Entries from SFist tagged with 'bigdaddy'
January 13, 2008
Londonist pondered who might be the next sponsors of the London Eye and whether or not readers would be willing to donate £1,000 each for a Londonist Eye.Shanghaiist was shocked to find a cameltoe in the city's only English-language paper. Gothamist believed that a writer who wanted pre-gentrified gritty New York and ended up getting beaten up during a mugging learned his lesson.DCist followed Mayor Adrian Fenty and the D.C. Council to New Hampshire,......
Continue Reading "Week Around the -Ists"January 2, 2008
Just as we were shutting down our computer at work circa 5:03, we turned around to find a (non-homeless appearing) man urinating behind a vehicle parked at the Olivet University Student Union on Lapu Lapu. Nice. We had no idea that seemingly "normal," well-dressed men feel that it is appropriate to pee in public à la Adam Sandler in Big Daddy. For shame, public urinator! We know this part of SOMA isn't exactly Seacliff,......
Continue Reading "Caught: Public Urinator"November 12, 2007
With Chris Daly focusing on the birth of his second child (congrats, Chris and Sarah!), SF Board of Supes prez Aaron Peskin has manfully taken over the essential city function of provoking District 2's Michela Alioto-Pier: today's Matier and Ross column has MAP running crying to City Attorney Dennis Herrera and DA Kamala Harris about Aaron Peskin telling her "payback's a bitch" when she asked why he'd changed his vote on her proposed charter......
Continue Reading "Payback's A Whiny Brat"November 1, 2006
October 21, 2005
The problem in seeing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the A.C.T. is that it was a very famous movie with a very famous cast that became even more famous as a result of starring in that very famous movie. No matter how hard you try, you can't but help compare the not-so-famous production and not-nearly-as-famous actors with the one's you saw in the movie. Luckily, this wasn't a problem for us as......
Continue Reading "SFist Reviews: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"June 30, 2005
Our concert picks for the week of 6/30 - 7/6. "Hey baby, it's the 4th of July!" What artist's "4th of July" song sticks in your head this time of year? Whether it's X, Soundgarden, Bruce, or some band we've never heard of, hum along while we tell you about this weeks' concert picks. Tonight check out the California Homegrown Music Series at Mezzanine featuring headliners Communique, brought to you for free by the Guardian.......
Continue Reading "When The Lights Go Down In The City"December 27, 2004
We're not normally in the habit of endorsing tribe.net - it's a little too Burning Man for our tastes - but no SF-geek should go without reading this blurb about the origins of the neighborhood names. A fifth-generation Californian who goes by "Big Daddy" (not, we assume, his Christian name) has compiled the info on The Neighborhoods from a weath of resources, and it contains such nifty tidbits as: Russian Hill is named for the......
Continue Reading "...And Boy, Are My Loins Tender"