SFist Jon's away this week, so you're stuck with the former editor on your Day Around The Bay. --Robert Haaland comes clean about his vacation during the District 6 race. --Critical Mass in Walnut Creek last Friday didn't go so well. --In some kind of strange shout-out to the golden spike that connected the transcontinental railroad, a bunch of people in Palo Alto signed a wireless Internet transmitter that had been painted gold. Huh.......

All the shows we told you about last time are stil running, so if you haven't hit them yet, get on it! In addition, we have a one-time-only event for you for this Friday: Red Ink Studios (52 9th Street between Market and Mission) Picture Progress: a silent art auction benefit Friday March 31, 2006 6:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Don't miss the The League of Young Voters second annual silent art auction, Picture Progress, on......