Results tagged “lonelyplanet”

We knew we'd rope you in with the use of the word porn!

Time to stop fretting over whether he is or is not the father. Time to get a job.

Complimentary cocktails from 7-8pm, with the film starting at 7:30pm. $8 at the door, 444 Jessie St.

(Tony's trips to dangerous countries).

A few years back, it seemed like everyone we knew was vacationing in Thailand. To keep ahead of the curve in fashionable Southeast Asian travel destinations, we're heading over to the Main San Francisco Public Library (100 Larkin @ Grove) to see Wendy Yanagihara, author of “Lonely Planet’s Guide to Vietnam,” talk about her travels in said country and learn all about the off-the-beaten-path gems so we can nod sagely and make intelligent comments when shown our friends' travel photos. (6:30 - 7:30pm)

Tonight we're staying up late late late for the Late Night Picture Show at the Clay (2261 Fillmore).

We're hitting the Main branch of the SF Public Library (100 Larkin Street) for Central America on a Shoestring, a talk by Lonely Planet's commissioning editor Greg Benchwick.

We love a good guidebook. We grew up as devotees to the Lonely Planet series, but frankly, we've been known to grab a travel tome when we're bored just to bone up on the best cheap hotel in Jakarta or nightclub in Buenos Aires. Not that we have plans to go any of these places anytime soon, but it's fun to daydream, no? We especially like guides that eschew the blurbs-and-listings format to give us more in-depth narratives about the people and history that really make a place. On that point, definitely delivers.