Advice to Serena Williams on Raising a Kid in San Francisco
Dearest Serena, Congratulations! You’re pregnant (due in late August). We’re so excited for you. And for us—it’s been a while since we’ve had a non-tech
The ‘Kidbutz’ of Topanga
In a four-bedroom, 3,400-square-foot house with three and a half baths and a two-car garage in this hilly Los Angeles County enclave, Aleksandra Evanguelidi, 41,
What’s It Take for Two Women To Get Pregnant Around Here?
Romantic it was not. For starters, it was too dark to see. “Oh shit, I forgot a flashlight,” said Wendy, rummaging through her bag. “Honey, just
Uber and the Islanders
The “Help Wanted” sections in Martha’s Vineyard’s two local newspapers still read the same as they did 20 years ago, when I was looking for
I Tried It … One of Those Damn Juice Cleanses
The text caught me in a weak moment: two days after Thanksgiving, while I was eating a bacon-gruyere cheeseburger for lunch. “Juice fast! Juice fast!
So You Want Your Kid To Speak Mandarin?
Elizabeth Goumas’s top criterion in choosing an elementary school for her kindergarten-bound son, back in 2009, was that it be within walking distance of her house.
Pass the Pork Belly, and the Joint
SAN FRANCISCO — On a dark corner here in the Mission District on March 31, the doors opened at 7 p.m. for an under-the-radar pop-up
The Comfort Food of Strangers
At first I think we might have come to the wrong address. When my cousin Dave and I ring the bell of a Bartlett Street duplex
The Talk of the Town: Mom Friends
Two mothers from Montclair, New Jersey, piled into a black Volvo on a recent rainy evening and drove forty-five minutes to a lonely street in Gowanus. “It’s
The Tipping Point
Hi Rachel,” greets my barista on most mornings. He smiles. Scrawls my name and personalized order in black marker on a white paper cup. Swipes
Turkey Slaughtering is the New Book Club
Modern Farmer talked to Marnie Jackson, who traded in her urban life for a rural one in Marin, CA. Now she’s the founder of West Marin’s new
A Rabbi, a Pastor, and a Zen Monk Walk into a Bar…
…and agree that famously secular San Francisco is having a religious awakening. A divine conversation—with drinks. Moderated by Rachel Levin What brought you to San Francisco?
