These Are the Dumbest, Most Absurd Tech Startups
Well, the tech balloon, which appeared to be rapidly emitting air and flying erratically around the room only the other day, seems to have re-inflated pretty quickly....
Astrid KaneAuthor of 53 Articles
SF Will Never Be as Weird as It Used to Be
San Francisco isn’t as weird as it used to be. Artsy types are feeling it acutely....
How to Make a 200-Sq Ft Apartment Feel 3x Bigger
The housing situation is beyond depressing. Forget about the evictions for a moment and focus on the apartment-hunters, combing Craigslist only to find situations where you have to sing for your supper (and from the couch)....
Oh Great, There’s About to Be a Coffee Shortage
If you sometimes find yourself masochistically hate-reading really depressing news about climate change over your morning cup of coffee, here’s some more: The next victim might be that coffee itself....
A Comparison of Bay Area Grocery-Delivery Services
San Francisco has a host of ways to get food from grocery shelves to your already-overcrowded crisper....
A Plane Full of Single Ladies is Coming to SFO
Move over Y-Combinator, here comes an XX-XY Combinator. A startup app called the Dating Ring wants to correct a major disturbance in the Force: the burgeoning gender imbalance between the East and West Coasts....
Will Republicans Soon Rule SF?
People grumble incessantly that as San Francisco gets colonized by tech, the infusion of those newly-minted billions is altering the fabric of the city, replacing $800 studios with $400 tasting menus and ruining absolutely everything....
Beards Are Over
It’s suddenly possible to see past the beard, because the beard is everywhere....
Seriously, This Weather. WTF?
“Gonna to move to the Bay Area now, pretend that was your dream the whole time? Have fun always carrying a light sweater.” With this vicious jab, 30 Rock ‘s Jenna Maroney managed to hold a rival ingénue at bay while also making fun of our ridiculous climate....
Why Does San Francisco Love Fernet?
Allegedly, upwards of 70 percent of all Fernet consumed in the US is drunk in San Francisco. To that end, I found current or former Bay Area residents who had a strong opinion on this inimitable elixir....
Hand Job Academy and the Taboo of Women’s Bodies
When Pussy Riot’s three members went to prison for “hooliganism and religious hatred” — and two of them languish in the gulag yet — it was a defiant gesture in the face of an authoritarian fusion of church and state....
Polyamory Is Alive and Well in SF
After the Supreme Court’s Prop. 8 ruling came down in June, LGBT people in San Francisco were able to get married — for the third time....