Rainy Sundays in San Francisco are always lonely. No one is out and about. Normally I would relish such times, but the older I get, the more my... More >>

I pass the Mix all the time, and every time I do, some good song is playing: "Heart of Glass," "Karma Police," even Television's "Marquee Moon,"... More >>

I'm the only person I know who didn't get into The Wire or Treme, shows that have been dubbed "city symphonies." They remind me of donuts, which... More >>

The Marina gets a lot of flak for being a meat market for dumbasses, but it's really no different than any other area of the city. Every bar's... More >>

You may not know this, but there is a bar besides the Tonga Room in the Fairmont Hotel. It sits at the back of the Laurel Court restaurant, which... More >>

Anyone who has been following this column knows that I don't abide fools who throw around the word "dive" to describe bars that are decidedly not... More >>

When you start to spend a lot of time with people who are on the autism spectrum, it becomes quite clear that we all have quirks, foibles,... More >>

No one seems to be watching The World According to Paris, so I have had to take up the slack on my lonesome. The premise of the most recent... More >>

I just made the mistake of reading all of the comments that followed a Yahoo News article on the legalization of gay marriage in New York state... More >>

I have always been fascinated with why we believe the things we believe. Initially I got caught up in the impossible-to-answer question, "How do... More >>