Love the Earth So Much... You Have Sex with It?
Cosmopolitan recently uncovered an intriguing Craigslist ad about a young man in London who is looking for someone to film him having sex with nature. Wait what?! Laura Beck writes in her Cosmo post,...
View ArticleThis Wind Map Will Blow You Away
In the wake of last week's freak winds, here's a beautiful real-time map created by HINT.FM of the current gales flowing across the United States. The map was created as an art project, so although the...
View ArticleObama's San Francisco Welcoming Committee
Why are the streets blocked off around Hayes Valley? Well, our buddy Obama is in town. For anyone curious about his schedule, the President was at Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center this morning,...
View ArticleNew Maps: Eviction Explosion & Ellis Acting Seniors
There are now so many evictions in San Francisco, and so many vocal organizations helping people fight being unreasonably kicked out of their homes, that the pressure is on the mayor to do something...
View ArticlePolyamory Is Alive and Well in SF
By Peter Lawrence KaneAfter the Supreme Court’s Prop. 8 ruling came down in June, LGBT people in San Francisco were able to get married – for the third time. Amid the celebration, there were some...
View ArticleAsk Ted Wilson – How Do I Fire a Mediocre Employee?
Hello, and welcome to Ask Ted Wilson, my weekly advice column where readers ask me questions about absolutely anything, and I tell them what to do. If you have a question you would like answered...
View Article2013 Holiday Gift Guide
TIS THE SEASON. FA LA LA. Welcome to our holiday gift guide. We've handpicked cool, creative, and thoughtful items that you'll want to give to your loved ones, or maybe, just give to yourself. (Don't...
View ArticleWhy is the Golden Gate Bridge That Shade of Orange?
I've become obsessed with the Wildsam Field Guides series, a new collection of beautifully designed urban atlases run by a husband and wife team in Austin. Taylor Bruce is Wildsam's founder, and he's a...
View ArticleCheck This Out If Your Bike's Been Stolen
It's no secret that bike theft is rampant in this city. You've undoubtedly seen countless frames with missing components or all-together abandoned u-locks attached to racks without a bike in sight....
View ArticleQuizUp Is The Perfect Game to Play While Ignoring Your Family this Thanksgiving
QuizUp is a new social trivia game app. It currently includes over 250 categories of quizzes including Sex and the City and World War II. Heads up: Sex and the City is really hard. The idea is simple...
View ArticleWhy I Gave My Kidney to a Stranger
By Karen ZuercherThe email wasn’t a guilt trip, despite the subject line: “Support us in saving the life of a young congregant.”The message, which asked me to be tested as a kidney donor to a person I...
View ArticleBART Heads Vol. 5
Here are a few more BART Heads from this past week. These are sketches of BART passengers I draw on the train during my commute. The text is verbatim bits of overheard conversation.
View ArticleWhat Native Americans Want You to Know on Thanksgiving
Photo by ClintJCLThis week school children everywhere will be dressing up as Pilgrims and Indians to reenact the first Thanksgiving. They’ll learn that the starving Pilgrims were saved by a group of...
View ArticleWhat What You Bring to Thanksgiving Says About You
Photo by Robert S. DonovanIf you bring turkey…You're kind of a show off, but no one minds because – turkey.If you bring potatoes…Congratulations. Your life must be in order. No one takes on, and/or is...
View ArticleEvent Recap: Wild Turkey Cocktail Tasting & Party
On Wednesday November 20, a select group of cocktail enthusiasts from The Bold Italic was treated to a private tasting of the Wild Turkey portfolio in Campari America's new state-of-the-art Bar Lab....
View ArticleHere's Why You Should Care About World AIDS Day
Sunday, December 1, is World AIDS Day. Whether or not you personally know someone who's affected by the disease, it's something we as a community should have more awareness about. According to the San...
View ArticleWhy Epic Fails are Secretly Good For You
An Excerpt from Creative Confidence by Tom & David Kelley of IDEOI'll admit it, it's really hard for me to deal with screwing up. I've been that way since I was kid. My third grade teacher even...
View ArticleHawaii Out-Greens California on GMOs
Hawaii’s been in the news lately. The state legalized same-sex marriage, a state legislator went on a rampage smashing homeless people’s shopping carts in Honolulu, and now the Big Island has banned...
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