Advice
Super Bowl 50: The Good, the Bad…the Free Stuff.
Super Bowl 50! The chaos and glory of football has descended onto Downtown SF and created a storm of happy and angry people alike. I love football. A LOT. So, I’m not one of the SB50 dissenters. It is known that San Francisco heinously mishandled the NFL and SB50 Host Committee negotiations. Ed
Super Bowl 50 Traffic Maps & Infographics
New maps and schedules to help you understand outages, rescheduling & traffic due to Super Bowl City.
10+ Days of Creative Activist Mayhem Coming to San Francisco
The media’s buzzing with the old news of artists’ displacement in San Francisco. Every month the remaining members of the city’s arts community mourn the loss of yet another place where creative people lived or worked together for years. The cause celebre of artist David Brenkus ‘s eviction from his
Fear and Loathing in NYC: 5 Things We Hate Yet Love About the Big Apple
This place is terrible. No really, it is. I’ve encountered some of the harshest, brutal, no good kinds of denizens that inhabit this city. Whether it is people not saying “Please” or “Thank You” when you are in need of, or giving away a subway seat, to those hipsters living
Lessons I Learned by Running for Mayor
Now that I’ve got a little distance from the whole mayoral campaign, I’ll be writing a bit more about what it was like. This particular piece is from a monologue I did for The Kinda Late Show. Also, Drew Platt wrote some of it with me. It’s supposed to be funny
What Not to Do on BART
To avoid being hated on public transit, avoid doing these 12 things
A Day in the Life of a Bike Messenger
Courier: Notes from a Modern Day Bike Messenger Usually, when I tell people I’m a courier, they are too polite to correct me. ‘A career what?’ they ask. I restate that I am a cuhr-EE-yuhr, and they nod, then ask after my weekend plans. To the average San Franciscan, ‘courier’
12 Ways You Can Help the Homeless
Guest post by Meghan Murphy from HandUp.org HandUp is direct giving for homeless people and others in need in your neighborhood. Your donations are redeemed for basic needs like food, clothing, and medical care through their partner organizations. Learn more here. It can be an overwhelming feeling to not know