Travel

24 Dec 2023

How to Travel to Hong Kong on the Cheap

I recently went to Hong Kong and did it incredibly cheaply. Everyone talks about how expensive Hong Kong is, and to be fair, if you want to, you can spend a lot of money. But it’s also possible to do it quite cheaply. This is how I did it: Flights

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A burger.
11 Dec 2023

Lunch Aboard Amtrak Is a Burger-Filled Majesty

BY DAVID COPPIN LANEGAN David Coppin Lanegan (@willybillybilliam, @wavesons.band) is a writer and musician. Find his SubStack Jawbone here, and his band Wavesons’ music here.  Mottled blue and white carpet and air pump from the rounded, creme ceiling on the Coast Starlight, the Amtrak Train with service from Seattle to Los Angeles. Visions

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20 Nov 2023

Scenes From San Francisco’s Western Front

As I sit on the face of a shrub-studded dune, wind-spiraled sand in my eyes, a man and his two children approach the edge of the beach above me. Dad, I assume, has a fishing pole in his hand, the same as dozens of journeymen along Ocean Beach headed north.

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02 Nov 2023

How Rosamunde Sausage Grill led me to love, pain, and cocaine

A love letter to San Francisco Sausage & Beer. 

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Petrified wood.
30 Oct 2023

This Ancient Forest in Sonoma is Rad as Hell

When I was a kid, my grandma would take me to the petrified forest museum in Vantage, Washington, out amongst the brown, dusty fields abutting the Columbia River Gorge. I was mystified — wood, but it’s rock. Over millions of years, the actual molecules inside the felled trees finds itself

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27 Oct 2023

WITCHFEST And The Enchanting World of Alameda’s Feathered Outlaw

Last week, on the West End of Alameda, a full coven of witches gathered for the third annual WITCHFEST hosted by Feathered Outlaw. This unique gathering brought together more than 30 independent vendors specializing in magical products, as well as a diverse array of holistic and mystical practitioners, all drawing

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27 Oct 2023

Unveiling Eerie True Tales With The Haunted Bay in SF

We’ve discussed this… I’m a scaredy cat and I even get pretty jumpy inside not-so-scary haunted houses. However, I love a great ghost story and The Haunted Bay knows of most all of the ghosts hidden in the dark corners here. Haunted Bay is the brainchild of Ying Liu who

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13 Oct 2023

The Bay’s Least Scary Haunted House

It’s that time of year when all of the Halloween attractions in the bay are in full swing. From intricate corn mazes to haunted houses and paranormal circuses, there are spooky adventures all around us. I’ll admit it’s somewhat subjective to make this claim without having *yet* experienced each of

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