May Is Masturbation Month: My Adventures with Erotic Visualization Audio
As a single female resident of the Bay Area who’s in her later 30s, I agree with Alana Massey’...
Santa Cruz’s Beer Scene Is Out of Control
Santa Cruz County may be known for gnarly waves, redwood trees and 420, but these days the new star attraction...
“Blank Map” Is a Psychedelic Performance in Black Abstraction
A Sponsored Story from Circo Zero Performance During my interview with the partial cast of Blank Map, two descriptive words...
How West Coasters and East Coasters Use Dating Apps Differently
Cuffing season is a thing when you have real winters...
What’s with All the Tiger Selfies on Dating Apps?
It was a month ago when I first noticed the tigers. Grindr was leaving me feeling ground down, and OkCupid...
Ten People, Animals, and Inanimate Objects Who Would Make Better Police Chiefs than Greg Suhr
Last week, disgraced San Francisco police chief Greg Suhr resigned, perhaps sensing that his scandal-plagued administration had finally capsized. Highlights...
How a Sensory-Deprivation Tank Changed My Life
A few months ago, the hustle of the city started to make me anxious. Everyone I spoke to was a...
Oakland Is One of the Most Dangerous Places in the World If …
Donald Trump dissed us in the New York Times yesterday when he mentioned Oakland alongside Iraq, Ferguson and Brooklyn as...
The Strange Beauty of Joshua Tree, California
By Ruthie Brownfield Just north of Palm Springs and on the edge of Joshua Tree National Park, the town of...
The Coolest Dude in the World Lives in Portland
By Kelly O’Grady Recently, I took a vacation to Portland, Oregon. Portland is Miami for hipsters. So I’m...
How Oakland Is Turning Trash Cans into Art
Art is part of the soul of Oakland. From Jingletown to Uptown, art is on its streets, its walls, its...
The Problem with Building Up in San Francisco
There seems to be a never-ending supply of people who want to move into the city,yet there’s virtually...