Everyone's had to do the dreaded parent intro dinner at one point or another and The Gate's Michael Bauer put up his list of suggestions of where to go. On Mike's list, we've got Cafe Majestic, Rubicon and Perbacco among others. Personally, we liked the suggestions of commenters more: Cassis, Zuni Cafe (pictured at left) and Rivoli for East Bay'ers. Commenter Neil posted up his two cents on Bauer's blog and wrote up his detailed......

LIT: Launch party for Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser's newest release, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure, which is, well, just as it sounds: six-word memoirs penned by famous and not-so-famous writers. Happens at the Rockit Room tonight. *CLUB: You know who knows how to party? Service industry workers. From chefs to bartenders to waiters to barbacks, you will find a group no finer than these people......

-- Should MUNI boss Nate Ford get a raise? Gavin says sure. [N Judah Chronicles] -- Starting the holiday season later to get shoppers in the stores? Genius! [Tim] -- "Joe Alioto-Veronese doesn't belong on the same stage as Leno or Migden." Heh. [SFBG] -- Your Street on YourStreet. [The Snitch] -- And finally, a (used?) condom on a MUNI seat. [What I'm Seeing] -- Oakland Tribune editor succumbs to cancer. [Oakland Tribune] --......

We get some interesting stories in the SFist editor's inbox, and here's the latest one we've heard. I was on Polk and Green yesterday running some errands when I noticed a light blue motorcycle going about 50 miles an hour and popping wheelies. Up and down Polk Street, from about Greenwich to Broadway and back again. What I noticed about this guy second or third time around was that he had a dog on his......

SFist received the following note from a local hiring manager that was annoyed at a particular response regarding a position she posted on Craigslist. We found it amusing. Please note that details have been changed to protect the involved parties. "A while back I anonymously posted a job on Craigslist. In the four years I've been a hiring manager, CL has really garnered the best results. Even so, you know how it goes: you......

Some time ago, we met Steve Ford, who, among other things pulls a great shot of espresso. We met him during his tenure with the stalkerriffic Blue Bottle Coffee Company; since our encounter, he's moved onto another coffee-related venture as a roaster at Ecco Caffe in Santa Rosa. Steve recently had a not-so-pleasant experience--he fell out the third-story window of the Burlington Hotel in Port Costa, Calif. ...

Remember how we warned people that hell hath no wrath like a blogger scorned? Well, in the interest of all that is weird and interesting and fun in this blogosphere we share, we'd like to direct your attention to an example of what we think could be called "player hating." Now a lot of us here at SFist keep our own blogs on the side, so as not to bother you with some of the......

SFist is shocked to see that we failed for the 31st year in a row to make the Forbes list of the top 400 richest people in the world. Much like those US News and World Report stickers that show up on local editions of the America's Top Colleges magazines ("NORTHERN CALIFORNIA! Berkeley, Stanford, and Mills are represented in here!"), someone has thoughtfully compiled a compendium of California-based information for your perusal....