This is a digital neighborhood portal, not a serious newspaper (those sorta don’t exist anymore), so we write this for fun and for free. If you like irony and the neighborhood as much as we do, you should join us and become a Tender regular contributor! We can promise a Tender t-shirt, fame, glory, and a person to share a drink with. If you’re too busy, you can still send us the occasional rant or picture, or send us story ideas.
evarels
A European native who would have never chosen the US as her place of residence but who is enjoying it quite a bit now.
LoinTime: 4 years
Likes: big cities, walking, public benches, pancakes, cussing, freebies
Dislikes: hypocrisy in general, women who change their last name when they marry in particular
Tender Spots in the Loin: the corner of Hyde & Turk for people-watching, HOC Farmers Market for groceries, Brenda’s for sweet potato pancakes, farm:table for lattes outdoors on a sunny day, Pagolac for fresh Vietnamese & green tea ice-cream, Hooker’s Sweet Treats for caramels & neighborhood gossiping.
humin
A Northern California native from Central Europe working as a web developer and living in the Bay Area for 15 very Politically Correct years. Card-carrying member of the SFPL.
LoinTime: 10 years
Likes: wine, cheese, tea, shit powered by Android
Dislikes: any school with “art” in the title
Tender Spots in the Loin: basically a carbon copy of evarels with the addition of El Tesoro, the awesome that is Lahore Karahi, and the screaming deal on passport photos at SF Print.
ryan
Your cliché east coast transplant who came out to steal tech jobs from Californians. A Philadelphia-area native who never leaves home without his camera.
LoinTime: 4 years and growing
Likes: Cheap eats, cheap booze and conversations with strangers.
Dislikes: People who’ve forgotten why it’s important to have businesses in the neighborhood.
Tender Spots in the Loin: New Village Cafe (I’ve informally adopted David & Ana as my grandparents), Taco Bell/KFC (sometimes a man needs to eat on only $3), Saigon Sandwiches and come drink with me at Hemlock Tavern.
sun
Separated from his home continent of Europe by a permanent case of Wanderlust and separated from his sanity by the absence of real (!) seasons.
LoinTime: 2+ in the Tenderloin Heights
Likes: Snow and everything else…
Dislikes: …except for UGG’s
Tender Spots in the Loin: farm:table and Canteen
Un-Tender Twitter: saschkaunseld
Un-Tender Photos: here
Un-Tender Allerlei: here
Anything else? Yes! No! What?
hiphapa
A native Oregonian whose journalism career has moved her across the country and back. Currently Editor Jr. and blogger for Mother Jones. Half Japanese, half normal, 100% hapa.
LoinTime: 2 years [now in Bernal]
Likes: walking to work, donuts, cats, film and the arts, un-p.c. hip hop music
Dislikes: BART, street harassment, dirty hipsters
Tender Spots in the Loin: Sugar Cafe, Brenda’s for beignets, Shalimar for authentic (I’ve been told) Pakistani food, Bang San, Bodega Bistro, Pearl’s Burger, my apartment
hiimkevin
LoinTime: ? [now in Outer Sunset]
Likes: ?
Dislikes ?
Tender Spots in the Loin: ?
9 Comments until now
I met 2 of you, the dynamic duo, at the YT/ABC summit in SF last week. You mocked my business cards, had none of your own, then gave me stickers. That was good. So good. Dropping you a line to say hello, stay in touch, let’s link up in the city, yours or mine, have drinks, pop junk, etc. Talk to me.
Hey man, funny you write to us today since last night we spent the evening finally checking out Oakland Voices. We must say we were very impressed with the content, so keep up the good work!
It was great meeting up last week, we should definitely hang out again (saving your number & email and deleting it from here, so you don’t get spam).
Oh, and we still don’t have cards
bloggers have cards now???
I LOVE THE UPDATED AUTHOR STUFFS!!
I mean, i totally know you guys now ..some of you? So the mystery is gone..but its okay..becuase im still a creepy loinbloglover!!!!
Alyssa, you’re definitely our favorite loinbloglover! (sorry about the mystery, we might try to recruit new people just for you to wonder about them…)
I Love the name Tenderloin Heights instead of trying to be out of the LOIN you want to be part of the LOIN.
That will work if that is what you want.
Most of the citizens would be lying the opposite way.
I like your blog
PEACE
Hip hapa may be conceited I am not sure.
Prove me wrong !
Don’t get me wrong Hip Hapa I am Too when I call so many of the homeless faeral when I am homeless.They are Frigging FERAL and if that makes me conceited when i make such an observation and BLOG IT so be it !I agree soap is cheap and it seems as though way too many street citizens jusy can’t make a bath visit.This one dude is so bad he ended up having someone hate him so much they threw BOILING WATER on him to supposedly sterilize him and he was burned.He is now walking around with a burned lower leg that LOOKS GROSS and with one shoe on and one off because he is so feral he will not be helped.I gave him ibuprofen for pain and some salve with medication but he really needed medical attention that is highly unlikely in his STINKY FERAL STATE.So let it be known some of those bacteria experiments suffer.
The Social Security Act of 1935 has failed so many homeless mentally disturbed citizens PEACE
Glad to have stumbled up this site to clue me in on stuff going on in my new hood! Also a Philly transplant, I’ve been in the ‘Loin for about a month (in SF for about a month longer). Look forward to getting some more (now possibly somewhat structured) exploring in!