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?...
The San Francisco-Burma Connection
On a recent trip to Myanmar, I came across a curious tribute atop Mount Popa, high above the red temples of Bagan....
This Is How San Francisco Celebrates 4/20
How stoned is San Francisco? Well, for one, we have more cannabis dispensaries than McDonald’s....
Bill Graham and the Rock and Roll Revolution
Even though I was born long after the hippie era, I was profoundly affected by it....
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 four years....
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....
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....
Untrue Urban Legends of San Francisco
Supposedly, 100 years ago she sat down on a bench near Stow Lake to rest with her stroller-bound baby beside her....
A Californian Visits Cuba
After a 50-year hiatus, commercial flights between the US and Cuba are set to resume again this spring....
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 Sierras....
How to Get Scuba Certified in San Francisco
For a place with three beaches, 15 aquatic-themed neighborhoods (16 if you count Treasure Island) and a nautical nickname — “City by the Bay” — San Francisco is all about the Pacific....