- Chronicle Columnist (and SFist favorite) Leah Garchik asks, "Is nudity the new dressy casual?" We ask: how can one be both "dressy" and not dressed? [Garchick]
- Are you old? Are you single? Do you like books? (None of those things seem mutually exclusive.) You might enjoy the SF Public Library's literary speed dating for baby boomers. [SFEx]
- Benefit concert planned at Cafe du Nord for the victims of the Waller Street fire that did $1.3 million worth of damage two weeks ago.
- Miranda July would like to share her vision of The Future, which also happens to be the name of her new film. [SFWire]
- The Emeryville Public Market would like to be cooler and more hip to the needs of East Bay foodies. It will probably need an anchor tenant that is not a Guitar Center. [EBX]
- On Powell Street, the city's largest and most corporate-sponsored parklet has already gotten beat up and repaired. Also: it still manages to get backed up with Super Shuttles waiting to cart tourists off to the airport. [Akit]
- Greens Chef/Owner Annie Somerville discusses Off the Grid, food trucks and (possibly) a new cookbook. [Feast]
- Traffic Citations handed out by SFPD are down 18% from last year, but the stats have less to do with red light cameras and more to do with the shrinking police force. [SFEx]