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Watch This: Mistletoe Drone Delivers Smoochy Cheer
Now here's a drone I can really get behind. San Francisco happiness instigator George Zisiadis and Mustafa Khan created a mistletoe drone that flew above Union Square recently, causing plenty of...
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BART Heads: How Do You Know When It's Over?
Here are a few more BART Heads from this past week. These are sketches of BART passengers I draw on the train during my commute. The text is verbatim bits of overheard conversation.
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SF Bragging Billboard In Seattle Is Not Chill, Guys
Photo courtesy of Seattle Billboard FundSome 49ers fans are raising money to put a billboard in Seattle that might as well say, "Hey, look at us! We're a bunch of dicks!" The billboard is meant to...
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Freezer Burn
It's a beautiful day – no wind, no fog and the sun is sitting high in the sky. For all intents and purposes, it's a perfect day for a swim. Except this isn't summer and I'm not standing on the warm...
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Wrecking Cruise
the only woman here. And I am in my coveralls. Well, my dad’s coveralls, which are three sizes too big and held together by a karabiner stretched between two distant belt loops. In my right hand is a...
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Sugar Bowl
I come from the kind of family who considers carob chips an indulgence, who allowed me to have Frosted Flakes only twice in my life, and both times for dessert. I didn't have sugar until I was eight...
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Flash Dance
There's something magical about a photo booth. And it's not just that there's a miniature dark room hidden behind the wall, or that someone has to care enough to measure and change the chemicals in...
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Home Base
I live in the Castro, have a girlfriend and work as an editor at a lesbian magazine, so it seemed obvious that when it came time to join a spring sport, I'd go for softball. It's not necessarily...
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Night Court
Except instead of Friday, it’s Thursday. And instead of stadium floodlights, it’s flickering tennis court lights. And instead of screaming fans filling the stands, it’s a few drunk guys leaning...
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Dirty Little Secret
We’re all lined up at the start, awaiting the pop of the gun. You could call us a peloton, in as much as we are a group of riders huddled together, but spandex is less common than cut off Dickies and...
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Reel Food
I’ve been sneaking candy, soda, and takeout into movie theaters since I was a kid. I even once mixed martinis (sans ice) while watching a second-run flick. So if I’m not bringing in my own...
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Night Rider
I wouldn’t say I’m afraid of the dark. I walk assuredly down most streets after sunset, I haven’t needed a night light since third grade, and I love nothing more than sitting on my roof beneath the...
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Garden of Eatin'
It’s like a miniature Eden, with apple and pear trees, what looks to be a fig tree, a Meyer lemon tree, and some sort of cactus that I can only imagine would make killer nopales burritos. Her yard is...
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World Cup
I’m sitting in a tall wooden chair with curved armrests and a threadbare seat, sharing the corner of the room with a large ficus. At the table next to me, two hipsters huddle over their laptops, an...
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Romancing the Stone
Like many San Franciscans, I've lusted after the The Armory building. But it's not the naked girls wrestling one another inside, nor the basement bondage rooms that get my heart racing. It's not even...
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Oyster Shooter
Every time I open an oyster I feel like an otter smacking an abalone against its rigid chest. It’s animalistic dining, and I’m willing to risk personal injury to partake of the carnal meat inside. I...
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Girls Girls Girls
I live in the Castro with my girlfriend, most of my friends are queer, and I was the managing editor of a lesbian magazine. You’d think this homo trifecta would make me the expert on all things...
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Beautiful People
Even before the show starts, I feel a real sense of history about the night. And it’s not just because Tingel Tangel Club is celebrating its third anniversary of producing cutting-edge cabaret in San...
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The Lez Look Book
Still sporting looks from the early ’90s, we’ve been known for our “comfortable” shoes, white backwards baseball hats, unflattering flowy dresses, and too-small ironic boy T-shirts paired with too-big...
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