We've done a 180-degree turn on Mr. Anthony Bourdain after viewing last night's San Francisco The Layover on The Travel Channel. Bourdain calls Swan Oyster Depot one of his favorite places in San Francisco, talks about crossing swords at The Tonga Room, slurs his words, and throws shade at food bloggers. At North Beach's Mr. Bing's, he yells, "You're going to get a lot of annoying, foodie f**kin bloggers saying...What kind of psychotic f**king freak would not love this place?" more ›

Why can't our drunk voicemails sound this fun? Our alcohol-infused voicemails are filled with vitriol, regret, and the occasional Sondheim lyric. They rarely involve home fires, debates over squirrel weight, and/or the Oregon Trail. Steve Rold's friend Evan, however, does leave such voicemails, which Rold conveniently sets to animation. The first video was an astounding success. The new follow-up could rival the first. Enjoy. more ›

Starting out the new year by adding zest to crime blotters all over San Francisco, a man was arrested on Sunday for trying to break into Zeitgeist for a glass (or eight) of hooch. At around 9 a.m. on Sunday, Brian Jenkins, 33, reportedly used a razor blade to destroy posters at Zeitgeist after being being told to beat it since the bar was closed. more ›

During last weekend's tribute to Christ's birth, many people were pinched for driving while smashed. BCN (via SF Appeal) reports: "In the period spanning from 6 p.m. Dec. 24 through midnight on Dec. 26, Bay Area CHP officers made 115 DUI arrests, down from 195 for the same period last year." Around the state, officers arrested 658 drivers for driving while blotto, "a drop from the 1104 arrests for the same period in 2009." [Appeal] more ›

Lou Bustamante has an intriguing report about what bartenders hate most in a customer. None of the reasons, at least not directly, are related to blackout tomfoolery. After asking "some of the city's best bartenders about what drives them crazy," Bustamante notes some of following examples: Rude behavior when a bar doesn't stock the brand you ask for (rude!), lack of patience (the DTs wait for no one), ​ordering a drink while you're on the phone (wait, how can one do this while they're burning to a crisp in the lower rungs of hell?!), making out with someone at the bar (guilty), and unfurling your drug stash at the bar (as mother used to say, "in for a penny, in for an eight-ball"). Read more about what irks your liquid drug dealer over at SF Weekly. more ›

A reader, who asked to remain anonymous, writes to SFist about a harrowing (albeit it tiny) blaze aboard a flight, prompting an emergency landing at SFO on Sunday. more ›

If Dakota Fanning's bone-shatteringly electric portrayal of Cherie Currie in The Runaways has taught us one thing, it's this: drunk girls are shockingly entertaining. So, it should come as little surprise that LCD Soundsystem's latest single is a poignant ode to ladies in an intoxicated state. And here's a fun video to accompany said song, featuring a bevy of drunk women. Enjoy. more ›

Cheap eats/drinks guru Broke-Ass Stuart's Monica the Intern has a handy list of where best to get smashed and lose your self-respect and the respect of others. The Triangle (in the Marina but might be closed), Dolores Park (Mission), Sadlads (Castro), and rented trolleys all made the cut. Said venues are perfect for getting ripped to the tits in order to have a shrieking nervous breakdown (Sadlands), twirling inane hippie sticks (Dolores Park), or doing the whore dance -- i.e., one-arm-in-the-air-while-"freaking"-your-BFF-to-a-Justin-Timberlake-remix dance (The Triangle). Be sure to check out Broke-Ass for the remaining four places in which to lose your dignity. (The only glaring error would be Otis, but that's only because of one fateful night your editor spent there many moons ago. Ugh, never forget.) [via Eye On Blogs] more ›

The San Francisco Police Department is going to crack down on underage drinking at AT&T Park this week, according to KTVU. Apparently other Giants fans have complained about junior alcohol enthusiasts so the SFPD will emphasize a "zero-tolerance policy for violations of underage alcohol possession and consumption and public drunkenness laws during baseball games." Wait a minute, public drunkenness also applies to the of-age beer guzzlers—does this mean fans will have to...behave? The increased police presence will start on Friday and the monitoring inside and outside the park will be in effect for the rest of the season. The SFPD adds that it's "working with our neighboring law enforcement agencies in the educational outreach program regarding underage drinking in the stadium and vicinity" and that "flyers regarding the laws about underage drinking and the consequences of violating those laws" will also be distributed around and on the way to the stadium. more ›

Aside from Juanita More's party at Bambuddha Lounge, the Frameline Film Fest, KRON4 fag hag Jan Wahl's coverage of the parade, the meth cloud that will hover above Beck's Motor Lodge, and the bittersweet tang of buried shame rising to the surface, we can't say we're looking forward to this month's melee. We're just that cool. Or bitter. Or both. more ›

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Although we are occasional cab riders -- this is San Francisco, after all, not NYC -- we have nothing but mediocre cab experiences. Never horrible, never exceptional (except for one nice cab driver who knew the nearest cross street of every address we gave him -- awesome!!). That's what makes this tale from Mission Mission so incredible. more ›

Yesterday's protest was a huge success in luring people of all ages and creeds to Market Street and City Hall. A particularly ripe bunch of "protesters" showed their support to all of us tired passengers on the 47 Van Ness bus around 9:30 p.m. They were taking the bus to the "end of the line," aka Fisherman's Wharf. more ›

-- 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... more ›

On Sunday morning Gary Cloutier, 45, (the gay one!) spent several hours in jail after being arrested for public intoxication in Palm Spring, CA. But he didn't just have a few sips of an appletini. It seems that the mayor wannabe was "staggering and could barely stand," according to CBS 5, after cops found him in his car, freshly sloshed after leaving a Palm Springs bar. (And it's not even White Party season!) more ›