Burn It Clean
So when I sat down with Mark DeVito at his pub, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, I wasn’t sure how to recalibrate my expectations....
Parks and Recreation
My first encounter with a San Francisco parklet was at Four Barrel Coffee on Valencia a while back....
Kiss The Cook
On the nights that I wanted to throw in the towel during my years as a server, the kitchen is where I went to gather slivers of my sanity....
Regulars’ Guy
I first went to Tommy’s Joynt on a date — one of the more memorable ones I’ve been on, in part because this guy was as intrigued by the place as I was....
Turning Thirty in San Francisco
Thirty arrives faster than anyone plans for, and this city has firm opinions about how you should be spending it....
Mommie Dearest
intentions to open a bar called Dear Mom to me and some of my girlfriends, it was a Monday night almost like any other....
How’ve You Bean?
I’ve been drinking coffee for a good portion of my life. I’ve worked as a barista for years and now manage the coffee shop at Piccino in the Dogpatch, but in recent months my interests have moved from making coffee to knowing how to roast it....
Easter Sunday’s Free Reggae in the Park (Golden Gate Park)
Illuminate LIVE returns to the Golden Gate Bandshell on Sunday, March 1, launching its sixth season of free outdoor concerts. More than 125 performances are scheduled through mid-November....
AEG Presents: The Human Tour Brandi Carlile at Chase Center
Oscar-nominated, 11-time GRAMMY winner Brandi Carlile brings The Human Tour to Chase Center on March 6, with The Head and the Heart opening. She has earned her reverence across seven studio albums and a #1 bestselling memoir....
Living in SF Means… Best of 2011
The noise comes through the walls, through the ceiling, through the floor. The sound of muffled moans and love murmurs in Spanish, in Cantonese, in Tagalog, in English, in Arabic, in French, in…...
Inside the The Church of John Coltrane
God and I have never been friends. It’s not that we had a dramatic falling out, we’ve just never seen eye to eye....
Peep & Tell
I first heard about the Lusty Lady while watching the film Paris, Texas with some friends last January....