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Club Waziema: Where Divisdero Still Feels Like The Western Addition
OFF MENU IS SPONSORED BY BENDER’S BECAUSE THEY ARE BADASS. DROP BY AND MAKE SOME BAD DECISIONS WITH SOME GOOD PEOPLE! This originally appeared in my The Weeknighter column in 7×7 on March 27, 2013. “People laughed at us and thought we were crazy when we told them we were going to open
You Can Help Standing Rock by Supporting their Health Clinic
The Do No Harm Coalition, is a group of 300+ doctors, nurses, students, faculty, and staff at UCSF who are committed to ending racism and state-sanctioned violence. They made headlines recently when they came out in support of Colin Kaepernick. Right now they are raising $100k to help create a free
An Open Letter to Barry Jenkins – One of SF’s Unknown Heroes
Mr. Barry Jenkins, One day, several years ago, I found myself on Twitter following a discussion about Indy Black film and the title that popped up a couple times and mentioned by the more hip of the Twitter tastemakers, Medicine for Melancholy. I love that title. I was interested and
7 Pumpkin Spice Products that Just Shouldn’t Exist
Never before has there been a single flavor that is so completely associated with a very specific group of people: basic white girls…in Uggs…and yoga pants. Pumpkin Spice seems to so perfectly embody what it apparently means to be a basic white girl. Then again I have no real bearing on the situation because I feel like half of the people who throw the term around would qualify as basic white girls themselves.
What it’s Like Canvassing for Hillary Clinton in Nevada
“EXCUSE ME!”
I tense up as the tall gray-haired man wearing grandpa glasses yells to grab our attention and then stands a little too close for comfort. I was with 3 other women outside a Starbucks in Reno wearing Hillary Clinton t-shirts as we got ready to knocks on doors and talk to voters. Outside of my Bay Area bubble, I realize I’m assuming random people (well, white men at least) are Trump supporters until they prove otherwise.
All The Dope Halloween Parties in SF & The East Bay
October is the High Holidays in San Francisco and Halloween is the bacchanalia that caps it all off. Halloween parties in SF and the East Bay are in no short supply so if you are wondering what to do, we’ve gathered up a list of all the cool shit happening.
SF Woman Now Taking Applications For Temporary Live-in Boyfriends
Strange CL ad has a San Francisco woman claiming that she is ‘tired of Tinder’, and now looking for a boyfriend as well as a way to save on rent.