Tonight, President Obama will return to Daniel for another big, fancy fundraising meal. Back in July, supporters shelled out $38,500 a head for dinner with the President at Daniel Boulud's four-star fine dining restaurant, but tonight guests will pay just $15,000. NYDN, Previously

Hey guys. Long time no see. If you know me, you've probably figured out I've stopped raving. You also probably remember how much of a kandi kid I was when I did rave. Well, even after donating literally thousands of pieces of kandi to fundraisers and such, I'm still stuck with stacks of...

NOW OPEN - Tender catches new restaurant called Thai Idea Vegetarian has opened at 710 Polk Street. The owner was a manager at Osha Thai who wanted to open a place with a totally vegetarian and vegan menu, and, as you can see here, the decor is certainly a notch above the average TL Thai spot. Please do tell us about the food when you try it. Tender NOW OPEN EXTRA - The Chron is reporting that a new Asian specialty market called Golden Veggie Market has opened on Polk at California. They'll sell things like Japanese mountain yam, but they're trying to gear it towards a "mainstream crowd." Chron THE SHUTTER - It is with great sadness that we bring news of the departure of not one, but two locations of John Campbell’s Irish Bakery. Inside Scoop reports that both the Potrero Hill and Cow Hollow locations are done. With this, our city's scone supply is officially on a downward spiral. ISSF FUNDRAISERS - Haighteration has more details on the fundraiser for Lower Haight fire victims happening tomor

One day a pretty cool guy got told he needed to have a not so cool operation to get rid of some shitty thing called Cancer. His prognosis was good, but the medical bills and tough times ahead weren’t. SO, without even thinking, a bunch of his friends got together with the idea of throwing a party ...

EFF would like to thank the contest entrants and the numerous team supporters for making our second annual DEF CON Getaway Contest a success! Together, we've surpassed last year's competition with a participant total of $7,542.04 for online rights defense — great work! This year, the battle for supremacy continued to the very end. Without further ado, here are this year's top contest fundraisers: Grand Prize Winner: Team ISD Podcast!

Congratulations! You've won a standard suite at the Rio Hotel and Casino, two DEF CON 19 Human badges, two tickets to Vegas 2.0's (in)famous kickoff party theSummit, two badges for the ultra-exclusive Ninja Networks Party, two passes to the iSEC Partners party, AND an EFF Swag Super Pack! Second Place Winner: Team ArtC!

Well done! Art will receive two DEF CON 19 Human badges, two tickets to the Vegas 2.0 Party, two passes to the iSEC Partners party, and an EFF Swag Super Pack! Third Place Winner: Team Holy Handgrenades!

WOOT! HH will receive one DEF CON 19 Human badge, o

In today's Urban Planner: Luminato starts at the lunch hour, the Music Gallery's Dublab goes from dinner to tomorrow's breakfast, late-night literature and music combo events, and fundraisers to bring burlesque acts to town, marry two clowns, and send improvisers to E-Town. more