Seoul Food
There is an old woman who lives in the burbs of Los Angeles and stands at nipple height whom I call “halmuhnee.” That’s grandmother in Korean....
Single Space
By Ashwin Seshagiri....
Foreign Cinema
I’m waiting for a glimpse of it, folded into a rickety seat at Artists’ Television Access (ATA), the city’s pint-size underground film and video venue on a particularly hopping block of Valencia Street — ready for SF Cinematheque’s “Women of the West:’70s Bay Area Experimentalists” shorts program....
Oyster Shooter
Every time I open an oyster I feel like an otter smacking an abalone against its rigid chest....
Turn a Bachelor Pad Into a Date Magnet
How many times have you gone home with a date only to find your Prince Charming’s place looks like a scene out of Animal House?...
True Value
I’m the co-owner of a fledgling estate sale company called Old Hat that works with the estates of the recently deceased....
I Went to School to Become a Clown
I was recently at a bar with a friend when I told him something I hoped would impress him....
Wait a San Francisco Minute
By Sarah Han....
Against the Grain
If you want to know how I feel about wheat — pasta in particular — you just have to hear this story from my childhood....
Keep Off the Grass
I remember the exact moment when I heard Dolores Park would be closing. I was in my kitchen, just back from an LA extenda-stay and hungrily catching up with friends on all I’d missed during my Bay Area starvation period....
Neighborhood Watch
24 hours on Sixth and Market....
Homes for the Holidays
What is it about the Christmas season that makes December feel so grand? It could be the time spent with family, or the fact that most of us get a break from work....