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Saturday in Pictures

Final touch-ups on the house sale: painting the common area, washing the graffiti off the garage door, sweeping and cleaning all common areas. —– Our microwave broke so we found this one on Craiglist and picked it up in North…

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New Favorite Cheap Eat in SF

Alright, in response to that pathetic excuse of a restaurant called Mr. Pollo that I wrote about below, I’ve got a goodie! Smack in the heart of the Castro is the new casual Korean joint called K*Pop. The first thing…

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Food Review: Mr. Pollo

I hate soup! Argh. Mr. Pollo is a 10-seat, no reservation, cash-only restaurant in the Mission that has been getting a bit of press lately. They base the menu on ingredients found at one of the local farmers markets that…

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Food Truck vs Restaurant

I don’t understand the food truck craze. There are food trucks sprinkled throughout the Financial District with long lines of people in suits waiting to order and then waiting for their food. If you’re going to wait in the windy…

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Oakland: 4 Restaurant / Bar Reviews

We have been spending quite a bit of time in Oakland lately. San Francisco life bores me—because I’ve lived here so long, few things excite me. All those food trucks don’t do it either. People, are they really worth the…

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Restaurant Review: Chambers

Alrighty, I’m posting a Yelp review because I write so few of them these days. Cmon, people, am I ready to be a food critic or what? Not a food critic yet, but a nightlife critic possibly? Looks like the…

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Welcome to my site, derived from an advice column I wrote while getting my MBA. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I give helpful, opinionated advice based on my own experience and from the expertise of my extensive network. For more, click here.

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