The Best Chains in San Francisco
San Francisco and chains have something of a complicated relationship. Actually, that’s not right....
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Dinner-Party-In-A-Box: A Stop Motion Feast
When I first saw The Bold Italic’s Dinner-Party-In-A-Box, I knew I had to create this stop motion video (along with Melissa Small, the Bold Italic’s Design Lead).’Tis the season for dinner parties, after all…...
How to Conquer Apartment Hunting
After four years of living in shared apartments across San Francisco, my girlfriend and I decided that the time had come to get our own place....
San Francisco’s Local Furniture Makers
My dad was all about building stuff when I was growing up. His “projects,” as we affectionately called them, usually involved lumber and power tools....
How to Be an Entrepreneur
Now’s a great time to be an entrepreneur in San Francisco. What’s an entrepreneur, you ask?...
Bookin’ It to the Bar
“Reading is for dorks,” the bouncer tells me as a group of 20-somethings approaches the bar....
Meanwhile, In Oakland… Oakland Surf Club
In August, when I first heard about a surf shop in Downtown Oakland, I thought I might’ve misheard....
A Capital Idea
I don’t remember when I first saw them, but I knew they were meant for me. Vintage sunglasses that looked like they’d been carved out of a dark, tropical wood and worn down to a dull shine by some starlet with a wool bathing suit and too many teeth....
Bernal Heights’ Foodie Incubator
Any number of things might have taken you into 331 Cortland in the three years since this Bernal Heights marketplace opened its doors: a hankering for a deli sandwich or a piping hot piroshki, the need for a sharper knife or a particular blend of spices....
Kid ’n’ Play
Some days I feel like the female version of a man-child. Not to say that I consider myself emotionally immature or irresponsible....
Vegan Head to Toe
Yeah, buddy, if I had a dollar for every time I heard that one throughout the history of my animal product–free lifestyle....
The Freaky Fungal Furniture of Phil Ross
By Angela May Chen....