Those enjoying a relaxed holiday week should get out and learn about the Nob Hill and Union Square spots featured in Vertigo and other S.F.-based Hitchcock classics at San Francisco City Guides' Hitchcock Tour. more ›

An annual ranking by this site called WalkScore, which provides detailed, neighborhood-by-neighborhood scores of various cities based on their walkability and access to public transit, has put San Francisco as the second most walkable city in the nation (behind New York). Surprisingly, Oakland makes the top 10 as well, ranking at number 10. more ›

First off, we apologize for not giving you all a heads-up about the first Sunday Streets that happened yesterday at Embarcadero. It totally went under our radar. But according to Streetsblog, it was a huge success more ›

This weekend's final Sunday Streets of the year was a big success despite the fog. more ›

It's been a fun summer, with many successful Sunday Streets under our belts. This Sunday's event will be the last one of the summer and will go along the Great Highway Route, connecting Golden Gate Park via Lincoln Way to the San Francisco Zoo, along Ocean Beach. Participants can expect to find the usual endless amount of entertainment, activities, booths, tables, and general fun. more ›

We hear today's Sunday Streets in the Mission was a success. Evidently lots of kids came out of the woodwork, too. The next one is July 19, also in the Mission. more ›

Although almost every single one of you have fantasized about doing it at some point -- especially on 24th Street, where for some inexplicable reason people ooze down the street like lava -- you rarely act upon it. A group of vile teens, however, did. It seems that the reason for last Sunday's brazen shooting death inside the Metreon was over an argument about walking too slow down an escalator. Really. The 15-year-old mental... more ›

Walking on stage dressed in school boy suits, that would suggest that these five band members are in Harry Potter's entourage, we suddenly knew we were in for something special. The colors of their suits, black and white, did not match with their in-your-face, loud, rock-star sound. Chris Dangerous (Christian Grahn), the drummer, took the stage first. With his face, but mostly his eyes (Tyra Banks would be proud), Dangerous would look at different spots... more ›

Prints + good tunes = the Pipettes
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Walking up Sanchez Street on our way to the Noe Valley Ministry, we passed by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglová (a.k.a. The Swell Season) strolling smilingly toward 24th Street, not a care in the world. They didn't look like two musicians preparing for a concert and they certainly didn't give off the air of being the stars of Once, a truly incredible film that's currently playing in theaters. They were enjoying each other and the calm, cool twilight - a sure sign that it was going to be a good night. more ›

Public singing commenter and Ed Jew fan Walter's back! That's his 40 second partisan rendition of "These Boots Were Made For Walking." more ›

Prices on everything, as always, are going up-up-up. National Park entrance fees appear to be no exception under the administration's current plan. Starting next January 1, for example, Yosemite's gate fee is set to climb to $25 from $20. Okay, just five bucks for now, but future increases are set to be tied to inflation and could increase by $3/year. Walking or biking into Yosemite would increase by a bit too, to to $12 from $10. more ›

* Bay Area Wanderer: Diamond near Bosworth, San Francisco more ›

* Bay Area Wanderer: Sansome near California, San Francisco Walking north as dusk settled in, suddenly columns lined up beneath the taffy-pulled pyramid. more ›

Welcome to the first post for Bay Area Wanderer, a new SFist feature in which each week we bring you a quick snapshot story from somewhere in the Bay Area. We'll go somewhere, take a picture, and tell you a tale. Simple. more ›

Awright! It's time for another SFist contest! more ›

Walking the fine line between Jimmy Carter sober and Billy Carter drunk, Barrespondent Drew keeps on keepin’ on, puts the hammer down and gets this convoy truckin’. After that, he asks himself why he felt the need to watch of Smokey and The Bandit when it was on AMC the other day. more ›

Kablammo! Oh excuse us. We were just reading some comic books. This week, courtesy of Isotope's guidance, we're checking out Harvey Pekar's new book, . more ›

So yes, both the Niners and the Rai-duhs lost yesterday in typically awful fashion. But we don't think this is such a bad thing. Not a bad thing in all. In fact, we think it's a good thing: it’s just a matter of how you look at it. Take the Niners for instance; they’re now 2-10 and owner of the second worst record in the NFL. On the other hand, they're still a game out of the chase for human highlight reel Reggie Bush. And as for the Rai-duhs, well, frankly, they’re always way more entertaining when they lose anyways. There’s nothing in sports quite like the implosion of the Raiders. Plus, we got ourselves a full blown QB controversy and a coach now officially designated as "Dead Man Walking." Who doesn't love QB controversy and coaching death watches? more ›

This week we bring you a crucifixion, ghetto Shakespeare and mean people in love. more ›

Walking to the train to work this morning, we were thinking about winning the lottery (when we do, Rain, we've got you covered). While a lottery win would definitely mean both no work and far less public transportation, we still think we'd reserve books from the San Francisco Public Library. Sure, we love our local independent bookstores, but unless we're after books that library doesn't have (like Rain and Jackson's selections this week), many of the books we read we'd prefer to borrow rather than buy. more ›

SFist interviews Michael Maxfield aka Pink Man on the unicycle more ›

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 4:30pm on Sunday. more ›

SFist Interviews Pamela Cianci more ›

Our concert picks for the week of 3/24 - 3/30. more ›

Walking dejectedly back to the first day of work in 2005, we noticed that the flags in town are flying at half-mast in honor of Sacramento's Democratic congressman Robert Matsui. Matsui, who had served in Congress continuously since 1978 (and who won reelection in November with 70.8% of the vote), died on New Year's Day from complications of an AIDS-like lymphomic cancer which destroyed his immune system. Matsui, who had been imprisoned with his family in a Japanese internment camp at the age of five months, is best-known for his work in seeking redress for the Japanese internment program (Quicktime video of Matsui's speech in support of the 1988 Japanese-American Redress Act), but was also the third-ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, the Democratic whip-at-large, and the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Matsui, who was chairing the subcommittee of Ways and Means that handles Social Security, in what would be one of his last public statements, had sharply criticized Bush's privatization plans. Matsui was one of only five Asian-American Congressmen. Schwartzenegger must now call a special election to fill Matsui's seat; Sacramento insiders believe that his wife, Doris Okuda Matsui, who served in the Clinton administration, may run. It's a hard day for Democrats of color -- Gothamist on Shirley Chisholm's death. picture from washingtonlife.com more ›