- The latest season of The Bachelor features last season's rejected Sonoma Winemaker Ben Flajnik. Luckily for you, EaterSF will be recapping the whole season. [EaterSF]
- The Russia House, that restaurant you never went to next to Highway 101, closes. [GrubSF]
- The Mission's Caffeinated Comics closes. [Mission Mission]
- Rachel Ray decides "Eaties" should be a thing. It's like "Foodies" except it's for people who just shovel a lot of food into their faces. [Eater]
- While GOP candidates were duking it out in Iowa, Barack Obama joined Instagram. [TechCrunch]
- Niners playoff tickets sold out, like, hella fast. [BCN/Appeal]
- Plenty of celebrity sightings around town during the holidays: Portlandia's Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen spotted at Bar Tartine (sounds about right), Michelle Pfeiffer grocery shopping at Bi-Rite and the guy from Entourage spotted being boring. [TableHopper]
- NIMBYs lose to youth sports (for now) and turf fields are coming to Golden Gate Park, out by the Beach Chalet. [Chron]
