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 IS A.OK: HUNX AND HIS PUNX!!!

HUNX AND HIS PUNX

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.

SAN FRAN ACCORDING TO ALEXIS PENNEY #4: SHERRY JEAN COOPER

#4. SHERRY JEAN COOPER. Though actually based in Berkeley, this woman has basically changed my life and definitely made me a better waitress. She's been waiting tables at the restaurant I work at (Mama's Royal Cafe in Oakland) for 30 years, and is one of the most insane people I've ever met. She has a really hilarious Irish accent though she is from Pittsburgh, PA, and totters around the joint making weird noises and telling dirty jokes in really genius outfits (usually with her tits hanging out), is always down to smoke a doob and curates a collection of vintage aprons in the cafe that she rotates by season. She has me in stitches most of the day and is pretty much one of my biggest inspirations here. She works Thursday, Friday, Saturday if you wanna stop by - totally worth it!

SF IS A.OK: MYLES COOPER

myles cooper is pretty damn a.ok! we're living for "Push Hush".

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