From WTBI–San Francisco, you’re listening to “This San Franciscan Life.” I’m Guyra Glass. Each week we bring you a theme and tell you some stories based on it. This week’s theme: “These Are the People in Your Neighborhood.” A story in three acts about all the mischief your Bay Area neighbors are getting into.
Act I: Hood-Inked!
A tiny Golden Gate Bridge, a Muni pass and a whole lotta sports tats. We’ve got a curated list of funny, passionate and occasionally slightly cheesy Bay Area–specific tats. Read more …
Act II: Translating from Bay Arean to Seattlean
San Francisco and Seattle have a lot in common. Writer Cirrus Wood breaks down his ’hood-by-’hood comparison in a photo essay on the Emerald City. Read more …
Act III: The “Shitty Electric Vehicle” Race at the Polo Fields
Adam Savage, of Mythbusters fame, and Simone Giertz, the “Queen of Shitty Robots,” showed up at Golden Gate Park this past weekend to race their subpar electric vehicles. No one stayed upright the whole time. See the aftermath and read more here …
Top illustration (composite) by Topher McCulloch (“Ira Selfie”), Chris Michel (photograph) and Keith A. Spencer. Subsequent illustrations and photos, from top to bottom: Jessica Marcotte, Cirrus Wood and Peter Bartelme.
