Foreign Cinema
By Kimberly Chun I’m waiting for a glimpse of it, folded into a rickety seat at Artists’ Television Access...
The MissionA collection of 124 posts
Oyster Shooter
By Kristin Smith Every time I open an oyster I feel like an otter smacking an abalone against its rigid...
Turn a Bachelor Pad Into a Date Magnet
By Kelly Malone How many times have you gone home with a date only to find your Prince Charming’s...
I Went to School to Become a Clown
By Ashley Harrell I was recently at a bar with a friend when I told him something I hoped would...
Wait a San Francisco Minute
By Sarah Han...
Keep Off the Grass
By Hanah Snavely I remember the exact moment when I heard Dolores Park would be closing. I was in my...
Literary Drinking
By LJ Moore As a poet recently released from the repressive wine-and-cheese readings of academia, I’m really...
Hot and Heavy
By Laura Beck Being a fationista is no easy task, especially when you fall in this weird in-between of...
The Sipping Point
By Nicole Martinelli It’s a challenge to find a simple, workaday cappuccino like I used to get at The...
Reality Bites
By Justine Sharrock It all started with an ad in the Bay Guardian for Bender’s sushi happy hour. I...
America’s Cupping
By Mat Honan Ritual Coffee Roasters on Valencia Street is the epicenter of San Francisco hipster life. On any given...
Beautiful Dead Things
By Annetta Black The walls and shelves of Paxton Gate on Valencia are laden with dead things: rows of mounted...