Hey, what's with the new cool SFist banner and block ads you can see all over the -ist network? Well, after an intense, breakneck reader contest, we had our winner, with Rachael Sbuttoni's Muni-themed ads winning by a landslide. Aren't they cool?

So meet SFist's newest best friend, our own Southern Belle transplanted to the foggy streets of our city. Everyone say "hey" to Rachael!

Introduce yourself in one sentence:
A slice of the south now living in California

Occupation:
designing and illustrating for many different institutions and companies. One day I aspire to do it on my own.

Home Town
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, about 40 miles away from Dollywood.

How much time have you spent in the Bay Area?
I moved to the foggy Avenues near Clement Street in 1997. I had great adventures out there with my punk-band neighbor boys, the Irish bars abounding, and the park a short walk away. Then, I moved to the Castro [for a month!] and had my first adventure in the owner-move-in eviction scam phenomenon that was common in those boom times. From there, I landed in the Tenderloin and lived in that neighborhood [and loved it!] until I moved in with my sweetie on Dolores Street.