Studio 800 Salon at Geary and Hyde

Got my hair cut today. There's this place on the corner between my home and my laundry mat with a big ugly orange sign that I'd never been to, and Q beauty salon, home of the $10 haircut, was closed, so I ventured inside. It was, as with every salon west of Mason, operated by foreigners from some part of Asia. Unlike many, however, they spoke very good English. The decor consisted of warm colors with a large mural on the wall opposite the mirrors - something to examine while having my haircut, if I'd somehow been able to keep my glasses on. The radio was tuned to something like Energy or RaverFM and tunes heard included Sophie Ellis Bextor's Murder on the Dance Floor, to which my stylist began singing along with (not very well, and fortunately not very loudly.) The gentleman who cut my hair put a lot of thought and energy into the haircut and used only scissors, never those razor-comb things. When his cell phone rang (not once, not twice, but thrice!) he never paused to answer it. He was friendly and conversational. It was not an in-and-out $10 haircut that I had grown to expect in my neighborhood. I told him what I wanted and he completely understood and gave me exactly that, finishing with a standard gel-and-blowdry. The whole process took about 45 minutes - exactly long enough for my laundry to be ready to go in the dryer. $15 plus a $5 tip was well worth it.
Atmosphere: 3 out of 10
Price: 9.5 out of 10
Professionalism: 3.5 out of 10
Quality of haircut: 5 out of 10
Overall: 5.5 out of 10

Lesser Evil Black & White Chocolately Kettle Mix

The first time I tried it, I thought "Ehn." But since I sell it at work and unofficially get it for free, I tried it a second time. For some reason I couldn't stop myself from finishing the entire 1.75 ounce bag. It was strangely addicting. The third time I opened a bag it was delicious and now I eat it all the time. The upside: no trans fatty acids, whatever those are. I found out Lesser Evil is in Santa Fe, the capital of a state which I would like to promote and see economically improve, so that's good too. The ingredients list is short and easy to read, and includes clarified butter (also known as ghee in India, and widely acknowledged for various health benefits), rather than regular butter or mono unsaturated soybean oil. Main thing I would recommend to them: packaging redesign. Customers who come in and look at it have no idea what it is and I commonly get asked, "Are these chips?" Granted, many customers are either foreign or idiots or both, but it would make my life easier if they wrote "Kettle Corn" in big letters on the front.
Overall: 8.5 out of 10

San Francisco Water

Best when cold, as is most water, but also good straight out of the tap. Refreshing from almost all faucets. No overpowering chemical flavors. Little to no filtration needed. One major downside: it goes stale extremely fast, don't let it sit out for more than 10-15 minutes.
Overall: 9 out of 10.

Suppenkuche

Today my boyfriend Keithen and I went to this restaurant after hearing about it on the PBS show where they review Bay Area restaurants. It made me decide to start reviewing stuff.

The German restaurant: The decor reminded me of a festive family Mexican restaurant, only instead of pinatas and Corona ads hanging from the ceiling, there were dried flowers and giant wreaths. I suppose it's a German thing. I was going to order the sausage, but then I saw venison, and thought, "When will get another chance to try venison? Probably not for awhile." So I got it. It seemed overdone, although I'm no expert in the proper method for cooking venison. On a side note, earlier today French scientists announced the birth of the first deer ever conceived by in-vitro fertilization.

On the side was spatzle, which tasted like pasta made out of cheese and/or butter, and was delicious, and a pickled red cabbage stuff that tasted very cinnimony, and was surprisingly good, considering I don't really like cabbage, especially cooked or pickled. Keithen had a game hen which I tried and tasted delicious. The best part was undoubtedly the heffeweizen. We both ordered a half pint of ??? some German-named beer. It was amazing. They offer a wide selection of German beer in every shoe size.
For dessert I had a beesting cake, consisting of entirely honey-related ingredients, with a nice black coffee that I believe they brewed just for me. All of this and our total bill was only about $67. The service was excellent so after tip it was almost $80. I wouldn't recommend it for a first, second, or third date. Wait until you don't have much left to talk about, as it gets crowded and loud shortly after opening. Or bring your German friend, as I plan to next time I go. Picky family members from out of town will probably also appreciate the familiar, safe, yet very well done cuisine.
Atmosphere: 3 out of 10
Food: 7 out of 10
Service: 9.5 out of 10
Overall: 7 out of 10