Spruce Restaurant San Francisco
With my masculinity in shambles I was in desperate need of delicious food. A meal I could scarf down like a trucker at a rest stop after hauling for 16 hours straight—the whole eat your…
Glassbaby and the Girl Trapped in the Bathroom
What is this place? I wondered stumbling upon the Presidio Heights glassbaby shop. What’s a glassbaby? As usual, my curiosity got the best of me and I stepped inside. Bright was the interior. Walls the…
Outgrowing the Closet
Part 1 of 3 Part 1: Outgrowing the Closet Part 2: The Closet Didn’t Get Smaller Part 3: How Jenny McCarthy Saved My Life The scary thing about gold-star-days is that they usually come without warning…
Love Stories & Everything But Butt
Part 3 of 3 This is the third part of a three part series on how I fell in love in San Francisco. You can skip back to Part 2 or start from the beginning with Part…
Local Artists Find Inspiration in Herradura Tequila Barrels
I first met artist Todd Berman in 2009 at the Aids Lifecycle finish line. Actually, it was after that, but I can explain. First let me be clear about one thing—I wasn’t technically in the…
Bears on Stairs
Part 2 of 3 This is the second part of a three part series on how I fell in love in San Francisco. To start from the beginning, read Part 1 first or skip ahead to…
The Diary of a Pastry Chef
When I first met Chef Belinda Leong it was for this interview. It was a Friday morning at her Pacific Heights patisserie just off the corner of California and Divisadero Streets. I’d eaten there many…
A Lazy Bear’s Birthday at Lazy Bear
Today I turned 33. The end of my “early 30s” and the start of my transition to my “mid 30s.” For the past few weeks I’ve been telling myself it’s “mid 30s” but it doesn’t…