When the ancient Polynesians invented surfing, they often used a paddle to help them navigate. Fast-forward a few millennia, and Stand-Up Paddleboarding, or SUP, finds itself trendy again. Part of its increasing popularity is that standing upright allows surfers to spot waves more easily and thus catch more of them, multiplying the fun factor. Paddling back to the wave becomes less of a strain as well. The ability to cruise along on flat inland water, surveying the sights, is another advantage. Finally, it’s a good core workout. If you’re sold on the idea, schedule an intro SUP lesson, free with board and paddle rental, and you may find yourself riding the waves like a Polynesian king.More
Many of us remember coming home from our elementary schools with freshly glazed pinchpots, cups, or whatever else our young imaginations could conjure up. Saturday mornings at the Randall Museum can bring that memory back, or create a new one for the youngsters. Ceramics make great gifts — especially on Mothers' and Fathers' Day. Hop on board for the Randall's once-weekly class, and for $6 and two weeks to have your work fired and glazed, you'll have all the materials you need.More
December is almost over - the New Year is coming up and everyone is busy drying off from the rain or holiday shopping. Let's take a look at what's happened this month.
The island trend of Hawaiian-style poke, or raw fish/seafood dressed with a variety of sauces and fresh toppings, has been kicking around the West Coast mainland for a while, particularly in Los Angeles, where its lean protein-rich nature is a big hit with the diet and camera conscious.
When day drinkers just could not stop pissing along the train tracks at Dolores Park, where every weekend tons of revelers gather to partake in booze and other inebriants, the city came up with a great idea to make public urination acceptable: install an outdoor urinal.
Foodie Lists / WTF?
Worse Than Fruitcake: Foodie Gifts That Make You Long for a Lump of Coal
PostedByAndy Wright
on Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:16 PM
In the realm of poorly conceived culinary gifts, fruitcake and terrifying snack assortments stand out as some of the least welcome. But rest assured, gastronomes, it could be worse. Much, much worse. 8. Frozen Moments Plate of Spaghetti Fake Food Sculpture
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Blow your friends' minds when you step away from your plate of pasta and your fork IS STILL IN THE AIR.
7. Twilight Dessert Plates
Now you can have your cake, and eat it off Jacob's really intense face, too.
6. "Foie gras this, motherf--cker!" Magnet
For the foodie in your life who feels very, very strongly about consuming goose liver pâté.
5. Cats in Food Can Ornaments
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And don't forget Mr. Whiskers. It's the holidays, who doesn't want to be reminded that the contents of pet food are so murky that it's not outside the realm of possibility that cats are cannabalizing their brethren?
4. Personalized Casserole Dish
Imagine the embarrassment if you served a subpar kugel in this dish?
Somehow, we don't think adorning your lady-parts with hunks of sugar is such a great idea.
1. Novelty Apron
Novelty aprons, be they of the sexy chef variety or the cutesy ("Kiss the cook!") are always unappetizing, but we find this steroidal, Union Jack variant particularly disturbing.
Sub Pop recording artists 'clipping.' brought their brand of noise-driven experimental hip hop to the closing night of 2016's San Francisco Electronic Music Fest this past Sunday. The packed Brava Theater hosted an initially seated crowd that ended the night jumping and dancing against the front of the stage. The trio performed a set focused on their recently released Sci-Fi Horror concept album, 'Splendor & Misery', then delved into their dancier and more aggressive back catalogue, and recent single 'Wriggle'.
Opening performances included local experimental electronic duo 'Tujurikkuja' and computer music artist 'Madalyn Merkey.'"
