How Do I Tell a Friend They Have a Drinking Problem?
When it comes to good advice, Jessica Lanyadoo has it in spades. The Mission’s resident psychic/astrologer/badass gets booked six months in advance by San Franciscans seeking help with everything from...
View ArticleOakland Nonprofits You Should Know
By Anchal Bibra I am constantly inspired by all the amazing organizations and community movements in Oakland. There are many wonderful nonprofits working hard to create opportunities, facilitate...
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The New TV Show SF Will Be Super Excited About
Amazon is having a tough time taking second best to Netflix when it comes to streaming content. But that's because they've so far been streaming crap. (Betas! So terrible!) But I'm happy to see that...
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SF is 11th Selfiest City in the World
According to Time, the city that takes the most selfies per capita in the world is Makati City, Philippines. San Francisco came in at #11 with 91 selfie takers per 100,000 people, a number I find...
View ArticleMission Arts Space Forced Out After Landlord Triples Rent
It makes me sick to post this kind of news, especially on the heels of the 77 Geary galleries being given the hard shove, but another art space was forced out of its home, this time after its landlord...
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Humans as Pantone Colors Are Beautiful
I'm getting a little tired of everyone's fascination with Pantone. Yeah, I love colors, systems of cataloguing, and clever names, too, but I don't think we need anymore products that just feature...
View ArticleSpend Tonight in Dolores Park Before Tomorrow's Big Closures
If you've browsed SFGate over the last few months, you're probably well aware that Dolores Park is going through some major renovations this year. But perhaps you've heard the news so much that you've...
View ArticleStop Putting Off Getting Renters Insurance
You probably heard about the five-alarm fire that destroyed an apartment building under construction in Mission Bay last night. It was SF's largest fire in a while, but there have been several...
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Why I Love Living in Bernal Heights
By Shideh EtaatI first visited Bernal Heights when I knew nothing about San Francisco except its tourist spots, when I came to stay with a childhood friend. I remember this distinct feeling of being on...
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SF's 6 Best Disregarded Monuments
When I first moved to San Francisco I noticed that there were a great number of statues and monuments all over the city. Most of them had descriptive plaques commemorating achievements in history or...
View ArticlePrince Playing Last Minute Fox Theater Show Saturday
I've only seen Prince perform in large arenas, so I love that the guy sneaks into town from time to time to play more intimate shows. His latest announcement sadly isn't about his return to the DNA...
View ArticleThe Latest Twist on Sexting: Competitive Sexts
What started out as dirty talk in AOL chat rooms back in the ‘90s evolved into the phenomenon known as sexting in the early 2000s, and today we have the next level of sexy chat: Twitter robot sexts....
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Check Out the Amazing Props From The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson fans are very much aware that his new movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel, opens this week (officially tomorrow). His films have a special place in the hearts of the design community, as his...
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"First Hand Job" Brings Me More Joy Than That "First Kiss" Video
Asking strangers to do stuff with each other is so hot right now. First, the theme was touching, then this week, Facebook feeds everywhere exploded with that First Kiss video. And while I was waiting...
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So Much Weeping and Reading of Dirty Emails: Real World 9
Tensions in the Real World: Ex-Plosion house are approaching a rapid boil. So much has changed in such a short time, and as we all know from Chemistry 101, the faster the reaction, the more violent and...
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Le Video Fights Closure with Kickstarter Campaign
Say what you will about the predictable demise of video stores, but Le Video is a class of its own. The Inner Sunset treasure trove of independent, foreign, rare, and just crazy niche-specific movies...
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Why I Prefer Couchsurfing To AirBnb
By Jessica LipskyDid you know that Istanbul is the second largest city for tango dancing outside of Buenos Aires? Or that in the punk/anarchist neighborhood of Exarchia, Athens, police regularly block...
View ArticleCalumet Closes Abruptly
Photographers around the country were stunned to hear the news yesterday that camera chain store Calumet Photography has filed bankruptcy and closed abruptly. Its website and Twitter disappeared...
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Love Sriracha? You'll Wanna Watch This
If you were one of the people freaking out late last year, when news that Huy Fong Foods was possibly going to have to halt production of their famous rooster bottle sriracha, you'll want to watch...
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