Katie Baker

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Posted Your Week In Lady News: Breastfeeding, Blow Drying, SlutWalking to News
National Breastfeeding Week Is Finally Here, You Guys Do you know anyone that would actually want to celebrate National Breastfeeding Week (Aug 1-7)? I...
Posted Your Week In Lady News: Unstoppable Women, Password Intrusion, Breast Pump Showdown to News
Milk Fortifies Bones, Discussion? Remember the sexist "PMS is cRaZy!" Milk ads I wrote about two weeks ago? After the public outrage that ensued,...
Posted Your Week In Lady News: Slutwalk SF, SFBG's Nudity Double Standard, Douche Douchery to News
LOCAL NEWS Mission Kidnapping Scare A 19-year-old woman very narrowly escaped a kidnapper in the Mission last Sunday. She was approached at gunpoint while...
Posted Your Week In Lady News: Locally Created Milk/PMS Ad Offends, SF's "Relationship Examiner" Confuses to News
LOCAL NEWS All three Google Science Fair winners are girls! One young woman studied the effect of different marinades on the level of potentially...
Posted Your Week In Lady News: Red Blooded Tampon Ads, SF's Miss USA Contender, Earlier Mammograms to News
LOCAL 23-year-old Vallejo resident Erika Ari Alexandra, who will be representing San Francisco in this years' Miss USA Pageant, says the event focuses on...
Posted Your Week In Lady News: Female Firefighter Firing, Lesbian Cruise Line, Abortion Profit Margins to News
LOCAL NEWS A San Mateo Muslim woman is suing Abercrombie & Fitch for allegedly being fired after refusing to remove her headscarf. A supervisor...
Posted Your Week In Lady News: A Real Lesbian Blogger, Women And Circumcision, Race-Specific Abortion Billboards to News
Supreme Court Decides Walmart More Important Than Woman In a huge blow for women everywhere, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the women suing Walmart...
Posted Your Week In Lady News: Search For Rapist Continues, Porn Shorts, Fake Lesbians to News
LOCAL NEWS Is This Anti-Hahn Ad 'The Most Offensive Ad In The World'? Jezebel calls "Give Us Your Cash, Bitch!" (the work of Ladd...
Posted Your Week In Lady News: Personhood, Cheap Women's Clinics, Outlawing Birth Control to News
LOCAL NEWS The SF Weekly has a guide to cheap S.F. women's health clinics. A SF Chronicle Op-Ed by Planned Parenthood present Cecile Richards...
Posted This Week In Lady News: Planned Parenthood Blocked, Birth Control Pills Reviewed to News
LOCAL NEWS SF Kidnapping/Rape Case Finally Closed A man has been convicted of kidnapping and rape charges in an Outer Mission cold hit case...
Posted Your Week In Lady News: Bayview Mammogram Program Dies, Abortion Confusion, Planning Ahead For Rape to News
LOCAL NEWS Orgasmic Meditation SF-based Salon blogger Tracy Clark-Flory wrote about her experience at a "orgasmic meditation" workshop that focuses on female pleasure. Best...
Commented on SF Cabbies Reportedly Feign Broken Credit Card Machines Over Fees
This happens to me pretty much every time I take a cab! Which is not very often!...
Posted Your Week In Lady News: Cal Poly Rapes, Whither Jobs, Plus Sized Doulas to News
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Commented on Chron Launches SF Nabe Cocktail Contest, We Have Some Ideas
you forgot my noe valley one! purified vodka and organic baby food....
Posted Ask The Appeal: What's Going On At 672 Folsom Street? to News
At the corner of Hawthorne and Folsom, across the street form the Passport agency and Canton Dim Sum is a mysterious building. A derelict office...
Posted Ask The Appeal: How Many Bars Are Located Within The Irish Cultural Center? to News
How many bars are located within the Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco out on Sloat St. near the Ocean? I have been told "13."...
Posted Ask the Appeal: Why Can't You Park Vehicles Over 6 Ft High In Certain Areas? to News
Why can't you park vehicles over 6 ft high in certain places? This has been bugging me for a long time. What is the point...
Posted Ask The Appeal: What Is The Record Number Of Homicides In A Month In SF? to News
View San Francisco Homicides 2011 in a larger map What is the record number of homicides in a month in SF? We're up to 17...
Posted Ask the Appeal: Why Is The City Attorney Suing Smoke Shops Over Alleged Crack Pipes, Instead Of Letting SFPD Handle It? to News
Commenter salsaman asks: What is the legal basis for [SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera's lawsuit against six local stores selling crack pipes and other drug...
Commented on Find Smarty Pants Love At The SFPL's Literary Speed Dating Events
I really wish you would've posted this in advance because if I didn't already have plans I WOULD BE THERE....
Commented on Virgin Crash Result Of Big Rig Hit And Run
I wish I had something more scandalous to say but I was in a cab coming back from a very late dinner! Because the 9 wouldn't come! So thank MUNI's failure for the "scoop." Now you know the truth....
Commented on Ask the Appeal: Can Stores Charge You To Use A Credit Card?
Good idea! Stay posted....
Commented on Ask the Appeal: Can Stores Charge You To Use A Credit Card?
Thanks for all of the great comments! I'll do a followup in a few days re: debit cards, minimum charges...
Posted Ask the Appeal: Can Stores Charge You To Use A Credit Card? to News
How do credit card surcharges work? My local liquor store charges 50 cents if you use your card to make a purchase, but I've also...
Posted Ask the Appeal: Where Can I Find Delicious Matzo Ball Soup? to News
Where can I find great chicken matzo ball soup in SF? The answer is that you can't. I've been on the lookout for matzo...
Posted Annie meets Sweeney Todd: The Oddman Family Christwanzaakuh Spectacular, Reviewed to Culture/Entertainment
As a former actor, friend of many a SF-playwright, and all-around-theater-lover, I often worry that I'm too harsh a critic when it comes to...
Posted Ask the Appeal: Why Are There Swastikas On SF's Old Mint? to News
Why are there swastikas on the Old Mint? I saw a sign that the Mint is renovating; will the swastikas be taken off? Kristin...
Commented on Things San Franciscans Do Not Like: The Cold
Also, I think it's a little short-sighted to think that our climate is usually perfect! Jeez guys, this is a humor column, not a census on what every single San Franciscan believes. And it is also not called "Things Native...
Commented on Things San Franciscans Do Not Like: The Cold
I don't verbally complain because I love living in SF and have to pretend to myself in order to ignore the fact that I no longer enjoy a summer season, but secretly I cry inside. I highly suspect most people...
Posted Ask the Appeal: Where Can I Board My Dog Overnight? to News
Where is a good place to board my dog overnight? Here are Rocket Dog Rescue VP/Appeal pal Laura Beck's picks: Wag Hotel (Yelp It) ("it's...

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Housechore commented on SF Cabbies Reportedly Feign Broken Credit Card Machines Over Fees
Cabbies are now making "fun" signage about the issue, perhaps working a guilt angle over the 5% fee? Photo evidence I found this afternoon on my ride home: http://twitpic.com/52yh1i FWIW, I primarily use cards in cards in cabs for my daily commute. I'm able to use a card about 70% of the time. Never certain whether those machines are really broken or not, but generally give up and make the driver drop me at an ATM near my home or office. Now, if only we could have a true, centralized dispatch......
Housechore commented on SF Cabbies Reportedly Feign Broken Credit Card Machines Over Fees
Cabbies are now making "fun" signage about the issue, perhaps working a guilt angle over the 5% fee? Photo evidence I found this afternoon on my ride home: http://twitpic.com/52yh1i FWIW, I primarily use cards in cards in cabs for my daily commute. I'm able to use a card about 70% of the time. Never certain whether those machines are really broken or not, but generally give up and make the driver drop me at an ATM near my home or office. Now, if only we could have a true, centralized dispatch......
Eve Batey commented on SF Cabbies Reportedly Feign Broken Credit Card Machines Over Fees
Hey, supertamsf, what am I missing -- how would Square keep these drivers from having to pay the legally-required 5% fee on transactions?...
Stephen commented on Ask the Appeal: How Do I Know When I'm Supposed To Curb My Wheels?
Same problem here. I found an official map of all the street grades/inclines in San Francisco: http://bsm.sfdpw.org/subdivision/keymap/ SF's very own Department of Public Works has downloadable maps (TIF files) of each city subdivision's street grades. I just found out that I was ticketed on a street whose grade was 3.00%, and since this doesn't *exceed* 3%, as required by muni and state law for a ticket to be issued, I'm going to reference the SFDPW map and see if I get my ticket overturned! Hope this map helps other people!...
Stephen commented on Ask the Appeal: How Do I Know When I'm Supposed To Curb My Wheels?
I got a ticket for parking on a street that I recently found out doesn't exceed a 3% grade. You can find an official map of street grades by SF Dept of Public Works here: http://bsm.sfdpw.org/subdivision/keymap/. Hopefully this helps others appeal there citations!...

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