We so cannot afford a seat, but, oh my God, someone please take us to this as their date. Behold: We are thrilled to have our superlative Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin in the Bay Area two weeks from today, Thursday, Sept. 25th for Lunch in Woodside. This will be the perfect and probably only opportunity to meet and visit with her before the November election. Please join us in showing support for this... [continue]

The first edition of San Francisco's one and only Hornucopia Festival kicks off tonight. The festival squishes "over 35 horn- and brass-fueled bands" into a couple of dozen shows over two weeks, featuring mostly local talent. We are particularly partial to bands featuring the trumpet, our assigned instrument in 5th-grade band. We remember thinking to our small selves, "it's only got three buttons... how hard could it be?" These people make it look easy. Here... [continue]

ART OPENINGS: We've got two for you, right next to each other. Such convenience! First, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions opens its doors tonight. The inaugural show, "Ready Set Go," features works by Tyler Cufley, Wolfgang Ganter, Tom Huck, Mads Lynnerup, TV Moore, Tim Roda, and the divine Cassandra Jones. More importantly, the wine will be flowing freely. Then, across the street at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the opening reception for "Galleon Trade: Bay... [continue]

A quick search of SFist's archives shows at least 315 uses of the word hipster since our inception in 2004. A quick scan of those results suggests that the term was not always used with love, which might be why we found ourselves squirming uncomfortably as we read this quote in Fashionista today: I've always found that word ('hipster') is used with such disdain, like it's always used by chubby bloggers who aren't getting... [continue]

Have you been watching "Mad Men"? Yeah, yeah, everyone says it's the bee's knees, but in this case everyone is right. It's a show we love so much we wish we could take it to the prom and have its illegitimate babies. Sundays at 10 P.M. on AMC. Check it out! Here's a scene from the second season premiere featuring none other than San Francisco's own First Lady, (Wait. Is that what she's called now?),... [continue]

The arrival of Zizekmania was announced to us this morning on Michael Krasny's Forum. We normally avoid the post-10 a.m. segment of the show, as the inane questions posed by callers tend to stoke our misanthropy in unflattering ways. Thus it was purely by accident that we tuned in this morning just in time to hear a caller ask Slavoj Zizek his opinion of Burning Man. We barely had time to pull over and... [continue]

We live for moments like this. Thank you, God. See, in yet another 7x7 Magazine article about how skinny rich women are saving/running/benefiting San Francisco in vague yet miraculous ways, the glossy pub's most recent article, "The California Academy of Sciences' Leading Ladies," features San Francisco's First Lady, Jennifer Siebel-Newsom, and the woman whom we're one missed Prozac pill away from stalking, the sublime Vanessa Getty. Oh, and they both appear in the same... [continue]

Sarah Palin, according to yesterday's New York Times, tried to get some morally bankrupt books removed from library shelves when she took office in Alaska as the mayor of Wasilla. Palin, it seems, went so far as to try firing Mary Ellen Emmons, a librarian in Wasilla who dared to resist Palin's vile censoring efforts. The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, pledged to "resist all efforts at censorship,"... Ms. Palin fired Ms. Emmons shortly after... [continue]

Oh boy. Are fare inspectors are out of control? In the above shot, captured in all its manic glory by Jameth late this afternoon, witness this guy flipping out on a female inspector lady (and male fare inspector not shown.) And with good reason. Just before this scene, we should point out, the train carrying the above passenger was delayed at Van Ness because three fare inspectors held the doors open so that they... [continue]

The homosexuals held yet another street fair honoring girth, body hair, leather, bare butts, or the eschewing of Speed Stick. We're not sure. But what we are sure of is that the fair sure looked exciting. With a delightful pun on "Harrison Street," the Hairrison Street Fair (get it? har), coinciding with something called "Bear Week," threw down the repetitive meth beats this past Sunday, making for a joyous and drunken bash in SoMa. Also,... [continue]

After enduring months of brutal muggings, Glen Park residents are now stunned by the attempted murder and kidnapping that took place on August 30th right in the heart of the neighborhood. A description of the crime was posted on the Glen Park Bulletin Board written by Elizabeth Weise of Glen Park News. Robbers stabbed Paul Park, the owner of Buddy's Market at about 11 p.m. last night, leaving him for dead. They also kidnapped one... [continue]

Ouch. Is this your car? Our condolences. Yesterday's breezy breezes by DPark seem to have dislodged a branch directly into your rear window. If you need more photos for insurance, let us know -- we've got a bunch. In the mean time, everyone else can busy themselves with feeling smug for not owning this car. Oh, and you're probably wondering who that guy is. As we were photographing this epic scene, a Guatemalan walked... [continue]

We've become more and more hippie-ish in our near eight years living in San Francisco. We've mostly dwelled in compost-practicing households here, where it was a convenient process and just as easy to do as tossing waste in the trash. We now live in a large apartment building with around 30 units with no current compost option, although a few of us tenants are interested in setting one up. We throw away a lot of... [continue]

44-year-old former beauty queen and current Alaska Governor Sarah Palin wins the honor of being Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate. (It will not be, as was guessed yesterday, Tim Pawlenty.) A bit of background: Palin is the youngest and first female governor of Alaska -- a state that has a rape rate that is double the national average. Palin is also under investigation for allegedly firing Alaska’s Public Safety Commissioner because he refused... [continue]

If you plan on falling off the wagon or going on a fatal bender, let tonight be that night. Why? Well, because some of the watering holes throughout SF plan on donating up to half of their profits to the Stop AIDS Project. Here are a few of the participating bars where you can altruistically get ripped to the tits tonight. Harvey's (500 Castro Street): Local bloggers Beth Spotswood, Sweet Melissa's Melissa Griffin, and... [continue]

Photo by Travin found in SFist's Flickr pool. Looks likes there was some sort of benign "peace march" to make people feel good. Cool. Looks like everyone had a good time. Can you spot the war protest stereotypes in this picture? We count five.... [continue]

First, we are loving Dan Noyes' coverage of the Bernie Ward/kiddie porn trial. It is, for lack of a better descriptive, incestuously fun. (Ward was employed by KGO before Ward's career and reputation went into free fall after being indicted on child pornography charges.) If any SFist contributor gets nailed for hiding a hard drive full of Dakota Fanning creampie pics, we're gonna be all over them, Noyes style. (And, really, it's just a... [continue]

The Yes Men need your help! Again! The group of identity-theft pranksters is planning something big -- something expensive -- and they need donations. Will you answer their call? If you think they're awesome, you probably will. And if you think they're irritating, well, this will only confirm your opinion. The group's schtick is to dress up nice, and claim that they work for a giant corporation; then, posing as official spokesmen, they'll say something... [continue]

What with all of the not taking synthetic drugs we've been doing as of late, we completely forgot that Labor Day Weekend is almost upon us. Yay! And with that comes that annual gathering of creative types out in the desert called Burning Man. You know, that place where people find themselves and/or commit suicide? Anyway, to get you all prepared for the big event, we re-present to you SFGate's best post ever. Sure,... [continue]