Crazy Town
I expected San Franpsycho’s store opening to be mellow. But when I arrive, there’s a line that goes halfway around the block, and the store doesn’t open for another 15 minutes....
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Tilted SF: Flat Streets, Tipsy Houses
It’s hard enough to park a car or even just walk on the especially crazy-steep SF streets, to imagine building a house on them would seem impossible if they weren’t already there....
Gourmet and More: A Little Paris in SF
San Francisco’s fondness for Paris can tip into cliché. A visit to one small corner of the city that gets it right instead....
Big in Japan
Japantown is a real treat for art and design lovers. With unique imported finds at great prices, happy animal faces everywhere, and a singing toilet that offers polite greetings in the New People building, I find myself seeking refuge there at least once a week....
Divis Divided
When people ask me where I live in the city, I have no idea how to answer. Technically, I’m at Baker and McAllister....
Hard French: SF’s Most Freaky, Fun & Inclusive Dance Party
Last January, my life changed within a haunted lodge in the Santa Cruz Mountains....
Cake Porn — Literally
There comes a time in every person’s life when they need a good X-rated cake. Maybe your best friend’s bachelorette party could use some spicing up....
Behind the Green Door: Public Sex, Private Lives
Let’s face it, a lot of people watch porn to escape from reality. It can be easy to forget that the actors on the screen are real people, with real lives outside of the fantasies they’re enacting....
Read This If You Like Biking at Midnight
It’s pitch black, 2:30 a.m. I’m standing on the edge of a breaker, waves crashing around me, looking back at San Francisco....
It Takes Two
Often the most romantic thing a young person can hope for in this city is that the guy or gal they were making eyes with at the bar last night will write a Missed Connection about them the next morning....
Mad Hatters
I was never content with wearing women’s hats. Dainty pillbox hats reminiscent of Jackie O are not my style....
Heaven Scent: Perfume-Paired Dinner at Woodward’s Garden
Perfume is a lot like food. The quality of its ingredients and the know-how that goes into its preparation are key....