Oh good. Valentine's Day is just around the corner. And if the thought of next Thursday's approaching fillet mignon-for-two-free evening doesn't make you want to slice open an artery followed by nap-time in the bathtub, then how about not making Nob Hill Gazette's annual Lucky 13th Annual Eligible's List? (Yes, yes, you and your hipster S.O. are too cool to celebrate a Hallmark holiday, clearly, but what a privileged thing to decide not to......

Remember the bedlam over at that local homo political clique last year? You know, that time when Carole Migden (D-San Francisco) "stole" the vote from Mark Leno? And then gay-on-gay hair-pulling violence erupted? Well, it looks like the vote for Carole is going to stick. Now that Rafael Mandelman has been elected president of the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, the lcoal group, according to the B.A.R., "is Carole Migden's club." And that, it......

-- Today is Yelp Day. How did you celebrate? Yeah, same here. (With all due respect to Yelp, Newsom will declare anything _____ Day these days, won't he?) [Eater SF] -- Ooooh! Those apartments near the Mint and Mezzanine. We want one. [Curbed SF] -- Homeless vets. [BeyondChron] -- Freight & Salvage wins $1.161 million? Jesus. [SFBG] -- Beth Spotswood totally likes Donnie Wahlberg. [Culture Blog] -- SF's EIR, bicyclists, and you. [Left in......

We do not -- are you listening carefully, Jennifer? -- believe that Gavin has left the most enchanting, pristine, and hopelessly 7x7-ish Siebel. (Believe us, you do not want to fuck with her when it comes to this, for lack of a better word, crap.) But let's throw this out for shits and giggles, shall we? We receive a lot of whimsical emails here at SFist HQ. Take, for example, this one from an......

When he's not busy keeping it real or putting in a couple of loads at the laundromat -- he looks like a Biz kind of guy, doesn't he? -- Gavin Newsom is out pandering to the boomers for their vote. (Something we assumed he had in the bag.) Behold, the psychedelic Gavin Newsom for Mayor poster. This one, which was for a re-election benefit held in the Haight-Ashbury this past week, was sent to......

That was one important vagina 40 years ago today. Who knew back then that it would poop out San Francisco's fearless leader, Gavin Newsom, who just turned a still-sexy 40? Ta-da! (The presumably wax-sealed, engraved invitation to his soirée must have gotten lost in our mailbox somewhere between the Bed, Bath & Beyond 20%-off flyers and retirement home advertisements. We're sure. Alas.) Anyway, Beth Spotswood asked a few important, local notables (and SFist) to......

-- Norman Nsu to return to Redwood City. [ABC7] -- Beth Spotswood writes in real-time about this year's Macy's Passport, with SFist aluma Eve Batey as the Virgil to her Dante. [Chron] -- Ed Jew trail delayed. [Examiner] -- Press conference of San Diego's mayor reversing his decision on same-sex marriage after his daughter comes out. Really, it's amazing footage. [CBS5] -- The U.S. (well, the South) keeping us safe from teens' exposed underwear.......

-- Verified Identity Pass. Scary. But kind of cool. [Chron] -- Mark Leno, the scribe. [SFBG] -- After yesterday's fire in the Castro -- or as the Examiner still calls it, "Eureka Valley" -- seven are hospitalized. [Examiner] -- Our new vodka buddy/birthday mate, Beth Spotswood, calls Daly and Gonzalez bitches, annihilates your SF mayoral candidates. [Chron] -- "Senior of the Year" Jose Morales wants to keep his rent-controlled Mission pad that he's had......

The Chron's Beth Spotswood lands a most delicious photo: a pre-Mayoral Gavin Newsom poured into a baseball uniform. Oh my. Well, then. (Not sure if this has been around, but it's the first time we've seen it, and clearly worth some sort of revival.) Does he suck at America's favorite pastime? Yes. (As do we.) Does he fill out a baseball uniform nicely? Yes. Oh yes. (A very special thanks to Spotswood for the......

--Apple iPhone madness begins! That's a picture of the line in SF yesterday night by photo genius Steve Rhodes, who reported around 60 people in line by midnight. We're hoping to have more pictures of the madness starting at 6 p.m. today by tomorrow! [Steve's Flickr picture; Justin.tv video footage; Gizmodo; the Chron; the Merc News; the Trib; CBS 5.] --No one will say who bought Carole Migden her billboards. [SFBG Politics Blog.] --Hey, not......

--Gavin Newsom angrily denies Chris Daly's cocaine allegations, calls them "sleazy," and calls for everyone in the Board of Supes to condemn them. Tom Ammiano says he thought it was one of Daly's better speeches. [The Chron (and audio clip), CBS 5 (with video of Daly at the meeting and Newsom's denial), ABC 7 (also with video), Fog City, Beyond Chron, Examiner, SF Sentinel. Watch the video from SFGov here, around item 36.] --Your Two......

Did anything happen at all in the San Francisco Bay Area today? All we've been doing is monitoring the Paris Hilton back to jail news! MOOOOOOM!!!!! --Beer and wine are okay for the North Beach Festival next week, but no hard alcohol. --More folks are getting laid off from the Chronicle. The Chron has launched a Portraits In Grief-like feature. --The Special Olympics are in Berkeley this weekend. --An old theater on Market Street (the......

--Meet Tapioca Ed's "consultant" friend. --They're raising water rates in the city. Guess who doesn't care about that? --The Macarthur Maze is set to reopen tomorrow. --15 goats (used to reduce fire risk) were shot in the Oakland Hills. A reward is being offered for information. --There's fallout from the Santa Clara DA's decision not to prosecute a group of DeAnza students for a possible attempted gang rape. --More information about the woman who died......

Last week's winner: the SF Bay Guardian . Cover article: Summer Guide - lots of world music and food festivals in places named "something"-ville. Remembering Jello Biafra and The Clash. Gavin's skimping on the details of his mayoralty to the public - it's the 40th Anniversary of the Summer of Love, Gavin, let the sun shine in on your calendar. Do it for Beth Spotswood. Kimberly Chun wasn't a happy camper at Coachella. Daughters of......

--It's too darn hot. (SFist expresses no opinion about whether to pitch the woo with your baby tonight.) --Who's got the crappiest computer repair services in the area? CompUSA and Fry's. --SFist Elaine's column launches in Fog City Journal! [NSFW] --Inside the Google kitchen (where they only cook local). --Beth Spotswood admires Gavin Newsom's golf pants. --A Contra Costa Times reporter competing at the fried asparagus eating contest in Stockton. Here's the video. --and......

Subbing in for SFist Jon this weekend! --No problems with Critical Mass yesterday -- but let's see what Matier and Ross come up with over the next few weeks, though. --Golden State wins again! NO WAY. GSW lead the series 2-1. --There's a new GavinWatch video: Virtual Question Time. We like the magic fairy dust sound effects! --Beth Spotswood gives Gavin a hug! OOO. --Adventures in Urban Living reports in from the T-Third trenches.......

Well, look who's back for round three with the media! That's right, girls' girl and bumblebee Jennifer Siebel is tentatively tiptoeing back into the publicity news rounds, with a soft-focus lens interview in her daily newspaper, the Marin Independent Journal. In this interview, Jennifer Siebel rambles on and on about how she only went to business school to please her parents ("a pattern for much of my life"), cries a lot, says she only gets......

Yes, lucky readers, that's right: Jennifer Siebel's movie The Trouble With Romance is screening in San Francisco for the SF Int'l Asian-American Film Festival. And who better to review the press screener we received, than our special guest correspondent, and Chronicle Culture Blog Gavin Watcher..... Beth Spotswood!!!! The infamous SFist Rita took time away from her remote cave lair and evil blogging minions to hook me up with an advance copy of The Trouble with......

Before we get into the Jennifer Siebel links of the day, we'd like to put a theory out there. Remember Chron writer C.W. Nevius's theory that men were upset about Newsom's behavior with Ruby Rippey-Tourk because it violated the man code? (which is, in short, don't mess around with a friend's woman.) Well, we'd like to put forward the thought that one of the reasons why people are so angry with Ms. Siebel over her......

Hello there! You might know this correspondent as Gavin Newsom press secretary and SFist comment-spoofer Peter Ragone/John Nelson's "that rita chick is kind of weird" and subsequent KGO 7 fame. (!!!!!!) This whole thing is so bizarre -- you know, you go to one event where people show up in chicken suits and just look what happens! Did SFist really get name-checked at the Board of Supervisors' meeting yesterday???? So please pardon us if we've......

It's the return of our column where we compile all the attacks and defenses of Gavin Newsom in one handy place! This week it's all attacks, though. Send your Newsom defenses here! (or post 'em in the comments.) So... who's on this week's list? Let's bring 'em out! --Aaron Peskin and Ross Mirkarimi!: Luke Thomas at Fog City Journal reports that Supervisors Peskin and Mirkarimi decided to take advantage of Gavin Newsom's much-touted "open door......

--Homicides are down about 10% (.pdf, page 4) (76 for the year as opposed to 86 at this time last year). Good! What's the SFPD solve rate on those homicides? [sorry for the .pdf links to the Examiner -- for some reason, none of today's articles are online yet.] --The chomping sea lion's disappeared. They think he might have died, or moved on. --They debate the public schools and an unflattering drawing of Chris Daly......

Hey, remember when SFist Rita asked for Manuel Jiminez' thoughts regarding The Daly's call for Bush's impeachment at the Board of Supervisors? Well, Manuel went and responded! There's nothing that SFist loves more than people actually paying attention. Left in SF notes that the work at Bernal Park starts tomorrow (and links to a Bernal neighborhood blog we hadn't seen before). Josh Wolf heads to a the federal building for a grand jury appearance......

Dan Gillmor bows out of Bayosphere in Businessweek -- reactions from JD Lasica, Jonas Luster and Thomas Hawk. Blogger Tom Foremski says he's doing just fine, claiming to be more popular with PR folks than the Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg. Hey, at least no one has had to resort to astroblogging (astroturfing + blogging, natch). John Paczkowski is afraid, very afraid about rumors that boo.com is back. "Best Headline in a While" award......

Uh-oh, there's drama between The Daly and The Gavster once again -- GavvyGav brings his veto hammer, but Chris throws the recent reconcilliation speech back at him. Speaking of real estate, an Oakland developer wants to mix light industrial and residential in a new West Oakland construction. Google can't avoid politics anymore, turning away FBI requests for information on the one hand and defending their book search against angry publishers on the other. More......

Beth Spotswood pops ten questions for Gavin Newsom, and we want answers. Speaking of interviews, Shout Magazine raps with local MC Paris. And a crop of top local writers weigh in on the JT Leroy fracas, including Thomas Roche, Mark Pritchard and our own SFist Violet. Arnie will not be charged for driving his motorcycle without the proper M1 certification, eliciting derisive laughter from NorCal Politics and Rangelife. Sophie Maxwell finally makes a public......

We'll start with the 2005 year-in-reviews. Robert Haaland says 2005 "was a great year to be a queer union organizer." Om Malik points out that the number of broadband connections grew 35% last year. And Jenguin literally looks back at 2005 with a selection of her photos. As for the actual festivities, Beth Spotswood dons a cocktail dress and braves a fancy party. Eric Meyerson laments the stormy state of affairs which greeted 2006.......

Min Jung Kim has decided to break up with 2005. We always thought that 2006 would be better for her anyway -- bad boys like 2005 are fun, but always end up causing you trouble. Supr.c.ilio.us turns in a year-end list of the top ten people they wished would link to them. We can't believe Dave Winer didn't link to their defense of snark (like we did). And Glenda B at Agendacide runs down......

We'll start with the fun stuff. Beth Spotswood manages to score the hottest ticket in town, and returns with an "Only in San Francisco" review of Brokeback Mountain. Distraught after the loss of the Hayes Green temple? SF Mike finds solace at the festive Marlena's. SF Leef, on the other hand, is a little jealous of the new 826 Valencia satellite store themes. And remember, kids, Santarchy comes but once a year! Coastsider reports......

Who knew beer and keyboards don't mix? Making her case for membership, Beth Spotswood tells the world that Chandler Bing was sh*tfaced at Otis. With scoops like that, we'll see what we can do to get you in. Speaking of scoops, the Gavster was totally right -- Tucker, Chan and Ratner to make Rush Hour III. And thanks to all the hard work covering the Federline-Spears romance from K-Fed's hometown in the 'No, Jarah......