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The Devil Wears Allbirds: City Hall put on its best lipstick this week as it opened its arms to the one and only Anna Wintour.
Penny Coulter, Mayor Daniel Lurie’s chief of protocol, hosted a fête in Wintour’s honor at her sprawling Presidio Heights home with some 80 guests in attendance. Among them: Steph and Ayesha Curry, Zac Posen (creative director of Gap Inc.), real estate moguls Jackie and Dan Seifer, Branislav Henselmann (executive director of the San Francisco Ballet), cultural and political philanthropist Vanessa Getty, art world high priestess Dede Wilsey, billionaire investor John Pritzker, Democratic megadonor Susie Tompkins Buell, and Waggle fixture Paul Pelosi.
Ever discreet, Coulter declined to comment on a private event at her home, but when The Waggle asked a source what was on tap that evening, they responded: “It is Penny Coulter, the greatest host in town — she had everything to drink.”
Sources in attendance told us Wintour spoke extensively about Vogue World — the annual fashion runway-meets-pop-culture spectacle that has conquered New York, London, and Paris and lands in Milan this September. She stopped short of promising San Francisco will be the host city next year.
Rumors have swirled about Wintour eyeing San Francisco as the 2027 Vogue World destination since The Waggle broke the news in May, as well as reporting that Mayor Daniel Lurie held two meetings with her in March, per calendars obtained via public records request.
A City Hall staffer who used to work in fashion told The Waggle they clocked Wintour’s iconic bob sweeping down the City Hall steps Thursday afternoon, entourage in tow — including a security guard sporting an earpiece and a fabulous blue suit.
“I just noticed the bob and famous sunglasses, and I was like, ‘No way. No way!’” they said. Wintour even said “hi” to them. “It’s like meeting the Queen of England. We don’t have anything close to royalty besides her.”
The rest of the look was also classic Wintour: high-heeled boots, a red maxi dress (vintage Gucci), a steel-blue leather coat — also spotted (opens in new tab) at the Celine Womenswear show in Paris earlier this year — a leather-trimmed 1998 Fendi Baguette bag, and, of course, her omnipresent Chanel sunglasses.
The Mayor’s Office declined to comment on whether Wintour met with Lurie. But according to the source, a minute after the Vogue icon exited City Hall Staci Slaughter, the mayor’s new chief of staff, followed in step as Wintour ducked into a blacked-out luxury SUV.
Wintour was also spotted with Posen near the Embarcadero, according to fashion influencer Antonio Padilla (opens in new tab). It’s unclear when this rendezvous took place, however, because sources tell the Waggle she was wearing the same outfit at City Hall on Thursday as she was the night before at Coulter’s party. Anna Wintour, outfit repeater? This would be an absolutely mind-boggling accusation except for the fact that she has reportedly been seen with a film crew, so The Waggle can only surmise that any repetitions were for film continuity purposes.
It remains to be seen if the famously unfashionable city can possibly meet Wintour’s standards. We hope everyone who was walking around this week was well dressed! Don’t make us look bad in front of the queen, Wagglers.
Om Malik, a universally beloved fixture in the San Francisco tech scene, died this week at the age of 59. Though he had been sick for a while, only his closest friends knew his health had taken a turn for the worst in recent months.
To people who didn’t know him personally, Om had been a clear voice on technology since he started his personal tech blog GigaOm in 2001, which grew into a business and an industry must read.
But Om was much more. He was a photographer. A traveller. An investor. And to a generation of up-and-coming tech writers and workers, he was a mentor and unexpected friend. Tributes poured in to Malik on social media from hugely influential tech figures, from venture capitalist Katie Jacobs Stanton (opens in new tab) to tech analyst and founder Ben Thompson (opens in new tab) to Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff (opens in new tab). Fellow journalists, who remembered him for his warmth and generosity, shared memories.
Everyone seemed to have an Om story. A time he helped them, gave advice freely, or lifted them up when they needed it. His kindness and lack of ego seemed of a different era, and he asked for little in return. As posts about Om rolled in, even people who knew him well were surprised to find out he did this for everybody. It felt like, for a moment, we were back in the internet he helped create, one that was closer and caring.
Gen Z’s indie filmerati came out in full force for the Frameline Film Festival’s premiere of “Sparks,” written and directed by Mill Valley native Fergus Campbell, at the Roxie Theater on Thursday. The story follows a group of whimsical yet disillusioned teenagers in Sparks, Nevada, who believe a local reservoir could be a time-traveling portal.
The film’s setting was inspired by producer Lola Lafia’s gap year from Columbia University, which she spent living in a Mission District commune and working on a project near Burning Man’s Black Rock Desert (as any SF gap year should). She invited Campbell, her Columbia classmate and close friend, to write about some of her experiences.
Sparks, which stars Charlie B. Foster (Jodie’s kid) in their silver screen debut, along with actors Elise Fisher and Madison Hu, had a buzzy premiere (opens in new tab) at South by Southwest earlier this year. It includes a scene shot between three local haunts — The Roxie, the Grand Lake, and SFMOMA — to create what Campbell described at the Frameline event as “the most beautiful and striking setting possible.” In an act of true hometown pride, everyone in the theater cheered when the Roxie’s marquee came onscreen.
When Train frontman Pat Monahan got on a cable car in San Francisco last week, fans of his might say he’d come back in the atmosphere with drops of Jupiter in his hair. Superfan Mayor Lurie (opens in new tab) got a front-row cable car seat to Train’s live concert, performed as the trolly traveled down Hyde Street. The band was in town to promote its latest album, “Mad Dog in the Fog,” named after the Haight Street bar where the band got its start. Though SF-local Train founder Rob Hotchkiss is no longer in the band, he and Monohan formed Train here in the city back in 1993, and the band still has deep ties to the city. The comment section of Train’s official video, meanwhile, got distracted from the music just a tad because of how much Monahan looks like the actor Jason Bateman. And frankly, we do have to say that as far as we know, the two men have never been seen in the same room together. Coincidence? Yes.
Everyone in the Bay loves to read about real estate — even if we are hate-reading half the time. But this week the New York Times featured just a truly delightful profile (opens in new tab) of Lillian Whithaus, Anita Brown, and Treva Obbard, who are in a polycule in Berkeley and recently went house-hunting together.
“The Hunt” column came to The Waggle’s attention because of a stray comment on Threads, Mark Zuckerberg’s clone of Elon Musk’s clone of Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Evan Williams and Noah Glass’ old wonderful website Twitter. Here’s the post in full (opens in new tab): “I unironically love the New York Times real estate section. Today they featured the most adorable throuple who had just inherited $1.5 million and put it into a cottage in Berkeley. They even had cash to fix the foundation. All the best wishes to these three women. And that is why I don’t cancel my subscription.” The Waggle would also like to commend the women on their ultimate choice of home, though we won’t give away which they picked. Read the piece for yourself, Wagglers.
Overheard at the Balboa Bart platform: “I never miss the dyke march. Where else can I go to make all my exes jealous at once?”
Happy Pride weekend, Wagglers!
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