Mel Burke
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San Francisco, CA, United States
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Past articles by Melanie:
The Rebirth of the Oakland Auditorium
After more than a decade of sitting empty, the treasured city landmark is finally set to open again → Read More
Strangers I’ve Fallen in Love with at Lake Merritt –
It’s not creepy if I never actually send the notes, right? → Read More
5 Places in the Bay Area to Find the Perfect Donut
Whether you prefer a classic, sugar-coated snack or you’re a little more adventurous in your donut life, the Bay Area has a treat for you. → Read More
All the Bay Area Doggo Events for the Borkin’ Best Time
We love them like we love nothing else on this earth. We spend hours on social media whispering, “You are perfect,” to their photos, knowing they can’t hear us. We buy houses for them, make sure… → Read More
7 Bay Area Resolutions That Will ACTUALLY Make a Difference This Year
It’s coming. A slow, haunting, funeral-like procession of discounted gym memberships, bullet journals and gallon containers marked with the hours in a day. There are probably a few aggressive reading… → Read More
5 Bay Area Coffee Roasters You Need to Know (If You Don't Already)
The perfect cup of a coffee is only a roaster away from you—take your pick of roast, location, and ethos before starting your day. → Read More
Daily Bay Area Annoyances I’m Going to Start Charging For
Let me explain. Recently, I sent out a MailChimp newsletter for one of my many jobs and, as always, received several emails back that were “undeliverable.” But one stood out. It informed me that… → Read More
Diversity in Tech Remains Embarrassingly Stagnant — These Nonprofits Could Help
Between sexist manifestos out of Google splashed across the internet and everything about Uber’s executive team in 2017, recent public scandals have drawn a tight lens on Silicon Valley’s longtime… → Read More
5 Bay Area Organizations Teaching Kids Cooking Skills
Stop worrying about your kid being a perpetually picky eater with these exploratory and technical cooking courses. → Read More
Questions You’ll Ask While Snapping Selfies at SF’s Pop-Up Feminist Museum
Your Instagram feed is about to be flooded with posts from yet another “selfie museum.” But this time, instead of colorful backdrops full of ice cream and candy, expect them to feature nipples and… → Read More
Five Surprising Things to See at the Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival
General American knowledge about tofu begins and ends with “barely understood meat substitute.” Thankfully, my mom took a lot of notes from my Chinese godmother, so I’ve been eating tofu most of my… → Read More
How to Survive Dating in the Bay Area –
“It was a scene you’d imagine watching in a dumb rom-com or an episode of The Bachelor: a burly man was kneeling before me, clasping my hands and smiling up at me as he uttered softly, ‘I promise to… → Read More
I’d Do It Again: Losing a Fiancé but Finding a Home in the Bay Area
I watched the jeweler take the ring you gave me and place it delicately on the scale. It twitched on the plate, wiggling on the thick rim of diamond shards that acted as the setting for an amethyst… → Read More
Screw Ice Cream—These Are the Millennial Museums We Really Need
The Pizza Experience, a 14,000-square-foot pop-up with pie-themed interactive exhibits, is popping up in New York City and Los Angeles. San Diego will soon get an entire museum dedicated to the… → Read More
10 Free Artsy Things to Do in the Bay This Summer –
In a place like San Francisco, it’s important to save pennies whenever you can. Luckily, there’s no shortage of free things to do in the Bay Area, so you can still enjoy a little culture while… → Read More
The New Hip-Hop Exhibit at Oakland Museum Demands Respect
“It’s the energy here,” photographer Amanda Sade said about Oakland and its creative vibrancy. “People in this town really want to do their own thing, be entrepreneurs, live the lifestyle they want… → Read More
Five Reasons to Love the Bay Area Lit Scene –
Home to more than just famous authors from the past, the Bay Area has a tourist spot, a bar, a walking tour, a festival and thensome that fits every bookworm’s occasional need to venture out into the… → Read More
Top 10 Literary Ghosts of the Bay Area –
With the constant churn and explosion of art in the Bay Area, it’s no surprise that a large number of influential artists have called it home. While some of the greatest are no longer on this mortal… → Read More
The Science of Cocktails Is Drinks and Science in the Name of Education
Last Friday, well-dressed science enthusiasts lined up outside the Exploratorium in San Francisco for the eighth annual Science of Cocktails event — a night that “combines the art and science of… → Read More
Eighteen Unique Places to Go in the Bay Area in 2018
If your New Year’s resolution is to try new things and you’ve already fallen back into your work/Netflix/sleep routine, then get off your ass and check out the list below. Regardless of location… → Read More