Bars With Live Music in San Francisco
These are the spots where you can walk in on a Tuesday, order a drink, and find a jazz trio or a blues band playing ten feet away from you....
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Every Oyster Happy Hour and Deal I Could Find in San Francisco
Your complete guide to cheap bivalves across the city, from $1 holdouts to splurge-worthy shucks....
Passover in San Francisco Looks Nothing Like the One I Grew Up With
Maybe it makes sense that Passover in San Francisco doesn't look like Passover anywhere else....
My Favorite Places to Eat Outside in San Francisco's North Beach and Nearby
North Beach is the neighborhood where you go to sit outside, watch people walk by, and eat something good without making a whole production out of it....
The Boba District of San Francisco
Irving Street has more boba shops per block than some cities have total. It is a boba street that also has other things....
My weekend with ODC/Dance Downtown
The truth is that I go to these things for the people. The art is what sneaks up on me while I'm busy having a good time....
SF Ballet's Don Quixote Opens Tonight and I Already Know I'll Love It
There's bullfighters, knights, driads, and longing under the Spanish sun. What's not to love?...
The Bay Bridge Lights Are Back and We Need to Talk About Our Feelings
It is a meaningful moment for San Francisco's waterfront, which is a sentence I apparently mean without irony....
San Francisco Doesn't Have Air Conditioning. Here's How We Survive.
Half of SF metro area homes still don't have AC. The rest of us have developed coping mechanisms....
Loveski Deli Just Replaced the 'Erewhon of SF' — but make it bagels
Jackson Square somehow got even more expensive. We're going anyway....
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