“A Field Guide To Bears” Poster Available Now
By Christopher Appelgren Now you can purchase a poster for “A Field Guide To Bears: Your Guide to the Wild...
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Longtime Companions
By Matt Baume The sound of a sneezing rat was keeping me up at night. All would be silent, and...
The Jean Genies
By Emily Goligoski...
The Cutting Edge
By N.W. Smith It used to be that you could go to a barber, get a haircut, shave, and...
America’s Cupping
By Mat Honan Ritual Coffee Roasters on Valencia Street is the epicenter of San Francisco hipster life. On any given...
Party of One
By Chrissy Loader According to a 2006 survey by the U.S. Census Bureau, 56% of San Franciscans either live...
Visiting SF’s Creepier Neighborhood Haunts
By Reyhan Harmanci San Francisco is known for many things — organic food, fog, sandals-with-socks, tech companies, dive bars. But it’...
Beautiful Dead Things
By Annetta Black The walls and shelves of Paxton Gate on Valencia are laden with dead things: rows of mounted...
The Unseen City
By Ethan Kanat San Francisco is about as far west as you can go in the continental United States. It’...
Pretty in Pink
By Sarah Han My introduction to Lolita culture happened about 10 years ago. One of my Japantown rituals was to...
Bookmobile
By Laura Beck When I was a tweenager, the library was pretty much the greatest place on earth. Because I...
Fungus Amongus
By Sarah Han Mycological Society of San Francisco member Curt Haney warned, pointing at the grass — without looking himself — where...