Katy Atchison

05 Aug 2022

Discover The Building With a Kaleidoscope Roof: Vertical Panorama

Let your thoughts drift away in this newly built kaleidoscope of a building tucked away in Sonoma. If you’ve been in the one-way color tunnel integrated into the bridge within SFMOMA, you’ve experienced the beautiful art installations created by Berlin-based artist Olafur Eliasson. Another one of his gorgeous installations is

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29 Jul 2022

San Francisco’s Mr. Men and Little Miss

This past week or so, the Little Miss children’s book series went viral with hilarious memes which played off the iconic children’s book series. So, I  decided to create a few for Broke-Ass Stuart – just for fun. These are the types of people we know and love in San

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Keri playing around on the "beach" - Penguin sits to watch the sunset - photo by Keri Nelson for Simply Antarctica
29 Jul 2022

Artist You Should Know: Simply Antarctica

Every Summer and Winter, Keri Nelson travels from her home in San Francisco all the way back to Antarctica (also known as “The Ice”) to work at a United State research base, Palmer Station, on the Antarctic peninsula. Her husband, Alex, stays behind to work his tech job and watch

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Farmers Market Battles Elite School
22 Jul 2022

Who Will Win? The Farmer’s Market vs. The Elite High School

This week, a private battle between Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile (OSFMM) and a private high school, St. Ignatius College Preparatory(SI), became very public via a letter published online by OSFMM. The permit for The Sunset’s popular and well-trafficked farmer’s market will expire on August 13th and, while the

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15 Jul 2022

70,000 Truckers in Legal Limbo: Protest Planned

On Monday July 18th, local truckers plan to protest a recent Supreme Court decision that impacts over 70,000 truckers who operate within California. Last month, on June 30th, The Supreme Court denied The California Trucking Association’s petition for a hearing over the state’s Assembly Bill 5 (commonly known as AB5).

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Chef Davis of Burdell
15 Jul 2022

This Oakland Chef is Rewriting What American Food is

Editor’s note January 24th, 2024: Since writing this original interview, Chef Davis has been nominated by The James Beard Foundation as Best Chef in California as well as opened his restaurant in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland. His food is comforting, delicious and full of nostalgia while still being elevated.

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A verb for keeping warm owners in their home garden
08 Jul 2022

Oakland’s Most Inspiring Natural Dye Duo

Sandwiched between a cafe and a cupcake shop on San Pablo is an unassuming shop called A Verb For Keeping Warm (“A Verb” or AVFKW for short). From the outside, it looks like your typical yarn and fabric shop but behind the doors resides two of the Bay Area’s most

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portrait of Bright Enright with his work
05 Jul 2022

Artist You Should Know: Brian Enright, Industrial Reuse Sculptor

Brian Enright is a working artist and sculptor who creates artwork out of unconventional recycled materials. He designs work that helps you see the connection between yourself and the natural world; objects that start a conversation. Through my interview with him, you’ll learn where he gets his materials (via an

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