Cool kids Kelly Lovemonster (of queer hip-hop monthly Swagger Like Us) and Caitlin Donohue (former culture editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian) are celebrating the six month anniversary of their DIY media empire AHDM4U.com. Check them out for the real real on visual arts, fashion, hip-hop, guides to hip around the world, and weekly guides

So this sounds pretty amazing! Eye Heart SF is throwing their biggest party yet. It’s fucking Moby on New Year’s Eve with a premium open bar. And I’ve got a pair of tickets, $300 value, to give away to it. Also if you just wanna go ahead and buy tickets

I’ve been a fan of Miwi La Lupa‘s work for years. Back when I first got hip to him he was in a band called Thought, and has since gone on to be in Charlie Hunter’s band as well as be an original member of Red Baraat. Now he’s about

$3 to make three hanging pom-poms, DIY-style. I’m usually extremely well-behaved during the week. Between free breakfast food at work and going to classes at the gym instead of happy hours at night, I can get from Monday to Friday without spending too much moolah. Come the weekend, though, and

The fight to make the official name of the Bay Bridge, The Emperor Norton Bridge continues. Check out thus rad event. All the info is from the FB invite. Starting in 1880, and every year since, a grand tree has stood in San Francisco’s Union Square during the holiday season —

San Francisco during the Gold Rush in 1851 (wikipedia) As we all know, due to San Francisco’s second digital gold rush, real estate is unfathomly expensive right now. I mean, the average price for a one bedroom apartment is $2,800! While that shit is absolutely ridiculous it got me thinking

Board games have undergone a renaissance in the last decade or so. These aren’t the haphazard games of chance you grew up with or that boring time warp you always got sucked into at Grandma’s house. The new generation of board games focuses on light strategy and a social experience.

Did you know that nearly 100 hundred years ago most of New York’s transit system was developed through something known as the Dual Contracts? According to the New York Transit Museum, they were “agreements that dictated the construction, rehabilitation and operation of the rapid transit lines in New York City.”