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2/22/2012

Every writer, fledgling or veteran, gets trapped in his or her own mind sometimes, and it becomes hard to tell what works and what doesn't. If you’ve been writing a memoir, travel stories, or personal essays and want to get...More»

12/14/2011

San Francisco’s food scene has always been globally influential, but the latest culinary exporters are trying to re-create more than just the flavors of the city: Like Dorothy’s house swept away and plopped...More»

11/14/2011

Our devoted readers take San Francisco everywhere they go. Today's e-mail brought this picture of our August issue being enjoyed while one of our fans floats in the Dead Sea. We hope she was able to keep the pages dry!More»

5/11/2011

Food carts on every corner, housecured bacon on the menus, bearded bartenders, baristas with attitude—a Bay Area girl can feel right at home in Portland. On a rainy afternoon (I’m assured there...More»

5/1/2011

I miss the coastal weekends of my childhood—small inns without phones, empty beaches, long walks in the woods—which was exactly why Lummi, the San Juan island without the tourist trade, was so...More»

5/1/2011

The Pinnacles seem like a legend—could this exotic jumble of minarets, said to be hidden among the rolling hills between Salinas and nowhere, really exist? Ask any Bay Area native and he’ll say, “Yeah, I’ve...More»

5/1/2011

The fresh-out-of-the-water oysters and salt air of Tomales Bay are rarely enough to lure me an hour’s drive north, since our own bay is just a stone’s throw from my city apartment. But this year’s word that...More»