By Sarah Medina
Your weekly round up of need-to-knows and San Francisco gossip.
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In a stroke of pure genius that will undoubtedly change life as we know it, you can now get drunk on coffee grounds. According to the LA Times, “Scientists dried material supplied from a Portuguese coffee roasting company, then heated it in water for 45 minutes. They then took out the liquid and added sugar, mixed in yeast and let it ferment. The result was a beverage with 40% ethanol.” That’s 80 proof! Even better, the new booze tastes and smells just like coffee. Yum. (LA Times)
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Raging bulls aren’t exactly one of the things people in SF should be afraid of, but that could all change. A group called the Great Bull Run is looking to take the famous Spanish tradition on the road, including a stop in the Bay Area next June. Participants will have to sign a waiver and pay a $35 insurance fee to possibly get gored by an angry bull. If you survive, you can celebrate with free beer at the end of the run. (SFist)
Comedy Central’s hit series, Drunk History, tipped its hat to San Francisco this week with a hilarious and boozy episode about Patty Hearst (played by Kristen Wiig!) and Mark Twain. Watch it right now, and then if you’re still in the mood to laugh more, read this article in The New Yorker about how a normal man became a hero with Google Glass. Oh, New York.
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The possibility of an AC Transit strike on Wednesday morning was averted at the last minute — Thank god! The compromise called for a 9.5 percent pay raise over 3 years. Commuters, however, are still anxiously awaiting news of another potential BART strike Monday morning.
Who says you need a kayak to go kayaking? Trip Deacon sure doesn’t. In the latest outdoor adventure parody from Mark Odlum and John Dabrowski, “Kayak Free Kayaking” hero Deacon takes on Lombard St. — the crookedest street in the world — with nothing but a paddle. (HuffPost SF)
