<![CDATA[Umbrella - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports]]>https://sfist.com/https://sfist.com/favicon.pngUmbrella - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sportshttps://sfist.com/Ghost 2.12Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Let Stanley Roberts Teach You How To Use An Umbrella]]>https://sfist.com/2016/01/23/how_to_use_an_umbrella_ella_ella_ay_ay_ay/5c242f2544ad066cdcf8669cSat, 23 Jan 2016 10:59:00 GMT
Have you forgotten how to use an umbrella? It's pretty hard!

Luckily for our drought-addled brains, KRON 4's Stanley Roberts is on it. In a new People Behaving Badly segment, Johnson explains the fundamentals of umbrella etiquette, because god knows we'll need it.

Roberts' tips are really handy. Here they are:


  1. 1. If your umbrella has a golf logo on it, it's too big.

  2. 2. When you're walking on a crowded sidewalk with other umbrella-toting pedestrians, be mindful of not poking anyone's eyes out. Whoever's the tallest in the pack should hold their umbrella up the highest.

  3. 3. Don't text and umbrella!

  4. 4. Share one umbrella if you can.

  5. 5. When you're indoors, keep the pointy end of the umbrella angled down. As Roberts says, "Life is not a game of joust when you're walking around." He's so right!

  6. 6. The carpet in BART stations is not only to wipe off your feet, but acts as a little pad on which to shake out your umbrella.

  7. 7. This one seems like a no-brainer, but: close your umbrella once you get indoors! Not only is it a nuisance, but it's bad luck too.

Godspeed.

]]><![CDATA[This Week in Le Rock: April 14 - 20]]>Rilo Kiley's Thursday night p...]]>https://sfist.com/2008/04/14/this_week_in_le_20/5c24286244ad066cdcf4e9a2Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:30:00 GMT

Take the jump to win Rilo Kiley tickets and to see the full music listings...

]]><![CDATA[Photo du Jour 27]]>https://sfist.com/2008/01/04/photo_du_jour_20/5c24328444ad066cdcfa1824Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:14:23 GMT

How fury-inducing.

Image taken by Flickr photog Omega it's jameth

]]><![CDATA[Feel the Rain on Your Skin]]>Update: It's raining.]]>https://sfist.com/2008/01/03/feel_the_rain_o/5c242b9e44ad066cdcf68e79Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:57:56 GMT

Get out your brellies, Wellies, and slickers - the rain is on its way. Meteorologists are expecting the rain to start falling this afternoon. Expect high winds and heavy rain. Flooding is a possibility and of course, everybody's favorite - power outages! Be safe on the roads (especially in the right lane on 280 South between Cesar Chavez and Alemany, where a gigantic puddle always seems to surprise drivers) and please be courteous to other drivers, bikers, and pedestrians.

Up to ten feet of snow (Holy Toledo!) is expected to fall in Lake Tahoe this weekend. If you're already there, happy skiing. If not, don't count on the roads being open.

Read more about what to expect here.

]]><![CDATA[SFist Staff's 2007 Music Picks]]>https://sfist.com/2007/12/27/sfist_staff_200/5c242a0144ad066cdcf5bd46Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:00:00 GMTIf you have ever wondered what the SFist staff is listening to, wonder no more. In no particular order, we are listing each staffer's favorite album and song from 2007. We think you'll be surprised at our wide variety of music affections. Here's the list:

Christopher Rogers:

Song of the Year:
ARTIST: LCD Soundsystem
SONG: North American Scum
ALBUM: Sound Of Silver

Album of the Year:
ARTIST: Shellac
ALBUM: Excellent Italian Greyhound

Take the jump to see the rest....

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