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Melissa Tan

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Melissa Tan is a former runway model, fashion designer, motorcycle enthusiast, and bacon aficionado who has written for The Examiner, The Rumpus, and The Bold Italic. When she’s not sewing or writing, she can be found hunting for new music or the perfect hot dog. Usually at the same time.
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 1/31-2/6

  • Melissa Tan
  • January 31, 2011
This week in San Francisco, Airplane! takes over the Castro Theater, Feast of Words: Sensory Feast, a free Valentine’s Day Etsy Labs Craft Bar, Mirah & Thao, and The Dude…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 1/24-1/30

  • Melissa Tan
  • January 24, 2011
This week in San Francisco: Clown Burlesque, stories about food, art shows, magazine readings, and Cyclops Wearing Flip Flops. Monday 1/24: This month at Cat’s Pajamas, get your regular dose…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 1/17-1/23

  • Melissa Tan
  • January 17, 2011
This week in San Francisco, Sketchfest continues, find out what happens when we become Overconnected, pitch your epic sci-fi murder-mystery memoir poem at Booksmith’s Pitchapalooza, and get de-virginized at Cell…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 1/10-1/16

  • Melissa Tan
  • January 10, 2011
This week in San Francisco: Finally muster the courage to hit on that one cute chick/dude at this month’s Monthly Rumpus, decorate your pad like it’s 1982 and you just…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 1/3-1/9

  • Melissa Tan
  • January 3, 2011
This week in San Francisco, catch a variety of monthly events in the new year: Feast of Words, Craft Bar with Etsy Labs, and San Francisco Bike Party. Monday 1/3:…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 12/27-1/2

  • Melissa Tan
  • December 27, 2010
This week in San Francisco: Whether this is your adopted home or you’ve lived here all your life, re-discover the city as you begin another year of living here.  Let’s…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 12/20-12/26

  • Melissa Tan
  • December 20, 2010
This week in San Francisco, eat for a cause with Food Not Bombs, open mics at Amnesia and Kaleidoscope, Post-Impressionists at the De Young, and volunteer work gets fun at…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 12/13-12/19

  • Melissa Tan
  • December 13, 2010
This week in San Francisco, it’s Ladies Night at The Rumpus!  Also, Dave Eggers plays ping pong, art for the blind, sitting and lying in protest of the Sit/Lie law,…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 12/6-12/12

  • Melissa Tan
  • December 6, 2010
This week in San Francisco, Granta at City Lights, literature meets food at Feast of Words and to-the-death battle at Literary Death Match, and Believer Magazine hangs out at Electric…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 11/29-12/5

  • Melissa Tan
  • November 29, 2010
This week in San Francisco, booze for a cause at Drink Good Do Good, come hang out with me at this month’s Quiet Lightning, two words: Cinema Orgy, Booksmith’s first…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 11/22-11/28

  • Melissa Tan
  • November 22, 2010
This week, art porn at 111 Minna, a list of the best Mission bars to spend Thanksgiving at, do good this Black Friday at Creative Housing Liberation’s Housing Harvest, and…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 11/15-11/21

  • Melissa Tan
  • November 15, 2010
This week in San Francisco: readings, readings, readings!  Porchlight, Tenderloin #7, and Naked Minds will keep your craving for words at bay, Nato Green hosts Iron Comic at the Punchline,…
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