This Week in Live Music: The Hold Steady, Midnite, Jon Hopkins, and The...
Let’s get right to the tomfoolery, people.Monday: The Hold Steady at Great American Music Hall Veteran rock band The Hold Steady WERE all about partying. Until they came to the realization that...
View ArticleA Marina Shop Owner With Unpredictable Style
What are you wearing?Jumpsuit by Paper Lantern, hat by Roberto Sanchez, necklace by Eleni Cassavetes, shoes by Steve Madden, bag by Ingrid + Astrid. Everything I’m wearing is from Marmalade, except for...
View ArticleWe Wanna Be Friends With High Fashion Makeup Artist Victor Cembellin
The fashion industry’s best makeup artist isn’t in LA or NY. He’s right here in San Francisco. Victor Cembellin is an internationally renowned M∙A∙C Cosmetics Senior Artist—and a devoted Bay Area...
View ArticleSpoonrocket Offers $1 Dinners Monday and Tuesday
You'd be a fool to pass up a $1 gourmet meal delivered straight to your door. Meal delivery service SpoonRocket is trying to set a Guinness World Record this week for the biggest citywide dinner party...
View ArticleThis Week's Hottest Events: Pedalfest, CoffeeCon, SF Marathon, & More
7x7 editors reveal the hottest events going on this week and give you a head's up on tickets to grab in advance (before they sell out)!Meet the Legends of Cycling at Jack London Square For the first...
View ArticleDenim Comes Out With BetaBrand's New Gay Jeans
Local clothing manufacturer BetaBrand—home of the cordaround and metallic tracksuits, the latter a favorite among burners trying to discover themselves at Black Rock—workshops many of its new designs...
View ArticleBold Street Style at the J-Pop Summit in Japantown
Over the weekend, Japantown hosted the busiest J-Pop Summit to date—but when you mix a Ramen festival with a Pocky eating contest, what do you expect?Now in its 6th year, the J-Pop Summit celebrates...
View ArticleAer Duffel Pack Gym Bag to Become Reality
There's nothing more unprofessional than getting post-Soul Cycle back sweat on your Airbook. It stinks. No, it really stinks. Which is why Allen Choi, a former Incase industrial designer, dreamed up...
View ArticleGreg Proops, SNL Alums, and More Ways to Laugh Your Ass Off
With Saturday Night Live alums, brilliant roastmasters, and a few prodigal sons coming to the city, there are plenty of opportunities to get your laugh on during the next two weeks.Ngaio BealumNgaio's...
View ArticleScenes of the City: Inside the Central Subway Project
For this week's Scenes of the City we caught up with the SFMTA Central Subway Project to bring you an update from the other end of the tunnel in North Beach. Both Big Alma and Mom Chung (the tunnel...
View ArticleBurning Man Light Sculpture Installed on Pier 14
Now you don't have to head all the way to Black Rock to see flaming Burning Man art, just get yourself to the Embarcadero. "Soma," an interactive 28x40 ft. stainless steel sculpture created by the...
View ArticleProperty Porn: An Urban-Chic SoMa Penthouse for $4.5M
This contemporary three-story penthouse (yes, three!) is the cherry on top of the historic Mint Collection’s Sliver Building. Plus, it's just a stone’s throw away from Blue Bottle Cafe and The...
View ArticleWe Wanna Be Friends With KitTea Founder, Courtney Hatt
Courtney Hatt really loves cats. So much in fact, that she wants to drink tea with them at a table. That's probably why she founded San Francisco's first café for felines, KitTea. To be fair, KitTea...
View Article3 New Books on Our Must-Read List
Even if you don't follow the literary world, you may have heard of Edan Lepucki, the first-time novelist who was suddenly rocketed to fame by Stephen Colbert's televised screed against Amazon's...
View Article8 Must-Try Treats at the SF Street Food Festival
Pull on the stretchy pants and get an early start if you want to beat the hungry hordes that will once again invade the Mission for the sixth annual San Francisco Street Food Festival.During this...
View ArticleDrink Here Now: National Tequila Day and Lemonade Press Cocktails
A drink a day keeps the blues at bay. Celebrate National Tequila DayWe know you don't need an excuse to drink tequila, but here's one anyway. National Tequila Day is this Thursday, July 24, and a few...
View ArticleEditors Review San Francisco's Top Meal Delivery Services
Calling all amateur chefs, exhausted nine-to-fivers, and lazy gourmands: the road to a wholesome, homecooked meal is now much shorter than your average afterwork line at the grocery check-out...
View ArticleBill Murray Art Show Comes to San Francisco
After a surprisingly outsize showing for their Nic Cage art show in April (an estimated 1,600 people lined up outside the Mission’s Balançoire for the chance to mingle, peruse, and buy works of art by...
View ArticleA Stunning Wedding On the Shores of Lake Tahoe
Brion and Reshma brought all the lavish festivity of a traditional Indian wedding to the picturesque shores of Lake Tahoe. Guests escaped the hustle and bustle of city life amid the bright sunshine and...
View ArticleFoodie Agenda: Mexican Ice Cream Festival, New Restaurants, & More
Your guide to the tastiest foodie happenings going down this week. Bon appetit! New Restaurant in Berkeley A new restaurant and bar in Berkeley (at the old Caffe Venezia spot), Townie serves small...
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