SF, A.OK AND THE SEVENTH HEART

LIMITED EDITION T-SHIRTS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO A.OK POP UP SHOP IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SEVENTH HEART, FIVE DESIGNS, COLLECT THEM ALL! GET YOURS NOW ONLINE!

SAN FRANCISCO IS A.OK - 1

PHOTOGRAPHY – DOM SMITH
FASHION EDITOR – KEN BALDWIN
MODEL – MANI MOTARJEMI
STYLIST ASST – CAROLINA AMARIS
PRODUCTION – JASON ROSHA
SPECIAL THANKS – JUANITA MORE, ALEXIS BITTAR, DAVID GLAMAMORE

SF ACCORDING TO ALEXIS PENNEY #7: THE RUSSIAN RIVER RESORT

#7. THE RUSSIAN RIVER RESORT. This is actually in Guerneville, which is maybe an hour and a half North of San Francisco, it is paradise of a small-town where pretty much everyone is gay. The resort itself is motel-style, all enclosed around a bar and a pool, so you can sit around and get wasted all day, hang in the pool or the hot tub, shoot the shit with the hilarious queens that work there (our favorite is the manager Gregory, former Falcon video star!) and then troll the town in the evening. There's a gay bar a block away called Rainbow Cattle Company that is really rad and super classic, hardwood everywhere with a bunch of Tom of Finland shit, and also this really insane one called Yamagata's, which kind of looks like a Virgin Airlines plane on the inside, lots of violet light and weird fabric. Also a lot of old hippies end up retiring in Guerneville, so I always see at least a few people wandering the streets there in the middle of the night muttering about time travel or whatever. Totally my favorite place in America!

SF ACCORDING TO ALEXIS PENNEY #6: THE 800 BUS

#6. THE 800 BUS. I actually live in Oakland so this is the bus I take home from San Francisco if I stay out past the time the train runs, I always run into weird people, like other East Bay drag queens or thug guys with transgendered girlfriends who want to talk to you just based on that common ground. I love it. Very grounding.

SF ACCORDING TO ALEXIS PENNEY #5: HOT DOG CARTS

#5. HOT DOG CARTS They have these carts all over the city, mostly in the Mission, that sell hot dogs wrapped in bacon with grilled onions on them. To die for.

SF ACCORDING TO ALEXIS PENNEY #3: THE CASTRO CRAWL

#3. THE CASTRO CRAWL The Castro has a rap for being hella cheezy but that makes it also hella funny, especially for me and my friends because we are all total punk burn-out whatever queens and so all the preppy gays sneer at us but it's fun. We usually do this on Wednesday (no cover!), we'll start at the Edge, which is this really hilarious bar decorated with like Universal Studio's cast-offs, like space-age stuff and a big weird fake mountain and lots of rainbow boas, then move to Badlands, which is kind of the penultimate Castro club, lots of tvs showing pop remixes, a circular dance floor and lots of fog (BEST place to do poppers, preferably if Cascada is playing), then next is either the Midnight Sun, which is a weird video bar that shows music videos and funny tv snippets, or Moby Dick's, and then we'll usually hit up this fierce queen Juanita More's party Bootcall at Qbar, and end at 440 (formerly Daddy's), which is, you guessed it, a daddy bar and the best place to pick up older dudes or freak them out. So fun!

SAN FRANCISCO IS A.OK: BRIDEZ

ORIGINALLY WE HAD HOPED TO HAVE A BAND PLAY AT THE A.OK POP UP. TIME AND TIME OVER EVERYONE SUGGESTED BRIDEZ. CHECK THEM OUT...SF FAVORITE BRIDEZ

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