Where to get Chinese food this Christmas in San Francisco
If you’re forgoing the standard red-and-green twinkle lights and chopping down trees, there are plenty of places in San Francisco that will take you in Christmas Eve and Christmas Day....
The 90s are alive and well at Madrone Art Bar
Sarah Wheeler describes why Madrone Art Bar’s 90s night feels like home in San Francisco’s cherished little party space....
“Entwined” gives San Franciscans all we want for Christmas: More lights
In Golden Gate Park, Elder Mother’s thousands of LED cubes glow in concert, flashing autumnal fire one moment and waves of pastels the next....
The annual Fillmore block party warmed my holiday spirit
I love a good block party, and the one in Fillmore on Friday was a banging good time with plenty...
Why this tapas restaurant has become a Castro institution
12 years in, familial Spanish restaurant Canela Bistro & Wine Bar has become legend in the heart of San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood....
Did SantaCon get cool again?
San Francisco’s homegrown Christmas-themed flash mob bar crawl returned Saturday. Yes Virginia, there is still a SantaCon....
Drag queens sparkle on ice skates in Union Square
In a time when certain states are doubling down on drag ban debates, it’s warming to see so many family-friendly events in San Francisco for our performers....
So I visited the last Blockbuster on the planet, and all I got was this t-shirt
Listen it’s not the most convenient vacation for Bay Area residents, but for Millennials, a Blockbuster Video sighting feels...
“Let’s Glow SF” gives San Francisco its favorite holiday distraction: dazzling lights
As the paper maché head bursts from the Hobart Building, an older woman nearby stifles a gasp. “Boy, that’s...
San Francisco’s new Michelin-level tasting menu for under $100
Former Marlena chefs David and Serena Chow Fisher return in a glowing space in the Fillmore: 7 Adams....
Why now is the best time to live in San Francisco
Does anyone in mainstream media have anything nice to say about San Francisco?...
In defense of the Tenderloin
I lived here during the crack-and-crime infested 1990s. How bad could it be in 2023?...