Best Bao in San Francisco
In this crazy, mixed-up world there’s something to be said for the simple joy of buying something good that is actually cheap as well....
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I Left My Heart in Orange County
When I moved to San Francisco three years ago, my initial thought was, “Eh, maybe not so much.” I was fresh out of college and in search of a job so I figured I’d give it a try, but I couldn’t understand what everyone was so into about this place....
San Francisco’s Most Prolific Sign Painter
On a recent evening, I was sitting on a bench outside the St. Francis diner in the Mission when a stranger came up to me, smiling....
Shorty Fatz Redesigns the San Francisco Flag
Did you know the city’s flag hasn’t been altered since it was unveiled in 1900? Truth....
Put This In Your Mouth: The Rebel Within
The city is abuzz with a muffin named after a Hank Williams song. The Rebel Within is an asiago-cheese, green onion, and Easton sausage-flecked muffin with a wet poached egg in the center....
Dropping Into Acid
through a borrowed and then lost paperback of Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test....
Iconic Meal On Wheels: House of Prime Rib
Let me preface this by explaining that I was raised next to cattle; steak and potatoes are comfort food....
What are those dots on the storm drains?
One of our readers asked us “What are those painted dots next to the drain systems?” We were intrigued, so we decided to investigate....
Plastic Woman
I ring the doorbell of a suburban South San Francisco home and am greeted by towering Southern belle Helen Waite....
San Francisco’s Fiercest Gender Benders
Over the decades people have flocked to San Francisco with the intention of redesigning their gender....
Eat and Run
By Caleb Garling....
Raider of the Lost Archives
Before I’d even moved to San Francisco, I’d heard reverent whispers of a mythical underground screening room and speakeasy somewhere in SOMA intriguingly dubbed the “Vortex Room.” A friend who programs kung fu films in New York cooed about its luscious leather banquettes…...