San Francisco

510 Mission St, at 1st; Financial District; 415.777.1893

Funkily mixing exposed brick, soothing yellow walls, and orb & track lighting, this 44-seat Viet cubby serves up real deal minis like peanut/fried shallot/jalapeno "carpaccio" before hitting stride with brisket/flank steak/meatball Pho, and rounding out with grilled rice plates of charbroiled prawns/five-spices chicken/beef/pork chop. Booze-license is pending, so for now the highly visible wine stash is just for them "to drink while closing", and for you to long for as your waiter longs for you to leave.

556 Hayes St, btwn Laguna and Octavia; Hayes Valley; 415.864.5692

The Haye's Valley man-tique's taking 40-50% off nearly all inventory including Fred Perry track jackets, stylized workwear from Nicholas K, tees from Obedient Son/Barking Irons/Evidence of Evolution, and chilled-out sweaters from LA's Trovata -- not to be confused with girthed-out sweaters of LA's Travolta.

Fri Aug 29th at 5:30; 119 Utah St, at 15th; SOMA; 415.762.0151

RoflCon's event-savvy nerds're taking over Mighty to host "RoflThing", an unapologetic celebration of the internet meme, featuring lectures on Star Wars Kid and "The State of the LOL", while real-live memes (Dr. Popular/"Eric Conveys an Emotion") roam the crowd. From 8-10 there's an open beer/wine bar accompanied by a "kickass meme themed" DJ mix, after which Mighty'll slash its normal cover to $5 for anyone who doesn't have to rush home to nurse his dancing baby.

New at SF-based etailer Design Public, these hollow swine're cast in resin from a piglet that "died a natural death", then gold- or chrome- plated (or painted hot pink), before being stuffed with your cash. Beats an apple in the mouth.

This iPhone app comes with five challenging sobriety gauges, including a voice recognition critique of your rattling off the alphabet backwards and tests of how steady you can keep your cellie while walking in a straight line/standing on one leg (aided by the iPhone's accelorometer). The sixth, bogus gauge, is a breathalyzer screen that asks you to blow into the phone -- while the seventh is your friend asking, "did you just blow into your phone?"