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Look at you. Sitting inside, with Netflix on repeat, while it’s kinda crappy outside. This is like the fourth time you’ve rewatched Orange Is the New Black. Ask yourself, wouldn’t I rather be doing...
View ArticleWhat's It Mean to be a San Francisco Townie?
A few weeks ago, while sipping from a plastic cup of kosher wine at a singles mixer (i.e., what you do when you’re single/hope to feel terrible), I fell into a familiar conversation: Stranger: Where...
View ArticleHow Not To Be A Jerk On Black Friday
There is a day that will live in infamy to anyone who works retail: Black Friday. Before I was the famous girl journalist you have come to know and love I worked in retail for five years. I spent years...
View ArticleFive Post-Holiday Exercises to Do at Mom’s House
It’s the day after Thanksgiving. You’re lying on the floor, recovering from a tryptophan hangover, and your gut has sprung free from your waistband. You look around you, and the party debris looks...
View ArticlePopular Taiwanese Bakery Opening in Berkeley
85°C Bakery Cafe, a popular Taiwanese bakery chain, is opening an outpost in downtown Berkeley. Berkeleyside reports that it will open inside the former Viceroy Indian Restaurant and Copy Central at 21...
View Article5 Lesser-Known Dirt Roads in SF
I generally think of San Francisco as a forward-looking city, but however focused we are on moving forward, it seems we still like to remain connected to our past. Our cable car technology hasn’t...
View ArticleFLOWCHART: Should You Get a Dog?
Thinking about getting a dog? Sure, dogs are awesome and hilarious and adorable, but don't forget about all the responsibilities and costs and sacrifices (and POOP!) that come with them, too. Since...
View ArticleBig Serial News: Adnan's Case Moves Through Appeal
For everyone who felt the Serialvoid last week as Thanksgiving took the place of our favorite true crime podcast, we've been rewarded for our patience with some very interesting news. SF Gatereports...
View ArticleThings to Keep in Mind on Cyber Monday
Happy Cyber Monday, Internet! Today is the day when you remember every online retailer you've ever given your email to, because they send you their most festive newsletter and alert you to their...
View ArticleThe Old Bay Bridge Could Become a Park
Progress has been slow in tearing down the original eastern span of the Bay Bridge, which is over budget and also has protected cormorants roosting on it. Inertia is creeping in, and the longer it sits...
View Article8 Types of BART Commuters
The Chronicle reported on BART's "upstreamers," or riders who travel a few stations in the opposite direction of their commute just to make sure they snag a seat for the long ride home. The writer...
View ArticleHow Much Rideshare Drivers Actually Make in a Year
This summer Uber blanketed Muni buses with ads promising a guaranteed $5,000 a month in exchange for driving for the company. That’s quite a tantalizing offer, although the guarantee only seems to...
View Article3 Awesome New Market Style Eateries
Having a bite while grocery shopping is the new casual dining out. Maybe it’s the kill-two-birds-with-one-stone philosophy, but retail market style cafes are a budding trend all over LA. We're not...
View ArticleTrashy Reality TV Show Casting in SF
If you’re like me, you love some good, trashy reality tv. One of my favorites shows is The Bad Girls Club. Part of me used to think I could be on this show: I’m a spicy, loud Latina who isn’t afraid...
View ArticleYou Might Not Know Your Painted Lady Facts
Many San Franciscans think the phrase "Painted Ladies" is synonymous with the Seven Sisters over on Steiner Street, a famous block featured in the opening credits of Full House. This natural...
View ArticleIf Our Dating Profiles Were Real Life …
All men would be 6-ft+.Our resumes would only be 500 characters long (including emojis).Tigers wouldn’t be endangered; they’d be readily available to pose for photos.We’d all be Tough Mudders.Elephants...
View ArticleSelections From Burt Reynolds' Sad As Hell Auction
Oh man, if only Burt Reynolds could lead a ragtag group of drunks or kids or drunk kids to win back all his dope stuff … alas, the world’s premiere Bear Rug Nudist and Mustache-Haver seems to be flat...
View ArticleHow NOT to Drive on the Golden Gate Bridge
When it rains in the Bay Area, people suddenly forget how to drive. Common sense goes out the window and people go into some weird survival mode, where they act as if they’re the only car on the road....
View ArticleThe Best True Crime Podcasts That Aren’t ‘Serial’
Waiting for Thursday’s newest installment of Serialis like waiting for the UPS dude to show up with that parcel you’ve been anxiously hoping would arrive. Though there was the recent announcement that...
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