If SFist were to have a dream job, it would be in one of those think tanks that puts together all those studies that are so amazingly obvious that even six year old children could figure out as true. Like all those studies saying that people talk a lot about the Super Bowl. Or that people spend way too much time on the Internet at work. Today, we get news on two studies of similar dimension. more ›

If SFist was a TV show, we'd all be discussing foreshadowing and metaphors and themes and why can't we just come out and tell everyone what's up with the Others instead of making us wait because we just got word that there's an accident involving MUNI that's stalling traffic downtown. more ›

We first noticed Happy Shabu Shabu on our way to the Fillmore Street Jazz Festival. Since Kim Nalley was going to sing us the blues, shabu shabu happiness was not the state of mind we were looking for. It would have been rude to gloat, shining with satiety, when someone’s got a bad case of the blues. We blocked the idea of dipping some thinly sliced raw meat in a hot broth and then some sauce, and tried to get ourselves in the right mood. It did the trick to focus on our life’s little tragedies, when our lover was gone, our truck broken down, our appartment broken into, our cell phone battery ran out, our windows OS stopped booting. more ›

SFist interviews Mister SF, Hank Donat more ›

If SFist's discussion-inspiring content isn't enough of a reason to keep your browser on us all the day long, how about all our awesome contests? This time, we're giving away passes for two to see at Landmark's Opera Plaza at any screening between July 25 and 28. more ›

If SFist answered to mammon instead of to you, our readers, we might bother to have a big budget pick this week. But look at what's out there! Dude, it's so not going to happen, as, to paraphrase SFist Jon, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" about any of this week's mainstream releases. more ›

It's just like Baby Jessica, only less so -- the Petaluma Fire Department rescued a man who got stuck in a well trying to rescue his dog. more ›

EssEffist is frequently complimented on our glowing skin and healthy hair. Is it clean living? A healthy diet of fruits and vegetables? Yet another unplanned pregnancy? more ›

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