Mission Bicycle recently unveiled via Facebook a bicycle for children named after the area's neighboring 'hood, Noe Valley (a neighborhood stereotypically teeming with families and lesbians and lesbians with families) called "The Noe." Cute, right? Well, according to the Mission Bicycle employe SFist spoke with today, it's a joke. Said employee claimed it was a potshot at poor, innocent Noe Valley. Heh. Then again, the Mission District also bubbles over with, dare we say, native Latino kids residing in many, many parts of the Mission. But that's... well, it's not something any self-respecting Zeitgeist-going, Brian Wilson beard-growing, Tartine-queuing young adult chooses to think about too much. Kills the magic, you know? more ›

Wow. That was horrific. Don't get us wrong: We are not (that much of) a food snob, one who loudly sings the praises of "The Laundry," the latest obscure Mission District restaurant, or, far more obnoxious, an Oakland food truck. Aside from gastronomic trends that we enjoy, and then enjoy making fun of others for enjoying, we have a profound fondness for any sodium-rich treat that reminds us of our upbringing — e.g., Jeno's Pizza Rolls, Ding-Dongs. So it was with much anticipation that we headed out the door today and into San Francisco's Union Square to buy ourselves Jack in the Box's latest concoction, the Bacon Shake. Boy, was that a tummy error. more ›

SFist contributor Jerry James Stone brings us this eeee!-inducing clip of a bulldog riding a zip line in Costa Rica. Youtube user Garzilly, who shot the video, explains: "I filmed this in June 2010 during our honeymoon stay at Finca Bellavista; a tree-house community located in the southern zone of Costa Rica. Kimbo Slice is the resident bulldog and loves to zipline around the skytrail, a network of zipline trails around the property. Craziest thing I've seen in quite some time." more ›

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 ›

Via the fine folks at Laughing Squid, Weird Al Yankovic, Alice Cooper and Steven Tyler joined forces at Mala Restaurant in Maui, Hawaii on New Year's Eve to sing "Come Together" by The Beatles. Why? Who knows. Who cares. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy one of the world's greatest living entertainers as he performs with an American Idol judge and that old dude who wears black eye makeup. more ›

How did the woman who brought us Handi-Off turn into this paranoid, confused pile of a human being? Who can say. Only the voices that swim inside her head know for sure. But she sure is zany these days. Take, for example, the most recent bout of logic diarrhea she shat on Politichicks, her painful YouTube show: "I just went to a briefing in Washington DC, across the street from the Capitol, at the Longworth building at 8:30 am two days ago and it changed my life. For six hours, I saw pictures and names and dates and facts and Islamic law books and Korans, Surahs for six hours and they proved to me...that the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated our highest positions in government and this is serious." more ›

Well, this is fun. Muni Diaries brings our attention to a Bruce Lee look-alike caught rapping freestyle whilst riding a BART train the other day. Also, he has no shirt on thus showing off an admittedly taut and lovely body. Delightful. more ›

For better or for worse, the UC Davis pepper spraying cop has turned into a white-hot, photoshopped thing folks currently love to blast out over a sundry of social media outlets. Which is to say, it's now a meme. (Side note: are there any other terms that old-school print journalists love and love to abuse more than "viral" or "meme"? Like a sneezing panda or Rick Astley song, they're both so interwebby 2.0!) Here are a few we enjoy. We hope you do too. more ›

Ricky Gervais’s new sitcom Life’s Too Short debuted in the UK TV this week. We hope it's as good as his other work. This piece in particular, featuring Gervais, Stephen Merchant (fellow Office creator), and Liam Nesson do some improvisational comedy that, more or less, doesn't go over too well. more ›

We don't know who the Kaplans are, but we sure do like their style. Lauren and Michael Kaplan used edited footage from a recent trip to San Francisco to re-creating the intro to Full House, the greatest Friday night sitcom in ABC history. While it starts off with an eyebrow-cocking "San Fran" (forgive them for they know not what they do, commenters), the entire thing is delightful, humorous and well-produced. more ›

Mission Mission brings word that Martha Stewart, one of the most critical yet underrated philosophers in these our modern times, fell prey to San Francisco's sensitive cycling community over the weekend. It seems that, while shopping at Paxton Gate's Curiosities For Kids on tony Valencia Street, the (wrongfully!) convicted inside trader/domestic thinker parked her presumably gorgeous vehicle in the bike lane for a scant, very necessary five minutes. more ›

Sing-song voiced Stanley Roberts met his match recently during a segment for KRON 4's addictive People Behaving Badly. Filming law enforcement ticketing titularly bad drivers, one sassy law breaker sporting an Elmo t-shirt goes off on Roberts, calling him a "fat, lazy, non-relevant, non-factor ass." Among other things. He also threatens to break the camera and suggests "1-800-GET-THIN, cubby butt." more ›

This creepy anti-nonviolence leaflet asks pacifists to wreak havoc on authorities at Wednesday's general strike in Oakland. Starting out with "the cock of the Empire in your supple hands," it gets better/worse from there. more ›

Hey, folks! Halloween is just around the corner. What are you planning on going as for the big night? We might dress up a ghost, the color purple, or this. Or maybe even a bottle of Purell. Who knows. Anyway, to get in the spirit we implore you to look at this house boasting an acclaimed light show set to the tune of "This Is Halloween" from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Boo. more ›

Misguided and borderline xenophobic Mission residents, fooling themselves and others into the grand illusion that they're caring and creative ilk, recently NIMBY'd out all over their new surroundings. Again. This time it had to do with the superbly-titled Gunz & Bunz sandwich shop on 24th and Folsom. The name, derived from a popular fast-food chain in Beirut called Buns and Guns, offended a smattering of full-diaper neighbors scared about violence. Neighbors who threatened the owner to change the sign, or else. Neighbors who never bothered to ask the owner about the name. more ›

Bicyclists. They ruin everything. Like, for example, your morning commute. As the SF Examiner dutifully points out, a heated round of words between a bicyclist and a Caltrain conductor delayed service by a shocking 10 minutes this morning. "Police were called to the San Carlos station around 9 a.m. The bicyclist was reprimanded for riding on the platform, which is prohibited, and got into it with the conductor." more ›

This from today's column by C.W. Nevius, ever the faithful chronicler of "Only in S.F." moments: more ›

Republican presidential candidate and former Godfather's Pizza CO Herman Cain made headlines last week after becoming the GOP frontrunner for 2012. At last according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, anyway. Now he's making headlines for an even more critical issue: this video in which he croons an ode to pizza. Think of a Weird Al Yankovich parody of John Lennon's "Imagine"... only a thousand times better. Also, his voice? Not half bad. Check it out: more ›

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone accidentally (?) spammed his entire prestigious lot of followers with the following plea: “Will you endorse @EdLeeforMayor for Mayor on @Votizen https://www.votizen.com/m/93t6at/." more ›

For whatever curious reason, former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown loves Subway sandwiches. And he likes to mention it. A lot. Today, the charismatic $5 foot-long deep throater wrote about his three favorite dishes around town. In addition to lavishing praise on the barbecue at MoMo's and melted cheese and ham fritter at Trader Vic's, Brown coos: more ›

Granted, if you're above the coveted 18-to-25 age bracket, and used to another season of not-ready-for-primetime players, you're almost required to claim that you've fallen out of favor with Saturday Night Live. However, recent Emmy Award winner Melissa McCarthy killed it on SNL this past weekend. And how. Overcoming a tad of ho-hum writing, McCarthy blew a fresh shot of oxygen into the show. Her best sketch (out of many) had to be Linda, the Hidden Valley Ranch taste tester. (Also? A seamless example of product placement within a show.) We've watched it 7590326654 times since Saturday. More or less. Enjoy. more ›

This just in: Litquake has released 140 more tickets for their in-conversation evening with Chelsea Handler, host of E!'s popular (and chronically hit-or-miss) Chelsea Lately. She makes her first Litquake appearance on Thursday, October 13 at Z Space (450 Florida Street). Tickets range from $40 to $45 and you can purchase them via Litquake.org or brownpapertickets.com. more ›

Oh dear. FBI agents got the wrong address this morning after pouding on the door of noted CBS correspondent Priya David and her husband, esteemed political consultant/friend of SFist Alex Clemens. The two were at home with their (incredibly adorable) newborn baby on Lina Avenue in Alameda when agents began beating on their door just after 7 a.m. Clemens detailed what went down to CBS 5: more ›

I’m baaaa-aaaack. Miss me? No? Fine. But did you at least miss football? Because I sure as hell did. Summer in San Francisco can be a little depressing, as we all know. The endless fog, the biting ocean wind, the Burners posting half-naked drug-hazed photos all over Facebook and insisting people care about their camp’s theme or how their life has changed forever… more ›

Lists. Where would struggling sites and bad l'interweb be without them? The most recent one to land in our inbox ranked the coolest and least coolest nationalities in the world. Which is an awful thing to do. Like, incredibly awful. Social media site Badoo "asked thirty thousand (30,000) people across fifteen (15) countries asked to name the coolest nationality." The end result? We rule, it seems. Here are the top ten finalists: more ›

Because comedic bits and facial hair proved more important this year than making it to the postseason -- yes, that's it, allow the bitterness to warm you like a Red Cross blanket -- the San Francisco Giants unveiled another bit of hilarity during Monday's game against San Diego (7-2). After hitting two home runs, Pablo Sandoval and his bat had a heart to heart in the dugout. We have no idea what he's saying, but we're glad the two maintain such a close relationship. See for yourself: more ›