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• Commented on Haight Street Whole Foods Reportedly Open For Shopping Now, Grand Opening Still Wednesday
  There was a time when some people said that this place needed housing or it couldn't be built. Somehow they will manage without it, huh? :)...
• Commented on SF: America's Third Drunkest City?
  Is this what you're looking for, Eve? "To compile our first annual list of the drunkest cities in America, we looked at three things: average alcohol consumption over a month, the highest levels of binge drinking, and the places where...
• Commented on Live Updates, Slideshow, And Video From Today's Giants Ticker Tape Parade
  thanks for the comments! It was fun to read!...
• Commented on Previously On San Francisco: 40 Days and 40 Nights
  Setting a crappy movie in SF is like adding a celeb cameo: "Hey, this movie's not very good but if we add some shots of Coit Tower, people may find it charming."...
• Commented on SF Not Short-Listed For The World Cup, Supe Wants To Know Why
  Yeah, I don't think we have a proper venue. Stanford was used in '94. Memorial Stadium and the Coliseum could also work, but those aren't even in SF. Does Ross think we should use AT&T Park (too small and would...
• Commented on 24 Year Old SF Woman Accused Of Spray Painting "KKK," Swastikas On Buildings
  She sounds like a real catch....
• Commented on The Sexual Manifesto: The Pull-Out Method
  On the preference scale that method falls ahead of unintended pregnancy....
• Commented on What Can You Get Away With At Bay To Breakers?
  Re: alcohol...last year it meant they took "bottles and kegs from your drunkass hands." I got a bottle taken from me at one point. I kept walking but the cop followed me and threatened to give me a ticket if...
• Commented on Should SF's Smoking Ban Extend To Bars' "Smoking Patios"?
  This issue riles me so much because the majority of people who got indoor smoking banned said, at that time, "What's your problem? You can't just go OUTSIDE to smoke?" or "We need to do this to protect patrons and...
• Commented on SF Shoots: Car Hits Cyclist
  that intersection is not a good one for traffic because bikers are following the Wiggle route (which means they turn at this intersection). Many bikers don't stop which, when you add the turning, greatly increases the chances of getting smacked....
• Commented on Pet Airways To Expand To SF In 2010, But We're Trying Them Today
  I figured it out now. Pet Airways...interesting concept! What did you pay?...
• Commented on Pet Airways To Expand To SF In 2010, But We're Trying Them Today
  I just found this article now (2:23 pm) and I'm having a hard time reading it in the correct chronological order. I'm internet-retarded....
• Commented on Loiterer About Town: Blown Opportunities
  I'm a nerd who, 15 years ago in high school, thought to myself "you women going after the jocks and tough guys are all gonna wish you blew me someday!" Well, I can't say that they all wish that these...
• Commented on Amuse Bouche Guy Deported?
  "he is married to a U.S. citizen and we were about to file for a green card." Uh...so do it already and the problem will go away....
• Commented on If You Won The Lottery, Would You Keep Your Day Job?
  I'd quit my job if I won anything over $1M. At the very least, I could live really well for 5 - 10 years with that amount of money....
• Commented on Appealing TV: Man V. Food
  I don't think he ever fails either. In the following episode (set in Columbus, OH) his challenge was to eat a sandwich that looked like what most people eat for lunch. What a letdown....
• Commented on It's The Eagles For Convicted Dog Killer
  If you think he deserves a second chance, you could start by not calling him "convicted dog killer." He was found guilty of funding a dog fighting operation- a crime in its own right- but he never stood trial for...
• Commented on See Spot Write: Carole Migden Owes Me $335K
  I had no idea Sean Elsbernd was only 33 years old. Looks like a weathered old man....
• Commented on Dropping Off The Kids At Gavin's
  way to get "the scoop," Eve!...
• Commented on Things San Franciscans Like: Dave Eggers, Talking About Being Sick
  I never heard of Dave Eggers until I moved to San Francisco and then it seemed that everyone was complaining about him. I guess this is perfectly in line with your last article ("Things San Franciscans Like: Hate")...
• Commented on "Fashionably" Loud? You Be The Judge
  The flickr album description says it all: "I have no idea what this event was, but there's no denying that it was an event."...
• Commented on Attention Unnamed Chron Reporter, Do We Have A Job For You
  I had the stamina to read this article after drinking 5-Hour Energy™ (cha-ching)...
• Commented on Cheap Happys: Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery
  Magnolia's been doing good with Fried Chicken Thursdays (ooh, that's tonight!) I recommend their twitter feed, too: http://twitter.com/magnoliapub...
• Commented on 3.0 Quake Strikes East Bay
  I felt nothing but I was still moved....
• Commented on Mechanic Morford: Local Opinion Roundup
  That photo turned me into a prude instantly in that I thought, "Ugh, put a shirt on!" Paradoxically, I really want him to use that for his Chronicle photo. I have no other comments about the stories....
• Commented on Weather The Weekend: Hot Child
  I'll take this news and cherish it always (or until Sunday afternoon)...
• Commented on DUI Checkpoint Saturday Night
  Can someone twitter about where the checkpoint is when they find it? I'd like to grab a seat nearby and watch the field sobriety tests (while I sip on a flask)...
• Commented on Market Closed Between 8th and 6th After Semi/DPT Collision
  I was on the 71 bus a block behind this action and you could hear the announcement to the driver asking them to re-route to Mission St. I imagined that Mission was going to mess of Muni buses and confused...
• Commented on SFIFF Giveaway: Win Tickets for Two to "The Tiger's Tail"
  yay! depictions of impoverished Irish backstreets!...
• Commented on SFIFF Giveaway: Win Tickets for Two to "The Tiger's Tail"
  I'm number #3 but I will gladly accept the tickets anyhow....