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Valentine's Day In San Francisco: The Singles' Guide (PHOTOS)

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Assistant San Francisco Editor, The Huffington Post

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Valentine's Day is a magical, unforgettable time of year where enraptured couples the world over celebrate their love for each other.

Unless, of course, you happen to be single.

Then it's also a day where singles get to have their party-of-one status constantly rubbed in their faces. However, there is fun to be had. The Bay Area is jam packed with tons of awesome Valentine's Day events just for you, your friends and any couples willing to leave the PDA at home.

Just check out our handy guide:

Valentine's Day Singles Events
Pillow Fight(01 of06)
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It's a Valentine's Day tradition: at 6 p.m. every February 14, hundreds of people descend upon Justin Herman Plaza, pillows in hand, with the intention of beating the living snot out of each other. If you've never smacked a complete stranger in the face with a pillow while millions of down feathers swirl in every direction, you've never truly lived. (credit:Alamy)
F*ck Valentine's Spectacular(02 of06)
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Celebrate Valentine's Day early with the twisted geniuses at Tourettes Without Regrets. The group's February 7 show features performances from the Vau De Vire Society and brilliant local theater companiy Pianofight. You can also participate in a "Worst Sex Ever" contest where the audience's stories of awkward sexual encounters are recreated through the magic of interpretive dance. (credit:Facebook)
Dirty Rotten Flowers(03 of06)
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Nothing sucks worse on Valentine's Day than going into a worldwide celebration of love after just having been dumped. Wanna get revenge? Then send your ex a bouquet of grossness from Dirty Rotten Flowers. Remember: revenge is a dish best served partially decomposed. (credit:Alamy)
Anti-Corporate Valentine Massacre Music & Art Show(04 of06)
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When some people think about Valentine's Day they just say "awwww." For others, the holiday has become nothing more than a way to engender rampant, soulless, wasteful commercialism that dumps money into the pockets of the corporate fat cats at See's and Hallmark while further alienating people experience honest, heartfelt human emotion. If you fall into the latter camp, head over to Sub Mission's Anti-Corporate Valentine Massacre Music & Art Show featuring performances by War Party, Fault Lines and Black Market Prophets. (credit:Alamy)
Spin the Bottle Nightlife at Cal Academy(05 of06)
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If there's one sure-fire way to get through being alone on Valentine's Day, it's alcohol. As Homer Simpson would say, "[it's] the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." If you're anything like us, when you drink, you feel smarter, but you're not actually getting any smarter. Unless, of course, you go to Spin The Bottle Nightlife at California Academy of Sciences where you can taste beers from Almanac Beer Co., Anchor Brewing and Lagunitas Brewing Company and listen to the founders of the Center for Sex and Culture give thought-proving lectures. Or you can just get wasted and look at fish, that works too. (credit:Alamy)
East Bay Brew Fest(06 of06)
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Denizens of the East Bay, don't think you've been forgotten. Berkeley's Pyramid Alehouse is giving unlimited samples of suds from the East Bay's best micro-brews like Altamont Beer Works to Trumer Brewery. (credit:Alamy)

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