FROM PERKS
This is Orbitkey. Orbitkey is a handsome strip of leather that keeps your keys organized and snug so you don’t sound like a toolbox falling down a flight of stairs every time you run to catch the morning train. We believe the word you’re looking for is “ingenious.”
DOUGH AND STEADY
Soon, you’re going to find yourself in the East Bay eating chocolate chip and brownie batter cookie dough alongside 16 flavors of ice cream. And you’re going to do this because suddenly the Cookie Dough Parlor exists. We’ll stop telling you what to do now, but that particular part felt important.
IN THE STUDIO
Swedish-based Acne Studios has just opened their first San Francisco location slinging handsome jackets, jeans and leather boots out of a red-and-gray industrial store. Which is just a long way of saying that you’re about to look better than other people.
BASIC CHEMISTRY
The good people behind Shiba Ramen are celebrating the grand opening of their new taproom and sake bar. Yes, there will be shochu and Japanese beers. Yes, there will be bar snacks like the TPT Burger with yuzu kosho mayo and shiso. Oh, and sake. That, too.
UNDISCOVERY ZONE
On Friday, head to Undiscovered SF. It’s the new monthly Filipino night market in the Old Mint building, and it’s going to have many a delicious thing from the likes of Mestiza, Hookt Donuts and Cross Hatch Eatery alongside crafts and live music. It’s okay if you’re not pumped about crafts.
HIGH YIELD RETURNS
After closing for a bit of R&R (refurbishing and retooling of menus), both Serpentine and State Bird Provisions have returned to us with updated interiors and menus, though both have kept some favorites. Check out Serpentine’s new cocktails and State Bird’s peg-less walls. So shiny. So new.
LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX
It’s called The Naughty Nineties, and we had an enlightening conversation with the book’s author. Also, in case you missed it: we talked through the pilot of David Simon and George Pelecanos’s new HBO show, The Deuce, and ranked the people causing the most panic in the White House this week. Enjoy.
Joe Starkey is the tallest person in the room 90% of the time. He enjoys liquors that aren’t smoky, dive bars that are, and has a vague dread that someone, somewhere might be having more fun than him.
