Dream Digs
Meeting the creative tenants in residence at ActivSpace....
Modern Parking
While working in Potrero a while back, I spent many a lunch break wandering around the neighboring Mission Bay and Dogpatch districts....
A Big Tip
Years of getting hit on across San Francisco’s busiest dining rooms produced an arsenal of tactics that actually work. Here is how to ask out your server without becoming the story they tell in the kitchen....
We Come in Peace
Last year, I was standing on the curb outside an art opening at Electric Works and all of a sudden a Volkswagen Beetle affixed with thousands of lights pulled up in front of the gallery....
San Francisco’s Coolest Popsicles
It is cheap, delicious, and fun to eat — a weekend at the beach on a stick. When I was younger, my favorite popsicle was shaped like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’s head with gumball eyes....
SF’s Most Interesting and Historical Office Spaces
Not to bring up the “big one” or anything, but there are a few buildings in San Francisco that survived the 1906 earthquake and kinda lived to tell about it!...
Zushi Sushi
On Wednesday, my friends and I made our way over to Zushi Puzzle in Cow Hollow. Now, I wouldn’t call myself an extreme sushi aficionado, but I believe that if you’re not going to eat quality fish, you might as well not eat seafood at all....
Best Places to Get Zha Jiang Mian
Oysters are delicious, but a real part of their appeal comes from the rigmarole of consuming one: shucking, dressing, slurping....
Non-Fiction Characters
When I moved to San Francisco three years ago, I got a job at Adobe Books and fulfilled my long-sought fantasy of working at a used bookstore....
The Burrito King Behind Papalote
Purists will tell you that only the decades-old and established eateries like La Cumbre or La Taqueria are able to capture the true essence of the San Francisco burrito; places where employees scoop steaming beans and greasy meat into a tortilla…...
Working for the Weekend
I had no other plan. At that time the city was Mecca for skateboarding, and skaters from all over the world were making the pilgrimage....
Native Foods of San Francisco
An illustrated field guide to the dishes this city can actually claim as its own....