A 4 Year Old Reviews Chez Panisse
It would be insane to produce a series of restaurant reviews, no matter how ridiculous the premise, out of the Bay Area and not hit Chez Panisse (an Internet dictionary reveals that the name roughly...
View ArticleCan I Avoid Spending Holidays with My BF's Family?
Hey Jessica, I moved to SF three years ago from NYC, and I am blessed to have found a fantastic relationship with my boyfriend of 18 months. Last year was my first time experiencing Christmas with his...
View ArticleSwedish American Hall Now Noise Pop's Music Venue
When news spread last year that the beloved Cafe du Nord music venue had been sold to restaurateurs, music lovers cried out for the shrinking San Francisco venue scene. So it's great news to know that...
View ArticleWe Love State Bird's New Restaurant The Progress
The Progress is a brand new restaurant that debuted last night behind an unmarked door at 1525 Fillmore Street. It is the neighbor to the perpetually popular State Bird Provisions and also its younger...
View ArticleNew Map Shows the Decline of SF's Black Population
Conversations about the changing demographics in San Francisco and the Bay Area are never ending. One new map by the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project shows the loss of the African-American population in...
View ArticleUpdated: Market St Might Get Amazing Light Sculpture
Updated 12/17/2014: Lightrail has been approved by the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development committee, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, and the Department of Public...
View ArticleForget Hot Yoga, Have You Tried Pot Yoga?
In a truly “of freaking course we are” moment, San Francisco is getting its first pot-fueled yoga class.Ganja Yoga is a “cannabis enhanced” class where participants (the ones with the medical cannibis...
View ArticleNew Late Night Shuttle Between SF & Silicon Valley
Michael Horton, who lives and works in Santa Clara county but spends much of his free time in SF, was getting increasingly frustrated with his lack of late-night options. Caltrain, like BART, shuts...
View ArticlePhotos: 24 Hours in San Francisco
For 24 Hours in San Francisco, 17 students from The Academy of Art University's PH 462: Editorial Photography captured moments in SF to create a story spanning an entire day. Each student was assigned...
View ArticleThis Will Help You Cope With The End Of Serial
This time tomorrow the season finale of the crazy popular podcastSerial will be out. For months we have been listening to the saga of Adnan, Jay, MailChimp, and the Crab Crib unfold as we try to make...
View ArticleSan Francisco Is Just Better with a Stoop
Twenty-two grand steps, painted a foggy, blue-gray hue, lead up to my apartment door. Oh, how my heart simultaneously sang and sank on move-in day as I stared up at that quintessential San Francisco...
View Article7 Road Trips to Take This Winter
San Francisco can get a bad rap for its lack of seasons, but we have winter too – some of it snowy, some of it not, but all within quick driving distance. From dogsledding on Mt. Shasta to Nordic...
View ArticleSend a 100-Ft Holiday Message on a Building
’Tis the season for holiday greeting card GIFs — at least if you want to make your holidays extra special this year. A website called GIF the Halls is here to make your holiday GIF dreams come true....
View ArticlePac Heights Losing Its Working Class Outlets
By now, it’s an all too familiar tale in this pretty city of ours: a building is acquired by new owners, contracts are up and so is the rent — way, way, up — leaving incumbent businesses fighting for...
View ArticleWhat San Franciscans Really Want for Christmas
December is the month of gift guides, wish lists, and many, many emails and print ads, but somehow the things we really want are rarely included. To right that wrong, we present a list of gifts that...
View ArticleA Man And His Dog Are Reunited After #Hellastorm
After last week's #hellastorm, some people lost power, dealt with flooding, and other issues but Steve Alioto lost both his home in Sausalito and dog. But like a Christmas miracle, Steve is reunited...
View ArticleKronner Burger's Public Art Controversy in Oakland
For obvious reasons, the temperature in the East Bay has been burning hot lately. Apart from national social justice issues, disguised CHP cops threatening protesters, and news that former Oakland...
View ArticleHelp Big Sur’s Magical Music Venue Stick Around
There’s only one place you can see great bands like Arcade Fire, The Flaming Lips, TV on the Radio, Fleet Foxes, and Beach House under a cluster of Big Sur redwoods with only a few hundred other...
View ArticleStartup to Bring Fast Internet to the Mission
You know what people always say, the best ideas come from the brains of monkeys. Actually no one says that but a Mission District-based internet service provider, Monkey Brains has a plan to bring...
View ArticleThe 2014 San Francisco Year in Review
It’s that time of year again when we get super-contemplative and hole up inside with thoughts like “Oh my God, is it seriously already almost 2015? When did that even have time to happen? There was so...
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