The Abject Horror of San Francisco Open Houses
Entering the San Francisco rental market as a non-millionaire is like going to prom with headgear....
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Ayahuasca Made Me Purge My Guts and My Boyfriend
By Linzi Oliver....
Michelle Tea Learns “How to Grow Up” in San Francisco
I chose the apartment because of the persimmon tree outside the bedroom window....
The Online-Dating Network That Refuses to Disappear
In the world of very casual online dating, relationships may be fleeting, but the interactions with those failed dates don’t always have a clear ending....
Why I Quit the Bar Method
While teaching yoga, training fitness clients and finishing my master’s degree, the last thing I wanted to think about was my own workouts....
Living in San Francisco Means . . . (Redux for 2015)
Living in San Francisco means being torn apart. It means having people you love get evicted....
Turning 30: Described in Charts and Graphs
So you’re turning 30 (or you’ve already turned 30, or you will one day turn 30), and you’re saying to yourself, “I’m so excited!” but also “I’m so scared!” (a reference that, if you get, by the way, means you are definitely almost 30.) But which is it?...
Forget Hot Yoga, Have You Tried Pot Yoga?
In a truly “of freaking course we are” moment, San Francisco is getting its first pot-fueled yoga class....
Twenty Signs You Grew Up with a Hippie Mom
Are you also the child of a crystal-wearing, Mother Earth–loving, world-music-dancing hippie mom? Here are some signs that might help you find out....
My Love/Hate Relationship with Living in Hollywood
I took my first trip to Los Angeles as an adult in the middle of January. I was living in Chicago at the time, where a “mild” winter meant that the average high was seven degrees....
How to Survive Living with Your Burner Roommate
As many of us know, the fervor with which Burners talk about the festival rivals any religious fanaticism out there....
The East Bay is a Dog’s Paradise
San Francisco may have Fort Funston, Crissy Field, and Golden Gate Park for dog walking pleasure, but the East Bay can’t be matched for the breadth of parkland that humans and hounds can enjoy....