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The Haunting Legacy of University Mound Nursery
In one of San Francisco’s most remote neighborhoods, a huge greenhouse lies derelict. Built in the 1920s, these rose hothouses have now been abandoned for many years. If you look closely, you can see...
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How to Manage Thanksgiving Air-Travel Anxiety
I’m flying to Rhode Island to see my family for Thanksgiving, and I couldn’t be more elated. Visions of eating clam chowder and breathing in the crisp New England winter air have been dancing through...
View ArticleIf You're Staying in Town for Thanksgiving, Here Are Some Ways to Spend the Day
It’s expensive to live in San Francisco, which is why it’s not always an option for people to go home for the holidays, especially if you’re not from the Bay Area. If you couldn’t swing flying back for...
View ArticleShop Local in San Francisco This Black Friday
If getting trampled at a Best Buy at 4:00 a.m. doesn’t sound like your ideal holiday shopping experience, think outside the big box this Black Friday. Thanks to our unique local laws that favor small...
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San Francisco from Above
San Francisco is seven miles by seven miles of heaven. Sometimes, you need a heavenly perspective to get a real sense of the city and to make sense of our neighborhoods, hills and streets. In our...
View ArticleHow to Work Out in San Francisco without Breaking the Bank
I pride myself on living a (somewhat) healthy lifestyle. And if you’ve lived in San Francisco for more than a few months, I’m sure you feel that too.There is no shortage of acai bowls, quinoa...
View ArticleThe Arts Are Dying in San Francisco. Here's Why.
Did you ever wonder why, in Beat novels like Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, the characters have so much time to sit around and drink and smoke pot, despite living in expensive cities like New York and San...
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The Characters of Wine Country: An Insider's View
The wine industry is full of people as quirky and diverse as the varietals they grow. Sometimes I count my (lack of) pennies and wonder why I stay in this business, and then I’ll take a tour or pick up...
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Where to Grab Drinks in San Francisco's Lesser-Known 'Hoods.
For most of us, there are a number of distinct neighborhoods that immediately come to mind when envisioning San Francisco. Even though the city is just shy of the well-known guesstimate of seven by...
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Paxton Gate: San Francisco's Cabinet of Curiosities
Since 1992, San Francisco has had its very own cabinet of curiosities. From the bizarre to the sublime, Paxton Gate has it all. From a taxidermied mouse dressed as Little Red Riding Hood to a whimsical...
View ArticleWhy We Shouldn't Be Offended by Neighborhood Stereotypes in San Francisco
It’s a Saturday afternoon on the meadow at Fort Mason. The sky is a sharp beryl blue. On the grass, boat-shoed bros congregate in clumps, either drinking and laughing or pairing up to send volleyballs...
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Wine in a Can: This Is Really Happening
If you’re at all like me, you’ve been drinking wine out of a bottle, terribly out of touch with reality. Wine in a can is a serious thing now; it’s so hip and trendy that even the Los Angeles Times...
View ArticleOakland's Tech Boom Will Be Very Different from San Francisco's
Uber’s recent announcement that they’ll be setting up their headquarters in Oakland’s booming Uptown neighborhood has created much speculation. Oakland isn’t now just the “Brooklyn of the West,” a...
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Check Out These Six Unique Cocktail Bars in San Francisco
San Francisco’s cocktail scene is excellent for the same reasons that its food scene is cutting-edge: there is a similar focus on locally sourced, unusual ingredients and an eye for detail in making...
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The Melancholia of SantaCon
SantaCon is the best of times and the worst of times. At first blush, San Francisco turns into a virtual sea of red, jolly Kris Kringles of all sizes—fat, skinny, sexy and curious. Everyone seems to be...
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The Night before Hipstmas
Twas the night before Hipstmas, and all through our dwelling, Not a creature was stirring, not even the corgi we named Tori Spelling.The fireplace was full of broken amplifiers,(Since our landlord had...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye to (My) San Francisco
I’m on the 45, shitty coffee in hand, looking out at the fog that threatens to make every hair on my head a frizzled, wiry tendril, and I’m thinking, “God, I used to love you.” It’s a tender...
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I Sparred with San Francisco's Lightsaber Club and Didn't Lose Any Limbs
Is the Force with you? Have you checked your midi-chlorian count? Have you ever felt compelled to follow a bearded robe-wearing white guy across the galaxy? Do you find yourself saying, “I have a bad...
View ArticlePodcasts Are the New Book Club
About a year ago, I took the plunge and started a book club. For years, my circle of friends had talked about gathering on a monthly basis to discuss our favorite novels. As a group of avid readers, we...
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Ode to Front Cafe
Oh, Front Cafe. We already miss you. We miss your hidden enclave of goodness. We miss the stories of intrigue and adventure (Google is building what behind the cafe?). Don’t even get us started on how...
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