BFF.fm: Keeping SF’s Creativity Alive Through DIY Community Radio
I’ve been a big fan of BFF.fm since they launched and have been a guest on a number of their shows. Then starting a few months ago Sonny Phono and I began recording our podcast Weird & Wonderful with Broke-Ass Stuart there. Because I love what they do, and as
How To Survive Riot Fest (Trust Us, You’ll Want To)
Bonnaroo may be in tents but Riot Fest is INTENSE! Pitchfork doesn’t even have pitchforks but Riot Fest is a RIOT! For a long walk in a nice park head to Lollapalooza. For a short walk into a mosh pit stumble into Riot Fest. We were offered the most excellent
Things To Do While All the Dummies Are At Burning Man
If there was ever a weekend to do things that are normally TOO crowded with locals, this is the weekend. Here’s a big old list of fun, mostly free, outdoorsy things to do in SF & OAK with your non-burner friends, but also think about that thing you always wanted to do, but it was always way too full to do. Do that, this weekend. And I’ll see yas out there!
NYC Summer Grub Series: The Chelsea Market
By Jonas Barnes NYC is a city full of anything and everything you could want. Entertainment, 5-star cuisine, drinks and homeless men masturbating are just a sample of the indulgences you can take part of every day in NYC. As the summer rolls in, the city unleashes pure culinary bliss
The Best Art Parties, Street Fests & Fairs in San Francisco
There is an explosion of fun artsy events happening in San Francisco this time of year. 2 weekends of art fairs, street parties, and even an artist takeover of a hotel. This is the time to get out there and mix it up with thousands of artists, makers, movers and shakers. Here are the art centered
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7 Cheap or FREE 4/20 Events in the Bay Area
I’m one of those people who got my medical card my second week in SF. I’ll never forget the dangly earring, nor the sparkly barrette, that my doctor wore as he very sternly asked me where I’d be going to get my prescription filled. I had no idea! I barely
As San Francisco Goes, So Goes Oakland
This originally appeared in my Broke-Ass City column for the SF Examiner. The last time San Franciscans talked this much about Oakland was in 1906. The City was ablaze and 100,000 residents fled across San Francisco Bay, many never to move back to San Francisco. They say the population of
I Went to Both the Inauguration & the Women’s March. This is What I Learned.
History is a tricky thing. It’s rare that you can perceive the exact moment a cultural shift occurs while it’s actually happening. Usually the slow, steady, relentlessness of time obscures the importance of events, and it’s not until you look back that you realize “That! That was the moment everything