Wired Magazine has an interesting feature piece on what we believe to be one of those "only in San Francisco" kinda businesses: a mechanic who not only specializes in hybrids, but attempts to run a green garage. ...

Everybody found the famous hillside slides very entertaining. Remember to bring your cardboard! The Koret Children's Quarter in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park had its Grand Opening Celebration this morning. A relaxed Mayor Gavin Newsom was on hand along with Supervisors Jake McGoldrick and Ross Mirkarimi to welcome the large crowd. You could even ride the carousel for free. Things appeared to go smoothly today, in contrast with one report of parental bird flipping and......

It's been five years since SF Camerawork, a non-profit dedicated to photography and digital media, had its own gallery. Since 2001, Camerawork has shared exhibition space with New Langton Arts, but no longer. SF Camerawork has moved back to its old hood, and is celebrating its new location at 657 Mission St. (at 3rd) with a Grand Opening party from 5-9pm. Check out the inaugural exhibition at the new gallery, Ghosts in the Machine,......

Brave the perennially grey skies of the Excelsior and head on down to the Progressive Organizing Center's (4760 Mission Street between Persia and Russia, how glamorous sounding!) Grand Opening tonight from 6-9. This office, which was "created to fill the demand for free or low-cost progressive campaign office space", is intended to "house progressive candidates and campaigns serving the community with events and meeting space." Tonight's event features speakers, entertainment, and a potluck meal, so......

As you can guess from the fact that we're still posting instead of primping, we didn't get invited to the H&M opening party. Sure, we're a little bit pissed, but we felt a lot better once we realized that all of the seriously cool people we know hadn't gotten invited, either. Soon, these invitations took on a mythical proportion in our minds, somewhere between Moby Dick and all that money MicroSoft's gonna send us.......