Girls Ep. 8 Recap: Oh Jessa! No!
Last night's episode of Girls was an intense mix of happy and sad. But before I break into my weekly mental masturbation, allow me to start with the basics:Title: "Incidentals"Nudity: A wee bit of nip...
View ArticleYou Can Finally Block People on LinkedIn
LinkedIn has joined the ranks of its social media contemporaries, finally adding a blocking feature to the site Friday. This long awaited privacy setting isn’t something LinkedIn rolled out without...
View ArticleLA Is My Baby Mama, SF Is My Girlfriend
By Brendon John KellyAfter reading Tony Bravo’s San Francisco Is My Wife, New York Is My Mistress, I began to ponder my own city relationships. Although I had grown up in a small, blue-collar town...
View ArticleForget Dating Profiles, Use Instagram Instead
Last fall, Dennis Lafargue and Elizabeth Wisdom got engaged after meeting through Instagram. The blogosphere blew up because, duh, this is pretty much the modern-day equivalent of a meet cute. He loved...
View ArticleGo See Some Porn This Week!
As a nosy reporter (read: voyeuristic perv), I’ve seen a whole lot of embarrassing, unusual, hardcore, and super-hot sex at various erotic events, from screenings of XXX films on the big screen to...
View ArticleWoman's Google Glass Ripped Off Her Face at Molotov's
I've yet to find a situation where people randomly wearing Google Glass in public don't look obnoxious. Donning a $1500 headpiece that has the capability to record random strangers isn't the social...
View ArticleRenting a Tent in the Bay Area Now $700/Month
In yet another sign that the world is about to come to an end, you can now rent a tent in Berkeley for $700/month — or $175/week, if your camping plans are shorter-lived. [Update: it appears the post...
View ArticleOpen Letter from SF to Arizona: Stop the Crazy
Dear Arizona,I know I'm probably the last person you want to hear from right now. New York City and Provincetown, Massachusetts have probably already sent you letters, surely brimming with righteous...
View ArticleWaffles Aren't Just for Tacos
The internet is BLOWING UP with yesterday's announcement of Taco Bell's waffle taco (a waffle wrapped around scrambled eggs, sausage/bacon and cheese, drizzled with syrup). Wait, that's what everyone's...
View Article6 Reasons 6 Californias is Silicon Valley At Its Worst
"[Venture Capitalist] Wants To Turn Silicon Valley Into Its Own State." The headline sounds like a Daily Show writer striking gold. But this didn't come from Comedy Central or The Onion, it came from...
View ArticleDiet Coke Targets Aspiring Techie Coke Heads?
Spotted this gem on Page and Divisadero. It is part of a real campaign called "You're On" by Diet Coke – which we're still trying to wrap our heads around for so many reasons.
View ArticleRead This If You're Obsessed with SF's Burgers
San Franciscans are obsessed with food. We spend hours reading about it, Instagramming and Yelping ramen, burritos, fried chicken, and pizza. But one menu item trumps them all: the burger. Burgers are...
View ArticleThese Awesome Tiny Houses Were Built for the Homeless
Oakland artist Gregory Kloehn rose to fame in 2011, when he created small homes made out of transformed dumpsters. Taking what he learned from making these mini living spaces, he's started a new...
View Article77 Geary Galleries Evicted for Tech Company
In the past week, I've heard of two friends, one casual acquaintance, and now several art galleries getting evicted because someone with more money wanted their spot. It's unfortunately an all too...
View ArticleLooking Returns to SF For A Second Season
Screw the haters – HBO's Looking is not boring. It's the sweetest, best looking show about love and hookups, not to mention how much fun it is to watch the cast cruise around San Francisco (and a...
View ArticleBefore Omer Travers, There Was The Space Lady
When people say "SF street performer," former Valencia Street guitar legend Omer Travers comes to many San Franciscan's minds. But before Omer serenaded the Mission (and eventually left us for...
View ArticleIt's Going to Cost You $8 to Cross the Golden Gate Bridge
It’s a one-two punch for transit lately, as a possible $2 toll increase on the Golden Gate Bridge follows the proposal to charge $6 for a ride on the F-Market streetcars. Phased in incrementally over...
View ArticleNBC's About a Boy is No Full House
The Nick Hornby novel About a Boy has been through a couple adaptations: first a movie starring Hugh Grant, and now a weekly NBC TV show set in San Francisco, created by Jason Katims (Parenthood,...
View ArticleCalifornia Couple Finds $10M While Walking Their Dog
According to CBS San Francisco, a Northern California couple discovered roughly 1,400 gold coins, worth more than $10M, on their property. The coins were found in five metal cans buried near a tree....
View ArticleNews of the Ridiculous: Brooklyn Beard Transplants
Of all the things I could imagine spending $7,000 on, a beard isn't one of them. And it's not because I'm a woman. It's because it sounds ridiculous. But obviously people are willing to throw down to...
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