We’ve all been caught in that slightly terrifying moment: you, standing with your significant other, introduces you to a new person, who immediately replies, "Nice to meet you! I’ve heard so much about you!"

"Love, love, love," the chorus rings in the famous Beatle’s song. Love is fresh on people’s minds as February - the month of romance - is here, but where to go and what to do to celebrate all things of the heart?

If you are new to the Bay Area, you could be excused for thinking of the area between San Francisco and Mountain View as a nightlife free zone - at least as far as LGBT nightlife goes. But it has not always been this way.

You can’t go to the Olive Garden without your server pushing "specialty cocktails," a euphemism for toxic waste.

Three bands will be singing out loud for the nonprofit that helps gay teens and others at The Trevor Project Benefit Concert, January 22 at Café duNord with Hotels & Highways, Mia Dyson, and out gay singer-composer Eric Himan.

"Don’t worry about not having a date tonight- you’re with your gay friends, and we’re more fun than any date could be! We know what to do!"

The winter holidays are the most obvious time of year when gays, separated from their parents, are forced to decide between biological family and acquired family.

Hotel lounges in Union Square and around San Francisco offer stylish décor, handy access to room reservations, and a bevy of classy venues for an intriguing rendezvous. Whether it’s a date with an old pal or a Grindr homme du jour, hotel bars are a specia

Ho, ho ho! It’s that time of year again. December’s holiday-themed live shows and concerts should please anyone with alternative and traditional tastes.

When did restaurants become gay? San Francisco gays gathered at restaurants and nightclubs that served food for decades before the Stonewall Riots in New York, and before the Compton Cafeteria riots in the Tenderloin.

About halfway through an evening of San Francisco clubbing and bar-hopping, the need for two things often emerges: a trip to the ATM and food.

For a perfect warm up for your night out, check out these local DJs who share their mixes online. Planning your own private party? Play along with these local lovelies.

It’s pretty much a no-brainer combination; theatre, gays and drinks. Isn’t that just another night out for some of us?

While the Castro has no shortage of bars, lately we’ve earned more of a reputation for bottomless mimosas (and the drunk-and-crying over-indulgers they leave scattered across the sidewalk) than for finely-crafted libations.