I’m gearing up to send out my Autumn postcard and this one is a keeper! Who wouldn’t want a special little trinket you can put on your fridge so that your visitors will wonder what kind of weird shit you’re into?

Back in the day Tosca was part of what I called “The Holy Trinity of San Francisco Bars”. Along with Specs‘ and Vesuvio, Tosca represented the funky old North Beach bohemian scene that was part of what made San Francisco special. Then in 2012 it was announced that, due to

If you’ve seen the news, you know things are getting pretty dire. COVID is spiking all over the country and even though San Francisco has done a great job of keeping rates down so far, we’ve had to roll back indoor dining. Luckily there is Free COVID Testing in San

In the face of the turmoils of the past four years, both small and large, how does one cope? I picked up the guitar and learned a few new Dylan songs. I got more addicted to video games than ever before. I wrote more, or at least, I told myself

Ready for more food and Christmas programming on Netflix to honor the season?  The programming treats in the second part of November include a Dolly Parton musical featuring over a dozen original Parton songs, a Shondaland documentary about Debbie Allen’s unique take on “The Nutcracker,” and a look at the

Quite simply put, not wearing a mask makes you a bad person. It doesn’t make you a patriot. It doesn’t make you an independent thinker. It isn’t you totally showing those “libtards.” It just means that you genuinely don’t care about anyone other than yourself. Let me explain.

Mount Saint Elias, That Band Frank, and Matteo Lovik  are playing on people’s porches, in their backyards, and at closed music-halls across the state of California in a livestreamed concert tour called Porchella. The three bands have so far performed in Sonoma, Santa Cruz, Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, and