Advice

How to Crash All the Best Dreamforce Parties for Free
Open bar, free entertainment and seitan skewer opportunities galore await you next week when tacky tech culture swallows SoMa and downtown for the Dreamforce 2015 conference (Sept.15-18). The world’s largest software conference is also the world’s largest party-crashing opportunity, with oodles of cash-negative startups throwing insanely opulent parties across our

7 Bay Area Adventures on a Budget
Remember that ad for herpes medication with the woman in a canoe announcing ‘I have genital herpes’ on a mountain lake? Or this CITI Bank ad where professional climbers put their gear on a credit card? We’re supposed to believe that these are the faces of adventure: good looking white people

Awesome Life Advice From Jerry Rice
Jerry Rice is about as legendary as an an athlete can get. Even if you’re not a football fan you know his name and know that he’s one of the best to ever play the game.

These Are The Saddest Films Ever
Over the last few decades, Asian filmmakers have set out to create the truly honorable feat of making us all want to cry until our eyes bleed. For those of us who love to self-torture over a weekend and not speak to anyone for days afterwards, there’s plenty of movies to

Why It’s So Important to Vote if You’re New to San Francisco
image from Bloomberg I was in a Lyft Line the other day. Since Lyft Line is the company’s carpool service, there was another stranger in the car, other than the driver. We’ll call her Madison since I don’t recall her name. Madison works in tech and I was telling her

Need a Burning Man Ticket Last Minute? Here’s How
Theoretically, you are not supposed to be able to get a Burning Man ticket this late in the game. But are you serious about still getting one? Burning Man tickets sold out within minutes of becoming available. The festival’s brilliant but underutilized Secure Ticket Exchange Program closed way back in

Life Advice from “The Reverend” Hunter Pence
Hunter Pence has become a goddamn legend here in San Francisco. He’s easily one of the most popular players on the Giants and he consistently kicks ass on the field. The folks over at Mode were able to catch up with him for this awesome candid interview. If you’re a Giants fan, you’re gonna love it.

The Adventures of Ed Lee & Shrimp Boy
San Francisco has been complacent about corruption for too long. We thought it appropriate to put recent developments in writing…and illustrations…enjoy
Illustrations by Fred Noland