Here's what 7x7 editors were thinking about this week when they should have been at work.
Many years ago, decades actually, my unfailing superstitiousness bizarrely extended to license plate numbers. That is, certain three-digit sequences signaled either good or bad luck, and thus my anxiety levels were subsequently raised or lowered by merely driving through the city on any given day. If I spotted a 333 or a 777 Iife was going to be awesome.
Three has always been a favorite: Saying a wish three times is a personal ritual. There’s an eons-old reason the Holy Trinity never morphs into the Holy Quartet. And, though I don’t speak from experience (let the record show!), a menage à trois can be kinky, but the addition of one more body ventures into raunch. So in celebration of three, today culture editor Brock Keeling and I will be sure to invite a third wheel on our weekly lunch date. His treat. Lucky them.
— Leilani Marie Labong (@llcoolbabe)
Castro Theatre shirt featuring the Mighty Wurlitzer
Built in 1922 and made a city landmark in 1977, the stunning Castro Theatre not only boasts some of the best film festivals (e.g., the San Francisco International Film Festival and the Silent Film Festival, just to name two) and cult movie nights (Peaches Christ is a national treasure), but it's also home to the Mighty Wurlitzer. While, sadly, the organ as we now know it will go away—the Mighty Wurlitzer will soon be replaced by a $700,000 "Symphonic Theatre Organ"—you can remember it forever with this Amos Goldbaum shirt. Buy one online or pick one up at the the Castro Street Fair happening this Sunday.
— Brock Keeling (@BrockKeeling)
Owner and stylist Danica Winters presides over this charming salon with the air of a Buddhist and the skills of first-rate stylist. Her mellow demeanor makes navigating your future, gorgeous head a breeze, and organic products (including color!) mean your tresses smell more like nature than nasty chemicals.
— Schuyler Bailey (@SchuylerBailey)
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing, by Eimear McBride
One of the most daring books I¹ve read in a long time, A Girl Is Half-Formed Thing uses dense, interrupted, shattered language to tell the story of a departed father, abusive mother, blasphemous daughter, predatory uncle, and tumor-ridden brother in circa 1980s Ireland. McBride wrote the novel in six months at the age of 27 and spent the next 9 years trying to get it published. It was awarded the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction earlier this year.
— Sarah Medina (@funkycolsmedina)
