Tonight, our friends at Hyphen Magazine are having a party at 111 Minna (111 Minna at 2nd), celebrating their newest issue (#10--The Music Issue) with some of their favorite local Asian American musicians: native guns, marque, mud and lovelikefire, and DJs, kero one, politik and modest mark. (9p - 2a) Saturday, it's that time again - time for Miss Trannyshack Pageant 2006 at the Regency Center (1300 Van Ness at Sutter) with performances by......

We knew we should have saved the dead llama story for just one more day -- it's time for another Animal Roundup! Kids and parents are freaking out in Mountain View, as the squirrels in Cuesta Park go on the attack! Over the last three months, three people have been bitten by the aggressive rodents, which are becoming desperate for food after the installation of anti-squirrel trash cans in the park. Check out this paragraph......

Okay, we're only just getting back on the yoga wagon after taking a long extended break from physical activity of any kind. (we're not even running for MUNIs anymore, that's how lazy we've gotten.) But on our first day back, our new yoga teacher mentioned that there's a super sale going on this Saturday for yoga gear from local company Yoga Mats! What better way to reward oneself for re-downwarding one's dog than by buying cute sports accessories? And you know, you can never really justify buying, say, a gorgeous yoga mat bag for yourself ("I can just carry my mat to Yoga Tree," and then you feel like a doof walking down Hayes Street with a big ol' sticky mat under your arm like a hobo), but wouldn't that make a lovely gift for the ardha chandra sana-ist in your life? They've also having a sale on more traditional purple sticky mats and those little bricks that are so handy as you struggle through the triangle pose, if you're an actual diligent yogini and practice at home as well. The sale's at the Third Street Holiday Warehouse at 2455 3rd Street (between 20th and 22nd Streets) and features not only Yoga Mats but lots of other local vendors, including The Cat's Pajamas (PJs as featured on Will and Grace), pet accessorizers, Emily The Strange, and letterpressers, among many others. Cash preferred. Picture of yoga mat from Yoga Mats...

San Francisco's favorite but least read Q&A columnist, the Essefficist, answers questions about burrito-inspired tattoos and fog-inspired poetry. ....