Remembering Legendary Uptown Owner Scott Ellsworth
I am sitting in the 500 Club in a booth on a Wednesday night, not even a week after the untimely death from a heart attack of Scott Ellsworth, legendary owner of The Uptown bar....
FLOWCHART: Should You Move to SF?
A flowchart to help you decide whether you should move to San Francisco....
WTF Are Those Things on the Light Posts?
If while sitting at a stoplight in your car (or on your bike) and you find yourself idly staring upwards at the tangle of lights and technology that adorn the light posts, you might see a new addition that looks a little like that thing in the photo above....
Fixing the Housing Crisis with Artist Owned Buildings
San Francisco is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis. In a city where residents need to make $30/hour just to afford rent, we’re in danger of pushing out the artists, families, and working class communities that are the cornerstones of this city....
Familiar Objects Re-designed to Frustrate your Brain
Ok, I know the word “innovation” has been on everyone’s vocab shitlist for a while now, but the idea of “disrupting” objects to make them worse is just so funny to me....
Why Did Photobooth Close?
I was surprised to hear that Photobooth closed its doors at the end of March. I was even more surprised when I brought it up with friends and realized that a lot of people had no idea of its closure....
SF’s New Nudie Culture Magazine (NSFW)
Last Friday, I met up with Melissa and David Beaulieu of San Francisco’s newest “artistic nudie magazine” Belle Sf....
A Whole New World: Bay Area Disney Super Fans
I was at the Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio when I saw her. According to the staff, the woman was a regular who made costumes for many of the events: Mary Poppins....
“Mansplaining” Taken to Ridiculous Extremes
It’s a tale as old as time: boy meets girl, they go to a bar, one suggests a game of pool, and the guy does that awesome “wrap around from behind” move to sexy-explain how to hold the stick right....
Guess We Have to Get Used to Fake Tinder Profiles
Imagine you’re messing around on Tinder and you come across a cute little blonde named Sarah....
The Attic Has Closed
Sad news for fans of 24th Street dive The Attic. I got word yesterday that the beloved Mission bar that often doubled as a tiny, sweaty dance club, is officially no more....
The Pride and Perils of Being a Ginger
Redhead, carrottop, and every other name that arrives with the hair. On a life spent being noticed for it....