I was still trying to figure out what I would do with my brain when Dan Pulcrano of the Silicon Valley Metro invited me out for really strong martinis at Blondie's Bar in the Mission District and offered me a job writing about tech workers in Silicon Valley.

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on July 22, 2008.

Prosecutors have charged two men accused in the beating death of a homeless man in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood early Wednesday with murder.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on July 18, 2008.

Yesterday we mentioned how we often see lots of crack being smoked in the boarded-up window across the street from our Tendernob window. But after thinking about it some, we realized we haven't seen any such riff-raff in quite some time. Does anyone know the deal? Did they do a sweep of all the dealers in the Tenderloin recently? Are they in jail or just in a different neighborhood now? When can we expect things to go back to (ab)normal?

Published by SFist on July 18, 2008.

San Francisco scored an 86 out of 100, besting New York's 83 and Boston's 79. Seventeen of San Francisco's neighborhoods ranked 90 or above - considered a "walker's paradise" - including Chinatown, the Mission, Nob Hill and Haight-Ashbury.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 17, 2008.

598 Haight St. (at Steiner), San Francisco; (415) 551-7900 or www.rnmrestaurant.com.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 16, 2008.