-- Those rectangular glassy lofts on Folsom and Fourth Streets are, in fact, award-winning rectangular glassy lofts. Also, love the windows. [Curbed]

-- What to do in SF when it pours. [Gridskipper]

-- Democrats having a spine? What a novel idea! [BeyondChron]

-- Behold! Tinkerman's top 10 musical experiences and releases of 2007. [SFBG]

-- Matt Gonzalez caught shopping at Community Thrift on Valencia. Dude, we also l-o-v-e Community Thrift! Why, it's where we bought our Ionic Breeze. [Spotswood]

-- Resume rules. [The Snitch]

-- It's Nutcracker time. [Civic Center Blog]

-- Yesterday's flame-ravished building at 7th/Mission to be torn town. [FCJ]

-- And your Word of the Year choices are... [Culture Blog]


"A Long Row of Rectangles" courtesy of Flickr photog Eric in SF, via Curbed.

-- Van Halen jumps. [SFGate]

-- Tommi Avicolli-Mecca to be visited by three ghosts Xmas Eve. [Beyond Chron]

-- Gavin Newsom wants to be President of the U.S.A. you to get healthier. [Matier and Ross]

-- SWL 337 Planning Challenge winners announced. (Go Jackson!) [Curbed]

-- Susan Leal hit by a car. Chin up, girl. [CBS5]

-- San Francisco's 100th homicide. [The Snitch]

-- Bloggers, copyrights, photos, and lots of hair pulling. [Laughing Squid]

-- Steroid report reported. [SFGate]

-- A minor dustup between Steven T. Jones and Paul Hogarth. [SFBG]

-- It ain't easy being cheesy. [Grub Report]

-- With which SF realtor would you not mind having intercourse? Yeah, we have no idea either. [The Front Steps]

-- Luisa's closed. For being dirty. [Eater]

-- Water-taxis! [SF Examiner]

-- Perverts. [ASD]

-- San Francisco to go solar. [Curbed]

-- SUV rampage remembered. [SFGate]

-- Bernal Heights robbers? Oh noes! [The Snitch]

-- The McKesson Corporation sued. Also, SFBG's got the love for the Examiner? [SFBG]

-- The handitards over at Best Buy apologize for sending Scott Beale an inane cease & desist missive. Classic stuff, folks. [Laughing Squid]

-- Blueprint -- it's not a good thing. (Eh.) [ValleyWag]

-- Watch out, SF. Last night's armed robbery spree shakes up, shakes down residents. [SF Crime, SFGate]

-- Ding, ding: bike rally at City Hall. [Left in SF]

-- Your Contemporary Jewish Museum. [Curbed]

-- At Harvard U seasons change, feelings change. [Beyond Chron]

-- "Come on feel the Noyes." [I'll Flip You]

-- Top Bay Area noisemakers of 2007. [SFBG]

-- This morning's police chase/fatal accident killed two, including Benjamin Bratt's nephew, Kristopher. [SFGate]

-- Smell that? It's the stench of awards season underway. And the San Francisco Film Critics Circle nominees are... [Hartlaub, Maximum Strength Mick]

-- Rincon Hill? Is fit to be tied. [Curbed]

-- The Hayward fault is coming to get you, us. [The Snitch]

-- Mark and Carole and Tim and SFist. [SFBG]

-- "[C]od sperm crostini." (Also: barf.) [Eater]

-- Will you buy us this incredibly well lit house? [The Front Steps]

-- That Giuliani guy was in SF. [SFGate]

-- Sandoval to support... [FCJ]

-- ...Daly's affordable housing measure. [Daly Blog]

-- Coit Tower murals. Just loverly. [WhatImSeeing]

-- Building workers unwittingly perform air acrobatics. [Curbed SF]

-- Concerts at the Cadillac. [BeyondChron]

-- Matt Smith on bloggin'. Awesome. [SF Weekly]

-- Double-decker Muni all up in your bus stop. Soon. [N Judah Chronicles]

-- Susan Leal gets laid... off. (Thank you! We're here all week.) [SFBG]

-- Bernie Ward busted for research? [ABC7]

-- Six-year-old metrosexual? Uh oh. So were we. Just saying is all. [The Poop]

Image credit: WhatImSeeing

-- 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 SF]

-- Behold: the wall bra. (Tee hee.) [SFLuxe]

-- On the 38. [Fog City Notes]

-- Frank Chu and Gavin Newsom. Dancing. As elves. [elfyourself]

-- You break it, you bought it. [N-Judah Chronicles]

-- Bang, bang: "Shot Spotters!" [The Snitch]

-- Psst. "Stifle yourself" is the new "STFU." Pass it on. [Chron Blog]

-- No fair! We wanna go to Point Reyes! [WhatImSeeing]

-- Is Yoshi's SF opening really going to help the Fillmore? Hint: no. (Also, how can a dead form of music revitalize a community?) [BeyindChron]

-- Ken, you are the father! [SFBG]

-- Late night pizza ban? [Examiner]


Image credit: N-Judah Chronicle's Flickr stream

-- Built in 1911, the Tower Theater is up for sale. Again. [Curbed SF]

-- Fatal Bayview fire still under investigation. [SF Examiner]

-- Jew's attorney asks, "More time, please?" Look, the only kind of time that will help Ed's case is a time machine. Thank you, good night! [SFGate]

-- The new Mint. (Also, a museum? Yawn.) [Transbay Blog]

-- Milk vs. The Mayor of Castro Street. Me-ow! [ASD]

-- Hit-and-run suspect snagged. [Oakland Tribune]

-- Cirque du Stravinsky. [Civic Center Blog]

-- Ok, this was posted last Wednesday, but we totally missed it. Also, we're old. Behold: Crest Gel and the Cavity Creeps! [Laughing Squid]


Image credit: Flickr's David Gallagher

-- And then Nancy was all, "Like, what the hell, you guys?" [SF Examiner]

-- The Central Subway Project. [Transbay Blog]

-- Now you don't have to leave your bedroom to travel. Ever again. Yay! [The Tech Chronicles]

-- The seven rules for talking (and not screaming self-righteously) about gentrification. [Neighbors Project]

-- Behold: SF Weekly's new food blog. [SFoodie]

-- A censure-free DiFi. [SFBG]

-- After it was revealed that he was, and then wasn't, now it seems that Devaughndre Broussard might have been involved with Bailey's murder. At least for now. [Oakland Tribune]

-- Also, Alfonza Phillips III, 22, was convicted of killing Your Black Muslim Bakery boss. [SFGate]

-- A staggeringly drunk mayoral candidate? How tacky, Vallejo. SF would never stand for such a thing. [VHT]