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by Saul Sugarman  /  July 8, 2024

The following is a selection of stories published online and in print during my journalism career.

The Bold Italic —

  • Now four years sober, I found non-alcoholic paradise in this Outer Richmond tavern
  • How I felt as the only man in a dress at the Kentucky Derby
  • Madonna says San Francisco ‘looked like heaven to me’
  • ‘Fashioning San Francisco’ reminds us when our city brimmed with style
  • I just saw Swan Lake for the first time — now I have questions
  • ‘Mere Mortals’ changed how I see and experience ballet
  • San Francisco Ballet’s 2023 Gala: Yes Cinderella, you shall go to the ball
  • Is there any late-night food in San Francisco?
  • We rented a vintage San Francisco streetcar — then got trashed on it
  • Why Foo Fighters still holds my heart after 20 years of seeing them
  • San Francisco Ballet Gala 2024: Glamorous, exuberant, and gay
  • The muchness of ‘Art Bash’
  • Saul goes to Saul’s: A Jewish deli adventure in Berkeley
  • Why prom still matters to me as an aging gay Millennial
  • Yes, San Francisco: We’re still reading paper
  • Rest in Power, Heklina
  • The best places to poop in San Francisco

The Daily Beast —

  • Elizabeth Holmes clutched her mom’s hand ahead of brutal closing arguments in Theranos trial

San Francisco Examiner —

  • Fully-vaccinated date night
  • Don’t go to a Super Bowl watch party
  • What will become of San Francisco’s high fashion?
  • Meet your bar owner: Nicole ‘Nikki’ DeWald
  • What Pride means to me
  • San Francisco is not the best place for artists
  • Love potions and loneliness
  • High noon at the Oasis
  • Stop Asian Hate
  • On sobriety, or: What it’s like to write about cocktails when I don’t drink

Hoodline —

  • LGBTQ+ nightlife community rallies to raise funds during coronavirus closures
  • Better Know a Drag Queen: Lindsay Slowhands
  • After renovation, West Portal’s high-end ‘Goodwill Boutique’ gets new spotlight
  • Better Know a Drag Queen: Mercedez Munro

Jewish Weekly —

  • Joel Grey draws back curtain on his coming-out story
  • French Israeli Apple songstress turns serious with ‘Older’ album
  • Gay Jews tired of S.F. leather bars now have Mazel Top
  • Talking death over dessert at the Contemporary Jewish Museum

The Wall Street Journal —

  • Author Min Jin Lee talks about her novel, ‘Free Food for Millionaires’

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