944 Launches in San Francisco

Welcome to San Francisco, 944 Magazine.  944 is one of the fastest growing lifestyle publications in the nation featuring local and national content. And it is beautiful.

944 began in Phoenix six years ago and now has custom books in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Miami, San Diego, Las Vegas, and Orange County. Clearly, they have an affinity for sunny places. They must think San Francisco is sunny because we are in California. 

I know you are dying to know, like I was, what do the digits 944 stand for?  In addition to a nice Porsche, 944 is the address of the building where the magazine first got its start.  We are literal in the Bay Area and have to get to the bottom of things.

Flipping through the pages of 944’s inaugural San Francisco June issue, we see fashion, music, food and wine, art, design, eco-friendly resorts, celebrities, the social scene, and more. 944 seems to be filling a different niche than my other still-beloved SF magazines including 7x7 and San Francisco magazine. 944 is edgy, elegant, and inclusive. By covering all corners of San Francisco, it has the power to bring the city together.

Here are a few exciting things about 944.  It is complimentary at select high-end spots across the city including hotels, boutiques, salons, and restaurants. It is printed on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC-certified) sustainable paper with 10% recycled content every month, not just in April.  Kudos to 944 for being one of the first magazines in the country to take this important eco-friendly step. It also has an incredibly short lead time (2 days before printing) so the content is up-to-the-minute and true to month.  For example, the Black & White Ball photos from May 31 made it into the June issue. Amazing!

I am thrilled to be a contributing eco-editor for 944 San Francisco. My column is called the Green Spot, which somehow got shortened to g-spot in the first issue. I can’t imagine how.

This Thursday night June 19, 944 will celebrate its official Launch Party at the Bently Reserve in collaboration with Martel and Nabiel and Vintage 415 with performances by the Macy Gray, the Fugees, E! Entertainment Host Catt Sadler, Chris Clouse, DJ Vice, and DJ Solomon. Now that is a line-up, and thank goodness I don't have any 8:00 am meetings on Friday.  www.944.com/sanfrancisco/

In my new role as 944's Eco Editor, I was thrilled to be able to share a few tips for Eco-friendly Gift Ideas on ABC-7's View from the Bay show.  Video