There’s Now a SF Bar That’s All ’90s, All the Time
I remember a chain of clubs called Polly Esther’s that fetishized the’70s (and a bit of the’80s) that was around when I was in my 20s....
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OSL Sartorialist: Flower Crowns Everywhere
I once counted 55 girls wearing denim jackets and dresses within the space of an hour while eating brunch in the Marina....
5 Dishes You Should Eat at Outside Land
There will be over 200 items to eat and drink at Outside Lands this weekend, a recipe for insane indulgence over three days....
Ladies: There’s a New Way to Pee at Outside Lands
San Franciscan Sarah Grossman has timed the release of her year-in-the-making, self-described “peeing accessory” for women to coincide with this year’s Outside Lands fest....
“My Ginga” is the Rap Parody Pale People Have Been Waiting For
As a ginger, my life is a constant hunt for shade. Example: on the car ride back from my recent Fourth of July getaway, I had to resort to covering myself in paper towels because the sun coming through the window was really stressing me out and that…...
3 Ways To Go To A Living Room Concert In SF
Some of the best shows in the city happen in somebody’s front room. Three ways to get yourself invited....
Why Is Everyone in SF Obsessed with Stevie Nicks?
Stevie Nicks turned 66 years old not long ago, and she’s everywhere. She sang a duet on Jimmy Fallon, with him as Tom Petty....
Game of Thrones Names = Totally Believable Metal Bands
A couple of seasons ago, it hit me that so many of the proper nouns in Game of Thrones would make for excellent heavy metal-band names — perhaps it’s the aggressive phonetics and medieval spellings....
Scalped Outside Lands Ticket Prices Now Rival Rent in SF
It might be time to rally some gentrification protesters to vomit on Outside Lands scalpers, because now that three-day general admission tickets to the festival are sold out, a good number of secondhand tickets are being resold for more than three times the original price....
The 6 Types of Coachella Haters
Coachella is this weekend, folks, which means you’re either gathering up your crop tops and neon fanny packs in preparation or you’re hating on all your friends who can’t stop status updating their excitement....
Hand Job Academy and the Taboo of Women’s Bodies
When Pussy Riot’s three members went to prison for “hooliganism and religious hatred” — and two of them languish in the gulag yet — it was a defiant gesture in the face of an authoritarian fusion of church and state....
Ikea Furniture or Death Metal Band?
Quick! Is Vittsjö a shelving unit carried by IKEA or a Swedish death metal band?...