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How I Discovered The Art of Doing Nothing: Part Two
Last week, I left you with skepticism. After years of resistance, I picked up Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing. I was admittedly prepared for a predictable read. I was ready to meet another advocate for mindfulness in these pages, repackaging the message of Eckhart Tolle and Alan Watts for

Why Dr. Dre’s Halftime Show Nostalgia Was Exactly What America Needed
The last three years have been hard. Dr. Dre knows this. Despite the fact that he is not a licensed medical practitioner, he somehow gave us the medicine we needed: West Coast Gangsta Rap nostalgia. The pandemic made us all long for a time when we could breathe next to

What’s Up WIth Kanye West?
No matter how rocky your Valentine’s Day went, something tells me it wasn’t as rocky as Kanye West’s. It seemed every few hours Kanye would post some poorly cropped image of an outfit Pete Davidson wore that he didn’t approve of while vaguely threatening bodily harm on Pete Davidson and

Cast Away: A Story Of Homelessness In The Bay Area
Written By: J.E. Vigil Perhaps I ended up homeless due to my own negligence. Maybe it was my parents or the rise in gentrification or the inflated price of apartments that I couldn’t quite understand. Why was it that a small studio apartment cost nearly $2,000? Frankly, I really didn’t

Romance Scams Are on the Rise in the Bay Area
Amidst the roses, romantic dinners and candy, danger lurks on Valentine’s Day and other days, with romance scams on the rise across the Bay Area, FBI officials said Friday. Victims in the FBI’s San Francisco division lost more than $64 million to romance scams in 2021, compared with $35 million

We Want to Send You to the Imagine Picasso Exhibit!
I friggin LOVE an immersive art experience – what’s more magical than being WITHIN a painting? That’s why I think it’s a super big deal that we’re partnering with the new immersive art exhibit, Imagine Picasso! Two lucky winners will receive a pair of tickets to experience the whole thing

The Secret Story Behind Alameda’s Love Letter Mailboxes
Early Saturday morning the 12th, I received an anonymous message on Facebook stating: “I saw your post on Alameda Peeps about your story on the red love letter mailboxes. I can get you in contact with the person who created these on the condition that they stay anonymous?” Attached was