SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Afternoon Palate Cleanser: James Brown's Cup-O-Noodle Commercials Inside Scoop's masterful Paolo Lucchesi brings us crucial entertainment this afternoon: James Brown's two long-lost Cup-O-Noodle commercials. They're beautiful. Lucchesi notes: "Sometimes there are no words. This is not one of those times.
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: San Francisco in Flight Shot earlier this month by cameramen Mark Sandhoff and Chad Janusch using two wing-mounted and two in-cockpit HD cameras, San Francisco in Flight's high definition (and sunny!) flyover of the City by the
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Break Dancing Gorilla Zola delights in water. Set to music, he's dancing up a storm. According to the Calgary Zoo's YouTube page: "Zola, nine-years old, is one of eight Western lowland gorillas currently living at the
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Kreayshawn Critiques Lady Gaga's Looks, Beyonce's Local lady rapper Kreayshawn, who's profiled this week in the Guardian's Queer Issue and whose video "Gucci Gucci" is now a bonafide hit, spoke to New York Magazine this week to critique the
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'I Want It (You Love)' By Dirty Cupcakes Well, this is fun. Local trio Dirty Cupcakes just released a video to their parenthetically-enriched single, "I Want It (Your Love)," which, among other things, features boy-on-boy kissing. So Pride-y! What's more, Allan
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'How the Spot Was Won' Completely shot, edited and scored in two days as part of the 48 Hour Film Festival this spot-on, San Francisco-set sendup of classic westerns ought to shoot down those last five minutes before
Arts & Entertainment Nine-Year-Old, ca. 1991, Lip-Syncs to Madonna's 'Vogue' [Video] Robert Jeffrey shared with the world this joyful lip-sync routine set to Madonna's triumphant "Vogue," which he performed in 1991 during a vacation with his parents. He was nine-years-old at the time. Jeffrey
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Margaret Cho's "Hey Big Dog" Laughing Squid brings our attention to Margaret Cho's "Hey Big Dog" featuring the world's greatest living singer/songwriter, Fiona Apple. It’s from Cho's comedy music album "Cho Dependent" which you can get
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Cat Who Lives In a Tree Almond the Cat was born in a tree in Madison, Wisconsin. Her mother birthed her and several siblings up there, but when it came time to move she took all the kittens but
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Foxes in the Snow (in London) For your afternoon relaxation, all ye who are stuck in the office (probably hungover) during this dreadful slow week: A video of some foxes outside in the snow, shot by a guy in
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Necessary Conversation & Gavin Newsom Necessary Conversation City Hall Christmas Edition from Necessary Conversation on Vimeo. Columnists Melissa Griffin and Beth Spotswood interviewed reigning Mayor / Lieutenant Governor-elect Gavin Newsom at Sunday's Holiday Open House at City Hall for
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Doodling In Math Class Vi Hart, a "recreational mathematician," does some astounding classroom doodling that goes above and beyond your average unicorn and "Mrs. Brock Bieber" notebook scribblings. Enjoy. [via The Daily What]
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Time-Lapse Molds and Fungi This is from the BBC's amazing documentary series Planet Earth, narrated by David Attenborough. And it's NSF you if you're squeamish about yellow slimy things growing before your eyes, time-lapse-style. But otherwise, lovely.
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Awww, Let's Love S.F. This little celebratory video about our fair city comes from the still-in-alpha-stages site In the Mo, which is a socially-networked travel site of sorts, featuring a lot nice video content (3,500 video
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Dregs One Takes On Gentrification Speaking of Mission Mission, they bring our attention to "SF native and hip hop artist" Dregs One's new series called The Wake Up Report. His first episode concerns the incurable force known as
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Klaxons' Freaky Orgy (NSFW) Klaxons 'Twin Flames' from Trim Editing on Vimeo. For your afternoon viewing pleasure, please enjoy this little music video for the Klaxons' swell song "Twin Flames," which was directed by Saam Farahmand and
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Anderson Cooper Entertains Apes Dressed as a Bunny Last week, your boyfriend Anderson Cooper ran a series investigating "Amazing Animals: Smarter Than You Think" on AC360, which included the above segment on Bonobos a species of great ape known for their
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: First in Line for Black Friday Making plans to take advantage of Black Friday shopping deals? We'd rather not, personally, that's why we have the Internet and a stack of Amazon gift cards. But if that's your kind of
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: My Grandma and Your Grandma Sitting by the Macbook At some point this holiday season your grandmother is probably going to ask you, savvy Internet user that you are, to explain how email works. At this point, instead of showing her how
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Maru, the Cat Who Loves Tiny Boxes Cat lovers beware. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll plotz. [via OMG]
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Rufus Wainwright Does San Francisco Rufus Wainwright, who tears up the floorboards tonight through Saturday at Davies Symphony Hall, performs "San Francisco," an homage to Judy Garland's still-powerful punk concert at Carnegie Hall in 1961. Enjoy. Video: thescutmonkey
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: S.F. Bike Expo Trickery Last weekend's S.F. Bike Expo had a nifty showcase featuring cycling acrobatics. Matt Baume captured flips, tricks and racers on the course. Skip to 0:35 and 1:18 if you just
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "My Girl's a Republican" And now, to cleanse your political palates this fine Monday afternoon/election eve, we bring you this catchy ditty "My Girl's a Republican" from The Real. Like all great videos, it contains talking
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Dropping a 1,169lb Pumpkin Onto a Car From High Above Found by the fins folks at Laughing Squid, here's what it looks like when you drop a 1,169lb pumpkin onto a Pontiac. Ta-da.
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: !!! - Jamie, My Intentions Are Bass Sacramento (by way of everywhere else) disco-rock band !!! performed a lively afternoon set last Saturday on Treasure Island, during which someone pointed out that lead singer Nic Offer's fly was down the entire
