San Francisco

A Walking Tour of Some of My Favorite Mission Bars
You know that we know San Francisco better than anyone else and we’ve got insider knowledge on all the best shit to do, see, eat, and drink. We’re bad motherfuckers like that. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have one of our expert broke-asses in your pocket at any given moment to give you a personal tour of our favorite spots?

We wanna send you and a friend to see Violent Femmes and Echo and the Bunnymen!
Violent Femmes formed in 1981 as an acoustic punk band playing on the streets of Milwaukee. Their main influences at that time were Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, and The Velvet Underground. Their goal was to rock harder than any other acoustic act on the planet. They were rejected

The Strangest Places to Get Free Wine
OFF MENU IS SPONSORED BY BENDER’S BECAUSE THEY ARE BADASS. DROP BY AND MAKE SOME BAD DECISIONS WITH SOME GOOD PEOPLE! Guest post by Benjamin Steele I tumbled down a rabbit hole. Dentists are serving wine now. I have mixed feelings. I mean, that’s a pretty strong reason for me not to hate

The 500 Club is the Definition of What a Dive Bar Should Be
It beckons you. Through neon lights and an illuminated martini glass, it calls your name. With cheap booze and rambling conversation, it pulls you in. Like a moth to a flame, or rather, a fly to a bar, The 500 Club sings a sweet siren’s song to all who pass her by. It says, “We are for each other,” and you admit she’s right, popping in for just one drink, which always turns into three.
Weird & Wonderful: Hanging with Cosmic Amanda Founder of BFF.fm
Weird & Wonderful is back and this time we recorded it in our new home over at BFF.fm! Our guest this time is founder of BFF.fm Cosmic Amanda. She talks about her award winning internet radio station, why she started it, and what she loves about doing radio. If this

Are Tasers Non-Lethal Weapons? Hundreds of Deaths Say Otherwise.
This originally appeared in Street Sheet Grassroots movements of people organized under the banner of Black Lives Matter have put law enforcement under a whole new level of scrutiny. The public outcries and unrest of the communities of Ferguson, Baltimore, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles have unleashed a new

Another Mission Artist Studio Loses Lease, Art Sell-off to Follow
The artists at Workspace Limited Art Studios have been priced out after 13 years. Yet another creative space for working artists has been sold to the highest bidder in the Mission. In the words of the Cultural Space Coalition: “Sadly, this update announces that Sharon and Flora’s studio building is CLOSING! Unfortunately,

5 Tragic Ways Backyards Are Wasted in San Francisco
San Francisco is a cramped and expensive city, so you know you’ve got something special when you find a place to live that actually has its own outdoor space (be it backyard, balcony, or rooftop). These gardens are rare, but are they cherished? It’s one of the weird ironies of