Why I Love Living in North Beach
By Anisse GrossWhen I first moved to San Francisco, I had the great fortune of landing in North Beach, where my sisters were living. They rented me the sun-room of their apartment, in a building that...
View ArticleFeminist Cards Against Humanity
My mom once muttered something to the effect of, “All these feminists going on and on about women in the workplace – I know plenty of women who’d like a day off once in a while.” I said, “Yeah, Mom,...
View ArticleLife is Hard
I love infomercials. So much. Every single thing about them, but especially the black and white moments where the frustrated idiot is having just the most difficult time handling the most basic of...
View ArticleThe Newest Blue Bottle Cafe Is Made out of Legos
Check out this spot-on Lego model of Blue Bottle's Mint Street location. Blue Bottle siphon barista Daniel Lee crafted this mofo in 100 hours, mostly done from memory. It's not to scale, but Daniel...
View ArticleJessa from Girls to Show Art in SF
Images courtesy of Fouladi ProjectsJemima Kirke will be showing new paintings at Fouladi Projects begining March 21. You may know Kirke as Jessa on HBO's Girls, but you may not know that she has a BFA...
View ArticleTips For Cheez-Its: Not as Cool as Tips For Jesus
News spread earlier this week that a mysterious man left a $3,000 tip at San Francisco restaurant Roka Akor as part of the “Tips for Jesus” collective. Now, it seems an anticlimactic knock-off version...
View ArticleA Look Inside Mission High School
If you live in San Francisco and you're a fan of drinking horizontally, you've likely spent a lot of time looking at Mission High School. A lot of time. And perhaps out of natural (or truffle-induced)...
View ArticleDo This Thurs: Nap's Karaoke Returns!
The transformation of iconic dive bar Nap's 3 into the swanky-cute Virgil’s Sea Room has been seamless and sweet. Virgil's is still a place for the whole neighborhood to swill, and the spiffied-up...
View ArticleLooking Recap: Episode 1
OK, let's do this. Looking opens with a fuzzy screen of static. Oh, that's standard procedure for HBO? I guess I just haven't watched TV in a while? I'm more of a book reader, you know?...
View ArticleGirls Recap: I Hated It
Via Girls Facebook PageLast night's episode of Girls was a clusterfuck. First, allow me to start with some super scientific statistics:Title: She Said OKNudity: Caroline's pubesBest line: "Cool...
View ArticleBreaking It Down: What's SF Doing to Stop Pedestrian Deaths?
San Francisco pedestrians have been subject to more car violence than most major cities in America. And so far, 2014 isn’t shaping up to be much better. With an unbelievable amount of...
View ArticleThe Do's, the Don'ts, and the Oh God, Please Don'ts of Eating Sushi
By Jessica Saia and Isla Bell MurrayIf you’re new to sushi, you probably have a lot of questions, like:“Wait, you didn’t cook this?”“Is that guacamole in your soy sauce?” and“Why are these toothpicks...
View ArticleTech Stereotypes Are Getting Us Nowhere
By Max KirchoffEditor's Note: It's 2014 and much of the conversation about changing San Francisco feels stuck in last year. We're reading the exact same articles about the frictions in this city in...
View ArticleAn App That Fights Your Parking Tickets
If you have a car in San Francisco you're probably a) really popular with your friends, especially when they're running low on groceries and on sunny weekends and b) have paid off lots of parking...
View ArticleHave You Seen the Shipwrecks off Ocean Beach?
By Sierra HartmanI first came across the shipwrecks at Lands End while shooting the edges of the city story. I’ve since become slightly obsessed with them and have spent an unreasonable amount of time...
View ArticleWe Don't Need Gay TV Mansplained, Thanks
I know that living in San Francisco can sometimes feel like a bubble, but I can't imagine a local publication running a piece as brain-dead as Esquire's "A Straight Man's Guide to HBO's Looking." As if...
View ArticleThe Reality Behind Instagram Feeds
By Drew Hoolhorst The creation of Instagram made us all photographers. We began to see beauty in the simplicity. We began to… Just kidding. It made us all huge fucking liars. While it’s a magnificent...
View ArticleSex with Google Glass – Doesn't One Negate the Other?
A new app Sex with Glance offers an alternative way to do the dirty deed whilst wearing ridiculous looking – and ridiculously expensive – tech gear on your face. I looked at the site a few times to...
View ArticleSF's Tiniest Gallery is Hidden In Plain Sight
Via Savernack Street Facebook PageVoyeurism and urban exploration are two of my favorite things and Savernack Street Gallery offers visitors both. Savernack Street is unique because of its incredibly...
View ArticleDogpatch in the Early 1900s
If you're someone who loves seeing San Francisco back in the day, these Dogpatch photos are amazing. While some stretches of the waterfront neighborhood looked just as industrial as they do now, the...
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