The rain is torrential, positively Biblical (at least by San Francisco standards), what do you do?  Play in the flash flood that formed outside your house?  Slide down the muddy hills in Dolores

We've said it before, but we'll say it again:  Free beats Cheap anytime!  It goes without saying, really, but it bears repeating.  And what's a better way to get something for free than by just giving it up?  We're referring, of course, to the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's Gas-Free Fridays.  It's not that you need a special excuse to leave the car behind when you're commuting, or otherwise travelling around the Bay, but SFBC's Gas-Free Fridays campai

Every now and then,  Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream (a subsidiary of the Unilever soap company) gives away sundaes at their scoop shops (There's apparently more of them in SF than I thought, accordi

As you may know, the SF Bay Guardian is the leading & original weekly "alternative" newspaper here in San Francisco.  They're feisty & venerable, bringing a real local perspective on the issues that matter (or should matter!) to San Franciscisans.

In addition to being absolutely free, walking is the best way to see San Francisco.  (Sure, the cable cars are fun, but $5 a ride with no transfers is too rich for our blood!)  Really, you have to put on your comfy shoes, pick a neighborhood, and hoof it to get the real fee

In the middle of June, Japanese Buddhists celebrate Obon, a festival in which the dead are remembered, appreciated, and celebrated.  A part of this celebration is the Bon Odori, a joyful dance to remember our ancestors.

Ah, the Randall Museum... that glorious savior of parents with bored kids on a rainy day!

Way back when I was in college at the University of Florida, the local troupe of Hare Krishna devotees would set up in the Plaza offering free food to all who were hungry (which was basically all of us students!). There was definitely something to be desired about the quality of their curried offerings, though -- you can get a bit tired of ghee-soaked potatoes day in day out.

Trash Mash-Up, a community art project, will be hosting a Mash-Up Bash at the San Francisco State University 5th Annual Human Rights Summit on May 2, 2008 at 4:00pm. This summit is a unique event in that it is wholly devised, organized, and hosted by the students of Professor Mariana Ferreira's Anthropology and Human Rights class.

We're all looking for stuff to do.

But when you're jaded and broke in San Francisco, it can be a struggle. What to do? Walk out on the street and hope you run into a "6 foot 7 inch Jew" who will freestyle rap 4 you (it's been known to happen)?