The Tenderloin Loses its Chic Performing Arts Center
In 2013, a San Francisco-based development company called Group I paid $16 million for a 25,000-square-foot lot in Mid-Market. Shortly after, they unveiled plans for 950 Market, a sleek mixed-used...
View ArticleNow Why'd They Have to Go and Make the New Asian Emoji Yellow?
I am an emoji addict. Who needs words when you can simply text a smiley faced poop when you’re having a craptacular day? Or eggplant + peach when you want to get frisky? Apple will soon release a set...
View ArticleA New Service Will Deliver Boston Snow Straight to Your Door
It's been a rough couple of months for Boston. The city's seasonal snowfall accumulation hovers at 100.2 inches (close to the record of 107), and temperatures have been just this side of cryogenic for...
View Article"Yay! I'm San Francisco's Best Male Hooker!"
On the night of February 13, several nubile, barely dressed contestants were onstage at the Powerhouse bar in SoMa — tarted up, flexed up, and ready to throw down. Sister Roma, boa-swirling porn...
View ArticleWill SF’s Bikram Community Survive the Latest Rape Scandal?
It’s an age-old story: an illicit, often nonconsensual relationship between a very powerful person and his subordinates. Unfortunately, we’re used to seeing it in politics, Hollywood, and even...
View ArticleGirl Scout Cookies Go Digital And Gluten Free- You’re Welcome, San Francisco
In case you haven’t heard, it’s Girl Scout cookie season! Now we know it’s hard for you to concentrate on reading the rest of this post while also reckoning with the intense desire to get a cookie into...
View ArticleSan Francisco in the ’90s Wasn’t a Better Era Than Now
I love San Francisco. This is the only place where I want to live. I’ve had so many discussions about What Is Happening to the Place We Love, though, that I am frayed. I feel loss as the funky bits are...
View ArticleAn Expert's Guide to Napping on Public Transit
We're all so busy all the time. You wake up, go to the gym, go to work, go out with friends, day in and day out in this city. It's wonderful here but it's also exhausting. How are we to work like...
View ArticleAwesome Indie Music Fest Returns to Sonoma for Its Best Year Yet
There's a time and a place for giant meat market music festivals, but I love a mellower summer weekend bender, one with just two or three stages packed with excellent bands. Because of that, Sonoma's...
View ArticleLife in San Francisco, Perfectly Expressed via One Man's Instagram Videos
The San Francisco Series:When out-of-town friends want to visit Fisherman's Wharf:A video posted by Idiot (@stevemurkel) on Nov 27, 2014 at 11:30am PSTMUNI is $2.25 now?A video posted by Idiot...
View ArticleMap Shows Just How Much of SOMA Tech Controls
A new visualization of major tech real estate deals over the past three years shows just how much office space the industry controls in SOMA. Developed by Stamen Design and broker Kalin Kelly, the...
View ArticleNew Sober Tinder App Helps You Avoid Drunk Dating in SF
You’re on a first date with a guy you met on Tinder. He’s as cute as his profile pic, he seems funny, he’s the right amount of nervous; you’re 80% sure that he’s not a serial killer. You make small...
View ArticleThe Story Behind 2015's Most Ridiculous Kickstarter (so far)
When I saw that a dude in California had launched a Kickstarter selling Farts in a Jar, I was a little nonplussed. Oh lovely, another brilliant stunt like the$55,000 Potato Salad or the thing where you...
View ArticlePics to Prove That Danielle Steel is a Straight Up Baller
Everyone knows of local romance author Danielle Steel but I get the impression that a select few people in this city really know her. Our grandmas and mothers may own all of her work but what about the...
View ArticleKate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Michael Fassbender Are All in SF
There have been large lights and other signs of filming outside of Davies Symphony Hall on Van Ness for a few days now and Lauren Machado from the city's Film Commission confirmed to Hoodline that they...
View ArticleBREAKING: Dumped Guinea Pigs Have Taken to Classic Dolores Park Activities
SF Gate reported on a pack of guinea pigs found wandering around Dolores Park yesterday after being dumped there Tuesday night. In just a matter of days, the little guys have already taken to the local...
View ArticleFinally, a Stress-Free Way to Get Your Pet to See the Vet
Let’s say, hypothetically, you have the world’s sweetest cattle dog mix (he was a rescue too; we’ll call him Ogilvy). He does this cute thing with his paws that melts hearts, his selfies rack up...
View ArticleOh, the Things You Could Do with a Little More Cash
Remember when your middle school English teacher gave you this writing assignment: If you were granted three wishes, what would they be? You might have wished to transform into a polar bear or a...
View ArticleA Guide to San Francisco's Best Running Trails
Runners deal with injuries (ugh), gastrointestinal distress (ick), and chafing (ew). But we also battle boredom. Luckily, there’s a solution: new routes. So in pursuit of my cardio goals — and in honor...
View ArticleThis is How You Make That Bone Broth People Are Going Nuts Over
Perhaps one of the strangest food trends of late is bone broth — literally broth or stock, usually made from chicken, turkey, pork, or beef bones and sometimes vegetables. Proponents of the hot new hot...
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