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Here’s Why Restaurants Will Never Be the Same
It’s going to be a long time before restaurants are back to normal, even after the vaccine rollout and Covid is in the rearview mirror. There are some things that will probably never go back to the way they were before. Personally, what I will miss most is greeting my
Margo St. James, Matriarch of the Modern Sex Work Movement, Has Died
Historic SF sex worker organization St. James Infirmary broke the devastating news Tuesday that its namesake and founder Margo St. James had passed. “With profound sadness, the St. James Infirmary announces the death of the most storied among our founders, Margo St. James,” the health and safety clinic said in
Carroll Fife Cuts Her Oakland City Council Teeth With Encampment Amendment Issue
Oakland City Council will meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss a number of agenda items. Among items to be considered are some simple extensions of emergency declarations, a proposal to lease land near the Chabot Space & Science Center for use by the school district and clarification of the city’s regulations
San Francisco’s Queen of Monologues Turns 35 in Style
A million years ago, in 2018, when sitting in the confines of a tiny theater in the Tenderloin wasn’t anxiety-inducing in the least, I caught “Altars for my Alters” at the SF Fringe Festival. While most solo Fringe shows are minimalistic, often performed by a person in black using only
I Spent 24 hours on Parler Watching it Implode
It took a while to get used to it’s stuttering interface and odd flow of threads, but getting past that I threw up a few original posts: they got mad really fast. My notifications went wild. In my first hour or so on the site, these people proved they are the flakiest of snows.
The Best Stuff On Hulu In January
With this preview, yours truly is shifting streaming coverage from two monthly pieces on Netflix highlights to one devoted to Netflix and one devoted to Hulu. This switch means offering only a belated brief suggestion to check out on Netflix in the coming weeks the anti-”Slumdog Millionaire” adaptation The White
Believe New York’s Winter Clothes Drive is Happening Now
Winter in NYC can be brutal for those without shelter. Potential for blizzards and subzero temperatures are all too real for the nearly 80,000 individuals that are currently without homes in New York City alone. Believe New York is looking to clothe as many people as possible. Hot off their
