madeline wells
madcwells.bsky.social
madeline wells
@madcwells.bsky.social
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Wrote about the Kimmel firing, which felt like a dam breaking. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Jimmy Kimmel's firing makes me ashamed to be an American
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary on the fallout of Jimmy Kimmel's firing.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Definitely more than 40 reasons. So thrilled that this story is finally out @madcwells.bsky.social — truly a labor of love 💌
sfgate.com SFGATE @sfgate.com · Mar 25
To celebrate Oakland, SFGATE staffers and freelancers contributed reasons why there’s still so much vibrancy on the sunny side of the bay, from a wild pro wrestling show to hiking in the redwoods.
March 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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🚨 I HAVE NEWS 🚨

In January I told you @sfgate.com was doing a major national parks coverage expansion, hiring journalists to cover the American West's most loved outdoors spaces.

Well, we hired a DREAM TEAM 🧵👇 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
West Coast's largest news site begins major national parks coverage expansion
Major SFGATE expansion will see added coverage of national parks in Pacific Northwest, Southwest and Big Sky Country.
www.sfgate.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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my wife and i have always had an secret retirement dream of opening a bookstore with a speakeasy in back.

guess we’re not alone according to @madcwells.bsky.social’s latest: www.sfgate.com/food/article...
Every new Bay Area bookstore is a bar now
Book Society, Clio’s, Golden Sardine, Bad Animal and North Light are part of a growing trend of bookstore bars in the Bay Area.
www.sfgate.com
January 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“We’re not talking about this fly-by-night trend. We’re talking about a sea change.” www.sfgate.com/food/article...
The SF business seeing record sales after surgeon general's alcohol warning
Bars like San Francisco's Trick Dog and ABV and nonalcoholic spots like Ocean Beach Cafe react to the surgeon general's advisory.
www.sfgate.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
after nearly 3 years of braving the Bay Area's finest tourist restaurants for garlic ice cream and $35 fish and chips, it's time to retire my column, Eat Like a Tourist. it's been a great run 🥹 www.sfgate.com/food/article...
The touristy Bay Area restaurants I tried in 2024 that lived up to the hype
“Eat Like a Tourist,” my column reviewing San Francisco's most touristy restaurants, has led me to places I wouldn’t normally go within 100 feet of.
www.sfgate.com
December 19, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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I went deep this morning @sfgate.com on the few Mount Rushmore-worthy SF restaurants still outfitting their staff in white jackets, which are both impractical and expensive, but also wildly transportive to a bygone San Francisco era.

Give it a read: www.sfgate.com/food/article...
One of SF's oldest restaurant traditions is going nowhere, despite the cost
The white jacket is a staple behind the bar at San Francisco's most storied restaurants, from Buena Vista Cafe to House of Prime Rib.
www.sfgate.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:39 PM