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Culture... Smulture.

 (links by Lake™)

"Don't store the whiskey bottles on the lowest lying shelves
Easily accessible to tiny little elves
Neighbors start to gossip when our children start to play
Crown Royal™ bags aren't mittens on a cold Winter's day."


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** NEW!! **

 As 2016 heads to a close, SFist names its 13 Best New Bars of 2016.

Not in time to help out with this year's Xmas shopping at Union Square, but it looks like BevMo™ may be moving to the neighborhood.

"It's hard to believe I've gone and done it again
Went to a place to see all of my friends
One little sip and now look at me
If this bar were school I'd have a degree."

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Who Knew?

 The California Historical Society (est. 1871)  has an upcoming exhibitio  of  Vintage Wine, Beer and Spirit Labels.  Interesting and SF-centric.

For the Whiskey drinker on your holiday list.

And the 2016 Haters Guide to the Williams Sonoma Catalog.

Every one of these is a winner.  One of my favorite quotes:
Drew says:  Fuck table runners. There, I said it. A table runner is nothing more than an unfinished tablecloth.  

(links by Lake™)

"What I did on my vacation
For the last ten years
Took pictures of your town
Plaid perfume on my breath
I mean I've been drinking Scotch
While touring through your town/"

 

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The Time is Now

While flipping through this Sunday's NY Times over a cocktail in the evening, I discovered great stories on:

Alcohol and Exercise  (thanks, lab rats!!) 

Amaro Never Knows  (w/ recipes)

and Ms. Lake submitted Going Home for Thanksgiving Bingo 
(save it for next year) 

"Quietly here I'll sleep
I won't even make a peep
You won't even know I'm here
Hey, do you got a beer?

Couch surfin'!!!"

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A Season for All Times

Two cocktails with turkey broth.

The rise and fall of America's oldest Whiskey:
aka as "an ode to the Overholt."

And just in case you needed to know,
the 13 best Bloody Marys in SF.
(of course, you won't consume one after 2pm)

"Two shots of Wild Turkey puts the wind in her hair
Bound and determined in the cold mornin' air
If you don't like horses I'd suggest you stay home
She don't ride double get a horse of your own."

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Sprung!

From one of my favorite diverse tech sites comes this week's Linkeys:

Tech science & orthodontia.  (NSFW)

Drugs & Art.

Who knew there were lyrics for "Bewitched"?
Steve Lawrence, that's who.

"Have you heard that Mimsie Starr (what now?)
She got pinched in the Astor bar
(Sloshed again, eh?) She was stoned.
Well, did you evah? (Never! )
What a swell party this is!"

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Progress...

... in the cocktail world.

In the workplace.

On our streets.

In our community. (mine, anyway)

"Like a cool Daiquiri
With the twist of a lime
I could get used to this
All of the time
I could get used to this!"


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APpy Ower

 Or... a Tale of Three Cities:

Happy Hour is the new black.

Happy Hour isn't necessarily for everyone.

Happy Hour is okay... but don't let late-night drinking go the way of the dodo.

(links by Lake™)

"Last call for alcohol.
Last call for your freedom of speech.
Drink up. Happy Hour is now enforced by law.
Don't forget our house special, it's called a Trickie Dickie Screwdriver.
It's got one part Jack Daniels, two parts purple Kool-Aid,
And a jigger of formaldehyde
From the jar with Hitler's brain in it we got in the back storeroom."


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Ludicrous Links

Absurd Ad Agency... or not?

Possibly absurd... unless you're a superstitious fan

Definitely absurd

(links by Lake™)

"Please don't take the baby to the liquor store
It's not the kind of bottle he's been cryin' for
Take the milk money and walk right out the door
But please don't take the baby to the liquor store"


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This is YOUR Week!!!

Your week in politics.

Your week in politics, redux.

Your week in good bar news here & here.

Your week in good political bar news.

(links by Lake™)

"Some woman told me today,
You're wasting your life away
Sitting around in your prime
Getting drunk on a bottle of wine."



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No Horseplay!!!

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All Work and No Play

Makes Jack a dull boy.










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SF (L)ist

Good news!!

The Riptide is reborn in the Outer Sunset.

TNSC-favorite Spec's gets legacy status and a 10-year lease.

Sometimes, decompressio  is a bitch.  (Welcome back, burner-bitches)

(links by Lake™)

"I live my life on a layer of ice
Just like those poured by my bartender Vice
Any taste of vermouth should be really sublime
When you have a good martini time!"



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Burning for You

This usually was my favorite week in SF.  This year, it does actually feel different.

And speaking of Burning Man.... (that's pretty epic)

My personal favorite - Burner Bingo!!!

(links by Lake™)

"Baby boom or 'X',
I don't know what I am,
All i need to know is when it's time to slam,
Threw a little party cause it just felt right,
It lasted ten years and it's goin' on tonight.
Yeah!"



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12 Galaxies +1

Reason #237 why I don't go drinking in the Marina.

YES!!!  The ChuMaker is back!!!  (the original was posted 4/30/09)

And finally, some GOOD NEWS about an Ess-Eff bar.

(links by Lake™)

"You take the fish,
I'll take the bowl.
You take the dishes.
While you're at it take my soul.
But things ain't so bad,
Cause I got a Galaxy 500!!"



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SF Legacy

Ain't she grand?  (be sure to watch the whole thing)

Legacy businesses approved for protectio !!!

BTW, this is NOT a legacy business.

(links by Lake™)

"It's hard to believe I've gone and done it again
Went to a place to see all of my friends
One little sip and now look at me
If this bar were school I'd have a degree."



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Solid as a Rock

From the files of Ms. Heather Lake:

30 Rock's Jenna Maroney meets Donald Trump,
in Donald Maroney.

Epic (Olympic) FAILS.

Epic (Expensive) FAILS.

 
"My beer holder's getting bigger everyday
It works better with each beer I put away
Look at here dear, I can set my beer right here and it stays
My beer holder's getting bigger everyday."



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My Head is Ringing

Let's be thankful both conventio s are over,  and now it's time to drink like an Olympian.

Someone wishes that this would happen to all the Pokemon Go players in SF.

They should also bowl down lazy dog owners while they're at it.

(links by Lake™)

"I'm gonna let beer write this song
Cause I kind of fear that I'd get it all wrong
All of those fears and all that I lack
Will all wash away with each beer I knock back"



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Red vs. Blue

Finally... a TNSC venue with a GREAT landlord.

Hillary imbibes from time to time... so there's THAT reason to vote for her.

This quiz is for Low-retta:  Donald Trump or P.T. Barnum?

"You don't have to remind me,
I smell like a skunk,
Excuse me baby but,
(hicup) I'm drunk!"



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Cleveland Rocks

Longtime TNSC list member Heather Lake dutifully submits these links for your enjoyment:

Nope.  Please don't save me from myself.

Well, okay - save us from ourselves.

Yes – definitely save us from ourselves.
(I’m sure all these logos, characters and reproductions were properly licensed)

"Man I'm so Cleveland, it's a god damn shame
So East side I'm a god damn gang
Said you ain't heard about my god damn name
Better ask around here I'm a god damn king!"

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Tooth Ow Sand Juan

Forget the ball.  Save the beer! 
(That was kind of epic)

Bad Art Gallery searches out the worst.
(Only in Marin....)

And in honor of one of the finest filmmakers ever,
some pretty great Stanley Kubrick Cinemagraphs.

(Links by Lake™)

I call this one "Jack on the Rocks"

"I'm gonna sue Jack Daniels for

hitting me with a trunk of a big ol' live oak tree
he hurt me this morning with the bright sun light
I'm gonna sue Jack Daniels for what he did to my face last night"

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Local Edito

Your source for news and local watering holes.  Sometimes both at once.

The loss of a TNSC favorite.

The community rallying for a San Francisco favorite.
(I remember when that place was Club 9.  Kill me....)

And the rise of a new TNSC favorite.
(grrrrllll power!!)

(Links by Lake™)

"Well alabaster ankle
Jet black shoe
Making me act like a clown
From the Lower East Side all the way Uptown."




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Interdependence

As we celebrate our independence from Britain, they celebrate their independence from Europe.

We're holding our own, though... cuz this is 'Merica!!

If beer isn't your thing, you can always step it up a notch or two.

(Links by Lake™ 

"On the stairs I smoke a
cigarette alone
Mexican kids are shootin'
fireworks below
Hey baby, it's the Fourth of July."

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Suspension of Disbelief

As one bar, The Riptide, rises from the ashes, another succumbs.

Epic 6am "Loin" bar shuttered for other reasons.  (sorry that I never made it there) 

And the fascinating "Secret World of Foley" film.  
Sounds like an Onion product, but it's not. 

(Links by Lake™ 

 

"Everywhere everywhere everywhere
Willful suspension of disbelief"


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HBD

Ms. Heather Lake passes along these timely birthday links for your enjoyment:

Some "rolling Cheez-Whiz™ mass" is 70.   ("Undead Tangerine" is a great band name.)

Make America Clean Again.

Aging gracelessly at 100.

More important SF news.

"I guess I let my health go
Since you quit bein' mine
But there was nothing to replace you
'Cept liquor, beer and wine."


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Mr. Bitterness

Feeling bitter after the CA Primary?  Lucky you!!

It's Negroni Week.  Beverages for a good cause.

Some other things to look forward to:
- A beer pipeline
- A 3-legged dog party


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"There is a bar they call The Bitter Sea.
And she sits and drinks a velvet crush.
That's Kool-Aid™ and Gin.
Casing the clientele
Like a relentless cameraman.



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