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One of Facebook's First Employees Is a Drag Queen, an AIDS Survivor, and, Finally, an Open Book
Tom LeNoble moved to San Francisco 33 years ago expecting to die of AIDS. Instead he built a tech career in business suits, and kept both his diagnosis and his heels away from the office.
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The SF Symphony threw a perfectly pleasant 2026 gala, but I have some notes
Hilary Hahn was flawless, the floral arrangements beautiful, and the French 75 cocktails were custom made. But the SF Symphony's 2026 gala played it so safe that I doubt it said much to a younger generation.
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The Best Thing About Burning Man Is Staying In San Francisco
Tens of thousands of people will pay four figures and drive six hours to a place with no shade in order to be somewhere hot and dusty. Meanwhile, San Francisco's real summer starts almost exactly when the buses pull out.
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What Dolly Parton Left in San Francisco
Dolly's legacy in SF was small in comparison to her international fame and influence. But she did leave a mark here.
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What It's Like at Zuni Café in Hayes Valley
The chicken takes about 75 minutes and the menu says so. It's $75 and it feeds two.
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What It's Like at The Riptide in the Outer Sunset
High ceilings, brick floor, knotty pine, taxidermy, and a fire going. The Riptide is the townie bar you want to visit.
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What It's Like at Twin Peaks Tavern in Castro
Twin Peaks is generally credited as the first known gay bar in America with full-length open plate glass.
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The Bougiest Parts of Outside Lands 2026
The festival is good. The lineup is good, and the food is allegedly great. But the luxury tiering has crossed from expensive into a little cartoonish.
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What It's Like in Tartine, San Francisco
Today the country loaf runs $14.95, probably the single most argued-about number in San Francisco baking.
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What It's Like at Orphan Andy's in Castro
The neon, the red vinyl booths, the counter stools and the jukebox are all still there, and so are the chicken fried steak and the Monte Cristo.
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Vogue World is coming to San Francisco. It's a naked cash grab for tech money
The announcement today that Vogue World would grace our foggy city on the west coast in 2027 is not especially news that makes sense at first.
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What It's Like at Café Zoetrope in San Francisco's North Beach
People love the room and argue about the food, the spaghetti and meatballs gets named more than anything else, and the prices draw the most complaints.
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What It's Like at Cinderella Bakery in San Francisco's Richmond District
The location is busy and small, but quite honestly, it’s not that hard to get a table outside. The weather is a surprisingly pleasant microclimate. And the bread that comes with most meals is fucking phenomenal.
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What it was like leaving Medium for Ghost
I have middling opinions about platforms like Medium. The Bold Italic couldn't run banner ads. We also didn't have access to Google Analytics, and URLs had weird database markup letters, numbers, and dashes.