{"id":1383,"date":"2009-08-06T14:19:19","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T22:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/06\/sfbgs-best-ever-best-of-bay-party\/"},"modified":"2020-09-18T09:12:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T17:12:44","slug":"sfbgs-best-ever-best-of-bay-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1383\/sfbgs-best-ever-best-of-bay-party\/","title":{"rendered":"SFBG&#8217;s &#8220;Best Ever&#8221; Best of the Bay Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7118_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nSan Fransisco Bay Guardian publisher Bruce Bruggman<br \/>\nwith members of the Texas All-Stars at last night&#8217;s<br \/>\n35th annual Best of the Bay party held at Mezzanine.<br \/>\n<strong>Photos by Luke Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>August 6, 2009<\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco Bay Guardian proved again last night during its 35th annual <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20121108061004\/http:\/\/www.sfbg.com:80\/bobparty\/\">Best of the Bay party<\/a> why the newspaper is considered San Francisco&#8217;s favorite print weekly.<\/p>\n<p>Held at the spacious bi-level Mezzanine and co-sponsored by Virgin Atlantic,\u00c2\u00a0 Red Hook, The Disposal Film Festival, PoliteInPublic.com and In House Talent, the well-attended party drew as many as 500 Bay Guardian readers and fans who were treated to an exquisite lineup of Bay Area musical acts, including Sila and the AfroFunk Experience, J-Boogie&#8217;s Dubtronic Science, Sellassie, and The Fresh &amp; Onlys.<\/p>\n<p>And while the bands played their thundering sets, members of The Lusty Lady Dancers bedazzled attendees while dancing atop mini-stages in scantily clad outfits.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7032_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everyone we talked to said last night&#8217;s Best of the Bay bash was a rip-roaring success. &#8220;The best ever,&#8221; one SFBG devotee said.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--> According to SFBG City Editor Steve Jones, the party&#8217;s success was largely due to the professional services of promotions manager Riley Manlapaz and events manager Dulcinea Gonzalez, &#8220;but the whole staff pitched in to work the event,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7222_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nSFBG Best of the Bay award winner Julian Davis (2nd from left)<br \/>\nwith SFBG City Editor Steve Jones, Whitney Leigh, Supervisor Chris Daly<br \/>\nand Davide Noyola.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7213_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nSteve Jones, Davide Noyala, Karina Nogisto,<br \/>\nChris Daly and Whitney Leigh.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7007_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nFCJ columnist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/wchadwick\/\">Will Chadwick<\/a>, Karina Nogisto,<br \/>\nSteve Jones and Julian Davis.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7107_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nSFBG investigative journalist Sarah Phelan and hubby, Khalil.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7026_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nThe Lusty Lady Dancers<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7024_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7246_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nSila and the AfroFunk Experience<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7241_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7262_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00c2\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7303_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7376_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7378_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7310_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7145_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nJ-Boogie&#8217;s Dubtronic Science<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7165_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7182_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00c2\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/sfbg_best_of_the_bay_090805\/_w2w7050_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nThe Fresh &amp; 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