I Hate the Beatles: A Guide to Unpopular Opinions
I’m just going to come out and say it: I hate the Beatles. What can I say? I just...
The San Francisco-Burma Connection
By Chelsea Iversen On a recent trip to Myanmar, I came across a curious tribute atop Mount Popa, high above...
This Is How San Francisco Celebrates 4/20
How stoned is San Francisco? Well, for one, we have more cannabis dispensaries than McDonald’s. Sure, maybe we’re...
Bill Graham and the Rock and Roll Revolution
A Sponsored Story from the Contemporary Jewish Museum Even though I was born long after the hippie era, I was...
This Is What Reverse Culture Shock Feels Like to a San Franciscan
“Did you eat any dogs?” people would ask with lurid fascination, upon learning that I’d lived in Beijing for...
My Life-Changing Visit to a Cannabis Clinic
I was never a pothead. Even during the psychedelic ’70s in Madison, Wisconsin, my poison of choice was bourbon. Or...
Take It from a Monogamist: Polyamorists Do It Better
Polyamory was never on my radar. Growing up on the East Coast, I hadn’t even heard the word. I...
Untrue Urban Legends of San Francisco
Have you heard the one about the ghost of Stow Lake? It’s been said that a woman in white,...
A Californian Visits Cuba
After a 50-year hiatus, commercial flights between the US and Cuba are set to resume again this spring. Just...
What Happens When a Stripper Falls in Love with a Customer?
A popular myth states that you never see a stripper outside a club; yet the dancers at the Condor are different: most met their long-term loves right here....
Here’s Why Sacramento Is a Destination in Its Own Right
Sacramento gets derided as San Francisco’s decidedly less chic valley neighbor, a convenient rest stop en route to the...
How to Get Scuba Certified in San Francisco
By Shikha Kaiwar For a place with three beaches, 15 aquatic-themed neighborhoods (16 if you count Treasure Island) and...