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Since we barely digest our own food, much less eat in public for fear people might find us shoveling heaps of it into our mouths, maybe you, dear readers, can help this rookie San Franciscan find a place to take the parents out? He or she is looking for a tasty, semi-semi-formal, non-Stinking Rose-y, yet inexpensive Italian place, and we can't seem to be of any help.
First the heartwarming - George Mark Children’s House and UCSF Children’s Hospital present a sneak preview screening of the live-action remake of Charlotte's Web at the Loews Metreon Theater (4th and Mission). The screening benefits GMCH and UCSF, each of which offer unique contributions to the continuum of care for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. The remake of Charlotte’s Web features an all-star cast including Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Kathy Bates, Robert Redford and John Cleese, who provide the voices for the beloved animal characters in the fashion of the movie Babe. (7pm)
Wow, there's a whole lot of benefits for worthy causes going on this weekend, as well as a head-spinning amount of other stuff to do:
Our capable and attractive SFist Editor Jon has been all over this story like Sara Lee on cherry pie. Bless him.
After an extended stay in Seattle that proved in most ways a trip two years into The City's fashion past but thankfully in a few ways a look to the future, we returned to SF with a thirst for Fashion, with that sexy capital "F" (featuring the thinnest of perpendicular lines). Mere hours after landing in Oakland on San Francisco Halloween Saturday we found a Barneys New York tux at our fave, Thrift Town, for thirty bucks. Quelle joyeux! Just what we were looking for as we set out to cameo as Hitchcock in a
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SFist Editor Emeritus Cheshire tipped us off to a site he helped put together that helps you make your own jukebox label. It's pretty cool, actually, in the same way those Church Generator Signs things are cool. So, inspired, we made up our dream jukebox selection, which you can see to your right. Man, we loved Creed back in the day.
