FROM PERKS
Any serious photographer knows about Hasslebad. Hell, they put cameras on the moon. And now, Perks is bringing you one of the 74-year-old company’s finest, most groundbreaking digital cameras, plus a gratis Hasselbad x Sandqvist leather tote bag to carry it around in. Your Instagram feed may never be the same.
YES, SUR
Problem: you love El Sur’s empanadas, but don’t like having to hunt down the truck. Solution: Their new brick-and-mortar serving lunchtime empanadas, skewers and salads. You’re excited about two of those.
GARDEN PARTY
Nightlife at California Academy of Sciences is having a pop-up “beer garden” that involves a little education about beer-making, plus a dozen local breweries including Almanac, Magnolia and Triple Voodoo pouring tastes. Hands-on learning is the best.
COMMON COURTESY
If you love Mission Cheese, but happen to be across the Bay, don’t fret: they’ve just opened a new Berkeley spot, Maker’s Common, that’s both market and eatery. It’s got cheeses, charcuterie, more cheeses, wine and eight beers on tap. Like all markets should.
TRAIN SUPREME
Not that you’re always looking for the next best way to get in summer shape or anything. But just in case, check out Epic Hybrid, a new circuit training gym offering classes like “Steady Burn,” “Blast” and “Grynd.” You know it’s serious when they bust out the pointless misspellings.
PLEAD THE FIFTH
As if merely watching The Fifth Element isn’t ridiculous enough, now you get to put on an awkward costume and head to a screening that turns into a huge dance party once the movie’s over. You “get” to.
Joe Starkey is the tallest person in the room 90% of the time. He enjoys liquors that aren’t smoky, dive bars that are, and has a vague dread that someone, somewhere might be having more fun than him.
