Passover in San Francisco Looks Nothing Like the One I Grew Up With
Maybe it makes sense that Passover in San Francisco doesn't look like Passover anywhere else....
My Favorite Places to Eat Outside in San Francisco's North Beach and Nearby
North Beach is the neighborhood where you go to sit outside, watch people walk by, and eat something good without making a whole production out of it....
My Favorite Places to Eat Outside in the Mission and Castro, San Francisco
To eat outside in SF, we sit outside in 54-degree fog and call it "refreshing." We wrap ourselves in restaurant blankets like it's totally normal behavior....
The SF Secret Cave Rave That Almost Wasn't
By 11 p.m., throngs of Gen Z swayed to vibrating bass, clutching large cans of NÜTRL and Bud Light, while the stench of weed wafted overhead....
I Ate Some $5,000 Cake and Met a Mars Scientist at the de Young. The Flowers Were Also Nice.
Great parties for me need conversation that goes somewhere unexpected, and they need to feel like you're both the audience and the show. Bouquets to Art was a great party....
The Mendocino Trip Every San Franciscan Should Take
Mendocino itself looks like someone moved coastal Maine to California and added redwoods....
The Boba District of San Francisco
Irving Street has more boba shops per block than some cities have total. It is a boba street that also has other things....
The Community Music Center Gala Raised a Record $425,000, and I Met Katya's Mom
Now at the Ritz Carlton, the party intimidated me enough to park my Subaru down the street instead of using the valet....
My weekend with ODC/Dance Downtown
The truth is that I go to these things for the people. The art is what sneaks up on me while I'm busy having a good time....
SF Ballet's Don Quixote Opens Tonight and I Already Know I'll Love It
There's bullfighters, knights, driads, and longing under the Spanish sun. What's not to love?...
The Bay Bridge Lights Are Back and We Need to Talk About Our Feelings
It is a meaningful moment for San Francisco's waterfront, which is a sentence I apparently mean without irony....
Hunky Jesus Is Back, and Now He Has a Documentary
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence's Easter spectacle returns to Dolores Park on April 5. This year, it comes with a feature film....