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 more ›

While we can think of about fifty places in the Mish to practice your Downward Dog without even trying, it's nice to find places where we can practice our favorite set of postitions without looking like we were stranded by our dates in the Cow Palace parking lot after Exotic Erotic. Since none of those Yoga Tree joints will let us practice our California Roll and the Metereon threw us out after our last Popcorn Bucket, we have to look a little further afield, like, at those places where people are to have sex in public -- sex clubs. more ›