In Stairway Walks in San Francisco, author Adah Bakalinsky writes there are more than 600 stairways throughout the Baghdad by the Bay. It’s writer Gary Kamiya who pens love letters to some of these wondrous joys, such as the Filbert Steps between Telegraph Hill Place and Sansome Streets. The Pemberton Steps

So many of San Francisco’s natural treasures are free-to-access, such as the whimsical Pemberton Steps running through the center of the city and the Bay’s own hidden Mount Olympus. Yet there are some leisures that are for the big, bold, and brassy, the pleasures for the ritzy and luxe. Just

As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon

If you are feeling down from a lack of Harry Potter in your life, I have some very good news for you! Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Experience- A Parody by Dan and Jeff has arrived in San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts Theater. It is sure to delight muggles, witches,

It’s fall in the Bay Area and that means art openings, wine and the ubiquitous round of ignored brie and crackers…oh yes, and the grapes, there’s always grapes! If I were to try to tell you to go to any single show I couldn’t actually do it. Galleries and museums

This past weekend, Edwardian Ball came to San Francisco for its 22nd season. People came from all over to celebrate and showcase their best costumes, dance and shop at The Regency Ballroom. We showed up on Friday to enjoy the spectacle. Throughout the night, our staff photographer, Vita Hewitt, snapped