Do This: Dance Party Before Work Returns Tuesday
It feels a little insane, setting your alarm to wake up early enough to hit a dance party before work – but I went to Daybreaker's San Francisco premier a few weeks ago and can honestly say it was...
View ArticleDon't Go Swimming in These SF Beaches
It's rare that it ever gets hot enough (or we ever feel brave enough) to jump into the ocean in San Francisco, but should you ever decide to go swimming here, you might want to look at the Natural...
View ArticleWill Malia Obama Be a UC Berkeley Bear?
The Obamas have to be the coolest (and sharpest) presidential family in recent history, so it makes sense that 15-year-old Malia would be considering the Bay Area's hubs for smart, liberal kids on her...
View ArticleHere's What Lower Haight/Duboce Triangle Looked Like 100 Years Ago
The SFMTA recently digitized an incredible collection of photos from the early 1900's. And because looking at perfectly matched up "then and now" pics will never get old, Andrew Dudley over at Hoodline...
View ArticlePride Brings More Positive Gay Marriage News
Like a slow-motion drinking game in which we all have to take a shot every time another state’s ban on same-sex marriage topples in court – two shots if it’s a red state – nationwide same-sex marriage...
View ArticleUber Offering Free Weddings & Honeymoons Saturday
Say what you will about Uber, but the company knows how to pull a publicity stunt. From delivering kittens to helping sloppy Pride hookups become something permanent, the rideshare company is working...
View ArticleThese 7 Photoshopped Photos Show There's No One Way to Be Beautiful in SF
We woke up this morning to find our Facebook feeds clogged with shares of this story from Elle.com about Missouri photographer Esther Honig's experiment to see how graphic designers around the globe...
View ArticleSF Houses Collaged into a Rainbow
Have a wonderful Pride weekend everyone! To get in the spirit, here are some San Francisco houses organized into some serious ROYGBIV glory. Cheers to living in such a colorful city. And speaking of...
View ArticleStartup Neighbor Note War Plays out in an Elevator
As we all live in such close quarters in this city, l feel for anyone who constantly has to (over)hear about their neighbor's big cash wads in a courtyard that could otherwise be a nice place to...
View ArticleYou Can Live Where '90s Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid Did
According to Today.com, a San Francisco Victorian previously owned by Meg Ryan is currently for sale. The Queen Anne home has six rooms, six and a half bathrooms, and six fireplaces. (Why so many...
View ArticleSF Is Perpetually Rife with the Possibility of Gay Sex
Of all the many things that I love about being a Total Gaylord in San Francisco, I think I have to rank hard cruises at or near the very top – ahead of the Castro Theatre, ahead of day-drinking on the...
View ArticleSponsored: How Well Do You Know Your Fitness Lingo?
When it comes to fitness, it feels like people are always talking about something new. Luckily, the team at the JCCSF knows that some of us hardly have time to exercise, let alone keep up on all the...
View ArticleNew Mission Skate Park Opening Next to Zeitgeist in July
If you’re a human – or dog – interested in skateboarding, I have some good news for you.A new skate/dog park will soon be opening along Valencia street, right under the 101 freeway ramp. The project...
View ArticlePride Photos from the ‘70s and ‘80s are Awesome (Duh)
I spent some time at the San Francisco Public Library last week going through the historical photo collections and found some fantastic prints from pride parades over the last 40 years. Some of them...
View ArticleSan Franciscans Make Up Huge Number of Oakland Homebuyers
It seems like every week there's a new study about how Oakland home prices are skyrocketing faster than everywhere else in the Bay Area. The main reason being that it's so damn expensive to rent in San...
View ArticleWould You Pay $1350 to live in a 174-Sq Ft Apartment?
Last week SocketSite reported that a new housing development called "The Karl" being built along Octavia Boulevard in Hayes Valley will house 28 174-sq. ft. residential suites (six more will be built...
View ArticleHow to Be a Decent Human Being in San Francisco
It may feel good to flip a fiver to the guy on the corner with the "Testing for Human Kindness" sign, but will it amount to lasting change? As someone who works for the Tipping Point Community, I'm...
View ArticleSF Parking Conditions Are Actually Improving
Making changes to the way San Franciscans park can be dicey. Just look at the Sunday parking enforcement debacle. (Tl;dr: you don't have to pay for Sunday parking anymore starting tomorrow.) That's why...
View ArticlePhotos from SF's Pride Parade 2014 (NSFW)
Editor's note: Nothing quite like a Pride parade through San Francisco! We sent Akshay Sawhney out to take portraits of Sunday's Pride-goers, and as expected, they are so fun, and so gay!
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