Advice

Local Legend of the Week: Paul Madonna, Creator of SF Chronicle Series ‘All Over Coffee’
Paul Madonna writes and draws the weekly series All Over Coffee, which is published in the San Francisco Chronicle, He is the author of two books, All Over Coffee (City Lights 2007), and Everything is its own reward (City Lights 2011), which won the NCBR Recognition Award for Best Book in 2011. The man has a gift for

Debauchery – Hot Queer Burlesque in the Nation’s Oldest Gay Bar
Do you have plans for Sunday night? After a full day of spanking, whipping and getting all pervy on each other at Folsom Street Fair shoot on over the bridge…(YES, the bridge) and watch queer ladies dance and shimmy their lovely lady lumps at you at Oakland’s monthly drag/burlesque show

Are You Raising Restaurant Ready Children?
Dear Parents: You may not be aware of, but when you walk into a restaurant with your beautiful baby in your paisley Baby Bjorn wrap or with your MacLauren stroller and your gracious host walks your six top over to your table – your servers eyes may scan the insides

Vote for Broke-Ass
It’s time again for the SF Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay Contest. I really like winning stuff, so I’d appreciate your help in getting me voted best something. “Best Overall Website” would be awesome if you dig what me and Team Broke-Ass have been throwing down for you. Also wouldn’t that be amazing

The City That Was: The Literary Obsession That Ate My Life
In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time. In the days before social media and online entertainment, people had a

Tweeting Against Domestic Abuse
Image courtesy of examiner.com So just to recap the last two weeks – everyone hates Ray Rice, Roger Goodell, and the Atlanta justice system for allowing Rice a pretrial diversion program to avoid jail time and the incident going on his record. This is not news to anyone. The story

Why You Should NOT Buy an iPhone 6
There is a new iPhone out, for no better reason than it is September and Apple puts out a new iPhone every September regardless…

I Set Up My OKCupid Profile, as a Dog: The Responses Were Pretty Hilarious.
Last February I started an OKCupid profile as a chocolate labrador named ‘Waffles’. The profile was received with mixed reviews. Some said I was an innovator, some said I was a fraud, some wanted to scratch behind my ears, but OKCupid said “One or more of your photos was flagged