Arts & Entertainment The Leesa Luxury Mattress: Delivering A Better Place to Sleep. Try Risk-Free for 100 Nights You can't function without sleeping, yet most of us sleep on a mattress that is old and uncomfortable merely out of convenience and habit. When you're ready to give sleep the attention it
Arts & Entertainment What Do You Pack For A Holiday Trip? This post is a sponsored collaboration between Gothamist and the Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express. If you could travel anywhere for the holidays, where would you go? Would it be
Arts & Entertainment Be The Most Interesting Person At The Party With One Of Apple's Best Apps Of 2015 A New Year’s Eve party is the perfect opportunity to proudly demonstrate your willful ignorance and utter lack of grace - or you can be looked upon as a person of deep
Arts & Entertainment Hilarious <em>Potted Potter</em> Condenses All Seven Harry Potter Books Into One 70-Minute Show Potted Potter, the world's only Harry Potter parody, has garnered rave reviews from New York to Nashville, Chicago to Mexico City and Critics' Picks from the New York Times, New York Magazine, Time
Arts & Entertainment How One Teacher is Changing Lives One Cup of Coffee at a Time SoulPancake | Class Act series brought to you by California Lottery Thanks to a sweet and simple idea, special education teacher Ms. Sadie Guthrie has found an innovative way for students to thrive beyond
Arts & Entertainment How One Teacher is Changing Lives One Cup of Coffee at a Time SoulPancake | Class Act series brought to you by California Lottery Thanks to a sweet and simple idea, special education teacher Ms. Sadie Guthrie has found an innovative way for students to thrive beyond
Arts & Entertainment Casper Is A Mattress That's Shipped For Free, To Your Door, In A Box With the holiday season knocking at your door, what better gift than a new mattress? It's something we all need, and newcomer Casper is here to provide an entirely new mattress buying experience—
Arts & Entertainment The Easiest Ways To Get Your Sanctuary On Point For A Refreshing New Year Via Markus Spiske. This is a sponsored collaboration between Leesa and Gothamist staff. Make your own fresh start with a Leesa mattress. SFist readers get $75 off with code SF75! Like it or
Arts & Entertainment Get Ready For The Holidays: 5 Reasons To Exit Through This Gift Shop Shop Now Check out our top 5 unique items from the Exploratorium store that will impress your friends, family, and colleagues. NUMBER 1 Keith Newstead's Automata Just about anything is possible in artist
Arts & Entertainment Thanks In Part To First Public Graduate Film School, New York Begins To Rival Hollywood New York's always had a big part in film and TV production, but in recent years business is booming. Boardwalk Empire, The Good Wife, Inside Amy Schumer, Divergent, The Normal Heart —mainstream or
Arts & Entertainment Excited For Black Friday? Not So Fast Via John Henderson. Black Friday and Cyber Monday mean big discounts, but do you really think about how much money you're still spending? Holiday gift giving is a fun tradition, sure, but so
Arts & Entertainment How Did Japan Inspire Monet, Van Gogh And Cassatt? See <em>Looking East</em> For The Answers Now on view at the Asian Art Museum. In the 19th century, a craze for all things Japanese changed the course of Western art. Looking East explores the movements and artists affected by
Arts & Entertainment Trivia Night Was A Success! On November 10th, Capital One hosted a trivia night focused on categories like lifestyle and money. The turnout was awesome, full of competitive spirits ready to compete for great giveaways with questions from
Arts & Entertainment Paying Median Rent? That's More Than A Mortgage On These 5 Homes Here are the numbers behind the numbers: ■ Median rent for a 2BR in San Francisco is $4,400. ■ That covers monthly mortgage payments (principal and interest) on a home that costs $1,066,
Arts & Entertainment Happn's New Spotify Feature Is The Best Way To Get To Know Your Crush It's important that whoever you're dating has similar interests as you, and music is no exception.Your taste in music says a lot about you, and it's awesome when you can agree on
Arts & Entertainment Thursday Date Night Along the Embarcadero Five easy steps to create an unexpected (and totally Instagram-worthy) Thursday date night along the Embarcadero. 1. Meet in front of the iconic Ferry Building. There's no denying that San Francisco's Ferry Building
Arts & Entertainment Squarespace Spotlight: A San Francisco Restaurant Finds A Site Worthy Of Its Creations A month ago, we asked Squarespace users in the SFist universe to come forward and shamelessly plug their website for a feature on our site. Well, it's time! Here's our subject on what
Arts & Entertainment Squarespace Spotlight: A San Francisco Restaurant Finds A Site Worthy Of Its Creations A month ago, we asked Squarespace users in the SFist universe to come forward and shamelessly plug their website for a feature on our site. Well, it's time! Here's our subject on what
Arts & Entertainment Why Now's The Time To Buy A Home In Oakland Image via Darin Marshall. There's a lot to love about San Francisco, but it’s not perfect. This is especially true on the housing front, where insane rent and astronomical home prices can
Arts & Entertainment Boo At The Zoo Returns October 24-25! Join the San Francisco Zoo for this year's Boo at the Zoo! Grab friends and family and head down to trick-or-treat and see the animals. Do the Monster Mash at the special Halloween-themed
Arts & Entertainment Win A Free Month Of Rent! (Seriously.) Free rent in San Francisco? That's something you don't hear everyday. Sounds crazy, but room.me is making it a possibility for one lucky California resident. Finding the perfect roommate is one of
Arts & Entertainment Captive Whale Breeding Is Now Banned In California The people have spoken. Yesterday, the California Coastal Commission unanimously voted to ban captive whale breeding and drastically restrict the movement of whales in and out of SeaWorld San Diego. The ban was
Arts & Entertainment Love Is Not An Algorithm. It Happens When You Least Expect It. Let's think for a second about why traditional dating sites are dying out and mobile dating apps like Happn are thriving. The complicated algorithms, personality tests, chemistry quizzes and questionnaires used by traditional
Arts & Entertainment 5 Reasons Why Renters Are The Happiest People On Earth (Or Not) Photo by Todd Quackenbush. 1. LANDLORDS. There are few people in your life who will be a better friend than a landlord. They're always there when you need them, they solve your problems
Arts & Entertainment Check Out Exploratorium For An Immersive, Devilishly Different Halloween AMAZING EVENTS FOR THE OMNICURIOUS Experience devilishly different, Halloween-inspired Cinema Arts events at the Exploratorium this October. They're part of their unique, ongoing Cinema Arts programming, which bridges art and science through projection,