San Francisco

I Drive SF: From Rideshare to Taxi
It’s inevitable. Now that I drive a taxi, I regularly field the inquiry: “So… have you thought about driving for Uber?” When I tell my passengers that I did the Lyft and Uber thing before switching to taxi driving, they’re usually shocked. “Don’t you make more money with Lyft and

Tiny Baby, Tiny Apartment (Part 2): Create a Nursery from Thin Air in 3 Easy Steps
You’re pregnant — about to pop — and you live in a tiny apartment. Soon you’re going to have to fit a baby in there. But how? You’ve Googled it. You’ve scoured Pinterest. Surely someone’s blazed the way for you. Where’s that don’t-take-no-shit Manhattan couple with all the answers? Or

10 Water Saving Tips That Will Also Save You Money
I’m from a country where water saving technologies have been in place for as long as I’ve stood on that barren, sunburned land. Duel flush toilets, low-flow shower-heads and water harvesting technologies were not part of drought interventions but just a way of life. As progressive as San Francisco and

Tiny Baby, Tiny Apartment (Part 1): Pregnant and Not Moving to Oakland
You live in a tiny San Francisco apartment and you’re pregnant. The clock is ticking. What was once months away is now weeks. You can’t put it off anymore — it’s time to figure out where this baby is going to live. Maybe we should buy a house, you think.

Plans To Replace Lucky 13 With More Condos
Lucky 13, a bar full of good beers on tap, artistic murals, punk rock posters, free popcorn, and well lubricated locals is under threat in the Upper Market corridor (2140 Market Street). Plans to bulldoze the beloved bar were submitted to the SF Planning Department by the Forum Design Group LLC in

Win A One-Year Subscription To Belle SF: Filling 7×7’s Print Hole
BelleSf is San Francisco’s newest magazine, a mix of art, culture, and nude photography. Produced quarterly, BelleSf is local smut at its finest: great writing, interviews with local artists, and nudes. Issue #4 is now available for pre-order online and digital issues of #1 to #3 can be found on

Win Tickets to Talib Kweli: Race, Justice and Hip Hop @ Castro Theatre
Talib continues to speak out against the militarization of the police force, the prison industrial complex, and institutionalized racism. Considered one of the most lyrically gifted and socially aware rappers of our time, Talib feels that artists have a responsibility to the communities that support their careers. Hear

Comedian, TV Star & Local Legend Greg Proops
A killer on Who’s Line is it Anyway, a voice actor on everything from The Nightmare before Christmas to Stripperella. His glasses, tailored suit, and pompadour have been all over your television set since the 1980’s. When he wasn’t doing Ugly Betty or Flight of the Concords, Greg was making people think and laugh liberally as