Beautiful Dead Things
The walls and shelves of Paxton Gate on Valencia are laden with dead things: rows of mounted heads, cases of skulls, hundreds of exotic insects behind glass....
The MissionA collection of 125 posts
Time Warp
I’ve long been convinced that if only I had been a decade older and could have, dosed up on acid and ecstasy and dolled up in club kid attire, danced till dawn to Deee-lite at one of the many parties that dotted this city in the pre-dot com era, I could have died a happy man....
My Chemical Romance
I didn’t consider myself a perfume kind of woman. Although I’ve tried wearing fragrances over the years, I’ve never felt comfortable enough to incorporate it into my daily routine....
San Francisco’s Best Photobooths
There’s something magical about a photo booth. And it’s not just that there’s a miniature dark room hidden behind the wall, or that someone has to care enough to measure and change the chemicals in the ancient machine....
Castle of Kink
It has been said by a lot of people, myself included, that San Francisco is a city slowly losing its edge....