Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Gimme Shoes
SHOES
Don't let SF hills become your arch-rivals: get your kicks at Gimme Shoes instead. Bide
your time and Dries van Noten silver slingbacks and Ellen Verbeek birch-wood wedges at
the spotlit 381 Hayes showcase might hit 40%-to-60%-off racks across the street at 416
Hayes. Men have their pick of tawny Paul Smith oxfords or polka-dotted Marc Jacobs
brogues.
(
415-864-0691;
www.gimmeshoes.com
;
416 & 381 Hayes St;
11am-7pm Mon-Sat, noon-6pm Sun;
Hayes St)
Local Life
Makeshift Society
Learn something new every day at
Makeshift Society
(
OFFLINE MAP
,
B4; 415-625-3220;
http://makeshiftsociety.com
;
235 Gough St; workshops $25-75;
9am-6pm Mon-Fri, plus after-hours workshops) , a creative clubhouse for adults, where free brown-bag socializ-
ing sessions spark ideas over lunch, and evening workshops range from classical calligraphy to iPhonography
(the art of using your phone for creative purposes). Stick around to pick up essential SF skills for building terrari-
ums, concocting cocktail bitters and plein-air paintings of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Isotope
Toilet seats signed by famous cartoonists over the front counter show just how seriously
Isotope takes comics. Newbies flip through Daniel Clowes and Chris Ware in the graphic-
novel section, while fanboys get the latest from Berkeley's Adrian Tomine and SF's Last
Gasp Publishing, and head upstairs to lounge with local cartoonists - some of whom teach
at Isotope's Comics University.
(
COMICS
415-621-6543;
www.isotopecomics.com
; 326 Fell St;
11am-7pm
Tue-Fri, to 6pm Sat & Sun;
;
5, 21, 47, 49)
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