COVID-19 isn’t a crisis anymore. It is a failure, of our leadership and of our humanity. There it is. And here we are (still), looking like we didn’t know this novel coronavirus was this much of an existential threat (there is no vaccine! it spreads easy and fast! it can kill you or your loved […]
Tag: Bay Area
San Francisco 7.10.20
To echo what Zac Efron says on the Lima, Peru, ep of Down to Earth with Zac Efron, the muliti-hyphenate’s new Netflix travelogue, the Earth is burning. We know this, we’ve known this. We have seen it, felt it, smelled it. (R.I.P. Lewis). From beneath you it devours, after all. Previously on the pandemic, China’s […]
Last Night Postcard
No matter what fresh bullshit 2020 had to serve, still’s got to serve, Pride 2020 could not, would not be cancelled. In fact, it shone brighter than ever in San Francisco. We were Illuminated. A part of something rather than apart of it. To l’amour!
The Thing About America…in 2020
Celebrating freedom without understanding sacrifice, or solidarity, cannot be what the 4th of July is all about – not anymore. I mean, really, Bay Area? More than 20 fires last night, all because you could not simply chill. That is some willful, stubborn ignorance…. Will some of y’all ever learn?
Pandemic Peeps: E
Time for a little math. Previously on the pandemic, we were more than a quarter of the year into a global shutdown brought on by the relentless COVID-19 novel coronavirus that’s become one of the banes of our 2020 existence. Now, less than two weeks from the start of Month 4 of our ongoing season […]
The Schkarenfreude Is
You have to admit, the schkarenfreude – you can do it…just put your lips together and go: the sch-karen-freude – is hilarious. It could all be so simple, but y’all rather make it so gosh darn hard. You get what you give, America, so come correct or you will leave unbalanced, because it is comeuppance […]
From a Pal of the Pink Triangle
Later tonight, San Francisco’s Pink Triangle is gonna shine. Pink Triangle Silver Jubilee Trivia Alert! For the first time in its 25-year history, and on account of the many restrictions and cancellations brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, and in true the-show-must-go fashion, the annual tradition has gotten a special makeover and its […]
And for the Pandemic Record
If we all had gotten our heads out of our collective overprivileged asses months ago, we might, just might be well on our way to have widely managed this COVID-19 global-pandemic crisis in a much more efficient kind of way. A life-saving kind of way. Will we ever learn?
I Mean, If They Could Do It
I mean if these friendly Castro men could wear their masks to walk around their neighborhood in solidarity with their community during this pandemic, so can y’all. Make it fashun, lie to yourself (you know, like everyone else has had to for centuries about other more pressing matters), and tell yourself it’s all a fun […]
You Try to Be Nice…
It was before 8 this morning, when I hit Broadway on Taylor, when I clocked it, even through my bandana mask. The stench of caucacity was oh-so-strong, and yet I led with, “Good morning. Please…don’t forget to wear your masks.” And you know it, the athleisure-clad, coffee-cup-carrying unmasked Mama Karen turned around all like, “Oh, […]
King of Cups 