The Rise of the Free Office Lunch
Five years ago, the office lunch scene was very different. Employees navigated through processed, unexciting food from a fast-casual joint or else were members of the brown-bag crew, hastily packing...
View ArticleDestination Races in Your Backyard
Running and traveling are two of my favorite things, so I jump at the chance to pack both into one. Many people travel around the world to “destination races,” whether they’re at the Great Wall of...
View ArticleWhat Makes a San Franciscan?
San Francisco has always been a city full of transients. For many years, people have flocked here for the promise of Silicon Valley gold, vegan sushi and/or yogi enlightenment.But the debate over what...
View ArticleHow to Bike in the Rain in San Francisco
According to the Census Bureau, San Francisco has the sixth highest percentage (3.4%) of people who bike to work in the country, and more people join the bike commute every day. It’s research-verified...
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This Valentine's Day, Find Love with These Niche Dating Apps
Silicon Valley has its fingers in a lot of pies—and I’m not just talking about the kind you bake. In the past decade, tens of millions of Americans have turned to the Internet for love—and dating and...
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Highlights from the Ninth Annual Crunchies
If you were driving down Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco last Monday evening, you might have seen the green carpets rolled out in front of the War Memorial Opera House. You might have thought, “Maybe...
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The San Francisco Mid-Winter Bar Workers' Ball
For the past five years in San Francisco, the service industry has hosted a shindig to unite all bar workers, including barbacks, DJs, servers, bouncers, dancers, etc., for a mid-winter ball. This...
View ArticleI Moved to San Francisco, and My Dating Habits Did a 180
Like many people living in a major metropolitan city, I came here to make bank and add some sparkle to my résumé. The timing couldn’t have been more perfect. While I was trying to get out of a bad...
View ArticleIconic San Francisco Authors: What They'd Be Up to Today
“Ginsberg wouldn’t have a start-up.” As far as bar-bathroom graffiti goes, this was relatively tame. I spotted it scrawled in nonconfrontational violet ballpoint, wedged between a generic “Giants...
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Unique Dining Experiences in San Francisco
It’s no secret that San Francisco contains a veritable smorgasbord of different cuisines—and you don’t need a passport to travel the world through your taste buds.But if fancy or faraway is not what...
View ArticleSolid Gold: The Asian Art Museum's Golden Anniversary Dance Party
What did you do for your last milestone birthday? I threw a get-together in my cramped apartment, where my friend DJ’d on his laptop and we drank cheap 30-racks of PBR. We were too loud, and the cops...
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Here's How Silicon Valley Actually Got Its Name
The name “Silicon Valley” has become a stand-in for anything and everything tech. It’s synonymous with start-up culture, a symbol of disruption and innovation, and even the title of a hilarious TV...
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The Local's Guide to the Beach Town of Capitola
Coastal Living Magazine named Capitola, California, one of the happiest seaside towns in America, and if you’ve ever visited, you would have a tough time telling them they’re wrong. Between the hippie...
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The Eerie Remnants 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...
View ArticleStop Saying Goodbye to San Francisco
Late last December, I took a morning walk from Washington Square down Columbus Street and into the Financial District, where I was hoping the kindly customer-service team at the Verizon store on Market...
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The Best Cookies in San Francisco
A wise cyan-colored monster once said, “Today I will live in the moment. Unless it’s unpleasant, in which case me will eat a cookie.”Since unpleasant days are rare in a city like San Francisco, I argue...
View ArticleHere Are the Hard Numbers Behind the Eviction Epidemic in San Francisco
You hear about evictions and displacement all the time in San Francisco. In fact, it’s one of the most dominant international news stories about our foggy city: the real estate “explosion,” the housing...
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The Oldest Bars in San Francisco
Bars. This city is brimming with them like an overfilled pint glass. Some are fabulous, some are—uh—not so fabulous, and some are really, really old. These five pre-1906-earthquake bars have beaten the...
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"No Window Shopping": An Exhibition about San Francisco's Current Challenges
Most people waiting in the line to get coffee are glued to their devices. But for those at Coffee Mission who look up and notice, the art on the walls offers a visual, thought-provoking treat: cheerful...
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The Nine Best Vegan Restaurants in the East Bay
I like to think of myself as a vegan gourmand in that I am constantly eating vegan food and have a very low tolerance for anything in smoothie form. As one of those vegans who insists on chewing her...
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