KGO reports that around fifteen people lined up along 10th Street all weekend, starting at 4:30 a.m. on Friday morning, in anticipation of landing a coveted DPW food truck permit this morning. The supervisors recently ruled on making the permit process less full of red tape (ha!) and much cheaper, slashing the price from $10,000 to $3,000. more ›

A new study by Atlanta-based AIS Media says that a full 27% use Facebook while on the toilet (or, less advisably, while standing at urinals), a figure which only tells us that at least half of you are probably also doing some kind of texting/Angry-Birds-playing while relieving yourselves. Says Thomas Harpointner, CEO of AIS Media, "The results underscore the proliferation of consumer social media usage and their strong need to stay connected. For businesses and brands, social media offers an opportunity to engage potential customers like never before." Yeah, you hear that brands? Now's your chance to market to us even while we shit. [AdAge] more ›

It's official. Food trucks are dead. The hot dog cart, it seems, has the newest and hottest item for you to shove in your mouth. Why do we know this? Because Marcia at Tablehopper said so. Duh. According to Tablehopper's recent Twitter message, "Froyo was 2008, Street carts are 2009 Part 1, Hot dogs are 2009 Part II." And, what with this controversial wurst-related item that blew up SFist last week, it really does seem to be the case. more ›

Bacon, Valencia Street, "art," San Francisco values, coalition, cupcakes, burlesque troupes, zzz.... more ›

Lessley Anderson (senior editor at CHOW and our former colleague back in the day) sent us this map denoting the sports where you can find the current "nonstaurant" trend in the Bay Area. It's pretty damn handy for those of you who prefer to get your gastronomic fix from a taco truck. more ›

Since the Bay Area is ahead of the rest of the U.S., yet (arguably) so behind the rest of the world when it comes to style, fashions, hoop skirts, belts, buckles, shoes, panties, whale bones, and slippers, SFBG has a surprising sharp look at the keffiyeh scarf (i.e., the terrorist-sympathizer accessory) trend that took over spinster-saturated 7x7 parties, Valencia Street, and Rachel Ray's plump neck over the last year. While the scarf originated in some sort of mysterious and fabled foreign country, Marianne Moore (correctly) tells us not to"don’t come down too hard on the hipsters, celebrities, hangers-on, and neo-con copycats who’ve turned the Keffiyeh into just another scarf. After all, the political connotations of the Kef may be just as fleeting and arbitrary as its fashionable-ness." Word. (SFBG) more ›

Over the weekend we went to Casanova's and realized that hipster beards have achieved some sort of critical mass. It appeared that every fourth person in the bar had some sort of beard, giving the bar a high HBQ (Hipster Beard Quotient, a stat derived by dividing the number of beards per customer, multiplying it by the size of the crowd, and then dividing it again by the square footage). The HBQ was not quite Boogaloos high but high nevertheless. We also noticed that there were also a high variety of beards seen, meaning that the beard craze has gone from it's "classic" phase to "gothic" phase. more ›

Sorry for the day late post, but it was a hectic weekend, and we just couldn't bear having to recount the tragedy that was this week's "Project Runway" without at least one good night's sleep behind us. more ›

Man, we can tell how long we've been doing this by the number of Zagat posts we've amassed! more ›

San Rafael-based Edutopia Magazine, which is brought to us by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, looks to the future in its latest issue, identifying 10 ideas or trends that its experts believe can improve K-12 education. We found them thought provoking, and hope you agree. more ›

This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too - two of them in -Ist cities. more ›

We've never been to London, so we've never shopped at Topshop. Anybody we've met who's ever shopped at Topshop always raves about it. "It's like H&M, only better!" they say. Usually followed with, "When's it coming to the US?" more ›

--Left in SF asks progressives to play nice in the Migden-Leno race. Hilariously, Chris Daly refuses, twice. more ›

All the political junkies in town know that David Latterman and Rich DeLeon's cogent analyses of the current local political scene are statistically sound, politically astute, and so cannily call the upcoming trends that it's a little frightening how accurate they are -- but we love them the most for their gorgeous maps! more ›

A recent article in the New York Times titled, "Can Polyester Save the World?" got us really clammy at the thought of wearing man-made fibers 24/7 (like how we feel when we wear polyester), but it also got us thinking about how our clothing has a pretty big carbon footprint in terms of how it's made and the care involved, such as washing/drying, dry-cleaning and ironing. In addition, "fast fashion" trends, which are enabled by cheap clothing chains like Target and H&M, have added clothing to the list of items piling up in our landfills. more ›

We need to relax, pronto! A killer gig of taking care of other people -- otherwise known as catering -- leaves us with sore muscles, red eyes, and a smile on our face. Say Wha? more ›

We've held out this long, and we're only gonna make this jokes once, but this summer, watch out for... Drinks on a plane! (We'll now run across the street and demand of the priest an appropriately harsh prescription for penance.) But don't worry, technology and, to a lesser extent, the Bush and Blair administrations, are here to protect you. With biometric terrorist detectors, other tech that's been around for generations, and the latest in arbitrary and invasive search and profiling trends. When of course, your laptop from Apple or Dell could pose just as much of a threat. All the while, organized crime may just avoid the lines at the gate by telecommuting -- we can't wait until infesting MySpace hipsters with extortionware and bullying World of Warcrafters out of their gold gets a mention on The Sopranos. more ›

Eyes always peeled, nose always to the grindstone, corpus madidus Nico has noticed a disturbing trend in our fair city recently: a resurgence of the mustache. Odious as it may be, its staunch defenders will say a little mustache can't hurt you (make you question their prevailing wisdom perhaps, but no actual bloodshed). Anyway, they will argue there's nothing wrong with a little hair on the lip. Not only are they de rigueur in Hollywood, they’ll say, but it helps keep wayward hairs, flies, dust bunnies, off your tongue. This humble reporter believes however there are some trends better left buried. more ›

Maybe you should have voted for Prop A this election cycle after all -- at the halfway mark for 2006, there've been 45 murders this year, putting us on pace for 90 by Dec. 31. At this point last year, there were only 41 murders, but the grand total for 2005 ended up at 95, leading us to assume that maybe homicides aren't linear functions. (In 2004, there were 88 murders, for those of you keeping score at home). more ›

Welcome to the Year of the Dog. To celebrate and honor this year, we will keep our paws to the ground and our nose in the air to uncover all the best places to whine and dine at the generosity of others. This is a column for all the canines out there and their guardians who love them. more ›

Hey, do you remember way back to two weeks ago when the latest member of the -ist family came on board and SFist Eve said we couldn't think of a reason to hate on them yet? Well, now we have one -- the San Jose Earthquakes soccer team has announced that they're decamping to Houston. MLS was reportedly unhappy with the persistent low attendance numbers at Spartan Stadium, and after San Jose was unable to reach an agreement to build them a new stadium downtown, and despite a rally of their faithful fans, the team decided to flee. Houston will make an official announcement tomorrow at 10 a.m. central time. We know, we know, it's our fault for tempting the Houston gods! We're sorry, Bay Area soccer fans! Funnily enough, the same week SFist Eve called down the vengeance of Houston on our fair -ist region, SFist Chris also posted about strange trends in migrating team names. Perhaps taking a note from this, San Jose has at least managed to keep ownership of the "Earthquakes" name. Because .... the Houston Earthquakes? Is there a fault in Texas that no one's told us about? San Jose says they'll bring soccer back as soon as they can find a new sponsor. more ›

With Anne Rice only writing for God and "gothic" becoming synonymous with crazy teen killer, those of us who like our music how we like our coffee are left twisting in the dramatically flattering wind. Fear not, as Jill Tracy is here to deliver us. more ›

You know how all those 'hott trends' seem to start in New York, and float out here fanned by the butterfly wings of fashion and lifestyle magazines? Well, this summer, the 'buzz' isn't about hemlines or heel heights -- no, it's about the must have epidemic, West Nile virus! And now San Francisco has finally joined the club. more ›

The votes from Ohio are in! The hanging chads have been dimpled! The electoral college has matriculated! We're calling the SFist Hottest SF Supervisor race -- and the Marina's own Michela Alioto-Pier takes the crown and beauty pageant sash! Fweeeee! Go Balloons! Where are our fricken balloons? Michela, after a slow start, rallied as the voting continued, and ultimately won with 25% of the vote, a full 6% ahead of our next closest two (Chris Daly and Fiona Ma tied with 19% each). Ross M. trailed behind in fourth place, with 16%. Trends to watch? Well, interestingly, your political hotttness vote seems equally split between progressive men and moderate women, San Francisco. Would things have come out differently with ranked choice voting? Would Mirkarimi have forged an alliance with Ma? And what if Matt or Gavin had gone with an endorsement? All things to think about. Meanwhile, thanks for playing, SF! Enjoy the pictures of MAP! more ›

This week, we were struck by how we related to each and every thing our fellow 'Fisters sent to us to compile for this column. While we won't go as far to give you the rundown on what we have on our online reserve list, or what we're looking forward to buying the next time we're in one of our fine local independent bookstores, we just can't restrain ourselves from self-indulgently chiming in on what the rest of our esteemed colleagues have to say this week. more ›

Last week's pick, the Guardian. Tim Redmond dislikes the Pope. The editorials come out anti-Alioto-Pier's TIC proposal (curious, since the paper comes out on Wednesday when the vote was on Tuesday). Cover article: a harrowing tale of how hard it is to get insurance coverage for carpal tunnel and other repetitive-stress injuries under saggy Schwarzenegger's attacks on workers' comp. Annalee Newitz goes to Washington. A review of the awesome Old Mandarin Islamic Restaurant. Hip-hop porn. And an excitingly self-centered interview with Deborah Gibson in Sonic Reducer! ("When I saw Britney Spears, I thought she was Mini-Me." Mmmm? Do you remember Debbie Gibson in a short-short Catholic schoolgirl uniform? Us neither.) The SF Weekly. SFist Jon -- we mean, Matt Smith, comes out against Leno's hemp cultivation bill. Mecklin endorses the Honduran pope candidate. Apologist: Alex Fagan not guilty? Whaaaa? Cover article: why saggy Schwarzenegger is trying to destroy public pensions. Vote for us in the 2005 Best of the Bay balloting! (in the category of "best yoga studio!") Hot music trends for 2005 (Go! Team, suit jacket over t-shirt) and a hilarious interview with Scott Weiland about his high school. And Savage Love: bondage. The East Bay Express (list-o-mania!), no Metro this week (we're back to reading only hard copies), and the Weekly of the Week after the jump. more ›

For those of you who were wondering, yes, we are actually here for the panels. Kind of. We're also here to get drunk and make out. But only after discussing copyright reform, comment spam, the need for more diversity of voices in the blogosphere, the nature of journalism and the latest trends in technology. Because that gets us hott. Ever since the computer meltdown, though, we've been beholden to the computers in the press room here at the convention center, which are only available from ten to six, which means that when we wished we could get to another panel, we had to be in here posting, otherwise our publisher might not buy us a plane ticket next year. more ›

After the discovery of the holy grail of Bay Area coffee last week, it's a good time to sit back and take stock of why we do this. And how we go about it. more ›

Munich Re is a leading reinsurance company which basically means that they insure the insurance companies (but who insurances them? The rereinsurers?) and wind up doling out a lot money to insurance companies after natural disasters hit. To help the company prepare for the future, the company does research on possible catastrophic trends which is how they came up with the “natural hazard risk index.” It’s leading researcher, Gerd Berz, has spent the past thirty years monitoring things such as climate change, population trends, and infrastructure. Long story short, more population at greater density increases chances of “mega-disaster” at huge cost and toll. Besides helping Munich Re plan for the future, Berz’s job is to be the guy in all the disaster movie who spends all their time telling everyone something bad is going to happen, only to have nobody listen to them. While that job sounds slightly on the frustrating side, those guys always survive the movie. more ›

A close friend of SFist has been fending off some hacker attacks of late. If any of our readers can offer guidance in protecting a box or tracking down some hackers to plead our case for them not to harass friendlies, we'd greatly appreciate it -- especially if they happen to speak Portuguese. more ›