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Broke-Ass Guide to Owning Pets
Whether you consider yourself a cat person or a dog person, chances are you’ve considered becoming a proud pet owner at one time or another. Pets can serve as awesome best friends, silent therapists, or surrogate children, but what many don’t realize is how costly these furry/feathery/scaly friends can be.

My Awesome Invention
I come from a long line of inventors. The most highly developed in our lineage was my grandpa Ralph. It all began, he told me, when he invented a basket that he lowered from his second floor bedroom as a child, into the kitchen below. He claimed that his mother

The Magazine: The Tenderloin’s Awesome Vintage Magazine Shop
Thanks to Paula W. for the photo Wow I’m really amazed people don’t talk about this one more, it’s definitely one of those places that deserves mention in as many conversations as possible. It literally has one of the biggest archives of porno mags I’ve ever seen, and what’s remarkable

Panna II: Where Chili Peppers and Christmas Lights Meet
I was focusing more on the waitstaff turning out the lights and yelling when they brought out my birthday cake, so it took me a minute to notice that a customer from another table had stood up, taken off his shirt, and started running back and forth in the restaurant’s

I Heart Tacos: A Taco Tour
Tacos are the greatest. They’re like a flavor punch in your face and cover all five of the basic food groups (do the math…yeah I’m right) which does a body good. It’s pretty hard to mess up a taco, so most you encounter will be at least alright, but for

Two Commonly Used Words That Originated in SF
I’m a self admitted history nerd: I wake up every morning and watch an hour of the History Channel. I generally like any movie that’s a period piece. I really wanna be one of the actors that gets to dress up for historical reenactments for TV and movies. Like I

Telecommuter’s 10 Commandments: Coffee Shop Etiquette for the “Work At Home” Crowd
There’s been a lot of talk over the last few months about coffee shops in NYC banning laptops during lunch rush hours or even disallowing anything with a screen altogether, so naturally some coffee purveyors in San Francisco are considering a similar move. And while I like to think we’ve