I Love You, Ex-Boyfriend!
We had a good thing, and we’re good people; but we weren’t good for each other....
San FranciscoA collection of 2148 posts
I love you, Fisherman's Wharf
You were cold at first, but then you offered me some of your delicious clam chowder, and we warmed up to each other....
Oh secret concrete yard, I love you
You aren’t something the tourists are privy to. A person has to live here, or know someone who lives here, to understand the thrill of secret concrete yards, of being boxed in by Victorian giants and hemmed in by laundry and power lines behind old San Francisco apartment buildings....
I love you, tourists!
Hello, out-of-town visitors. Like the sign on the Ferry Building says, “Welcome to the Port of San Francisco.” Can I get you anything? A loaf of sourdough bread, an Irish coffee, some locally made ice cream that you have to stand in line for 20 minutes for?...
Loving San Francisco Through Its Old Restaurants
By Mary Strope....
San Francisco’s Most Notable Animals
San Francisco has an incredibly diverse menagerie that have called our city their home, even if just temporarily....
Who Killed the Last Erotic Peep Show?
The city’s last erotic peep show is slated to close in September. On what finally finished it off....
There Will Be a Lot of Bare Boobs in SF this Sunday
By Sarah Medina....
Guys with Fancy Lady Hair
Some changes are big and life altering, and others are temporary and afternoon altering and reveal the sweet juxtaposition of a perfect chignon against the unkempt neck hair of a dude....
Your Weed-Card Concierge
C ollege buddies, lawyer friends, retired hippie pot growers, in-laws…...
Please Don’t Commodify My Culture
People either regale me with stories about the one time they went to a powwow because their great-great-great grandfather was 1/16th Cherokee, or people start singing “Just around the Riverbend.”...
I Grew Up in the Foster-Care System
I was born in Oakland in 1986. My first memory isn’t the most beautiful one, but I think a lot of people can relate....