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20 May 2022

Unmistakable Traits of a Typical Bay Area Native

Anytime I step out of the Bay Area, I’m struck with one simple fact; you can take the Bay Area local outta the bay but you can’t take away my weird Bay Area quirks. It’s fun to ask yourself “What qualities give a Bay Area local away when we are

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30 Jan 2025

Jewelz Moya: The Artist Blending Opera, Stilt Walking, Fire Dancing, and Healing

Multifaceted artist Jewelz Moya combines opera singing, stilt walking, and intuitive healing to create a unique experience for her audience, inspiring others to tap into their deeper selves and find connection with the world around them.

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28 Nov 2024

1,000 Things I Miss About San Francisco

Submitted by John McLemore, an SF resident who had to move away, and now lives in a suburb of Dallas Texas… I’d give anything for a drunk guy walking by my apartment, yelling at nothing and no one. I miss getting up early on a Sunday, pouring a mimosa, cranking up the

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15 May 2024

How San Francisco Ignited Public Partying

By Steven T. Jones Originally published as “Partying Down the Apocalypse” on the weekly newsletter Scribe’s End Notes. Times are tough, but take heart: it’s the golden age for beer, booze, and marijuana. So things could be worse — at least we’re not facing The End sober. We in California

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02 Aug 2023

What to Wear (and Not to Wear) to Outside Lands!

Outside Lands Festival is back in just a couple of weeks and your friends at Broke-Ass Stuart are here to help you get ready for the big weekend with everything you should wear, not wear, and pack along with you for a hassle-free event! Coming up on August 11-13, 2023,

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50% off New Glasses + Free Shipping!

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26 Jul 2023

What it’s Like Moving Back to SF After 8 Years in Oakland

In 2015, I moved from San Francisco to Oakland. It was a big jump. I’d been living in Cole Valley and Lower Haight for about a dozen years, a whirling kaleidoscope of street festivals, loud bars, frenetic streets and the revolving cast of vagabonds always making their way through. I

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10 Jul 2023

Longtime San Francisco Skater Cites Police for Dolores Hill Bomb Fallout

BY JOE SCIARRILLO Saturday’s Dolores Hill Bomb, in my experience as someone at the event, boiled down to SFPD and prominent city officials co-opting a grass-roots skater gathering. Over 60 SFPD officers, dozens in riot gear brandishing batons and guns, blocked Dolores Street in the afternoon to prevent youth from

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17 May 2023

How I Finally Washed All The Stuff in My Costume Box

Most of us have a very dirty secret: none of the stuff in our costume boxes has ever been washed. Ok, maybe some articles were washed like seven years ago because something egregious happened during Santa Con, but you and I both know that most of your costumes are filthy.

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