Festishizing that "authentic, old-school New York experience," Adam Fisher moved to NYC to frolic with hipsters, sing selections from Rent, or snap his fingers to the jazzy beats along with the other bohemian artists when he moved to Bushwick, Brooklyn. Unfortunately, his time there was a bit too real. Severely beaten and mugged of $28 while at the Morgan Avenue L subway station, Fisher hightails it back to his hometown, San Francisco. In his jarring piece for New York Magazine ("The Bleeding Edge"), he goes into graphic detail and explains his move back West. more ›

Last week, somebody gave us a copy of the new 7x7 magazine and once we saw it, couldn't resist opening it up to take a look. How could you not resist any sort of "Hot 20 Under 40" articles. We love those kinds of stories! Is there anything more interesting and important than reading about what is hot? Especially about what is hot here in the city? Because as 7x7 says, "While celebrity culture generally favors the very rich or the very gorgeous it's different here. Style itself counts for only half in SF: You've got to have substance too." So who are these hot people? Do we know any of them? How does one become hot? Are we hot? more ›

So are the people behind the J.T. Leroy hoax all irritated that James Frey has gotten the bulk of the publicity -- and subsequent sales boost -- in the "Authors who misrepresent themselves to the public" press beat? Is that why Geoffrey Knoop is now giving interviews in which he admits that (former) partner Laura Albert was the one who created J.T. Leroy, wrote under that name, and duped all sorts of literati? more ›

Why do we love Lizzie? For starters, she managed to help get a blogger into the White House Press Room. Granted, getting into the White House Press Room seems easier than ever -- "hey, look at me, I'm a hustler with a fake name and a conservative agenda! I'm credentialed!" Still, not since bloggers managed to get some nose-bleed seats at the DNC have we gotten the respect as journalists that we deserve, damnit. more ›

Sam Breach of Becks & Posh bravely opened up a copy of 7x7 magazine (San Francisco's answer to society mag New York Magazine) only to find her own name in it! Of course, 7x7 doesn't have any of their content on-line (for shame). From Sam's report, the article looks at the influence of online critics versus Chronicle bigwig Michael Bauer in terms of chef's opinions. Sam was nice enough to not only copy out this quote but to link to some of the best local foodies out there: more ›