So Wait, Kale Is Bad for You Now?
For the last several years, the pro-kale movement has been growing strong. Relentless, even. Kale was no longer just a...
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There’s a Really Good Reason Why We’re Eating $4 Toast
I’ve gotten tired of the self-deprecating “look at us eating $4 toast” conversations. It’s like, hey, we get...
What the Hell is Meow Meow? 2014 Drug Guide
Did last week’s story “Teen Takes ‘Meow Meow,’ Cuts Own Penis Off” leave you wondering why a kid ate...
Why Are SF Apartments So Moldy? (And What Should You Do About It?)
By Noah Sanders If you’ve lived in San Francisco for any period of time, you’ve probably heard a...
Breaking It Down: Uber’s New Lower Rates
By Noah Sanders Started in 2009 by serial-entrepreneur Travis Kalanick, Uber, the little-car-service-that-could, has exploded in the last year, expanding...
By Max Jacobs
By Max Jacobs Fillmore rapper DaVinci was unhappy about the situation in San Francisco when he released his album The Day the Turf Stood Still. In that record he fumed at the policies of urban renewal...
Why Does San Francisco Love Fernet?
By Peter Lawrence Kane Fernet-Branca has been manufactured in Italy since 1845. Two years later, the tiny port village of Yerba Buena, Alta California, was renamed San Francisco. Love it or hate it, the oily Milanese...
Real World SF: We’ve Seen Porn Stars Less Thirsty
This time the series is trying to recapture lightning in a bottle by returning to San Francisco for the first time since 1994, but it’s immediately obvious that none of the original cultural sensitivity that made the show a landmark remains....
SF Vegan Cheat Sheet
For those of you who have “eat less meat” on your 2014 resolutions list, or if you’re already veg...
Photos from SF’s Abandoned Streetcar Neighborhood
It was a time when riding single-speed bicycles was the cat’s meow, and tiny economical residences were trending and...
Awesome Portraits of Iconic San Francisco Houses
By Mallory Lucille Rose In late 2010, I stumbled upon the photography of San Francisco resident Austin Kamps through a...
What Will San Francisco Look Like 100 Years From Now?
By Jennifer Maerz You could ask a scientist or an urban planner or a psychic what the future of San...