Where San Francisco Neighborhoods Got Their Names
This is a city of famously diverse neighborhoods, and looking at the history of our ’hoods gives us insight into some very San Francisco folklore. Below is a survey of what 14 different areas have been...
View ArticleWTF? Bicyclist on the Bay Bridge!
Sometimes I think that Stanley Roberts is reaching a little bit for his People Behaving Badly segment on KRON4 news, but this time, his curmudgeonly finger-wagging is very well justified. Yesterday,...
View ArticleBuy $1 Books This Weekend
The San Francisco Public Library's Big Book Sale at Fort Mason starts tomorrow. The free event will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday, and all the books are $1-3. All of them!...
View ArticleWhat SF Really Thinks About Development
What do San Franciscans really think of our city’s development? To find out, a poll taken this summer that was commissioned by the Tenants and Owners Development Company (TODCO) and conducted by David...
View ArticleHow to Picnic Right at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
It’s not often that you can enjoy dinner and a movie alfresco on the grounds of a National Registry of Historic sites while amid the graves of former Hollywood notables from Cecil B. DeMille to...
View ArticleFirst Annual Bloody Mary Festival This Sunday!
This Sunday the streets will run red with blood … y Marys! Public Works is hosting the first ever San Francisco Bloody Mary Festival this weekend featuring unlimited tastings of local Marys trying to...
View ArticleDriverless Cars Legal in CA, Get Em on the Road
In the four short years since Google announced it was working on a self-driving car, the world has waited with baited breath for these technological miracles to replace all the maniacs and idiots on...
View ArticleEllo Isn't a Huge Threat to Facebook, Yet
As concerns over privacy, data mining, psychological profile-building, illegal wiretapping, government access, content manipulation, directed advertising, and scores of other fundamental invasions...
View ArticleA Car Service That Only Rents Silver Audi A4s
Here comes news from startup land of maybe the biggest puker yet. Valleywag reports via Forbes that Eduardo Saverin, one of the original five Facebook creators, the guy played by the laptop-smashing...
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What's It Like Being a Female Bodybuilder?
I’ve been photographing female bodybuilders and physique athletes since the 1990s. I always thought these women looked cool, like real-life superheroes (I collected comics as a kid), but it wasn’t...
View ArticleCat Town Cafe Opening Date Announced!
Cat Town Cafe, Oakland's much anticipated cafe and kitty adoption center, has announced that it will open on Saturday, October 25. Located at 2869 Broadway, Cat Town will be the nation's very first...
View ArticleWhy Try to Fall in Love When Everyone Breaks Up?
Hi Jessica, Does it ever seem like all long term relationships are doomed in one way or another? My parents are divorced. My friends' parents are divorced. Everyone is divorced, or breaking up, or in...
View ArticleUse the Rules of Improv to Improve Your Work Sitch
Making space to boost your learning capacity amongst the day-to-day routine of working and living in the Bay Area can seem a daunting prospect. This new weekly series will explore ways to rethink your...
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Help Keep Bolinas Weird and Buy This Legendary Bar
One of the oldest continually-operating saloons in California is up for grabs. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon in the nearby surf town of Bolinas recently hit the market with an asking price of $1,499,999....
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9 Places to Get Great Coffee in the Bay Area
I’m useless in the morning until I get some coffee in me, but on weekdays that cup is pretty utilitarian since the only cafe within walking distance of my office serves the pump stuff. We’re talking...
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Huge Disc Golf Tournament This Weekend
If you’re like me, your chillest (or most eccentric) friends have invited you to play a round of Frisbee golf on the tightly wooded 18-hole course in Golden Gate Park. But whether or not you're...
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Want To Understand LA? Drive Back Across 6 Decades
For better or for worse, LA remains a city whose culture is defined and greatly experienced while moving at an average of 35 mile per hour. The city's commuters, natives, and settlers alike travel en...
View ArticleUse Your Phone at Dinner Without Being a Jerk
In the olden days phones were never a problem when dining. Sure if you were Don Draper or someone equally important, the maître d may have brought you the house rotary so you could take a call, but...
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Frustrated Man Makes Muni Sign for his Home
Pavel Shved is the best kind of overachiever. Shved wasn't feeling the existing apps for Muni arrival times and after missing his bus one too many times, he decided to take matters into his own hands....
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Why I Love Living in Potrero Hill
Living in Potrero Hill feels like keeping a secret. There are no undiscovered neighborhoods in San Francisco but residents of The Hill have something special. Perched on the southeast side of the city,...
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