and they have some potentially dangerous side effects.

On the other hand, I’m not too quick to dismiss the concept of this cell phone ring tone that may grow women’s breast sizes by mentally reminding them of crying babies. The inventor isn’t a quack -he’s actually highly regarded in the Japanese scientific community. The logic behind his invention is somewhat reasonable as well. Women respond both physically and emotionally when they hear crying babies. Is it really that unbelievable that a ringtone that uses the same tones as a baby may stimulate a woman’s breast growth?

As I said, I’m highly skeptical, but the great thing is that this product is highly cheap and practically harmless to a woman’s health -so it’s a winning gamble to check it out. If you do, let me know if it works, because I think everyone would like a non-surgical option to breast enlargement.

If you just want to hear the ringtone, here it is.

Business: Hot Cookie
407 Castro St.
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 621-2350
Price: $ (Each $ represents a $5 increment)
Rating: 5 out of 5

You can smell the sweets from down the street and with flavors like cranberry, white-chocolate oatmeal and just good ol’ chocolate chip, whatever you’re in the mood for, Hot Cookie carries it. And they carry the best. And just in case you want a truly “Castro” experience, they have large macaroon cookies dipped in chocolate. -in the shape of penises. Personally, I recommend the chocolate chip peanut butter.

The cookies may seem a little expensive for just a cookie, but if you get the day old cookies, it’s about 3 for the price of one fresh one. The day old’s are slightly less moist and definitely don’t feel hot-out-of-the-oven like the brand new ones, but damn are they good.

Stop by this cute little cookie shack just once and you’ll see why so many San Franciscians can’t get enough of their Hot Cookies. And don’t worry, the do sell milk.

Place: Land’s End Trail
Point Lobos Ave & Merrie Way -Google Map here
Golden Gate Recreation Area
San Francisco, 94121
Price: FREE
Rating: 5 out of 5

These nature-laced trails are some of the most unique, wild and rocky areas of all of San Francisco. Walking through this park takes you back to the San Francisco early explorers would have seen. Nature’s beauty is reavealed in all forms -flowers, bunnies, birds, wild cypress trees and crashing ocean waves.

Just to the East of this recreation area are the famous Sutro Baths, a mere memory of the early 1900’s bathhouse that once stood along these cliffs. Now there are just hallow shells of concrete, marked with stairs leading into filthy pools of water and algae. Just past the baths lie an incredible cave that leaves you feeling like a swashbuckler seeking a spot to hide ill-gained treasure.

If you walk down the first steep and winding trail that brings you to a rocky beach, you may see some nude sun bathers, dogs chasing toys and live marine life. The rocks are adorned with star fish, mussels and more. If you walk South a little way further along this beach, you’ll eventually run into the bathroom that fell off the cliffs so many years ago. Now it is a graffiti artist’s palate, concrete walls leaning every which way and all decorated in an array of colors and designs.

Or, if you neglect to go down the curvy trail, you will see across the Bay to beautiful Marin and you will get one of the most stunning, yet least seen, views of the Golden Gate Bridge around. Why pay over $5 to drive across the bridge when this park gives you an absolutely stunnning view for absolutely free?

Wherever you head in this vast nature park, you’ll be sure to see something beautiful and absolutely breath taking. So what are you waiting for?

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When we arrive, we discover there is no tv. While I don’t require one, I still notice the listing specified they had a hair drier in every room. The internet is supposedly broken, which I need because my BF is taking online classes. The elevator is definitely broken with the door removed and caution tape surrounding an open shaft. Luckily, we are only on the 3rd floor, but the hotel is at least ten stories tall. The whole weekend we can not use the internet, our backs killed us from the crummy bed and we’re nervous about touching anything after finding a booger on the shower curtain.

Most bottom-of-the-line hotels at least provide an alarm clock, ice machine and a decent sized mirror, but low and behold…nothing. The least the staff can do is be nice, but the people who work here look disgusted that we would ask to use their microwave to reheat our leftovers.

Bottom line, a gross and cheap hotel with a rude staff is something even a cheapskate shouldn’t have to suffer through. Besides that, there are other hotels in the same price range in the safer part of the Tenderloin District that would have been ten times nicer.

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