We shamelessly stole today's photo of the day from SF Metblogs. It was reportedly taken at the Ferry Building's farmers market. And while we can imagine such a gruesome display occurring in more exotic parts of the city, we always thought this kind of scene was better hidden at downtown's farmers market. Tsk, tsk. Shameful. Credit: Richard Ault......

60-year-old attorney William McGrane is fit to be tied. Why? Because of noted Ferry Building street percussionist John King's daily performances. It seems that his groovy beats, which stem from the many plastic buckets and pans and whatnot he uses as instruments, are flowing into the Ferry Building and disrupting the work flow of the hardworking lawyer, okay? (We always forget that people work on the other floors of the Ferry Building in offices.......

According to the Sentinel: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will lead an Embarcadero rally today in support of the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. The even will be held on the second floor of the Ferry Building, located at 1 Embarcadero, at 5:00 p.m. Members of the media must arrive for setup by 4:45 p.m. Rumor has it that Mayor Gavin Newsom will be joined by a "special guest star": former President Bill Clinton. But......

First off, our heart goes out to all of you who took the Ferry this morning. Do you need dry some toast or Ginger Ale? Because: barf. SFist received word from one poor passenger who took the first boat into SF this morning, just before Golden Gate Transit suspended all service. It seems the ride was "bad, which included euphemistic warnings from the Captain 'hold on it’s gonna be a bit bumpy.' Bumpy in......

Welcome back, little piggies, from your night of binge eating and sipping. (That is, if you were fortunate enough to do so.) Why not get up, out, and about tonight to work off that meal, hangover with the following: -- Kristi Yamaguchi Holiday Ice Rink at Embarcadero Center: Our Kristi, our Kristi, why hast thou forsaken us? Alas, although no longer branded with Olympic gold-medal allure, you'll still have a blast at the holiday rink......

The typically chatty Gavin Newsom spoke for less than 15 minutes last night, declaring a mayoral victory at last night's party at the Ferry Building. He stood alongside his father and gal-pal Jennifer Siebel (who presumably had to be talked out performing a stirring act-II-opening rendition of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina," which, really, would have been rad.) According to the Chronicle he said, "To my critics, this is an opportunity, and in some......

Too real, if you ask us. Election night will soon fall upon the city like a blanket of darkness. But that doesn't mean you should celebrate or grieve alone. Ripping off Inspired by SFBG's Election Night Parties, we present to you SFist's...election night parties. Ta-da. -- Gavin Newsom's (Victory) Party: Pros: at the Ferry Building, the thrill of victory, Gavin's form Cons: at some point you will be snubbed by someone in the society......

Last Friday's public pie fight was a phenomenal, messy success. This reporter (above) got hit hard, it seems, or added more cream to her camera-ready face for the cameras. We're sorry we missed this, but again, as we used to whine in elementary school to avoid any water-balloon mayhem or recreational sporting activity, "Don't! Dude, our mom's going to kill us if we get our clothes dirty." Laughing Squid has an brilliant comment commencing......

-- Carmen Jones: Based off of Georges Bizet's famous French opera Carmen, the adaptation was made into a successful Broadway musical, and then a '50s film staring Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, and Pearl Bailey. Now, see it again on stage right here in SF. The curtain goes up tonight at the African-American Art & Culture Complex (762 Fulton); $15. -- The Halloween Friday Night Skate: Rollerskate (or blade) in your Halloween costume without breaking......

According to this map we saw right near the Ferry Building, it looks like the borders are Taylor, Bush, O'Farrell, and Van Ness, shrinking the Official Tenderloin to a mere twenty-ish square blocks. But wait...isn't Larkin Street now Little Saigon? How'd we miss the official renaming of NoMa? Is it going to have an incestuous relationship with NoPa? Would the kids be heroin-addicted H&M shoppers feasting on rotisserie chicken? The mind reels.......

We're starting to run out of ways to introduce these stories about the murder count in SF, so we're going with a clip of "Miss Murder" by AFI, above. So here's the latest: Two more bodies were found today. One person was found shot to death in the head around 9:30 last night near Monster Park, and this morning, a woman walking in Golden Gate Park saw a dead body in a grove of......

SFist reader Darren stopped by Muni's town hall meeting at the Ferry Building on Tuesday, and sends this account: I thought the head of Muni was very forthcoming when stating that things did not go so well with the launch of the T and it's ripple effects on the system. Unfortunately the director of Muni pointed out that they want to "make sure they don't make the situation worse" so they are going to......

Well this is going to be awkward: a public town-hall meeting with Muni Director Nat Ford. It's this Wednesday, May 16, at noon; at the Ferry Building in the Port Conference Room on the second floor. As is usually the case with anything Muni-related, we have no idea how to get to that location. If manage to figure out how to get there, take notes and pictures! We'd love to hear your feedback on......

Tonight, there's music, Vivienne Westwood clothes, and film, for ten smackers? Or free if you are a museum member. Oh-la-la! Party with Viv (her work, she will be there in spirit only) at the de Young's exhibition spanning 36 years of her fashions. At 7 p.m., the film South Bank Show will screen. Corset lovers can admire and even try on some get ups created by Art Institute of SF students. de Young Museum,......

One of those things you learn in rehab is to take it one day at a time (Valerie Bertinelli notwithstanding), though Valentine's Day can be one of the more excruciating days to get through, just dealing with the high schoolers on MUNI with the balloons, oversized stuffed animals and flowers alone. Difficult as it may be, remember, tomorrow it's all over and the candy is on sale. But tonight, it's the 2nd annual Pillow Fight......

We're back! Until our editor returns from vacation, that is. --Daly's not wearing green beads anymore. --They're opening a Trader Joe's in Oakland! --Wild pigs contaminated your spinach. --There was a minor fire at the Slanted Door yesterday at the Ferry Building. --Surveying the homeless in Golden Gate Park --Gelato wars in Los Gatos --Was it sexism that only scantily-clad female cheerleaders were suspended after a Halloween party last year? Picture from the SJ Merc......

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It doesn't appear that there's anything planned to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, so we'll just slurp oysters and go flyfishing. No, really, this evening at the Ferry Building Marketplace Grand Hall, Hog Island Oysters, Cakebread wine and fly fishing. (5:30-7:30pm) Proceeds from the event will benefit CalTrout—an organization that started in the mid-1960s with a dozen avid trout fishermen disgruntled with the State of California's management of lakes and......

--No one objected to the Peninsula Humane Society moving after all. --Civic Center Mike ran into both Chris Daly and SFist Eve! That's a good day! --Cal and Stanford kids don't know anything about civics or history. --Faster computer chips in time for Christmas. --There's a march and rally for the Bay View today. --A SJSU professor shows that drinkers make more money. --Don't worry, the Ferry Building famers' market will stay put. --Would you......

The Russian River Slow Food movement comes down to San Francisco this Sunday for a Sustainable Seafood Salon, that is a panel discussion on the issues of sustainability in fishing in the Northern California coast. You guys remember we narrowly escaped having no local wild salmon on our plates this year, and it is only one example of fishing going awry. So if you are concerned about having good fresh local wild seafood on your......

Welcome to the continuation of the cookie series - series length will be dictated by number of cookies we can scarf without getting wedged in the Muni door while trying to board. Part two is devoted to the Ferry Building, that prime stop for exotic mushrooms, hungry tourists, fancy olive oils - and cookies. By contributing SFist Amber Adrian......

Today's Bike To Work Day, and Gavin Newsom, poised on his bike at the Ferry Building, good-naturedly joked to KCBS that "I'm a pathetic politician that only does this once a year. . . . I know a lot of people today because of that bike closure veto [for Golden Gate Park] will want to knock me over." For his pains, he got a free tote bag from the SF Bike Coalition, which sponsored......

Any post that starts "I'm in a light, summery mood today," in spite of the weather, well, that deserves to lead off the round-up this week. The rain's affecting everyone, including Cookiecrumb up in Marin, so we can only imagine the impact this is having on larger farmers and growers. For us, when the weather gets too awful, we always like tea. We like the steam and sweets and the way it makes us feel......

For 127 of the best road cyclists in the world, it was five minutes of pain. For Americans Levi Leipheimer, Bobby Julich, George Hincapie, and Floyd Landis, it was a little less. For the American cycling peloton, veteran cycling announcer Paul Sherwen called it the Holy Grail they've been seeking. For the spectators, it was an instant classic....

It's not exactly the Tour, but this weekend the Bay Area plays host to the opening stages of the 2006 Tour of California. This eight-day, 600-mile, multi-stage road race brings the excitement of international professional cycling back to the Bay Area....

You may want to metaphorically brace yourself under a solid table (and not in a doorjamb, for crying out loud!) -- 2006 is not only the year of the Congressional midterm elections, but also the 100th anniversary of the Great San Francisco Quake and Fire (April 18, 1906). (Dude, they had orders to shoot to kill looters back then! Gavin better not try any of that!) To kick off the centennial, two local art museums are now featuring 1906 earthquake themed shows -- the SF MOMA is featuring historic photographs of the disaster, along with (starting in March) films from the Library of Congress of the quake itself, and panel discussions about the commemoration of disasters through photography. Meanwhile, the Legion of Honor is sponsoring the show "After the Ruins: Rephotographing the San Francisco Quake And Fire," where photographer Mark Klett has visited sites of famous 1906 photographs and reshot them as they are today: so there's shots of Union Square, the Presidio, Dolores Park, and (as seen above) the Ferry Building, then and now. And before you ask -- yes, both the SFMOMA and the Legion of Honor are seismically sound. Composite photograph of Ferry Building from 1906 and 2006 from the Legion of Honor website ...

We loved the empty marketplace we found at the Ferry Building on a soggy New Year's Eve day. Few buyers wanted to come out on the wet holiday. Sadly, many farmers felt the same way, and the thriving market was a shadow of its normal self. Ah, well, we still found some bright green Brussels sprouts to take home for dinner. Brussels sprouts are one of those love-em-or-hate-em vegetables, and we hope you'll use......

I rely on a number of high-quality producers for the Kitchen column. Some I've written about in depth, some make frequent cameo appearances. Here are the unsung (at least at this site) producers I relied on in 2005. Fatted Calf Great charcuterie is hard to find. No wonder, then, that Fatted Calf has a cult following among cured meat connoisseurs. Taylor and Toponia, who started the business with their own savings, use top-notch ingredients to......

A short PSA: yesterday we (aka. SFist Sam) investigated the food of Provence. Since no one has done more for the PR of the Provence area than Peter Mayle --except maybe for those guys Cezanne and Van Gogh-- we have to mention he will be signing his new book, Confessions of a French Baker, Saturday at noon at the Ferry Building's Sur La Table. The French baker is the one prominently featured in A Year in Provence, of course. He also will be at a ticketed event tonight at the Clay, tomorrow in Danville, and Saturday at 6pm in Sebastopol (cf. info at the very bottom of this post). As it is about food in France, we will review the book, hopefully next week, as we only received it today. Last week, we started our epic "battle thai," with a lackluster visit to Osha Thai. We usually give at least two visits to a restaurant, but we were not particularly in the mood to go back there. We instead opted to visit Marnee Thai. We had checked out Thai Chef, a block away from the original Marnee, and at the time really felt we should see how the reference in the neighborhood fares against the new young guns....

Special "overpowered by funk" edition... Okay, we're going to the Femi Kuti show at the Fillmore thanks to the benificence of George Kelly. Thanks, George! Look for our review of the sold-out show tomorrow. But really, that's just part of the hottness tonight -- the eleventh annual North Beach Jazz Festival and the third annual Rare Groove Festival will also connect you to your roots and get your rump shakin'. So if you like......