60%+ off gear from St. Augustine and Fremont til Oct 5, plus on Friday a party celebrating their fall shipment, with free Sparks (the caffeinated alcoholic beverage) and music from the Yo La Tengo-ish Sweet Sweet Things (double first names: currently very Hot Hot).

The flier is here

For their centennial, the self-proclaimed inventors of the French Dip are slashing their usually $5-6 sandwiches back to a turn-of-the-century 10¢. They're also cutting their already ludicrously priced 10¢ coffee down to 5¢, savings that'll help you keep up with your mortgage payments.

More info and the menu for the day at Philippes.com

This formerly chick-only boutique's launched a simple next-door dude closet, stocking the likes of jeans from 5EP, hats from GRN Apple Tree, and tux shirts from Fillippa K. At some point, they're going to physically merge the stores, a process that'll hopefully start with someone demanding "Mr. Inago, tear down that wall!"

Free food and drinks and an invite-only opening sale Oct 15; to get on the list, email inagorsvp@gmail.com

As part of a free weekend-long skate demo, the SoCal punks'll be playing a gratis show to anyone who picks up tickets at participating etnies stores. While no shoe purchase is necessary, if Bad Religion is true to their name, they'll suggest everyone get the same pair, then commit mass suicide next time Hale-Bopp comes around.

Skip the store: 10 pairs of tickets go to the first 10 people to email badreligiontickets@gmail.com; more info's at