We got a frantic call from SFist Jon about a power failure making it impossible for him to do Day Around The Bay today, so we're subbing in. --There was a shooting outside the Power Exchange during rush hour yesterday. The cops did manage to catch the guy, but traffic was a mess. --Your best buys are always at Fry's -- along with an exhaustive listing of the finite dimensional representations of the closed......

Heading to the SF neighborhood that unrightly generates a mix of anxiety and anticipation in those that rarely leave their own comfort zone, we made a point to dip into a piece of Lower Haight avant-garde that goes to show that speculative creativity and drinking might actually go hand in hand. Noc Noc is the establishment. At 557 Haight (between Fillmore and Steiner) some industrious folks have created a room to satisfy your inner Flintstone,......

To live in the Bay Area is (frequently) to be able to count more than one aspiring filmmaker in one's circle of acquaintance. The next time you're at some dinner party/Zeitgeist get-together/orgy at the Power Exchange and someone starts blabbing on about their unfulfilled creative vision, remind them of the opportunities available to them to get said vision out there to the masses. For example, the 2006 San Francisco Women's Film Festival is presently......

While we can think of about fifty places in the Mish to practice your Downward Dog without even trying, it's nice to find places where we can practice our favorite set of postitions without looking like we were stranded by our dates in the Cow Palace parking lot after Exotic Erotic. Since none of those Yoga Tree joints will let us practice our California Roll and the Metereon threw us out after our last......

Through June 5th, the San Francisco International Arts Festival will present fantastic art from around the world. Events will be held across The City. Our spy at Project Artaud Theater tells us: "The Akhe group flown in from Russia sounds crazy: the techs have been complaining about whiskey and a big mess on the stage." Sounds like our kind of modern dance performance! Their "White Cabin" show is 4:30pm this afternoon, 7pm tomorrow, and......

Of course, you could go out tonight or this weekend and catch some live music. Or you could stay home alone, muttering to yourself. For those who can't decide, here's some suggestions: The SFMOMA is hosting an exclusive party tonight, black-tie optional. They're celebrating the 10,000 new members who joined at the last minute at their tenth anniversary party. Only museum members, their friends, children, significant others, people with a limp and AARP members......

So good luck dealing with any state agencies tomorrow -- they'll be shut down in observance of Cesar Chavez Day (though that could all change if the Governator has his way). So if you just have to find State Comptroller Steve Westly, he'll probably be sipping cocktails at the 19th Green somewhere -- we mean, uh, reflecting upon and honoring the life of one of America's greatest folk heros on what would be his......

Weekly recap....

You may recall from our post on Tuesday that the Essefficist is working on answering our colleague Rita's question as to how the Power Exchange works. While we still haven't heard back from the Power Exchange, and therefore are unable to give you any inside juice on the arrangement thereof, we're glad to report that we can give you two firsthand accounts of friends' experiences there. Before that, however, we'll give you a brief rundown......

Tuesday is here again, and so is the Essefficist, but only to tease and titillate you, dear reader. Every once in a while it takes a little longer than we'd like to gather the information necessary to provide the sort of quality answer you demand for your quality questions and today is a perfect example. We're working on a submission, if you'll let us call it that, from our SFist colleague Rita, who begs us,......