10/22/2010
It’s 5:45 in the afternoon. As usual, the line is out the door at Tartine Bakery, a café in the heart of “the Gastro,” as the... More»
9/20/2010
Up highway 101 north, past the winding Russian River and Ukiah, past the Avenue of the Giants and their rocket-size trunks, about 15 miles from the... More»
6/18/2010
* Because he's a poet and doesn't know it There is an intoxicating, stripped-down intensity that comes over Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum... More»
5/24/2010
Over the past few months, I’ve spent a lot of time at Starbucks and Peet’s, talking with men and women who used to have stable... More»
4/23/2010
Three years ago, at a two-day retreat in the Presidio, San Francisco architect Craig Hartman appeared before a crowd of urban-planning types at a... More»
4/23/2010
After reading Patricia Marx’s article in the New Yorker about shopping in Brooklyn (“Borough Haul,” March 8), you might think that... More»
12/18/2009
A few months back, I found myself in the emergency room at San Francisco General Hospital, doubled over in pain but strangely euphoric. The morphine... More»
11/19/2009
The Thug and Ed Lee...Today's Chron (11/2/11) breaks a big story concerning former CitiApartments strongman Andrew Hawkins and an... More»
11/18/2008
In the 11 months since Casey Brooks killed herself, I’ve spent a lot of time on her... More»
8/26/2008
Many years ago, someone industrious realized that the fastest way to a city dweller’s heart is a lively party with a free-flowing bar. The last place... More»
7/15/2008
Even without the existence of Twitter, the Yahoo! party would have been a madhouse. But with 10,000 conferencegoers texting each other about where to chill... More»
6/1/2008
ON March 4, 2008, aka Gay Marriage Day at the California Supreme Court, the press conferences in city hall started at 7:30... More»
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