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Travel Back in Time at the Art Deco Preservation Ball
There are few things we love in the Bay Area more than putting on a costume and partying. And if you’re a history nerd like myself, having a specific time period to frame the outfits and celebration makes it extra fun. That’s why I’m so excited about the Art Deco

Will Millennials Ever Be Able to Retire?
Guest Post by Ainsley Lawrence Millennials have had some pretty intense experiences over the years. They’ve seen life with and without the internet, have lived through economic crises on a global scale, and have watched the traditional ways to create a career and invest their hard-won cash erode beneath their

Free Burgers for Teachers (and everyone else) Today
It’s the last Monday in April, which means it’s Super Duper Day in San Francisco. The SF based burger chain is gifting free burgers to the first 100 people in line at 3 p.m. at every Super Duper location. It’s like a city-wide hamburger happy hour, but this year there

SF Big Wheel Race & Other Beautiful San Franciscans
“This is the perfect way to spend your Easter in between brunch and your inevitable trip to the emergency room.” On Easter Sunday the hipsters, techsters, youngsters, oldsters, hip-hoppers, cross-dressers, selfie-takers & merrymakers all converged on San Francisco’s most curviest crookedest street – Vermont Street– for the annual Bring Your

San Francisco is the Grayest Place on Earth (Take That As You Will)
If you are in need of a soundtrack to gray days in San Francisco, employ equally gloomy British rock bands — Babyshambles, Suede, The Smiths — they embody the silent torture of hazy rolling fog. The bands and the fog are doubtful and mysterious, cloaked in sorrow that comes from

What happens when the Dominatrix isn’t in the dungeon?
Welcome to Brain-Throbs & Blow Jobs, a column that will be highlighting the great minds and perspectives of Bay Area sex workers through interviews and photo portraits. I met Oakland based Pro Domme, Avalon Black, for a drink at a local coffee shop, and was reminded that being Dominant is not

Face To Face With Filmmaker Jose Garrotte
On Tuesday, April 30, filmmaker Jose Garrotte will appear at the Face-To-Face With The Filmmaker series, which is presented by Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema. Garrotte will be screening his latest work Invidente (Sightless) a short documentary about Belo Cipriani, a writer who lost his sight at the age of 26. The screening,