Walk the Plank
It was through this thirst for eccentric history that I first stumbled upon the buried ships map amongst the records of SFgenealogy....
The Mark of a Great City
A fan explores singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek’s San Francisco....
High Spirits
This is the first time I’ve waited an hour and 37 minutes for a drink. It’s also the first time I’ve had a cocktail in a church basement with a statue of the Virgin Mary in the corner and a large wooden cross on the wall....
Hot and Heavy
Being a fationista is no easy task, especially when you fall in this weird in-between of being able to squeeze into “normal” clothing and rocking plus sizes....
Reel Food
I’ve been sneaking candy, soda, and takeout into movie theaters since I was a kid....
Paranoid Park
Traveling from the Sunset district to the Richmond by foot requires nothing more than a trek through Golden Gate Park....
The Sipping Point
It’s a challenge to find a simple, workaday cappuccino like I used to get at The Happy Bar in Milan....
Reality Bites
It all started with an ad in the Bay Guardian for Bender’s sushi happy hour. I had always known about it in the back of my head, as well as another sushi night at the Knockout in the Mission, both run by the same guy, but I had never gone....
High Dive
I LOVE THE SMELL OF CHLORINE IN THE MORNING. DON’T BE FOOLED BY NAYSAYERS WHO INSIST that San Francisco isn’t warm enough for outdoor swimming, or that it’s just not that flavor of a city....
Off the Leash
I buy it. For every friend with a kid, I have about 20 with a dog....
Making Porn with Pantheon Productions
I wasn’t staring into the Castro Pottery Barn store window. It was a staged living room set at Pantheon Productions in Potrero Hill, a notable niche porn company founded in 2002, specializing in intergenerational and bear films....
“A Field Guide To Bears” Poster Available Now
Now you can purchase a poster for “A Field Guide To Bears: Your Guide to the Wild Life of San Francisco.” Built from the graphics for one of our most popular recent stories, “Grizzly Man,” this original poster was designed by Volume Inc. for The Bold Italic....