New Video Parodies San Francisco’s Coffee Obsession
By Ann-Marie AlcĚÁntara If you took coffee away from the people of San Francisco, I’m pretty sure the...
I’ve started looking for a place to move.
I’ve started looking for a place to move. The other day my landlord posted a notice on my door...
These Posters Are So Good They’ll Make You Forget BART’s Not Cute
BART has done a surprisingly cool thing. It has commissioned is exhibiting posters by local artists for riders to enjoy. The most recent artist is Monico Chavez, whom BART asked to make three illustrations for its...
No Longer a Guilty Pleasure, Emo Night Draws Huge Crowds in LA
With the resurgence of old-school video games cropping up in bars and the Hollywood reboots of your favorite childhood...
Magical, Slightly Eerie Cinemagraphs of San Francisco
By Marcello Maiorana Editor’s note: Cinemagraphs are still new enough to seem totally futuristic and magical, even though we’...
By Jessica Saia
By Jessica Saia There is an ironically large subset of people who are obsessed with tiny things. And what’s...
200 Silicon Valley Hackers Disrupt Burning Man
By Peter Lawrence Kane If your Facebook feed has been full of people grumbling they weren’t able to get Burning Man tickets (or if you yourself were unlucky), there’s some cosmic comeuppance to relish...
I Survived a Terrible Green Card Interview to Tell You This
Whatever the result, you’re going to need a drink...
A Very San Francisco Bedtime Story
By Jody Amable I once had two neighbors quiet as mice, Living was easy. Living was nice. One was a...
This American Life Parody Visits Oakland Cat Cafe
Good news for fans of cats and Ira Glass impressions: a YouTube series called This American Cat exists. In the first and only episode so far, the writer and creator of this “paw cast,” Daniel Wolfe,...
This is What the Bay Area Spent Money on in 2014
By Jeremy Lybarger Money site site Mint.com examined transaction records from 16 million users to see how people in...
Oakland’s Mayor Has a Solution for SF’s Housing Crisis
By Peter Lawrence Kane With talk about a moratorium on market-rate construction in the Mission — and Emeryville’s recent flirtation with a ban of its own — it seems the prospect of building more affordable housing...