It's taken us a week to recover from our holiday party at Otis, which was really slammin' if we do say so ourselves. SFist staff, contributors, readers, sources, subjects, and friends all showed up to drink, talk s**t, and mingle. The shindig even made it into PJ Corkery's column! We're not going to list all the awesome folks who came because we know we'll leave someone out and look like jerks. But thank you......

Quick! Name an event that can combine politicians, naked folks (ok, just a few), Klingons, hippies, bunnies, art cars, and cheerleaders on a Sunday afternoon. Only the Tenth Annual How Berkeley Can You Be parade and festival in downtown Berkeley yesterday could do all that. Screwy Louie of Berkeley Liberation Radio kicked off the parade at 11:30 AM on one of the most summer-like days of the year. Although this year's parade was not......

The above photo, from a series by Your Waitress, is of HiMY SYeD placing candles as part of his art piece and vigil to commemorate the one month point since the horriffic tsunami in the Indian Ocean. SFist also posted the personal story and photographs of Wyatt Gallery, who recently returned from the scene of the disaster in Sri Lanka. SFist Cares explores the rules relating to your 2004 tax return and your charitable......

Two dear friends of SFist wrote in to let us know about local tsunami relief events. Your Waitress wants photobloggers and everyone else to know that HiMY SYeD, Toronto native and current Bay Area resident, is asking folks to organize neighborhood vigils on Sunday the 9th and Monday the 10th as part of the Global Vigil for the Global Village. Vigils are already planned for Toronto, New York, Karachi, London and Vancouver, as well......

Andrew Krucoff, who used to be Mr. Intervista at Gothamist, apparently has a fetish for Berkeley punk. Hence he's gone and provided the innerweb with free downloads of this sweet compilation tape [Thanks, BoingBoing]. Breeders will know that they can't possibly keep up with the coolness factor of their tweeners. So it's all about CDRs, a faster internet connection and legal counsel. A trip to Amoeba or Rasputin for blank media and mashup equipment may......

SFist worked our butts off to bring you the latest and greatest in our election coverage - okay, we don't have a lot of pull yet, but we're pretty sure at least one of the candidates we interviewed is going to get a paying job thanks to you voters, in spite of the fact that they spoke to us. 1115, who've busied themselves with covering the national election, were also nice enough to chat.......

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