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We Wanna Be Friends With: Phil Jaber of Philz Coffee

Phil at the original Philz, 24th and Folsom.

Our city is chock-full of interesting people and wild personalities. Overwhelmed by the coolness? Every week we'll pick one standout local we'd love to be friends with to answer seven essential questions about their life in San Francisco.

We Wanna Be Friends With: Principal Ballerina Frances Chung

Frances Chung

Our city is chock-full of interesting people and wild personalities. Overwhelmed by the coolness? Every week we'll pick one standout local we'd love to be friends with to answer seven essential questions about their life in San Francisco.

We Wanna Be Friends With: Angela Tafoya of Refinery29

Our city is chock-full of interesting people and wild personalities. Overwhelmed by the coolness? Every week we'll pick one standout local we'd love to be friends with to answer seven essential questions about their life.

We Wanna Be Friends With: Scott Youkilis

Scott Youkilis/ Hi Lo BBQ

Our city is chock-full of interesting people and wild personalities. Overwhelmed by the coolness? Every week we'll pick one standout local we'd love to be friends with to answer seven essential questions about their life in San Francisco.

Vote for Your Favorite #SFFairytale Pic and Win $150 to Chambers Eat + Drink

In honor of the US premier of Christopher Wheeldon’s new production of Cinderella by the San Francisco Ballet, we asked you to submit pictures on Instagram and Twitter that remind you what a magical place SF is. We had over 1,300 submissions (yowza!), and were blown away by your pictures. Nice job guys!

We Wanna Be Friends With: Anna Hillburg, Musician Extraordinaire

Anna Hillburg

Our city is chock-full of interesting people and wild personalities. Overwhelmed by the coolness? Every week we'll pick one standout local we'd love to be friends with to answer seven essential questions about their life in San Francisco.

We Wanna Be Friends With: Broke-Ass Stuart

Our city is chock-full of interesting people and wild personalities. Overwhelmed by the coolness? Every week we'll pick one standout local we'd love to be friends with to answer seven essential questions about their life in San Francisco.

We Wanna Be Friends With: Joel Gott

Joel Gott

Our city is chock-full of interesting people and wild personalities. Overwhelmed by the coolness? Every week we'll pick one standout local we'd love to be friends with to answer seven essential questions about their life in San Francisco. 

We Wanna Be Friends With: Rena Tom of Makeshift Society

Rena Tom, PHoto by Victoria Smith

Our city is chock-full of interesting people and wild personalities. Overwhelmed by the coolness? Every week we'll pick one standout local we'd love to be friends with to answer seven essential questions about their life in San Francisco.

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