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crowd, but be warned: you might not be laughing tomorrow morning.
(
415-397-4337;
www.punchlinecomedyclub.com
; 444 Battery St; admission $12-25, plus 2-drink minimum;
shows 8pm Tue-Thu &
Sun, 8pm & 10pm Fri & Sat;
Embarcadero,
Embarcadero)
Local Life
The SF Mall Makeover
San Francisco has the mandatory American mega-mall in nine-level
Westfield Centre
(
OFFLINE MAP
,
D2;
www.westfield.com/sanfrancisco
; 865 Market St; 10am-8:30pm Mon-Sat, to 7pm
Sun; ; Powell-Mason, Powell-Hyde, Powell, Powell) , with 400 stores anchored by Blooming-
dale's and Nordstrom's - but it also has radical retail complexes that look nothing like New Jersey.
Meanwhile, community-based businesses are staging a friendly takeover of Downtown's glitzy
Crocker Gal-
leria
(
OFFLINE MAP
,
F2;
www.thecrockergalleria.com
;
50 Post St;
10am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm Sat;
Montgomery, Montgomery) , including nonprofit Under One Roof, where all purchases benefit AIDS organ-
izations; T-We Tea, creator of SF artisanal tea blends with local ingredients; Tomboy Tailors, specialists in FTM
transgender custom suits; and a year-round California certified farmers market on Thursdays.
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Starlight Room
LIVE MUSIC, DANCING
GOOGLE MAP
Views are mesmerizing from the 21st floor of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, where khaki-
clad tourists and date-night couples dance to live bands (weekends) or DJs (weekdays).
Sundays, there's a kooky drag-show brunch (make reservations).
(
415-395-8595;
www.harrydenton.com
; 450 Powell St, 21st fl; cover varies;
8:30pm-2am Tue-Sat, brunch Sun;
Powell-Mason,
Powell-Hyde,
Powell,
Powell)
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