Shamonica Magazine

Call it artistic appreciation or some misplaced side effect of what I like to call my “late stage penis envy” but I cannot stop taking pictures of these cigar man signs all over downtown San Francisco. I am so charmed by them. My friends, sometime a cigar IS only a cigar, but then, sometimes, cigars are people.

If you’re up to date on the policy proposals being suggested by the new crop of GOP hopefuls, I’m sure that, like me,  you’ve noticed that things have veered from the usual soapbox diatribes about Family Values into the downright surreal. So, if I’ve got this right, women shouldn’t take birth control because it leads [...]

Joseph Childress is a local folk musician who has played with folk/rock favorites  Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Vetiver and has toured with the Love Letter Band (Bad Weather California), Mariee Sioux, Messes, and Randazzo Robinson. What sets Childress apart is that his songs and lyrics have emotional honesty which cuts through much of the whimsical [...]

Wearing green to the office, watching people get drunk and sloppy at Irish pubs, and drinking green beer are all parts of the adult St. Patrick’s day for many people. After a couple of times doing these things they can get really dull. If you live in San Francisco, however, you totally are not pigeon [...]

The Oscars are my Superbowl. Ever since I can remember, my family has gathered to watch the ceremonial distribution of the little gold men. It’s treated as a minor holiday, on par with Halloween. We’d crowd into my Grandmother’s living room and holler at the screen like true sportsfans “Oh my God girl! What the [...]

Author Tupelo Hassman’s debut novel, Girlchild, was released last week. As a friend and admirer of her many talents, I couldn’t wait to follow the story of Rory Dawn Hendrix, the precocious heroine of Girlchild, but also the story of Ms.Hassman, as her book is received by the world. In the book, we’re introduced to [...]