We were originally going to put a cursory summary of Partners in Preservation's program in Day Around The Bay, but after poking around on the website, it's so cool that we've elevated it to a stand-alone post. American Express, in connection with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the World Monuments Fund, will give $1 million to historic sites around the Bay Area. The way they'll determine who to give the money to and......

Imagine if you were put in charge of fixing the decline of Disney's theme parks over the past few decades. Assuming that your head did not explode from the mind-boggling coolness of the assignment, what would your first step be? Setting up a blog about it, of course. That's what's up with Re-Imagineering, which proves that not EVERY Blogspot account is a splog. A handful of Pixar and Disney employees -- wonderfully, blissfully, orgasmotronically lucky......

Every Asian-American music listener has that list of Asian-American stars they whip out at a moment's notice: Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park, the half-Japanese violinist (of course he's a violinist) from Yellowcard, Karen O, Jay-Z, and Amerie .... but how nice to have the option to find others. The Asian American Film Festival's Directions In Sound show tomorrow night features four local Asian-American indie rock bands to get to know: From Monuments to Masses (post-punk), Whysall Lane (intricately crafted), Love Like Fire (dreamy Britpop), and solo singer Mike Park (no description, but probably singer-songwritery, you know?). The show starts at 9 (doors at 8) at Cafe Du Nord tomorrow night. Tickets $10 -- but act fast, the show's selling out. ...

SFist has been home sick this week (awww), and the only thing that's saved us are our backlog of books from our local bookstores and ones we've reserved from the San Francisco Public Library. By the power of reading, we will be healed! SFist Rain says: "Recently an orchid I've had in my possession for just about a year finally decided to bloom again. I had just about given up on the thing, convinced that......