We all had a great time piling on Muni last weekend, foaming and ranting about service to and from the park. But what was going on behind the scenes? We asked Muni how they strategized their service around Outside Lands. Here's what they had to say: "Over the weekend, the total number of extra buses was 118 -- that was divided between the 5 and 71 as needed. They even used extra buses on......

We checked out the Renaissance Faire on Sunday in Golden Gate Park, and...it was a complete and total blast. We saw live jousting, a group of people re-enacting The Merry Wives of Windsor, the truly awesome dancing musicians pictured above, and pirates, outlaws and the odd ninja or samurai. Afterwards, we headed (in full regalia) to Tommy's for margaritas, where we had the best conversation ever: "Were you at the Renaissance Faire?" asked a......

Photo by Jim Herd/SFCitizen SFist sources tell us that the bomb squad has been called to Golden Gate Park at JFK and 30th Avenue Carl Street in Cole Valley at around 6 p.m. Now, which one of you accidentally left your pack back in the park? But seriously, folks, we're not sure what the entire story is yet, or if there even is one, but we'll update when we know more. Stay tuned. Update......

File this -- again -- under "there's ALWAYS a San Francisco connection". We recently discovered that Charlie Chaplin, America's favourite clown (and perhaps the most influential performer in motion picture history), shot one of his bazillion-odd silent movies on location in and around Golden Gate Park. "A Jitney Elopement" is classic slapstick, featuring a case of mistaken identity, a jitney (think "flivver"), a mustachioed scoundrel and -- inevitably -- madcap hilarity. This milestone 1915......

What with all of the media attention this summertime concert has received as of late, you would assume Miley Cyrus (the Madeleine Elster/Judy Barton narrative of our time) was booked to "sing" at Golden Gate Park. Alas, she is not. Your consolation prize? Radiohead, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and Jack Johnson are lined up for the debut of the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, happening August 22-24. Ticket prices, activities, other performers,......

The Apple Moth vs. San Francisco......

What's the first building to boast glass walls in SF? Curbed knows. [Curbed]Speaking of the Donna's, here's an interview with bassist Maya Ford. [SFBG]Political message of the now. [Nature abhors a vacuum]The Clinton coalition, it seems, is crumbling. [BeyondChron]One of us: top 10 cults in SF. [Gridskipper]Radiohead to play Golden Gate Park? (Sounds chilly.) [ASD] Photo credit: iceman882......

Muni has three disruptions on their radar this weekend: The Chinese Flower Market Fair on Saturday and Sunday, the San Francisco Half Marathon on Sunday, and the Tet Fesitval Celebration on Sunday. All three sound scrumptious, even though only two of them are explicitly Asian. After the jump: details! Yummy delicious details.......

Things are hopping on Friday nights at the de Young...

A group of people having a bonfire at Ocean Beach early this morning--in this weather?--came across the body of a dead man, which they found above the high tide line across from the Beach Chalet and Golden Gate Park. Of average height with no identification or clothes, "U.S. Park Police are investigating the death, but have few leads." The group had their fire lit outside the designated area...and were asked by police a little......

This was the scene the other day on everybody's favorite piece of landfill, San Francisco's Marina District. Larger version here Of course SUPER-visor Chris Daly took action to keep Segways off of our sidewalks about a half decade ago, but our law doesn't appear to stop folks from just driving around in bike lanes. (It doesn't seem to stop people from riding on sidewalks either, but oh well.) Anyway, you'll be seeing these things in......

Photo of a funny sign in Golden Gate park...

We love the idea of turning the Presidio into a destination. After all, it's a gorgeous place. Ridiculously beautiful parts of the Presidio make Golden Gate Park look downright crummy. And what with the new landscaping, it's sure to become the tourist destination it so richly deserves. But it has a few obstacles, namely this Donald Fisher-proposed museum. While it's nice and pretty and "sedate but glassy," the area in unserved by local transit.......

Pocket Gophers in Golden Gate Park ...

Lindy in the Park this Thursday...

Golden Gate Park saw an Overwhelming Response from Oil Spill Volunteers last night. ...

Oil Spill Volunteer Training 2nite. ...

Unidentified Women On Horseback In Golden Gate Park, October 29, 1934 San Francisco Public Library Historical Photograph Collection We’re all for citizenship and all—we would even consider ourselves to be citizenship geeks. We love voting (of course) and jury duty (jury opportunity, we like to call it). We love the Post Office and even the DMV (especially those the traces of the Eisenhower era that remain here and there in those temples of citizenship…......

Just what San Francisco really needs – renovated horse stables in Golden Gate Park! That's right. Proposition G, if passed, would raise $750,000 towards revitalizing the existing dilapidated stables. Proponents of the prop claim that this is all for the youth of San Francisco. Well, they must be thinking about little Spencer and Avery of St. Francis Wood, cuz we're pretty sure that the kids who go to John Muir Elementary in Western Addition......

Photo of a bird eating plastic...

Photo of feral cat in GGP and thoughts as to why we seem to have fewer of them now...

Photo of a large bird doing its best to survive in a somewhat polluted environment. ...

Oh dear. Just days after Brian Austin was stabbed to death at 47th Avenue and Fulton Street, a (homelss!) man was shot yesterday in Golden Gate Park. According to the fuzz, he took a hit at 25th Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, a little after 11 p.m. No arrests have been made. As for the victim, he is in stable condition. Golden Gate Park? Not so much.......

Photo of people smoking in the park...

View Larger Map Talented local designer and fiber artist, Leslie Yang of Feisty Elle, created a Google Map marking favorite local crafty spots, from boutiques that sell handmade wares to yarn and art supply stores to craft museums. Email her at Leslie at feistyelle dot com if you want to add to her list. And be sure to check out Leslie's beautiful selection of accessories available for sale on her website. Leslie is also a......

Good news for students of the struggle of the proletariat: even if you don't have time to read Marx, there are alternatives. Like Paul Krugman, Harpers, Howard Zin, Noam Chomsky, the Guardian of London -- and even our very own home-grown SF Bay Guardian. This reading list is the result of a conversation that started innocently enough on the SFBG's blogs, in a post about homelessness in Golden Gate Park and, tangentially, the Spanish......

Augie March, looking a bit haggard - maybe a little drunk, performed their second set of the day - earlier they made an appearance at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival at Golden Gate Park. This didn't stop the Melbourne based band from rocking out their eclectic mix of music at Slim's on Friday night. Their music ranges from pop in "One Crowded Hour" to folk in "Bottle Baby" then jumps head first into the......

Photo of the revivified roller skate area on 6th Avenue in GG Park ...

You might think "potatoes" when you hear this street. Something big and red, there you might meet. If figuring out rhyming, city-themed clues is your kind of fun (and why wouldn't it be), lace up your sneakers! It's time for the fifth annual SF City Guides Treasure Hunt! SF City Guides are, of course, the folks who bring you those awesome themed walking tours of San Francisco, like Bawdy and Naughty, about Barbary Coast prostitutes,......

Pedaling through Golden Gate Park the other day, we noticed the conspicuous absence of the giant purple half-head that has graced a lawn near the deYoung for a few months. We had all kinds of mean things to say about the head (adolescent pseudo-profundity, like something constructed for a Led Zeppelin album cover), but on the other hand, we smoked enough pot in high school to think, hey, awesome, a giant half-buried purple head with a 1000-yard stare!...