SF People Voted Most Attractive In America
By Wendy Steiner Yay us? Travel + Leisure’s annual America’s favorite city survey voted San Francisco the country’s...
Why I Like to Steal
Let me be clear: I’m not a kleptomaniac and it’s not a compulsion. You can have me over without worrying that something will be missing after I’m gone....
Juicy Anonymous Stories All Week
By Jennifer Maerz They’re Back! San Francisco’s Secret Stories, Vices, & Obsessions Told Anonymously We’ve noticed that...
Hand Job Academy and the Taboo of Women’s Bodies
By Peter Lawrence Kane When Pussy Riot’s three members went to prison for “hooliganism and religious hatred” — and two of them languish in the gulag yet — it was a defiant gesture in the face of...
Why I Love Living in Noe Valley
By Alexis Coe When I first moved to San Francisco from Brooklyn, Noe Valley felt like home. It wasn’t...
What’s Up with the Brick Circles in the Intersections?
What are those big brick circles in the intersections all around the city? A. Urban crop circles B. Masonic fairy...
This Is How You Travel Between SF and LA for $1* (But Read the Fine Print)
Given the 400 miles of radiant coastline and drudging flatland separating Los Angeles and San Francisco, getting back and forth...
Ask Ted Wilson: I Wasn’t Invited to the Wedding
By Ted Wilson Hello, and welcome to Ask Ted Wilson, my weekly advice column where readers ask me questions about...
Other Things to Put in Your Plug Holes
People with plugs: let’s talk. You spend years tenaciously stretching holes through your earlobes, fill them only with the typical little metal discs and then when you’re done, you’re just done?...
Where to Buy a Christmas Tree by Neighborhood in San Francisco
Editor's note 2025: We published this story 12 years ago, and most these tree farms still appear to...
Where to See Giant Gingerbread Houses In SF
Ok people, it’s officially the holidays. That means it’s time to crank up the festivities. Consider this your guide to San Francisco’s edible architecture....
What Native Americans Want You to Know on Thanksgiving
An entire race is openly being marginalized and commodified...