Arts & Entertainment Where Should You Travel This Year? This post is a sponsored collaboration between Gothamist and the Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express. Know you want to plan a big trip, but you're still not sure where you
Arts & Entertainment The Hottest Places To Visit In 2016 This post is a sponsored collaboration between Gothamist and the Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express. A new year means new adventures. To inspire your next journey, we've got the most
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 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—
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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 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,
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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 Bay Area Hotels Even Locals Should Check Out Not to rain on anyone's parade, but that foggy Bay Area winter is already rolling in. The warm weather's waning, people are digging out their fleece, and vacation plans are beginning to switch
Arts & Entertainment If Actual Rent Prices Were Motivational Posters We don't bank, watch TV or order food like our parents, so why buy a house like they did? SoFi is a lender taking that concept to heart with its awesomely fast and
Arts & Entertainment Yes, You Can Be Free Of Student Loan Debt In Your 30s You've done everything right: you graduated from college, you got a great job, you pay bills on time, you might even have a 401k. But that nagging feeling you can't shake? Yeah, it's
Arts & Entertainment SF Home Buying For Regular People, Week 4: It's Okay If You Already Have Debt Three weeks ago: Saving for 10 percent down, not 20. Two weeks ago: Putting paperwork out to pasture. One week ago: Competing when your salary is... fine. This week: Not letting debt get
Arts & Entertainment SF Home Buying For Regular People, Week 3: You Don't Have To Have $1 Million In Cash Two weeks ago: Saving for 10 percent down, not 20. One week ago: Putting paperwork out to pasture. This week: How to compete in a hot real estate market. GRIPE #3: You can't
Arts & Entertainment SF Home Buying For Regular People, Week 2: Navigating The Mortgage Hellscape Last week: down payments get the axe. This week: paperwork is stupid. GRIPE #2: Buying a house is top-5 on the list of Life's Little Nightmares. THE TRUTH: No one in 2015 should
Arts & Entertainment SF Home Buying For Regular People, Week 1: You Don't Have To Have 20% Down FALLACY #1: You'll be kind of old by the time you save enough to buy a house. THE TRUTH: Reduce your down payment and you're already over the biggest home-buying hurdle. If you
Arts & Entertainment Where To Wear 5 Suit Styles (And Look Better Than Everyone Else) In SF It takes a special kind of Bay Area man to just wear a suit, you know, around. If you aren't in finance or law, you probably don't even find much of a chance
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Relationships 101: Make A Night In Your New Night Out This post is a sponsored collaboration between Plated and Gothamist staff. Sign up for Plated today! Part of dating is getting out there and experiencing things together, whether it's happy hour with your
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SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 3 Stay-In Date Night Hacks for Millennials This post is a sponsored collaboration between Plated and Gothamist staff. Everyone loves a good date night. It’s that easy. Our myriad nightlife options can be overwhelming, which makes it easy to
