Your Favorite Indie Rock Winery Fest is Back
I love the Northern California trend of intimate indie shows at stunning scenic locations. The Huichica Music Festival, now in its fifth year, will take over the cozy amphitheater at Gundlach Bundschu...
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Sad News: Halu Owner Shigemi Komiyama Dies
I'm sad to hear that Shigemi "Shig33" Komiyama, the owner of Inner Richmond izakaya-style restaurant, Halu died in January after an extended illness. Inside Scoop SFreported that a memorial service is...
View ArticleSan Francisco Parking Is Ruining My Love Life
By Amber LeighIt happened a few weeks ago. My boyfriend and I had just parted ways on a Monday morning. Birds were singing and the sun was shining; it felt like the best morning ever. Until my phone...
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Sponsored: This is the Kind of Drama You Need in Your Life
By Michelle TeaGather ’round thespians, theater queens, and regular Joes looking for an elevated night out on the town – our local impresario SHN has just announced its 2014–2015 season, and it’s an...
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The Alemany Farmers' Market Cat Lady Needs Help
If you've been to the Saturday morning Alemany Farmers' Market, you've surely seen Jackie Jones, an 88-year-old woman who entertains market-goers with live jazz and her pink wooden tap-dancing cat...
View ArticleLooking Ep. 8: So Many Good-Byes
Things that were uniquely San Francisco in this episode: Taking BART, taking BART while high, being called out on one's mediocrity, chasing pills with Kombucha (to be healthy), watching a Golden Girls...
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WTF Are We Saying: Tech Edition
Much like any booming industry, the growth of the tech sector has birthed all new jargon and fine mutations of more common expressions. In the early years of tech there was plenty of word play (ask...
View ArticleGirls Ep. 10 Recap: Hannah Is Terrible At Role-Play
Here's the breakdown on last night's episode of Girls:Title: "Role-Play"Nudity: Wet bathtub bra, couch makeout boob, and that spiderweb lingerie.Best line: "For the cred and intrigue I'm going to tell...
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This Is Normcore
Last week, the internet was buzzing about normcore, a fashion trend that New York magazine explains is all about wearing "ardently ordinary clothes. Blank clothes." You know, the kind of outfits...
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The Next Experimental Performance to Sell Out ASAP
Dark clouds gathered over theater company We Players 2013 production of Shakespeare's Macbeth — and that was perfect. The company specializes in “site-integrated” performances in which they stage...
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San Francisco Is Vanishing
By Julie Rae LevakA little over a year ago, I found myself awake in the middle of the night, unable to shake a troubling conversation. An old friend “Lara” had called that afternoon to tell me the...
View ArticleFree Pints of Three Twins If Your Name is Ed Lee!
In September 2011, a four-alarm fire ravaged the block of Fillmore at Haight Street and several businesses were shuttered due to the damage. One of those shops was the San Francisco outpost of Three...
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Work Sucks, But This Could Make It Better
Workplaces are such intimate environments, there's room for just as much crap to go down between coworkers than there is in romantic relationships. And that's not even getting into the stuff we do to...
View Article9 Things I Hate About Tinder
I just went on my seventh Tinder date in six weeks last night. This afternoon, as the dude texted me, I realized: I'm over it. Here were the tip offs that I was finally done with the dating app. 1. I’m...
View ArticleConveying Yourself as a Special Single Snowflake in 200 Words
So there you are, armed with a brand new username on the dating site that’s going to end your bad luck with romantic prospects once and for all. You’re ready to dive in! You’ve picked your most...
View ArticleOh No You Didn't Call Tech Women Founder Hounders
As a woman involved in the tech community in varying degrees for the last four years, I’ve never heard women described as "founder hounders." But an article in New York Magazine written by an...
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Go See 26,000 Pounds of Public Art
"Caruso's Dream" is a new public art installation by Brian Goggin and Dorka Keehn displayed at 55 9th Street near Market. The recently installed work is a canopy of glass pianos with orchestrated...
View ArticleThere Is No "San Francisco Style"
It’s tempting to become extremely defensive in light of New York magazine’s broadside against San Francisco. A lot of the criticism around the newfound wealth is deserved, and New York is qualified to...
View ArticleWait In Line for NY Bagels a Second Time This Saturday
The thing I remember most about my last trip to Brooklyn, other than my sister's pregnancy, were the bagels and smoked salmon they sold at Shelsky's around the corner from her place. Holy shit that...
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Found Fliers for Things No One Would Want Back
There's a not-so-fine line between "lost" and "litter," especially on the streets of SF. The spectrum of things one can find on the sidewalk runs from empty Cheetos bags to gorgeous, solid-wood...
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