How I Started Working in Porn (Accidentally)
It’s not every day that you accidentally find yourself in a porn studio. OK, so I hadn’t taken a wrong turn while looking for a parking meter and wound up on the set of Debbie Does Dallas. I...
View ArticleFive New San Francisco Housing Developments Wrapping Up This Year
Looking to rent a place? You’ll shell out more to live in San Francisco than anywhere else in the nation, given that the median rental price is almost $3,500 for a one-bedroom. Looking to buy? Consider...
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Janet Echelman's Mesmerizing Installation at San Francisco International Airport
Artist Janet Echelman’s installation Every Beating Second transforms terminal 2 of the San Francisco International Airpot with fictional nature that subtly engages viewers with real and imagined...
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The Best Cheese Shops in San Francisco
There is a reason photographers tell squirming children to say “cheese” when trying to get them to smile and look at the camera. Sure, saying the word “cheese” does sort of force your mouth into a...
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For the Love of Puppies: A Review of Pet-Sitting Services
Pet sitting has long been thought of as a job best suited for begrudging parents, extremely generous neighbors and broke college students. However, thanks to easy and efficient websites that bring pet...
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The City, Happening
In front of the bus stop at 5th and Howard, there’s an ambulance parked with its back doors flung open and its lights flashing. On the sidewalk in front of the stop, EMTs in blue shirts are strapping a...
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Alone in SF? Here are Five Things You Could Do Today
They say you can never be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with. Take your self and add the city’s seemingly endless splendors, and being alone in San Francisco hardly seems like a bad...
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A Photo Tour of the Legendary Sam's Grill
At the corner of Bush and Belden is Sam’s Place, one of San Francisco’s most famous and traditional restaurants. It was originally founded in 1867 by oyster salesman and entrepreneur Michael Molan...
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Bored by Your Palate? Try These Lesser-Eaten World Cuisines in SF
Are you finding that your favorite comfort food is getting a little too, well, comfortable? It’s easy to fall back on the familiar, especially when you’re feeling famished. But the world is full of all...
View ArticleThe Seven Best Bars for Breaking Up in San Francisco
Breakups are hard. We’ve all been there, either on the receiving end or the delivering one, and it’s never fun for either party. Plus, you run the risk of tears or hurtful words, or getting a chair...
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How I Survived My Mother's and Sister's Deaths
I’m standing in front of a hushed crowd of 250 people—some family, some strangers. Everyone looks at me, waiting. The words are on paper, but nothing will come out of my mouth.I begin to cry. And as I...
View ArticleHow to Fend Off Creepers in Bars
From the comfort of our smartphones, we can swipe away men with the flick of a fingertip. If only reality were the same. Sure, receiving a compliment may be a nice confidence booster, but when I’m...
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Bicycle Fetishists? Butchers Finding Love? There's an App for That Too
Silicon Valley has its fingers in a lot of pies—and I’m not just talking about the kind you bake. In the past decade, tens of millions of Americans have turned to the Internet for love—and dating and...
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Inside Trick Dog Bar
For this week’s installment of “Love, SF,” we made a stop at beloved San Francisco bar Trick Dog on 20th Street. This sleek, minimalist space—formerly a warehouse—couldn’t be the more perfect setting...
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