San Francisco Voice

Last month, I gave you the lowdown on what I read to get the inside scoop about what’s going on in San Francisco.  From my favorite SF blog sites to the books that I know have a San Francisco theme to them at some level, I gave you the 9-item list of what’s what.  But I’m looking back on what I’ve read since then and I’m finding that those items really were just a starting point (which I knew at the time, since I’m somewhat psychic and all), so I figure that it’s time to update the list.

Here are the San Francisco type things I’m reading a lot of lately:

• Beat Poet stuff – It’s not exactly up-to-date but any book from the Beat Poets that you can get at City Lights gives you the history of North Beach at that time in a way that actual histories simply can not.
• DeliSF – Best place (besides here at San Fran Voice of course) to get info on independent music in the Bay Area.
• N-Judah Chronicles – All public transportation in San Francisco has a story, this is one that has a blog.
• Outside.in San Francisco – Takes blog feeds and adds to them.  Awesome aggregate information for the city.
• SF Gate – Combined with The Chronicle, this is basically where I go to get my San Francisco news.
• SFTravel.com – This one is more for traveler’s trying to get insider information on the city.
• Shecky’s – It’s got interesting info on the nightlife, fashion and beauty picks in San Francisco, from the bars that have video games to the sales happening in the city.
• SF Station – Not sure why I didn’t list this one before but if I’m trying to find out what’s going on in the city, I check Shecky’s first and then check here.
• Stash Magazine – It’s a Bay Area magazine which gives lots of info on the music and culture of things like the hyphy movement which are mostly unique to our neck of the woods.  Learn more here.

Looks like I read more online these days than I read in print, but you know, San Francisco is pretty good at satiating the online reader.

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