San Francisco

Which San Francisco Streets are Named After Famous Prostitutes?
Maybe you’ve heard the rumor that some San Francisco streets are named after famous female courtesans of the Gold Rush era. It’s true! But only in a couple of cases. We busted out our history books, mythbusters and trips to the San Francisco Library History Center to determine which San

A Great Little Scooter Tour of San Francisco
We teamed up with our friends at Scoot to come up with a fun Broke-Ass Style driving tour of SF. A tour ideally taken on an electric scooter, yeah buddy, an electric scooter

Win FREE Tickets to CTFU! Comedy Night @ Yoshi’s Oakland!
CTFU! Comedy Night feat. Mario Hodge w/ special guests Shea Suga, Chris Riggins, Jay Rich, Ricco Da Great & Teffany Malone. Hosted by Kirk McHenry. Saturday, July 25th @ Yoshi’s Oakland | 10pm [promosimple id=”7b53″]

THIS WEEK’S TOP EVENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO + NEW YORK
Rad Upcoming SF Events SF Symphony THU 7/23 7:30PM @ San Francisco Symphony All the best music from the James Bond movies w/ Grammy award winning singer Sheena Easton. Goldfinger, The Spy Who Loved Me, and Skyfall and a lot more. Check out our review of the Symphony here, and get

Broke-Ass Beauty Tips for Your Neighborhood’s Microclimate
You may have your friends back East fooled and thinking you live in a CALIFORNIA where the sky is full of sun and the air is salty from ocean breezes, but those of us that live in the reality of the Bay Area know better. Sunglasses and sunscreen are NOT

The Sf Symphony Is Playing Awesome Movies & Soundtracks
There’s nothing like it. You’re watching a movie you already love but now there’s 90+ musicians on stage playing all the musical parts, in a building built for sound. I was at the Back To The Future showing Saturday night and it did not disappoint

San Francisco’s Mayor’s Race Needs to be More than Just a “Cakewalk”
Since I have a big, loud, obnoxious voice in The Bay Area, I figured I’d lend it to my fellow mayoral candidates who also want to see Ed Lee dethroned. Not everyone has the millions of dollars that Lee has or the reach that I do, so it’s only fair to help give them a boost. Our first one up is Amy Farah Weiss.

The Nite Owl: The Lucky Penny
It’s been a fairly cold summer inside and out this year, but in the past weeks things have warmed up slightly, albeit encased in drizzle. I’m riding the 38-Geary out of the Tenderloin and away from Bus Station John’s frisky disc-y, the Tubesteak Connection where a gaggle of fuzzy men