OMG! It's the Nicole Ritchie of laptops! (Ritchie before she got fat and pregnant, that is.)
Behold the MacBook Air!
Cloverfield Movie: Viral Marketing Infects San Francisco
Viral marketing returns to our sidewalks.
This Week in Le Rock: December 3-8
Kids, it's time to get rocking. (Especially before the "Private Party" dry spell that is coming on. Yikes.) This week, the San Francisco music gods are offering a vast array of newbies and veterans - something that we will graciously partake of any day of the week. Now that the bets are in (okay, so no one really cast any bets - how boring is that?), you can go to Cafe du Nord, tonight,...
BLŪ
Eastern SOMA's budding, unfortunately named condo "community" BLŪ, on Folsom and Second Streets, is about ready to bloom in all of its steel and glass glory. Problem is, we don't see any lottery for affordable housing on their site. Has the lottery already happened? Or are they planning on having some sort of learning annex or UC Berkeley extension, a la The Paramount, to skirt those types? We can't seem to get anyone over at BLŪ on the phone to fill us in.
The Kite Runner's Release Delayed
The film adaptation of the popular book The Kite Runner has been delayed. According to The Advocate, "Paramount Vantage delayed the debut for six weeks, until Dec. 14, after three of its adolescent male stars said they could be targeted for their participation in a homosexual rape scene."
SF Tonight
-- Metropolis (1927): Set in 2027, "the thinkers" and "the workers" overlap, shooting off a million theses and dissertations for years to come. Fritz Lang's gorgeous, science-fiction masterpiece. Oh, and there's a sexy robot in it. Oh my. Film Screens at 4:30p.m., 7, 9:30 at the Castro Theatre, 429 Castro (at Castro and Market Streets).
Oakland's New Last-Minute Mayor
We're tired of mojito-mixing Gavin Newsom now -- bring on the new guy in Oakland! Over on the sunnier side of the San Francisco Bay, former Congressman Ron Dellums is settling on in at 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza for his first full day on the job today.
Swells by the Numbers
SFist Rita is on a well-deserved holiday break so we apologize ahead of time for this week's suckage.
Is It Hot In Here?
, opening on Friday at the Embarcadero Center (and at the Sequoia in Mill Valley).
When The Lights Go Down In The City
Our live music picks for the week of 3/10-3/16.

