Tess F. Stevens
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San Francisco, CA, United States
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What it Was Like The Night the Warriors Lost
Writer’s Note: This was written right after the NBA Finals after the Warriors lost to the Toronto Raptors. The setting was Local Edition on Market Street in San Francisco. No real names have been used, except for mine. After the sun goes down in San Francisco, Karl the Fog is → Read More
Leaving San Francisco: An Ode to the East Bay
Fog races behind me as I hurdle over the Bay Bridge, a car full of belongings clanking around behind the driver’s seat of my 2015 Kia Soul, a car which has the capacity of a small SUV and the length of a sedan. → Read More
Leaving San Francisco: An Ode to the East Bay
Fog races behind me as I hurdle over the Bay Bridge, a car full of belongings clanking around behind the driver’s seat of my 2015 Kia Soul, a car which has the capacity of a small SUV and the length of a sedan. → Read More
San Francisco is the Grayest Place on Earth (Take That As You Will)
If you are in need of a soundtrack to gray days in San Francisco, employ equally gloomy British rock bands — Babyshambles, Suede, The Smiths — they embody the silent torture of hazy rolling fog. The bands and the fog are doubtful and mysterious, cloaked in sorrow that comes from → Read More
Raise Your Hand If The Bay Area Makes You Feel Like Trash
While riding BART in the early am of a Monday like any other, Facebook served me an article entitled → Read More
This Muni Fail Represents What's Wrong with Muni as a Whole
The saga of the Muni commute doesn’t end when you get off and head to your destination. This public transit system has deep-seeded issues that stem from money mismanagement, bureaucratic nonsense, and a distinct attitude of smugness. → Read More
You're Not A Rockstar: How to Deal With Dreams That Haven't Come True
Nobody watches the Grammys anymore right? Television is dead. Music is deader, and anything relevant is on Reddit, right? I found myself watching a real television in a real house with my boyfriend and his parents on Grammy night 2019. As a child, I dreamed of being a rock and → Read More
We DID Start the Fyre: How We All Contribute to Toxic Influencer Culture
What if you could live like one of those famous Instagram celebrities for a couple weekends in the Bahamas. For a few thousand dollars -- would you? What’s a few thousand dollars in the eyes of all those envious followers and potential fans online? → Read More
When MUNI Utterly Fails You, What do You do?
Our new column The Wanderer follows young writer Tess F. Stevens through different threads of San Francisco culture, experiences, and issues. She hopes to challenge, connect and define some of the things we find difficult to put into words. I love San Francisco. → Read More
'Remember Her' A tribute to Nia Wilson
Nia Wilson was just 18 years old when she was killed in an unprovoked stabbing at MacArthur BART station in Oakland. Fighting through sorrow, her friends, family, and the community at large are mourning the teenager who brightened the lives of those she knew, and has inspired many who never got the chance. → Read More
Rockets fans are hardcore trolling the Yelp page for Ayesha Curry's restaurant
International Smoke is a huge hit in the Bay Area, but when Rockets fans caught wind of a location opening up in Houston, they took to their keyboards letting out harsh one-star reviews coupled with pictures for the restaurant that hasn't even opened yet. → Read More
Step Into the Finals: The NBA's augmented reality portal
Portal guns are a thing in science fiction movies and TV shows, and they enable the user to jump from one world to another. If you want to jump from your couch to the NBA Finals, we have just the thing. → Read More
Step Into the Finals: The NBA's virtual reality portal
Portal guns are a thing in science fiction movies and TV shows, and they enable the user to jump from one world to another. If you want to jump from your couch to the NBA Finals, we have just the thing. → Read More
'Be better tomorrow:' LeBron James walks out of NBA Finals presser
The post-game press conference is usually pretty uneventful but on Thursday night, there was one epic moment that most reporters couldn't ignore. → Read More
GOLDEN BOY: Stephen Curry has won every trophy, basically ever
Stephen Curry is the Golden State Warriors' golden boy in more ways than one. He can throw down on the court, make the fans go wild, and pick up some hefty hardware while doing it. → Read More
HERO WORSHIP: How the Golden State Warriors unite and inspire fans
Like the shiny other-worldly heroes found in comic books, the Golden State Warriors are infallible and represent so much more than basketball greatness to fans in the Bay Area. → Read More
KYLIE IN SF: The lip kit legacy and phenomenon of the Kylie Cosmetics pop-up shop
With a splash of pink paint on Grant Avenue, Kylie Jenner made San Francisco makeup junkies' dreams come true as her pop-up boutique began its special run in the City by the Bay. → Read More
Season ends after San Jose Sharks lose to Vegas Knights
Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves in his fourth shutout of the playoffs and the expansion Vegas Golden Knights are headed to the Western Conference Final in their inaugural season after beating the San Jose Sharks 3-0 in Game 6 of their second-round series. → Read More
360 VIDEO: 'How Weird Street Faire' brings colorful chaos to San Francisco
A "disco ball inferno" erupted on Howard and 2nd streets in San Francisco drawing those with big personalities and colorful costumes out into the light for a romp in the sun. → Read More
Sharks take bite out of Golden Knights, even Stanley Cup Playoff series 2-2
The San Jose Sharks kicked things into high gear at the SAP Center to shut down and shut out the Las Vegas Golden Knights, tying their Stanley Cup Playoff Series to 2-2. → Read More