San Francisco on Vice
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The Unhealthiest Restaurant in San Francisco
Deep in the health-conscious heart of San Francisco stands a monument to the inner fat kid we abandoned to go live in the Bay called Butter. Known to the gentrified locals as “two turntables and a microwave," since 1999, it has a sticky, faded menu featuring the finest in cheap frozen comfort foods. Full story
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Really, Ryan?
Hit Me Baby One More Time
Six years ago today, I was hit by a car while walking across the intersection of Sunset and Yorba in San Francisco. Since then, I’ve had six surgeries, one skin graft, a three-week hospital stay, four casts, approximately 6,000 painkillers, and a partridge in a pear tree. Full story
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The Creators Project
Behind the Scenes of Leo Villareal's Monumental Light Sculpture 'The Bay Lights'
On March 5, San Francisco’s Bay Bridge lit up with 25,000 LED lights courtesy of Leo Villareal’s installation 'The Bay Lights.' The huge light sculpture will be illuminating the bridge for the next two years and locals will get to see a magnificent display every night. Full story
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Social Work in the Tenderloin Will Kill Something Inside of You
My friend Lorian is a social worker in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, a neighborhood containing seven of the ten most violent crime plots in the city. Homelessness, public drug use, and prostitution are said to be as common there as the liquor stores and strip clubs lining the stree… Full story
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Oscar Santos Is All About the Surface
The San Francisco-based photographer Oscar Santos isn't interested in photography in classical terms. To him, it's all about surface and light. So basically, he just likes taking photos of hot women doing drugs. Full story
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Slutever
San Francisco Sex Mecca
Karley has been feeling oppressed lately by all the negative comments on her blog, like when people call her "God's period" and stuff. Luckily, she has discovered a magical place full of acceptance that's on the other side of America. It's called San Francisco. Full story
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Slutever
Season Two Finale - Trailer
#OMFG. Be prepared for the season finale of 'Slutever.' Coming this Friday to VICE.COM Full story
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Jason Nocito Has a Distant Lover
Our bearded photographer-genius friend's new series, entitled "I Heart Transylvania,"shows how great it is to love someone and how much it sucks when he or she lives far away. Full story
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Wide World of Balls
Kicking and Screening
Soccer is back, football is boring, hockey is staring a labor dispute in the eye, and some baseball player who was busted for testosterone made a fake website so everyone would think that the banned substance he took was some sort of supplement he ordered by accident. Full story
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Munchies
Danny Bowien
In this episode of Munchies, we hang out with Danny Bowien from Mission Chinese in San Francisco. It's one of the best nights we've had on this show. Full story
The Mare
A New Story by Mary Gaitskill
Toppling a Delicate World
Being Gay and South Asian In America
There's No Sex in Prison Showers
We Usually Wore Our Underwear
Try Not to Destroy Your Life
The First Time I Took Molly
A Teacher and Her Student
Marilynne Robinson on Staying Out of Trouble
"Whitey" Isn't Very Popular in Boston
Interviews with Some of His Old Friends