This is What Happens When There’s a Piano on Bernal Hill
Filmmaker Darryl Kirchner sent us this short, but sweet video documenting what happened when a piano made its way up Bernal Hill....
The Price of Living in Oakland Skyrocketed 76%
It’s tough not to get anxious about the price of housing in San Francisco....
A Fashion Lesson for SF With Special Guest Menswear Dog
Here, we present a roundup of looks that are ideal for SF situations, because there’s really nothing like being schooled by a Shiba Inu....
Why I Loved and Left the Commune
I first heard about the Convent, an artists’ collective and living space in the Lower Haight, at a “global peace party” called Earthdance....
46 of the Richest Americans Live in the Bay Area
Some 46 of the wealthiest Americans live in San Francisco or the Peninsula (or, in George Lucas’s case, Marin)....
What to Do in Lake Tahoe
Back in the 1950s, my grandfather and his two brothers leased some land and built a large A-frame cabin in the South Lake Tahoe basin, just at the foot of Mount Tallac....
Missed the Jejune Institute? You Can Experience It Once Again
The Jejune Institute (also known as The Games of Nonchalance, or Nonchalance’s Interdimensional Hopscotch) was an alternate reality game, public art installation and immersive experience that ran in San Francisco, California from 2008 to 10 April 2011....
The Dos, Don’ts, and “Oh God, Please Don’ts” of Men’s Fashion
Quick tips on how to avoid fashion tragedies....
When Does a Neighborhood Become Your Home?
At what point do you become an insider, and not an outsider, on your street?...
Loving the Large Ladies
Body image has always been an issue for me. Like most young women trudging through adolescence, I was surrounded by social pressures to be pretty and thin....
I love you, pigeons!
First, I want to say sorry. I’m sorry people are so fucked up that they think it’s totally OK to be so cruel to you....
I Love You, Ex-Boyfriend!
We had a good thing, and we’re good people; but we weren’t good for each other....