Queens of the Pole
Many cultural phenomena set Portland apart from other cities, and the strangest is that every neighborhood has a grocery store, a restaurant, a bike shop, and a strip club....
EYES + EDGE Presents: 10 Places That Keep Portland Weird
What is EYES + EDGE, you ask? Some days a lifestyle, some days the best damn job ever, some days a cluster f@#k....
SF Is Easy to Love, LA Is Harder
I moved to San Francisco when I was 23. I had spent a lonely and drunken season after graduation in Washington, D.C, interning at an antipoverty nonprofit at a time when the federal government wanted to solve Katrina through free-enterprise zones and tax credits....
Moving to Los Angeles
To quote the greatest movie of our time, “Everywhere in LA takes 20 minutes.” Once you’re here, you realize thath that’s a dirty, stinking lie....
Bold Rush
You might be asking yourself “What the heck is that human burrito doing at Ocean Beach?” As the ambassador for The Bold Italic, this life-size bit of deliciousness is visiting her favorite spots in San Francisco and picking up a few souvenirs that…...
In Vogue
Vogue is alive and I feel it as I strike a pose on Polk, tut my wrists down Market, whack the wind through Valencia, duck walk across 24th Street, and slide my hips across a dance studio floor at Dance Mission Theater....
Whatever Rolls Your Socks
San Francisco is one of the most notoriously naughty cities in the world. We champion progressive politics and generally serve as a towering paragon of tolerance....
Put This In Your Mouth: Mexican Food Wine Pairing at Maverick
Last night, I made an impromptu wine drinker’s manual at the Mission’s Maverick restaurant....
8 Amazing/ Embarrassing SF Inspired Tattoos
Do you wear your heart on your sleeve when it comes to San Francisco? You can do better than that....
The Long Way Down
Think of the steepest San Francisco hill you know. Now add cars and sprinkle gravel all over it....
If you didn’t join a cult, did you even live in San Francisco
Since its days as a bawdy port city built on gold dust and dungarees, San Francisco has always been a town where open-mindedness reigns and people live whatever life they see fit....
Where to eat exotic meats in San Francisco
My father used to tell me stories about nights he spent in the mountains, living off the land and eating insects....