OkCupid Purposely Gave Users Bad Matches
I have very few friends who love online dating – after all, you let down your guard, post a bunch of personal stuff online, and then hope someone you think is hot likes you back. Kinda excruciating,...
View ArticleDoes SF Need 3 New Target Stores?
Target is experimenting with opening smaller (20,000 square foot) TargetExpress stores and will open three in San Francisco area next year. Target has already opened one beta TargetExpress in the...
View ArticleStartup-libs: Innovate by Filling in the Blanks!
As a SF publication, we get a LOT of press releases for new startups and their apps. Most of them sound so similar that it begins to feel like they're all just playing a round of Startup Madlibs –...
View ArticleThis Guy Makes the Most Potent Absinthe on Earth
For years there have been individuals that I’ve seen around town who captured my imagination. This project, Drawn From the City, became an excuse to find out about their lives through interviews,...
View ArticleEarly Morning Dance Party Hits the FiDi
For those of you who work in the FiDi, good news – the city's roving early morning disco is coming to your 'hood. Daybreaker will hit the downtown crowd with pre-work beats next Tuesday, Aug. 5, from...
View ArticlePalo Alto Wins #1 Snobbiest Small City
This morning SFGate called our attention to a list of the snobbiest small cities according to Movoto, a company whose tagline is "starting conversations about cities," which seems like their way of...
View ArticleWill Outside Lands Ban Native Headdresses?
If you’re lucky enough to head to the interior of British Columbia for the Bass Coast Festival this weekend, you’ll see more than 100 mostly electronic acts across several stages, some of whose sets...
View ArticleAn Erotic Fanfiction Contest ... of Kid Lit?!
Next Thursday, August 7, monthly fanfiction event Shipwreck, will take its motto – "ruin good things" – to a new level; it will feature an erotic fanfiction contest of children's novel, The Giver....
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Wanted: First World Problems Ghostwriter
As a destitute freelance writer who's been subsisting on a steady diet of Folger's crystals and saltine packets (for protein), I'm sure you can imagine my excitement when I saw the perfect...
View ArticleWTF! $379K for a Shack in SF?
If San Francisco’s real estate market was a movie scene, it would have to be that one from the classic Star Wars parody Spaceballs, where “Dark Helmet” sets the ship to “Ludicrous Speed.” Because...
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Read This Before Complaining About Parking in SF
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View ArticleShould I Just Dump My Judgy Friend?
Hi Jessica, One of my oldest friends has been getting on my nerves and I don't know how to bring it up with her (or if I should at all). The main problem is hanging out with her in group scenarios....
View ArticleBring Your Hipster Cat to Dolores Park on Sat
Has your cat been feeling lonely recently? Did kitty recently suffer something not unlike a bad breakup? This weekend may be your perfect chance to set him/her up with some new friends and maybe even...
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Illustrated Guide to Dressing for SF Summer
I'm pretty confident that 40ish percent of SF's economy rides on selling embroidered fleece sweaters to tourists deceived by our palm trees. Even with the recent slightly-hot-spell, we all know that...
View ArticleOakland Wins! LIBA, Curbside, & Roli Roti
This week, Curbside Creamery is popping a wheelie and jumping from a tricycle-based business to a full-fledged ice cream parlor, grand opening in Temescal Alley during First Friday (5-9 p.m.) on...
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Westboro Baptist Church's Hate Aimed at SF Tech
So it looks like the Westboro Baptist Church is continuing its hate tirade, even as the rest of the country continues to progress towards full rights for our LGBT friends and family. This vile yet...
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WTF Are These Things Washed Up on Ocean Beach?
Over the past few days, Ocean Beach has been inundated with thousands of small blueish-purple sea creatures known as By-The-Wind Sailors. Their Latin name, Velella Velella, comes from the Latin word...
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Help Replace the Castro's Iconic Pipe Organ!
San Francisco's old movie theaters are amazing, with their the balcony seats and intricate ceiling art – but nothing beats the Castro Theatre and its legendary organ. I love the hoaky, campy, and...
View ArticleSF Now Has an 'Uber for Weed'
Considering the popularity of both apps and weed in San Francisco, it was only a matter of time before someone combined the two. Providing convenience to the max for those of you with medical marijuana...
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Why I Love Living in the Financial District
When I first moved to San Francisco, I chose to live in the Financial District purely because of convenience, as it was only a 10-minute walk to my school. But now, almost a year after graduation, I...
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