Californians Are Having Two-Minute Sex
A new survey came out recently ranking the amount of time people are spending having sex by state. And it seems in California we need to really extend foreplay – it's taking us a mere 2 minutes, 38...
View ArticleSF's Best Sushi Restaurant Has a New Location
Last month, we went to ICHI Sushi to illustrate the do's, the don'ts, and the oh god, please don'ts of eating sushi, based on the huge, instructive mural that Erik Marinovich created for the new...
View ArticleWho Gets Pregnant in a Week? Real World Ep. 6
We skipped a week and I forgot everybody’s names! But here we have yet another episode of The Real World teeming with insecurity, jealousy, and a healthy argument for raising the age of legal...
View ArticleWill Republicans Soon Rule SF?
People grumble incessantly that as San Francisco gets colonized by tech, the infusion of those newly-minted billions is altering the fabric of the city, replacing $800 studios with $400 tasting menus...
View ArticleThis Ad Sums Up The Sad State of Dating in SF
I was looking through Craigslist’s Missed Connections — for journalism, guys — and discovered that flirting in the city has apparently reached a new low.According to one of the Missed Connections, a...
View ArticleHere's What SF Would Look Like Without Cars or People
By Sierra HartmanI was walking through a neighborhood years ago on a quiet afternoon when I noticed a stoplight changing at an intersection. There were no cars anywhere on either street but the lights...
View ArticleThief-Seagull Steals a GoPro, is a Terrible Videographer
Back in 2012, Nathalie Rollandin was just trying to capture the pure beauty of the sun setting behind the Golden Gate Bridge when some jerk-bird with zero respect for others' belongings descended from...
View ArticleHow Convenient Will Bitcoin ATMs Really Be?
I’m creating a new form of money, it’s called DanBills. The only way you can get DanBills is to send me red, green, or white gummy bears. No yellow, I hate the yellow flavor. Once you get DanBills, you...
View ArticleYour Amazing Rock Show Was a (Near) Disaster
I used to be just like you. I thought that rock shows were simple. I thought you just showed up, had a few stiff drinks, and had your mind (generally) blown by the bands onstage.Now I know better. As...
View ArticleDon't Miss These Under the Radar Noise Pop Shows
Most people I know look at the Noise Pop schedule and decide what to hit based on the list of names they recognize. But the festival, which kicks off this Tuesday, Feb. 25, usually stacks the deck with...
View ArticlePhilip Seymour Hoffman Movie Bender at The Castro
San Francisco's love affair with the late Philip Seymour Hoffman continues as one of my favorite movie houses, The Castro Theatre, pays tribute to this great actor (RIP) with a bender of his movies...
View ArticleQueer Dance Party Requests White Allies Stay Off the Dance Floor
Sail away, sail away, sail away, sang Oakland queer party Ships In The Night to all the white queers and straight allies. Really. They told us to scram.Insert needle (and jaw) drop here.In anticipation...
View ArticleSeattle Should Attack More Than Buses to Avoid SF's Problems
If anything has become the symbol of what San Franciscans perceive as the “tech problem” in our fair city, it’s Google's gleaming commuter buses. Tempers run obnoxiously high in discussions about these...
View ArticleEmpty SF: Time-Lapse Version
If you liked Sierra Hartman's photos of SF without cars or people from earlier today, you'll almost certainly also like this time-lapse that a reader pointed out depicting more, animated scenes around...
View ArticlePinterest, Explained by Someone Who is the Worst at It
By Drew HoolhorstI have a social media problem. For the most part, I think anyone reading this piece does (how the hell else did you get here?). But I’m just the worst. I check Facebook incessantly. I...
View ArticleThe Best F'ing Party: What Happened on the Love Train
On the night before Valentine's Day, we helped a few San Franciscans celebrate their love affair with the city, while getting a little tipsy on a streetcar. For the fourth installment of our Best F'ing...
View ArticleLooking Ep. 6: Dolores Park Is Way More Fun on TV
Things that were uniquely San Francisco in this episode: having a party at Dolores park, pretending it's fun to go to Dolores park, talking to people you see on GRINDR instead of messaging them,...
View ArticleOakland Fave, Mama's Royal Cafe Turns 40!
Tried and true North Oakland gem Mama's Royal Cafe is celebrating its 40th year this week, and for those of us who've been fans for years (18 out of 40 years ain't too shabby, right?), we can attest...
View ArticleIs Airbnb Making It Tougher to Rent an Apartment Here?
By Max JacobsThe golden window for San Francisco’s unique brand of creative entrepreneurship, the share economy, seems to be closing. And by window, I mean the exciting honeymoon period when the...
View ArticleNow There's an App For Threesomes
If you thought hookup apps like Tinder, Grindr, and Down were sexually progressive, this latest offering, 3nder, is going to blow your mind. It's for users seeking threesomes.The cheeky Brits who...
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