Hi, guys. What's up? Great. So...huh, how do we put this delicately without hurting anyone's feelings? Ahem, the next time there's a truck in the middle of Civic Center selling nothing but delicious waffles, and no one mentions it to us before said truck sells out of said waffles? We will go Carrie on all of you. (With you in the Betty Buckley role, of course, because you are the most caring readers.) Why, this looks downright tasty! And in the middle of Civic Center? Who knew?!

According to Eater goes on to say, "this morning at Civic Center Farmer's market I came across a waffle truck! The man at the truck said that they are usually at the Marin Farmer's Market, but today was their first day at Civic Center." And all sorts of crispy, fluffy goodness. Anyway, be on the lookout for it next week, and read more about it here.

Every time we watched an episode last year we thought, "Wow. We should really be enjoying this more than we are." Occasionally cute, occasionally funny, it was never consistently anything. And we especially hated how they decided to change an entire storyline during the middle of the season with the introduction of Rebecca "She's my sister! She's my brother!" Romijn as the tranny heir to the magazine. This is one of those shows we may have to drop this year.

Much like "Grey's Anatomy," which premieres at 9 p.m. Last season was overshadowed by the Isaiah Washington controversy, but we mustn't forget the egregious things that happened within the context of the show. Like how Izzie Stevens turned into a completely hateful character who could sleep with her married friend, and still remain totally self-riotous. And everyones treatment of the perfectly lovely Callie was just shameful. We wish SHE'D get her own spin-off so she could get the hell away from all those assholes. And let's not even discuss the never ending saga of Meredith and McDreamy. This may be the year we say good-bye to these jerks for good.

In the end he was paired up with Hollie the Betty Boop impersonator, which he didn't seem to mind, but was disappointing to Hollie because she wanted to be teamed with Luke. That's about all that happened, aside from the introduction of the dumb guy and the smart girl which was limited to a dramatic walk up the stairs, a brief glimpse of them, and then the end of the show. Cliffhanger!

Ann Sherry's North Beach mural "Gold Mountain," a work that depicts Chinese influence to San Francisco and American history, fell victim to hooligan defacing. Specifically, the recent addition of Betty Ong, a San Francisco flight attendant who died in the World Trade Center attacks.

While it doesn't seem like an intentional hit on Ong's heroism, 9/11-ness, or whatever -- because murals in this city get defaced the second the paint starts drying -- it is interesting to note that "the taggers used paint (mixed) with epoxy that we can't...remove." Sherry told the Chronicle, going on to say, "[w]e started fixing it ... but the taggers get angry if you remove their graffiti and they just tried to ruin it."

Who knew taggers were such a bratty yet tenacious lot? Nerds, really. We thought that they were more hit-and-run. This is disappointing.

Can you still remember how to roller skate backwards? How about shoot the duck? For $2 skate rentals, you can give it your best shot at Mighty to the tune of really bad (or really good, depending on how you look at it) disco music. 7pm, 119 Utah Street, SF.

Drink your way through San Jose's historic Japantown at Sake San Jose, a tasting tour of downtown San Jo. Sample the sake offering from several local businesses, from 5:30 - 8:30 pm. Buy tickets in advance & get more info here. 588 N. Fourth Street , San Jose, CA

Derby girls (and their fans) unite! Come raise money for the Bay Area Derby Girls at DNA Lounge. Bombshell Betty, Bottoms up! Burlesque http://bottomsupburlesque.com/and the Devil-etts are some of the acts appearing tonight. Tickets are $15 at the door, show till 2am. 375 11th Street, SF.

Yerba Buena presents a showing of the 1994 film Crumb by Terry Zwigoff. Film starts at 7:30 pm, tickets are $8. 701 Mission St, SF.

Michale Graves (of the Misfits), Oakland punk group Maxwell Adams and more at Red Devil Lounge. Tickets $15 at the door, which opens at 7:30pm. 1695 Polk Street, SF.

Ladies Night at City Hall presented by Project Women Connect. Come speak out for more funding for homeless women at Civic Center Plaza, 4-7pm. For more info, call Julie 415.869.7977 x 1010

While gone, we were remiss in properly pimping an haute fashion event put on by Friends of SFist Jason and Monica. But with a method to our madness, knowing from experience that you ADHD-addled bloggers with your short attention spans, Aspergers sufferers with your disposable income and you OCD afflicted comment trolls wouldn't respond to a message months in advance, we waited until the last minute. Granted, we can't remember that far back our damn selves!

So even though everyone from Castrobear to Upcoming already knows all about it, we recommend getting into a hair-pulling fight over a designer label or three at The Cafe this Saturday, where SwapSF hosts a day of trading the hott threads between freaks around town. And it ultimately benefits worthy charities like Dolores Street Community Services.

And the first person to email the SFist Editor with how, what and where to buy the frames America Ferrara wears on Ugly Betty wins a pair of tix to scrounge their own tux!

Leah Kramer is the mastermind behind the craftster forum. She’ll be in the Bay Area this week to promote her book, “The Craftster Guide to Nifty, Thrifty, and Kitschy Crafts”, and SFist has a copy for one lucky, crafty reader.

Leah has submitted to the SFist interview process and has revealed some of the inner workings of craftster as well as providing a crafty guide to her beloved Boston:

You can meet Leah this week at Tuesday July 25, 7:00 pm at the Craft Gym in SF or in Oakland on Wednesday July 26, 7:00 pm at Diesel Books

Favorite project EVER on craftster:
This is always an excruciating question for me. It's harder than coming up with my favorite song or favorite food. There are just so many awesome projects and they are awesome for so many different reasons. Every month I come up with a dozen "new featured projects" which are determined by member votes and whatever catches my eye. Of the recent featured projects I've picked, my favorite is this lamp made by a member named "Fidget." She used an old 8-track cassette player -- home stereo type not car type -- as the base of the lamp and then stacked up colorful 8-track cassettes on top as the neck of the lamp. She topped it off with an appropriately tacky lampshade. Besides the clever reuse of these 1970s relics, the best thing about this project is that you can still
play cassettes in it!

What kind of things do you make the most?
I tend to be inspired by taking eye-catching old things and remaking them into new things so they can live on in some new form. So for example, I collect these 1960s Betty Crocker recipe cards with gorgeous super-saturated photos of things like bacon-wrapped-hotdog casseroles and I make greeting cards and notebooks out of them. I also love anything plastic-y and kitschy. So I collect weird old plastic charms and cake toppers and make things like jewelry and fridge magnets out of them.

What kinds of techniques/projects/ideas have impressed you the most over the years?
Generally speaking, I love modern-day Japanese fashion and style -- everything from Hello Kitty to Fruits-style fashion. To me, looking at modern Japanese craft books is like being a kid in a candy store. There's this new type of crochet that a lot of people are doing called here and in Japan called "Amigurami" which basically is the most adorable stuffed crocheted animals with rolly-polly spherical shapes.

Another thing I'm impressed and surprised by is how many people are getting back to the foundations of crafting. For example taking raw wool and dying and spinning their own yarn.

What is your favorite thing about craftster?
I love when I meet people or get emails from people and they tell me how much Craftster has inspired them to be more creative or even to get in touch with their creative side in the first place.

What is the most quintessentially San Francisco project to come across craftster?
This is a tricky question. I'm sure there's something "quintessentially San Francisco" on Craftster somewhere. There are so many hundreds of things posted every day that it's impossible to keep up with it all. But there is one
project that jumped to mind. Every month I hold a "Craft Challenge" where there's a theme given and people have a month to make a project. Then they post it and everyone votes for a winner. The range of things that people come up with is amazing. One month the theme was "DIY Twin" where you could use whatever craft technique you want to make a likeness of yourself. A member named "stevenjames" made one of those doll cakes where the dome-shaped cake is the skirt and there's a plastic doll sticking out of the top. The twist was that it was a "drag" doll cake using a hunky GI Joe as the doll. Here was his explanation:

"So a few years ago some friends and I decided to do drag for Halloween - I know, a safe time to dress up like a woman and no one bats an eye - plus it's mandatory if you live in San Francisco."

Whatever his reasoning for this project, I'm just glad I was able to witness the beauty of a "drag" doll cake!

Everybody should by your new book because:
...because if it does well I get to write more and more and more books! Just kidding. But not really.

I'm really happy with the book. The projects themselves are from vintage craft books or are vintage-inspired. They range from hysterically tacky to cleverly eco-friendly to just plain cool. You'll get as much a kick out of looking at it as you will making the projects. The graphic designer did a stunning job, it's full color, and the photographs are big and detailed. These are things that I love in a craft book and I'm so happy I was able to find a publisher who understood this.

For instance, this Friday you could meet legendary "Happy Hooker" Xaviera Hollander at the Center for Sex and Culture, where she'll be answering questions and telling us all about the happy hooking.

On Saturday we encourage you to ogle burlesque dancers and feel the pain of SF's finest sex writers as they tell dirty snarky stories about sex at Thomas Roche's My Sucky Valentine, a benefit for San Francisco Sex Information including Carol Queen, Thea Hillman, Daphne Gottlieb, SFist Violet Blue, Mistress Morgana, mi blue, and Simon Sheppard, as well as MC Roche.

There will also be sexy performances from Bombshell Betty and Lady Monster Burlesque -- who will be performing both a hard-edged modern dance set to her own track from the forthcoming Revolting Cocks album as well as more traditional burlesque.

But wait, that's not all you can do with your tawdry little heart this Valentine's season; read about this weekend's sex parties, the choicest local sex toys, date movies for twisted souls and the world's finest chocoatiers that are right in our own neighborhoods, after the jump.

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