"A way cool guide that manages to raise the art of irreverence to a new level."- is the original alternative guidebook. Not for the average tourist looking for cable cars and Fisherman's Wharf, gives the lowdown on the weirdest, coolest stuff to do, see, and buy, and where to hang out in the Bay Area. Includes everything from where to find the Jonestown Massacre mass grave in Oakland, where to get the finest tattoo, where to find gourmet meals for under $10, couch-surfing alternatives, how to find help if you're in trouble, free and cheap entertainment, where to rent a dungeon by the hour, and a zillion other obscure, fascinating details necessary for life among the young, restless, and notorious. Includes the queer scene, East Bay explorations, "Weird Museums and Unusual Libraries," and "Mini-Cinies and Micro-Theaters." New chapters include "For the Dogs" and "The Final Frontier: The Excelsior and Beyond." Contributors include Beth Lisick, Bucky Sinister, Jon Longhi, Miles Long, and many others. is the publisher and editor of Manic D Press, an award-winning, internationally distributed independent literary press specializing in fiction, poetry, art, and travel books. Her writing about San Francisco has appeared in and on . She lives in San Francisco.