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This Week: August and Everything After
As summer comes to an end, I tend to get a little down in the mouth, thinking of all the activities I won't be able to do anymore. But don't despair: the Bay Area offers a plethora of possibilities for year-round fun. This week, we offer this looong list of options for chasing away the end-of-summer blues and embracing everything this little part of the world has to offer.
August and Everything After
The Bay Area's best kept secret
Ex-garbage dump turned park and artist's gallery, a visit to the Albany Bulb (sometimes called the Albany Knob) will have your date spinning in [more...]
Musee Mecanique
The Musee Mecanique is full of bizarre old arcade pieces: mechanical fortune tellers, coin-op pianos, orchestrions, etc. Sadly no longer located on the cliff [more...]
Copper for your thoughts
Pay a visit the newly-revamped De Young Museum. Can't stomach the entrance fee (or the art)? Just stand outside and admire the copper facade; you can tell your [more...]
Tips of the Week
Blush Nail Spa
If your hands and feet have been especially good to you this month, you might consider returning the favor at Blush Nail Spa. The treatments range [more...]
Mission Dolores
You can visit Mission Dolores, the mission from which the Mission District takes its name, to get a little slice of San Francisco history. Tour the old mission [more...]
Savory deliciousness
If you like food that is good, you'll want to check out Zadin, the new Vietnamese restaurant in the Castro. The selection is limited, but each option is a pearl of [more...]
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Outdoor Dining
From boats to bars to Benicia, the Bay Area is home to a plethora of places where you can dine in the sunshine. Grab your shades, your sunscreen and your little dog, too, and head to any of these fabulous sidewalk seats this summer!
Under Where?
San Francisco is a very flashy town -- and the people doing the flashing are showing off some very nice lingerie. Where are they getting these wonderful undergarments? This week, The Datevine investigates just where you have to go in this town to get a decent pair of step-ins. Check it out.
Hot Times
With fires raging over much of California, smoke fills the air and our thoughts turn to immersing ourselves in water as quickly as possible. Fortunately, the Bay Area has plenty of liquid options to keep you cool and flame-retardant in these lazy, hazy, blazey days of summer.
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Knit yourselves together
Not just a clever name, Imagiknit has all the yarns, needles and patterns that a San Francisco knitter could desire. Perfect if your date has gotten roped into the [more...]
Deep dish it
Check out Zachary's in Berkeley, the only place in that town where you can get honest-to-goodness Chicago-style deep dish pizza.
[more...]Round and round and round you go
Hand-carved horses, a spinny head and what the website calls a "huge organ." Is this an incredibly kinky date? Or is it just the carousel at Tilden Park in Berkeley? [more...]
Sound sculptures
From their website: The theatre consists of a foyer, sound labyrinth and main performance space. It is a building within a building, conceived directly for this art form, and built in part with a grant from the National Endowment For [more...]
DJ'ing 101
Like dance music? Ever dreamed of being a DJ? Here's you chance to get started on your second life as a DJ. These 2hr private sessions are held in the VIP room of Supperclub with chilled champagne and strawberries.
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DJ Dating
Do you like dance music? Ever dreamed of being a DJ? Here's your chance! A private 2hour session in the VIP room of Supperclub with chilled champagne and straberries will get you started in your second life as a DJ.
If your date [more...]
DJ Dating
Do you like club music? Ever considered becoming a DJ? Here's your chance. A 2hr private session with your date will get your second life as a DJ started along with some chilled champagne and strawberries.
The lessons will be held [more...]
Beautiful Things
Like its inventory, a lingerie store should be a little bit secret, a little hidden, a little special. Belle Cose on Russian Hill is all three. This bijou little panty pavilion is the perfect place to find that outre piece you've been [more...]
Agent Provacateur
Like many great cities, San Francisco has its own Agent Provacateur store. Naturally. You can't expect SF residents to do without the flirty, sexy, 1950's [more...]
