Throwback Alert: Photos of Divisadero in the 80's and 90's
Like many streets in SF, Divisadero has changed a lot over the years. In 2009, a piece in the San Francisco Chronicle claimed that the main corridor through the Western Addition was "known as a gritty...
View ArticleMeerkat is Going to Increase the A**hole Factor at Your Favorite Concerts
A few years ago I went to Jerry Garcia's 70th memorial birthday concert at Bob Weir's futuristic TRL studio in Marin. Now, anyone could watch this show online and can keep watching it until the end of...
View ArticleGrill-less in SF? A Map of All the Parks Where You Can BBQ
Have you looked outside San Francisco? Another gorgeous, beautiful, sun-filled weekend is upon us and it's time to celebrate that with a classic outdoor BBQ. We've mapped out a list of 18 parks where...
View ArticleNormal, Adult Reactions to Zayn Quitting One Direction
As your teenage niece probably told you, the band One Direction lost one of its members yesterday. Zayn Malik (easily the cutest band member if you're into that kind of thing) announced yesterday that...
View ArticleThis Designer Found a Genius Use for Old BART Tickets
One man's discarded BART ticket is another man’s art — at least that’s the case with Oakland designer Sean Porter, who stitched together 192 BART tickets to create a one-of-kind cocktail dress called...
View Article"Looking" Had its Moments, But I'm Not Sad it Got Cancelled
Today is Jonathan Groff’s 30th birthday. He's probably wondering exactly what he’s going to do with his life now that Looking has been cancelled, much like some gay (and, yes, straight) SFers are...
View ArticleHere's How To Try Out For Big Brother This Weekend
Do you always feel like somebody's watching you? Do you want to? Popular reality show Big Brother is hosting an open casting call this Saturday for it's 17th season. CBS Local reported today that...
View ArticleSomeone Hacked Tinder and Tricked Dudes Into Flirting With Each Other
Being a woman on Tinder is frustrating sometimes. Between unsolicited dick pics, overly aggressive first lines, and the whole Bye Felipe thing, trying to date online can be a jungle — if jungles also...
View ArticleEat BBQ and Tour the Tiniest Open House Ever This Weekend
While some of SF’s micro-apartments sound incredibly depressing and bereft of amenities, there’s something about living in a tiny house that delights people to the point where their voices go up an...
View ArticleThe Weekend Guide To Pacifica
California’s small coastal towns are among its greatest treasures, and Pacifica, our coastal neighbor to the south, has all the charm and beauty of someplace far more remote. The entire town, which is...
View ArticleBehold the Mesmerizing "Ninja Window Washer" of SFO
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with the way gas station attendants in Oregon would wash our car's windshield as they topped off the tank. You can't pump your own gas in Oregon, so the attendants...
View Article8 Graphs that Capture the Truths of Breaking Up
Peak breakup season has come and gone again, when Valentine’s Day declarations give way to the seamy allure of spring-break sex. If you’ve recently been kicked to the curb, please put down that Ben...
View ArticleGoing Through a Stranger’s Entire Hookup to Breakup on Our Shared Morning...
Our 7x7 patch of land may be small compared to other metropolitan areas, but here in San Francisco, there’s still plenty of room for TMI. From our neighbors’ daily sex schedule to our local religious...
View ArticleSeven Addictive Podcasts to Check Out Now That Serial is Over
I had never listened to a podcast until Serial sucked me in last year (along with the rest of America). When it ended, I fell into a mini-depression, desperately craving another podcast that was as...
View ArticleMcDonalds Prob Just Killed the Junk Food Fashion Trend But I Ain't Even Mad
You probably knew Swedish McDonalds exists, but you might not have known that it's launched a Big Mac Shop complete with Big Mac thermals, wall paper, bed sheets, dog coats, and soon wellies and rain...
View ArticleAn Open Letter From San Francisco to Indiana
Hey Indiana,Gurl. We’re writing because you’re about to do something really terrible in the name of freedom. Letting businesses deny service to anybody because of who they are is just plain wrong. We...
View ArticleWhere to Get a Free Whole Pizza Tomorrow
Eater has brought it to the city's attention that we can get something for nothing tomorrow. Just head to the Stonestown Galleria's new Blaze Pizza from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. to get a whole free pizza...
View ArticleHere's What You Need To Know About The Ellen Pao Case Rocking Silicon Valley
It’s the talk of Silicon Valley and San Francisco — the verdict in the Kleiner Perkins versus Ellen Pao discrimination suit was announced early Friday afternoon. A jury found that Kleiner Perkins, a...
View ArticleI Had to Hate Oakland Before I Could Learn to Love It
I was hungover the first time I visited Oakland. The night before, I’d downed roughly an entire bottle of red wine and several cans of Milwaukee’s Best, smoked most of a pack of Camel Lights, and...
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