Thirty years ago, wine tasting in Napa and Sonoma was pretty straightforward—no cheese, or tours, accompanied your sampling back then. But the days of simply bellying-up to the nondescript tasting bar ...

The San Francisco cityscape you see now is but a fleeting image. The city's explosive building boom has our skyline morphing as fast as the Apple product roster. But in this age of change, some things ...

It's now been five years since the arrival of San Francisco's first official permanent parklet, in 2010, though spontaneous takeovers of parking spots began back in 2005, when Rebar Group converted ...

When the city grid starts to feel too much, San Franciscans are lucky to have our choice of getaways. And now that the city’s annual two weeks of summer is almost here, there’s a wealth of ...

Editor’s note: This post was originally published in February 2017 and has been updated with the most recent information. Ask anyone to describe what makes San Francisco so special and Victorian ...

At the edge of the man-made world, a young mother taught her daughter how to spray-paint graffiti. “Hold it a little farther away,” the mother told the girl, who pulled the can back. She aimed the ...

In her 1937 book Everybody’s Autobiography, Gertrude Stein wrote: “What was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about if I like or anything if I ...

Known around the world as a first-rate destination, San Francisco has carved out an enviable reputation for its steep rolling hills, pastel-painted Victorians, cable cars, and iconic Golden Gate ...

Golden Gate Park turned 150 years old April 4, a major San Francisco moment worth honoring, even if you can’t actually visit it right now. To illustrate how big this occasion is—a pandemic ...

The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department announced last week that, in honor of Coit Tower’s 85th birthday, the Art Deco concrete tower of note has been singled out as a “nationally ...

The crowd has cleared out—most people are already onboard—but a few stragglers rush to the boat. The ferry idles for a few more minutes before pulling away. It’s sunny and warm, the kind of ...

Much ink has been spilled on the history of Chinatown and Grant Avenue, billed as San Francisco’s oldest street, which runs north to south starting at Market Street and ending at Francisco Street in ...