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Servers Say These are the 5 Best Tippers. Are You One of Them?
Anyone who has waited tables for more than a hot minute has pretty much developed a sixth sense that can sniff out good tippers from bad ones. And after waiting tables for many years, some servers think they can predict the tip based simply on the type of person that

What Is Queer Pain? Understanding April Dawn Alison
Are we ready to take on queer pain? Throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, Oakland artist and resident April Dawn Alison took a series of self-portraits on Polaroid film in voluminous cocoa wigs and rouge lips, in a PVC skirt and color-matched pumps, in bondage. The massive compilation

We Wanna Send You to See DIVA or Die this Weekend!
FLASH GIVEAWAY ALERT! This weekend, the EXIT Theatre will host DIVA or Die, the monthly burlesque and cabaret experience! With spectacular shows on both Friday and Saturday night, there’s a lot to look forward to. On Friday, 7/22, enjoy the DIVA or Die Cabaret, featuring an array of performance

The Bay Area has the #5 Worst Average Commute in the US
American commutes are getting longer, with a U.S. Census Bureau report released in 2021 revealing the average one-way commute in 2019 reached a record high of 27.6 minutes. Combined with record-high gas prices, workers’ daily commutes are increasingly time-consuming and expensive—so much so that some are calling for commutes to

How A Viral Tiktok Got Me Interviewed By The SF Chronicle
Despite the antics of my meme page, I try to live a quiet and relatively simple life. I work from home. I hang out with my girlfriend. I make sassy memes and write sassier articles. I Doordash food and then immediately promise myself that I won’t Doordash food again, but

Why San Francisco Is The Best Place To Watch Movies.
This may be a strange way to start an article about the joy of watching movies, but I’m not a film buff. I’m big into music, videos games and books, but I tend to fidget when watching a feature film. Whenever someone would invite me to go to a movie

What to Expect from the “Stranger Things” & “Bridgerton” Experiences
If you’re like me, the Stranger Things and/or Bridgerton “experiences” were heavily advertised to you on social media and probably piqued your curiosity. Co-produced by Netflix and Fever, they have certainly created a ripple in post-pandemic San Francisco, where people are thirsty to get off their couches and actually do