Twelve Things You Should Know About Seattle
I’m a photographer and writer for a Seattle alt-weekly run by Dan Savage called The Stranger....
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Seattle to San Francisco
Written and Illustrated by Brian Standeford....
Portland Is So Much Better than San Francisco
“WHAT!?!” you’ll think, as this headline catches your eye on your break from writing your dissertation on how saving disabled baby panda bears is completely dependent upon a gluten-free nation....
Queens of the Pole
Many cultural phenomena set Portland apart from other cities, and the strangest is that every neighborhood has a grocery store, a restaurant, a bike shop, and a strip club....
EYES + EDGE Presents: 10 Places That Keep Portland Weird
What is EYES + EDGE, you ask? Some days a lifestyle, some days the best damn job ever, some days a cluster f@#k....
SF Is Easy to Love, LA Is Harder
I moved to San Francisco when I was 23. I had spent a lonely and drunken season after graduation in Washington, D.C, interning at an antipoverty nonprofit at a time when the federal government wanted to solve Katrina through free-enterprise zones and tax credits....
Moving to Los Angeles
To quote the greatest movie of our time, “Everywhere in LA takes 20 minutes.” Once you’re here, you realize thath that’s a dirty, stinking lie....
Bold Rush
You might be asking yourself “What the heck is that human burrito doing at Ocean Beach?” As the ambassador for The Bold Italic, this life-size bit of deliciousness is visiting her favorite spots in San Francisco and picking up a few souvenirs that…...
In Vogue
Vogue is alive and I feel it as I strike a pose on Polk, tut my wrists down Market, whack the wind through Valencia, duck walk across 24th Street, and slide my hips across a dance studio floor at Dance Mission Theater....
Whatever Rolls Your Socks
San Francisco is one of the most notoriously naughty cities in the world. We champion progressive politics and generally serve as a towering paragon of tolerance....
Put This In Your Mouth: Mexican Food Wine Pairing at Maverick
Last night, I made an impromptu wine drinker’s manual at the Mission’s Maverick restaurant....
8 Amazing/ Embarrassing SF Inspired Tattoos
Do you wear your heart on your sleeve when it comes to San Francisco? You can do better than that....