Breaking It Down: Uber’s New Lower Rates
By Noah Sanders Started in 2009 by serial-entrepreneur Travis Kalanick, Uber, the little-car-service-that-could, has exploded in the last year, expanding...
By Max Jacobs
By Max Jacobs Fillmore rapper DaVinci was unhappy about the situation in San Francisco when he released his album The Day the Turf Stood Still. In that record he fumed at the policies of urban renewal...
Why Does San Francisco Love Fernet?
By Peter Lawrence Kane Fernet-Branca has been manufactured in Italy since 1845. Two years later, the tiny port village of Yerba Buena, Alta California, was renamed San Francisco. Love it or hate it, the oily Milanese...
Real World SF: We’ve Seen Porn Stars Less Thirsty
This time the series is trying to recapture lightning in a bottle by returning to San Francisco for the first time since 1994, but it’s immediately obvious that none of the original cultural sensitivity that made the show a landmark remains....
SF Vegan Cheat Sheet
For those of you who have “eat less meat” on your 2014 resolutions list, or if you’re already veg...
Photos from SF’s Abandoned Streetcar Neighborhood
It was a time when riding single-speed bicycles was the cat’s meow, and tiny economical residences were trending and...
Awesome Portraits of Iconic San Francisco Houses
By Mallory Lucille Rose In late 2010, I stumbled upon the photography of San Francisco resident Austin Kamps through a...
What Will San Francisco Look Like 100 Years From Now?
By Jennifer Maerz You could ask a scientist or an urban planner or a psychic what the future of San...
Saying Goodbye to The Other Shop
By Jennifer Maerz You leave town for a minute and everything goes to hell. Or at least catches on fire....
9 Alternatives to Kissing Someone on New Year’s Eve in SF
Photo by Amodiovalerio Verde 1. Yell out “I’M STILL GREAT!” Because you are. You. Are. 2. Start rambling off...
Commercial Break: A Little Adventure to Wingo, California
I’d heard about Wingo, a ghost town up near Sonoma, from a friend, and had been anxiously awaiting a...
1906 Earthquake Photos Merged With Modern San Francisco
Thanks to Facebook postings, I recently stumbled upon some incredible photos perfectly melding scenes of San Francisco in the ruins...