Illustrated Guide to Dressing for SF Summer
Even with the recent slightly-hot-spell, we all know that drastic temperature change can happen in mere blocks, and certainly once the sun goes down....
Only In SfA collection of 137 posts
10 Worst SF Driving Offenses
The first few times I drove in the city, I could feel minutes ticking off the end of my life....
Members-Only Cuddle Cafe Coming Soon
The Center SF, a Hayes Valley community center offering daily yoga and Capoeira classes and other spiritually-minded events, will soon play host to a new members-only cafe brewing up tea and snuggles....
A Pretty Accurate Analysis of SF Weather
Follow along as we crunch the numbers on the most critical local phenomena. It’s a data-driven survival guide for anyone who has ever shivered in July....
9 Graphs that Sum Up Life with Roommates
I’ve had 16 roommates in my lifetime. And as great as 90% (maybe more like 80%) of them have been, there are certain, classic issues that inevitably arise when you share living space....
An 89 Year Old’s Magical Photos of Old San Francisco
Photographer Fred Lyon was born in San Francisco in 1924, and he calls himself a “third or fourth generation native.” He grew up around the Peninsula, and got into photography in high school — “because cameras were cool and I thought it would be a good way to get girls,” he told me....
Things Native San Franciscans Say
In the spirit of our running humor lists about “shit you hear when you live here,” we invited those who proudly wear their San Francisco birth certificates on their sleeves to tell us what we should include on a list of Things Native San Franciscans Say....
This is How You Meet More San Franciscans Than Anyone Else
Ankit Shah is on a mission to start the country’s biggest tea party. However, instead of competing with the likes of Palin and Bachmann, he is taking on our relationship with one of our closest companions — our smartphones....
A Guide to Living with Peter Pan Syndrome
SF is well known to be the Neverland of the West. This city’s anti-corporate, free-love, avant-garde undercurrent is the result of a perpetually youthful, if sometimes naïve, perspective....
An Illustrated Guide to San Francisco’s Fog
When it comes to SF’s trademark fog, I think we’re all pretty confident that temperature and currents are involved, but beyond that, the details are a little foggy (had to)....
25 Things You Learn Your First Year in San Francisco
Inspired by the lists going around of what people learned during their first years in various cities, we started compiling the most memorable things we discovered about San Francisco during our first 12 months here....
SF Man Discovers Mystery Burrito in His Bathroom, Needs Your Help
Until now, Craigslist’s Missed Connections listings have been utilized, for the most part, by shy bus-folk and signal-illiterate optimists....