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Looking for something a little more exciting than the typical flowers-and-dinner combo this Valentine's Day? Impress your date and go where the action is. You never know, you may find more action...
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Sun Feb 14
at Amoeba Music
Thinking about adopting a pet? If so, now is the time! Pet adoption centers are filled with pets that have been abandoned, pets that need good homes and loving families...
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Sun Feb 14
at Justin Herman Plaza
Feathers will fly at this fun, flash-mob type event. Leave it to a place like San Francisco to host the most visible incarnation of the Pillow Fight's flash-mob-esque gathering, and subsequent public pillow fight. I would say that a safe thousand people...
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Sat Feb 13
with The Phoenix Supper Club
The night will commence with champagne when you arrive at your first location. Unaware of where the night will take you, we'll whisk you away in a limo to an undisclosed place. When you finally arrive, you'll find yourself in a transformed space, where servers are dressed impeccably and live jazz...
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Sun Feb 14
at Gray Area Foundation For The Arts
Come dine with us or just swing by for a libation and check out the show!
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Sun Feb 14
at SFMOMA Artists Gallery
Ever thought about getting a portrait done with your other half? As you may well know, most couples portraits can come out looking downright cheesy. In an effort to avoid such maudlin blasphemy, SFMOMA Artists Gallery is offering you the chance to have artful portraits...
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Sun Feb 14
at supperclub
Treat yourself and those you love to a sumptuous Valentine's Day brunch in bed, including fresh fruit, interactive omelet and sweet/savory crepe station, croissants, artisan breads, jam and marmalade, cold cuts, fresh brewed coffee imaginatively served by Ritual Coffee Roasters, and LOVE-ly surprises...
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Sat Feb 13
at J'LaChic Theater 39
Romantic Moments Musical Production featuring Top Shelf. Classics in Perfect Harmony. Experience a soulful journey through your favorite romantic eras!
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Sun Feb 14
at Exploratorium
Luckily, the Exploratorium offers a day of Valentine's fun at any stage of the romance game. During "The Ultimate Date Tour," the Exploratorium's Field Trip Explainers take you and your date through a series of experiments...
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Sun Feb 14
at J'LaChic Theater 39
Enjoy the music of the Bay Area Latin Jazz Legend, Pete Escovedo,on Valentines Day! A lunch package is also available...
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Sun Feb 14
at CounterPULSE
Back by popular demand, performance artist, dancer, and 2009 Guardian GOLDIE award winner, Monique Jenkinson, further develops and remounts her sold-out show Luxury Items for three weekends of revelatory, extravagant performance about the addictive properties of the ephemeral...
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Sun Feb 14
at Yoshi's San Francisco
When Leela James decided to call her new album let's do it again, it wasn't necessarily because she happened to record a profoundly soulful version of that Staples Singers classic. There was a deeper meaning involved for her as one of the most acclaimed soul singers of the new generation...
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Wed Feb 10 - Sat Feb 13
at Davies Symphony Hall
Guest conductor Charles Dutoit and the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) perform Gustav Holst's The Planets featuring the Women of the SFS Chorus February 10, 12 and 13..
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Thu Feb 4 - Thu Feb 18
at Roxie Theater
Longing for a little February pick-me-up? Sample the cool flavors of film at the 12th SF IndieFest! Rasta prophets, slacker romantics, Iranian rockers, shakespearian vampires, escaped princesses, dysfunctional crime families, superman's secrets, and Hitchcock remixes to your liking?
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Sun Feb 14
at Biscuits & Blues
Lavay Smith is internationally recognized as The Queen of classic Jazz & Blues in the authentic style of the 1940's and 1950's. Lavay's last album received a prestigious 4 & 1/2 Star review in Downbeat magazine and reached the top 10 on the National Billboard Jazz Charts...
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Sat Feb 13 - Sun Feb 14
at San Francisco Zoo
To start things off, the zoo proudly hosts a full Saturday evening dinner complete with beef tenderloin, herbed couscous, mixed season vegetables, salad, chocolate delights and champagne...
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Fun With Friends & Family
Just a friend? We got what you need, whether you are looking to dance the night away, grab a casual meal or forget about the holiday altogether with something out of the ordinary...
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Sun Feb 14
at Teatro Zin Zanni
Teatro ZinZanni was created by Pacific Northwest non-profit arts and events producer One Reel in 1998 and enjoyed a sold-out 14 month run in Seattle before bringing its antique "spiegeltent" to San Francisco in 2000, now located at its permanent home on Pier 29 along The City's Embarcadero...
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Fri Feb 5 - Sun Feb 14
at various locations
SF Beer Week will be a ten-day celebration of that legacy, showcasing the Bay Area's brewing heritage with as many as 150 events. The week will be anchored by the Bistro Double IPA Festival, the Toronado Barleywine Festival and will end with a bang at the Celebrator's Best of the West Beer Fest.
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Sun Feb 14
at 111 Minna Gallery
Since the dawn of the '90s, DJ Stretch Armstrong has been presenting up-and-coming MCs through his media barrage of radio programs, mixtapes, and even video games. His radio show debuted several of the '90s' biggest names in rap, including the Notorious B.I.G., or just Biggie Smalls...
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Sun Feb 14
at Stage Werx
What do these things have in common: free trade pistachios, Islamic inter-gender rooming protocol, parade floats from Orange County, and suicide? Well, obviously, Valentine's Day. At least it's obvious to...
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Sun Feb 14
at Great American Music Hall
It's rare to find something as true and beautiful as the band Girls. Christopher Owens and JR White were meant to find each other, sincere rock and roll soul mates in the age of irony. And while that might sound like fancy, it's closer to the truth than you think...
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Fri Feb 12 - Sun Feb 28
at Conservatory of Flowers
Celebrate the Year of the Tiger with a visit to the Conservatory of Flowers where rare examples of penjing, elaborate miniature plant landscapes created on trays and in containers, will be on display for two weeks only. The fascinating art of penjing dates back more than 2000...
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Sun Feb 14
at Mighty
Now in its 3rd year and growing, LoveSick is San Francisco's premiere Valentine's Day lingerie fashion show. Featuring live music, sexy fashion, art installations, trunk show, live DJs, kissing / photobooth and more...
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Treats for Your Sweetie
by Jialin Luh
This year, instead of getting the Russell Stover Boxed Chocolates or corny conversational hearts, get your Valentine something sweeter. In San Francisco we are fortunate to have many confectioneries to choose from. From chocolates to cupcakes, macarons to handmade candies...
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Soak it Up
by Jialin Luh
In between the holidays and Tax day we have Valentine's Day: the perfect reason to treat your honey and yourself to rejuvenating and relaxing spa treatments. Not that you need the so-called holiday as an excuse, but giving the gift of a spa treatment is almost never a bad thing!
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Business is Blooming
by Jialin Luh
Flowers on Valentine's Day: cliché? Perhaps, but who says that means they must be an unoriginal bouquet of red roses? Below are a few places that will happily help you create an original arrangement that truly wows...
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If you plan to dine out on Valentine's Day, step up your game with a meal that your significant other will remember for years to come. Choices abound in this culinary Mecca. Choose wisely...
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Gary Danko $$$$
French/Mediterranean
Fisherman's Wharf
Reservations Essential? Yes.
Dosa $$-$$$
Southern Indian
Japantown
Reservations Essential? Yes.
Quince $$$
Italian
Pacific Heights
Need reservations? Yes.
Yoshi's $$$$
Japanese
Fillmore Jazz District
Need reservations? No.
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Bar Tartine $$$
Californian
Mission
Reservations Essential? Yes.
Bar Cruda $$$
Seafood
Western Addition
Reservations Essential? Yes.
Aziza $$$
Moroccan
Outer Richmond
Need reservations? Yes.
54 Mint $$-$$$$
Italian
SOMA
Need reservations? Yes.
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