PROJECTS + WRITING SAMPLES

OTHER FEATURES & ORIGINAL PIECES

When Did We Start Calling It 'Brunch,' And When Did It Become A Thing? [SFist]

'We're All In Mourning': Tributes to Victims of the Oakland Warehouse Fire [Billboard]

Here's Why Everyone Needs to Stop Bemoaning a Vanishing San Francisco and Move On [SFist]

Laptops In Restaurants: Nuisance, Or Menace? [SFist]

The 20 Best Songs About Places In San Francisco [SFist]

Photographer Michael Jang Watched The SF Punk Scene Blossom, And Now He's Selling Photos Of It For $20 [SFist]

Loma Prieta 25 Years Later: What The Quake Felt Like For A Kid [SFist]

Apartment Sadness: Furnished Hovel With Stripper Pole, No Actual Kitchen, $1785 [SFist]

INSTRUCTIONAL & EDUCATIONAL COPY

A Quick And Not-So-Strict Guide To Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Kicking Off At Noon [SFist]

What We Talk About When We Talk About Formula Retail [SFist]

Here's Why You Need To Vote In Tuesday's Election (And Why Many Of You Won't) [SFist]

The Hallidie Building and How the Curtain Wall Was Born [Curbed]

TECH STORIES

Goodbye, Old Friend: AOL Is Killing Off AIM After 20 Years [SFist]

Infamous Boondoggle Juicero Suspends Sales, Founder Celebrates At Burning Man [SFist]

Trump May Be Helping Kill Twitter's Brand [SFist]

Google Employee Writes Internal Memo Railing Against Women, Diversity; Rage Ensues [SFist]

DAILY & BREAKING NEWS

North Bay Wildfires Destroy Countless Homes & Businesses; Power Lines & High Winds Could Be To Blame [SFist]

Shooting At UPS Center On Potrero Hill, At Least Three Killed [SFist]

Former Friends Of Oakland Warehouse Proprietor Say He Was Repeatedly Warned About Unsafe Conditions [SFist]

Jury Awards Hulk Hogan $115 Million In Gawker Sex Tape Suit [Gothamist]

Millennium Tower, Next To Transbay Center, Is Sinking And Tilting [SFist]

'Free Speech Week' Likely Cancelled, Milo To Give Theatrical Press Conference Blaming Berkeley [SFist]

Napa Earthquake Update: More Injuries Reported, About 100 Buildings Red-Tagged [SFist]

Airbnb Reveals 20% Of SF Listings Are By Hosts Listing Multiple Homes, Vows Crackdown [SFist]

Stockton Airport Wants To Add 'San Francisco' To Its Name, SFO Says 'No Way' [SFist]

 

FOOD & DRINK FEATURES

The 15 Best New SF Restaurants Of 2016 [SFist]

Everything You Need to Know About the Sour Beer Trend [7x7]

The Life and Incredible Influence of Zuni Café Chef Judy Rodgers [Grub Street]

Alice Waters on Menu Changes, and the Reopening of Chez Panisse [Eater SF]

The 50 Best Pizza Places in the Bay Area [Grub Street]

SF's Seven Most Expensive Steaks, Ranked [SFist]

The 16 Best Tacos In San Francisco [SFist]

Inside the All-New, Totally Old Tosca Cafe, From April Bloomfield and Ken Friedman [Grub Street]

Jeremiah Tower on Decamping to Mexico, Champagne Fasting, and All the New Books He’s Writing [Grub Street]

The Rye Shortage Is Upon Us: Nation’s Bartenders Battle for Remaining Bottles [Grub Street]

The 23 Best Cocktail Bars In SF [SFist]

The 25 Best Bang-For-Your-Buck Restaurants in S.F. [SFist]

The 18 Best Sushi Spots In SF [SFist]

How to Break Down a Cow Inside a Truck and Other Things Laurent Katgely Learned Shooting The Great Food Truck Race [Grub Street]

Namu Gaji: Reincarnation Fits Nicely into New Mission Home [SF Weekly]

Sommelier Shelley Lindgren Knows Her Way Around the Old World [Grub Street]

Actually Pretty Awesome: Dungeness Crab Soup at Canteen [Grub Street] 

The Best Pizza In San Francisco: A Definitive List [SFist]

The Best of S.F.: Where and What to Eat [Grub Street]


THEATER REVIEWS

In Which I Gush And Process The Wonder Of 'A 24-Decade History Of Popular Music' [SFist]

Taylor Mac: A Joyfully Liberal Carnival Barker To Get Us Through These Terrible Times [SFist]

Kushner's Words Feel As Relevant As Ever In Berkeley Rep's 'Angels In America' [Opening Night SF]

'Imaginary Comforts' At Berkeley Rep Delights In The Stories We Tell To Comfort (And Scare) Ourselves [SFist]

Mira Nair's 'Monsoon Wedding' Becomes An Exuberant, Big-Hearted Musical At Berkeley Rep [SFist]

What It's Like To See 'Rent' Again 20 Years Later, 20 Years Older [SFist]

'Fun Home' At The Curran Is As Funny, Wrenching, And Complicated As It Was On Broadway [SFist]

Darren Criss Growing Into Big Heels For 'Hedwig And The Angry Inch' [SFist]

'The Unfortunates' At A.C.T.'s Strand Theater Is A Brash, Messy, Genre-Bending Musical For A New Age [SFist]

SFist Reviews: Tom Stoppard's 'Arcadia' [SFist] 

SFist Reviews: A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder [SFist]

SFist Reviews: Janelle Monae at Davies Symphony Hall [SFist]

ENTERTAINMENT WRITING

TJ Miller, Tig Notaro, Ice Cube and More: Scenes From Colossal Clusterfest Days One & Two [SFist]

Cal Grad Makes Total Fool of Himself on 'The Bachelorette' [SFist]

'Looking' Episode Eight: Going Out With A Bang, On The Office Floor [SFist]

Cleve Jones Talks About The 'Surreal Experience' Of Seeing His Youth Reenacted In 'When We Rise' [SFist]

SFist Exit Interview: Jonathan Groff [SFist]

'Looking' Season Two Opens With Fantastic Party In The Woods, Quickly Slows Back Down To Snail's Pace [SFist]

Silicon Valley Recap: 'You're Gay For My Code' [SFist]

FlashForward  Recap: The End [Vulture]

Meet Amy Bouzaglo, the Woman Who Blew Up on ‘Kitchen Nightmares,’ Then Erupted on Facebook [Grub Street]

FlashForward Series Premiere: Welcome to the World of Tomorrow [Vulture]