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Friday Link Roundup: SF Food and Housing, and a Bra Controversy
I think we’re gearing up for a beach weekend, what with this heat wave passing through. I also think I promised Bean I’d take her to a horse ranch this weekend to pick out a horse to come live with...
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Heat Wave Survival Guide: A Map of San Francisco’s Public Pools and Beaches
We are really only getting through this heat wave by hitting up San Francisco’s beaches and pools, daily. Here is a handy map to help you figure out your closest public pool or beach. Beach parking...
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All Your 2015/2016 San Francisco Art, Music, and Food Festivals — Fall &...
And here it is! Our Fall & Winter Festival guide. This year, I’ve rounded up 150 festivals all around the Bay Area (and slightly beyond). Happy Festivaling! (A lot of future dates are...
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Friday Link Roundup: August Rolling to a Stop
Did you know that once you live in San Francisco, you can never go back? It’s true. Another good friend of ours is moving back. We are all fog-adoring, hill-climbing, artisan-toast-eating addicts....
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No, No, I Want to Live HERE: Our Favorite Northern California Towns
The highlight of our trip through Mendocino and Humboldt Counties was certainly all of the small, unexpected towns we passed through. Ornate, Victorian villages manifesting out of thin air? Yes, more...
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Friday Link Roundup: SF Crime is Way Up and Pasta Shape 101
How are you all celebrating the last weekend of August? Dave and I will be mattress shopping (fun!) and will probably go to the beach at least once. Because we’ve spent practically every weekend at...
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650 Sq Ft and a Baby: Where Does the Baby Sleep?
With San Francisco rents through the roof, I’m seeing more and more friends and acquaintances having babies in one bedroom apartments. You would not believe how common this has become. Moving into...
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Alexandra Pelosi Takes on ‘San Francisco 2.0’
San Francisco native and documentarian Alexandra Pelosi has taken on all of the sudden changes in SF in her latest documentary, “San Francisco 2.0”. The documentary airs on HBO on September 28th....
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Thursday Link Roundup
I’m signing off a day early this week. Yay, self-made four day weekend! What are all your labor day plans? With BART’s transbay tunnel closed, and traffic expected to be nightmarish, and Burners...
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SF Heat Wave Survival Guide: Crissy Field’s East Beach
Our 2015 heat waves continue this week, with temperatures in the 90s. I almost feel like it’s our civic duty to go downtown and usher all the tourists to Crissy Field. With this heat, Crissy Field...
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Cal Academy’s Free Fall 2015 Weekends are Coming!!
Heads up, SF! Cal Academy’s free Fall weekends are coming up at the end of the month. A chance to see their aquarium, hall of African wildlife, and butterfly dome. See also: free air conditioning!...
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Have a Great Weekend! (Cough, Sputter)
Isn’t it always the case that when you have the most planned, is when you end up the most sick? This weekend is chockablock with activities (grandparents in town, bachelorette party, big girl room...
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Friday Link Roundup: Old Timey SF Maps and Denim Sales
Some ladies go to spas to relax, others like to hole themselves up in a one bedroom apartment for the weekend painting, woodworking, eating really bad take out food late into the night, and watching...
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Have a Toddler Rock Collector? Time to Head to Rodeo Beach
I have no idea how or when it started, but Bean is a rock collector. We have to limit her to her favorite rock wherever we go. We explain that, well, we need to leave rocks for other children to...
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Friday Link Roundup: SF’s Wine Shops and Photo Styling Intel
Our busy September continues, with grandparents in town and Big Girl Bed ™ deliveries. I think Bean and I will have to spend all of October with our toes in the grass to recover. Is it starting to...
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Go Watch This Now: ‘San Francisco 2.0’
Alexandra Pelosi’s documentary short “San Francisco 2.0” premiered last night on HBO and it’s a must-watch for anyone living in San Francisco or curious about all the housing/cultural/economic...
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Our Favorite Union Square Eats
For a major tourist destination in SF, it can be tough to find reasonably priced, great food in Union Square. Thanks to easy BART/Muni access, proximity to the Children’s Creativity Museum, and...
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Friday Link Roundup: Wild Manhattan and a US-China Ivory Ban Agreement
And it’s Friday. We’re off to New Orleans this week to celebrate Dave’s dad and also introduce Bean to her motherland. It’ll be a week of family reunions and absolute, unabandoned gluttony. (My...
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Snapshots of the French Quarter
It turns out the French Quarter is highly photographable. Before the trip, I thought “the French Quarter” was one main street with some offshoots. It is 78 square blocks. That is a lot of technicolor...
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Friday Link Roundup: An SFist Writer’s Terrifying Uber Ordeal and Finnish...
Hey all, what do you have planned for the weekend? Pumpkin patches and hot apple cider? Is there a way to telefax rural Virginia to San Francisco? I also need to pull my act together and figure...
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