Smells of the City: A Scented Tour of San Francisco
To celebrate her book tour stop in San Francisco this week, Alyssa Harad, author of the riveting memoir Coming to My Senses, takes 7x7 on a perfumed tour by the Bay. Inhale deeply and you too can smell...
View ArticleTwo Sense: Do I Tell My Bestie About Her Husband's Text?
At a bar last weekend, I ran into my best friend's husband, who was out with his buddies. We chatted a bit and, since the bar was small, ended up in proximity to one another for several hours. I...
View ArticleSome of the City’s Best Dining Deals
Everyone loves a good deal, especially when crazy-delicious food is involved. Here are four killer tasting menu and prix-fixe offers available around town for lunch, dinner, and dessert—enjoy.Spruce...
View ArticleRun Fast: The First San Francisco Japan Film Festival Already Half Way Over
Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro's 190-million-dollar love letter to Kaiju (robot battle epics), may appear to the unobservant to have come out of left field, but anyone paying attention knows that...
View ArticleFive Ways to Break a Sweat Before You Wine Taste
Playing hard over the weekend means working out even harder come Monday. But if you’re the type who’d rather skip the gym, some folks in Wine Country have a better idea. How about a workout with your...
View ArticleWhere to Rub Elbows with the City's Republicans (They Do Exist!)
Republicans. In this hippie-loving, capitalism-loathing, Left Coast haven we call home, what could be more counter to our culture? Here’s where to rub elbows with the city’s more conservative...
View ArticleThe Weeknighter: Presidio Social Club
Weekends are for amateurs. Weeknights are for pros. That's why each week Stuart Schuffman will be exploring a different San Francisco bar, giving you the lowdown on how and where to do your weeknight...
View ArticleParty Blotter: Music to Keep You Dancing All Night
Summertime in San Francisco, weather-wise, means never-ending phyllo dough layers of fog carpeting the city. Music-wise, it means even more topnotch techno talent gracing us with their presence. No...
View ArticleSecret Recipe: Sens' Corpse Reviver 2.0
7x7 asks the city's chefs for the recipes to their most loved cocktails, bar snacks, starters, mains, and desserts. If there's a dish you can't stop thinking about and want to make at home, email...
View ArticleWe Wanna Be Friends With: Phil West and Jeff Lyons of Range
Our city is chock-full of interesting people and wild personalities. Overwhelmed by the coolness? Every week we'll pick one standout local we'd love to be friends with to answer seven essential...
View ArticleFive Bike Routes Every San Francisco Rider Should Know
San Francisco’s bicycle network makes up hundreds of miles of city streets. These are the streets the City has deemed best for biking. San Francisco bike routes are designated by green bike route signs...
View ArticleA Peek at Outside Land's Food Newcomers
A ticket to Outside Lands doesn’t merely buy you three days of entertainment from some of today’s most popular music artists. San Francisco is a food mecca, and, in proper form, this weekend-long music...
View ArticleLook of the Week: Outside Lands Festival Essentials
There's only one week left until three full days of music and mayhem begins at Outside Lands. Here's everything you need (in compliance with festival rules, of course) to survive the weekend in...
View ArticleTen SF-Based Movies That Defined '90s Pop Culture
If you look back at the '90s, there are many movies set in the San Francisco Bay Area that made a significant impact on the pre-Y2K era. From nannies in drag to lewd female murder suspects to singing...
View ArticleThe Best Happy Hours in Napa and Sonoma
The best way to start a weekend in the Wine Country is to take off early on Friday, head to a happy hour, and raise a glass to avoiding traffic and the welcoming the wine-soaked weekend ahead. Some...
View ArticleScenes of the City: Mission Bowling Club
If you haven't yet been to the year-old Mission Bowling Club yet, here's a peek at what you've been missing. With a great ambiance, great drinks and food (thanks to SF food scene vet Anthony Myint)...
View ArticleFoodie Agenda: A New Big Sur Eatery, Bayview Pop-ups and more
Here's our weekly list of all the things happening at the culinary moment in San Francisco. Treat your taste buds to one of these mouthwatering events.August 4We all know that Bayview, with its gritty...
View ArticleSeven Favorite Things: New Products + Q&A with Blu Kicks
Kick back, give back and relax–island style–with Blu Kicks.The local shoe line was originally inspired by the humuhumunukunukuapua'a (humu) fish of Hawaii, which is said to resemble a sneaker. For...
View ArticleThe Commuter's Guide to Surviving the BART Strike
As BART prepares to take the Bay Area hostage yet again, commuters’ patience is put to the test. Facing another open-ended traffic nightmare this coming week is enough to ruin any East-Baydestrian’s...
View ArticleAsk A Vet: How Can I Keep My New Cat from Getting Bored?
Welcome to our weekly 'Ask a Vet from the SF SPCA' feature on 7x7.com. Dr. Jeannine Berger, DVM, DACVB is a board certified veterinary behaviorist who counsels guardians whose pets’ issues are beyond...
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