Articles Written by:    STEVE RUBENSTEIN     

'Ramen King' serves up enlightenment in a bowl

It's as good a place to look for him as any, says San Francisco business consultant and essayist Andy Raskin, who was really messed up, with regards to love and everything else, until he turned his life around through the power of instant Japanese ...

From STEVE RUBENSTEIN, San Francisco Chronicle,  13 May 2009

Keeper of Light casts aside bewitching stereotypes

This whole thing about good witches and bad witches is demeaning to witches. Witches do not melt when you throw water on them, and they do not kidnap lost girls from Kansas and their dogs. Neither do they toss eye of newt and toe of frog into bubbling ...

From STEVE RUBENSTEIN, San Francisco Chronicle,  7 May 2009

Stimulus package: DIY edition

The answer is dog beds. It was a stroke of genius. For years, the greatest minds in San Francisco sex pondered how to make contestants comfortable as they lay on the floor of the Center for Sex and Culture for upwards of 9 hours, doing what some of the ...

From STEVE RUBENSTEIN, San Francisco Chronicle,  1 May 2009
Related Topics: Costco

Merv Griffin belongings to be auctioned

Once all of these treasures belonged to Griffin, the San Mateo-born 1960s television talk show maven who presided over the afternoon airwaves during a genteel time when guests were not required to scream, beat each other up or jump on the sofa. He ...

From STEVE RUBENSTEIN, San Francisco Chronicle,  30 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Zsa Zsa Gabor,  Ronald Reagan

San Francisco's 'feel-good' fundraiser

The answer is dog beds. It was a stroke of genius. For years, the greatest minds in San Francisco sex pondered how to make contestants comfortable as they lay on the floor of the Center for Sex and Culture for upwards of 9 hours, doing what some of the ...

From STEVE RUBENSTEIN, San Francisco Chronicle,  29 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Costco

Pigeons are princes in Bayview hideout

Elizabeth Young likes pigeons very much. She especially likes abandoned pigeons from the live poultry markets of Chinatown, although any forlorn and misunderstood pigeon will do. They are welcome to a place in her coop, a giant pigeon refuge and ...

From STEVE RUBENSTEIN, San Francisco Chronicle,  21 Apr 2009
Related Topics: B B King

A small price to pay to be a Stylish Modern Man

After that, somebody trims your neck hair while you listen to jazz on your $6,000 CD player and stare at all your new abstract paintings that look a lot like art. They were holding a seminar on how to become a Stylish Modern Man in San Francisco the ...

From STEVE RUBENSTEIN, San Francisco Chronicle,  14 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Gavin Newsom

S.F. moves to crack down on mortgage fraud

Hucksters and con men seeking to cheat beleaguered homeowners with fake mortgage refinance schemes face increased likelihood of prosecution, according to a new campaign announced Wednesday in San Francisco. "Vulnerable residents desperate for relief ...

From STEVE RUBENSTEIN, San Francisco Chronicle,  2 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Kamala Harris,  Facebook Inc.

Van driver killed while fleeing from police

(03-30) 22:33 PDT San Rafael -- A high-speed car chase through the streets of San Rafael on Monday that left a police officer injured ended when a white van slammed into a power pole on Point San Pedro Road, killing the driver, police said. The ...

From STEVE RUBENSTEIN, San Francisco Chronicle,  31 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods,  Facebook Inc.,  Patrick Dempsey

Ex-24 Hour Fitness workers sue, claiming bias

(03-26) 16:26 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Two former employees of 24 Hour Fitness sued the San Ramon-based health club chain Thursday, claiming that they were harassed, demoted and forced to leave their jobs for complaining about an atmosphere of racism and ...

From STEVE RUBENSTEIN, San Francisco Chronicle,  26 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Rihanna,  Jamie Lynn Spears

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