Go Here If You Love Iced Coffee
Heath Kessler, owner of Tiny Warrior Coffee, checks his smart watch before shaking up one of his signature iced coffees. It’s early, and he’s on his way to a new job as a user experience designer at...
View ArticleReally Pretty Video Captures One Day in SF
If you've moved away from San Francisco, this video by Chiao Chen will make you miss it fiercely. If you're still here, it will make you extremely sentimental about this little city.
View ArticleWhy I Love Living in Victor Heights
In 2007 my best friend and I moved into an ivy-covered fourplex near downtown in what I have since learned is known as Victor Heights, the latest stop on a progressively eastward exodus that began in...
View ArticleCalifornia's Priciest College Dorms
Living in the Bay Area is expensive... even if you're wedged into a dorm. With information pulled from the National Center for Education Statistics, the site eCollegeFinder has mapped the "Most...
View Article7 Reasons You Don't Get Massages (Though You Should)
If you live and/or work in San Francisco, you’re probably in need of a massage. From dealing with your five roommates (one who still hasn’t cleaned the bathroom and one who ate your leftovers), your...
View ArticleNSFW: Drone-Filmed Porn Was Made in SF
Drones and porn? Naturally. It was only a matter of time and coordination (technology in one hand, genitals in the other) before some pervy, tech savvy dudes would explore voyeurism with a bird’s eye...
View ArticleThe Lumbersexual is Here to Chop Down Metrosexuals
The metrosexual is dead. In his place, straight from a grove of western white pines in Willamette National Forest, comes the slightly more rugged, beardier “Lumbersexual.”That’s what outdoorsy site...
View Article6 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Go Into Work Tomorrow
We don't know each other, but I'm guessing you could use a day off. Some of you are gonna read this and think, "I can't afford to take a day off!" and I understand that and am sorry and in case no one...
View ArticleThe LA Guide to Everything You Wanted to Learn
While the stereotype exists that everyone moves to Los Angeles to become an actor/writer/producer/director, the one really awesome thing about our influx of creative geniuses is that you can take...
View ArticleAvoid Uber Surge Prices with This App
Despite Uber’s increasing dominance in the world of ridesharing, not everybody is happy about some of the company's revenue boosting plans; namely, surge pricing. It has been a hotly debated topic,...
View ArticleHelp the Dog of Deceased Renter's Rights Activist
Executive director of the San Francisco Tenants Union, Ted Gullicksen died on October 14 at age 61. The renters' rights activist was often seen – at rallies, speaking engagements, and protests –...
View ArticleTake This Awesome Fall Road Trip to Gold Country
Two and a half hours from SF, the historic Gold Rush towns of Sutter Creek, Amador City, and Volcano bear century-old saloons, creepy-cool cemeteries, and time capsule spots that feel like King Tut’s...
View ArticleRead This If You Take the N Judah
The N Judah Metro line will be getting safety and reliability upgrades starting this weekend. Good news, but it also means that if you take the N, getting around on the weekends will probably be sucky,...
View ArticleThe Best Cheap Dates Picks for This Weekend
We all have fantasies of dream dates. I can tell you right now mine involves Harry Potter World and his and hers Butter beers. Sadly most of us in the dating world, especially in San Francisco, don’t...
View ArticleBeautiful Map Imagines San Francisco Submerged
The year is 2072 and due to unforeseen circumstances from global warming and the melting of the ice caps, the sea level around San Francisco has risen by 200 feet since 2012. Or at least that’s the...
View ArticleCool Vintage Menus from Classic LA Restaurants
The Los Angeles Public Library Central branch is in a beautiful building with miles of books and commissioned artwork — and if you ride the elevator, you’ll see vintage library catalogue cards lining...
View Article5 New Places to Eat in November
Whether your palate roams as adventurous as an elk burger or plays it as safe as a salad, you should find somewhere that suits your taste buds in this latest crop of new eateries worth noting:Best Lil...
View ArticleThe Reason Those Google Barges Got Sunk
I have to admit I’m sad I didn’t get to go on a Google Barge. Those three mysterious, four-story-high objects (two here, one in Portland, Maine) emerged last fall to much speculation about what exactly...
View ArticleThe Crazy SF History Behind the Term "Shanghai'ed"
The term "shanghai'ed", or to "shanghai someone" is slang for "to steal or take without permission." As in, "Hey, that pigeon just shanghai'ed my garlic fries!" It immediately sounds politically...
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