misc Sunday Pictures You know, even the most hardened Political Junkies get a little bored with the upcoming election every now and then -- and it's such a beautiful day today! We're putting down the Voter
Arts & Entertainment The Kooky Adventures of the Superfisters Even as Dr. DeBunko exhorts us to subscribe to Skeptic Magazine, we can't help but feel that there are some missed opportunities here to ponder some real mysteries -- namely, how otherwise intelligent
misc We're Going to Need a Bigger Boat Just in time for the kiddies as they go back to school, the Monterey Bay Aquarium (or the Sausalito Aquarium for you Trekkies out there and yes, that's our second Star Trek IV
misc March of the Penguins Six youth made the arduous journey, Rizzo and Frenchie (Females) and Napoleon, Rico, James and Mr. X (they haven’t named one yet, we suggest SFguin, but the zoo hasn’t adopted it…
misc East Bay: Animals Gone Wild Contra Costa Times columnist, Sarah Jacobson, writes about a raccoon cocktail party on the front porch of her Pittsburg home in the wee hours of the morning.And while we would disagree with
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog Goes to Ashland on the Elizabethan Stage A sort of poor man's As You Like It, Two Gents covers the same terrain as many of the Bard's comedies. A couple of young men travel from Verona
Arts & Entertainment Craftster's Leah Kramer Leah Kramer is the mastermind behind the craftster forum. She’ll be in the Bay Area this week to promote her book, “The Craftster Guide to Nifty, Thrifty, and Kitschy Crafts”, and SFist
misc Rat Trap Animal hoarding's always been a lurid fascination of ours, along with people who have sextuplets, and Chris Daly. So have you been following this story about the guy who had over 1000 rats
Arts & Entertainment For Those About to Rock This year, both Live 105 and 107.7 the Bone busted out their Top 500 lists and that made the weekend even that more exciting. It was a veritable smorgasbord of rock. It
misc In A Duck, No One Can Hear You Scream The truth is out there -- in Cordelia, outside Vallejo, at the International Bird Rescue Research Center. A technician x-raying a male mallard duck with a broken wing looked down at the x-ray
misc SFist Whines & Dines: Chaise Lounge Not that there is anything wrong with sitting on couches. We like to sit on the couch, which is a great reason to check out our next dog friendly bar – Chaise Lounge in
SF News Our Afternoon Web Surfing Those of you who read this site regularly probably think you have a good sense of what this particular correspondent is interested in -- traffic, Chris Daly, heartwarming tales about animals, general schadenfreunde.
Arts & Entertainment The Miniature Adventures of the Superfisters We're suckers for any story about the Monkey King, and we also love the cozy art and fierce personality of Oakland-resident Gene Yang's "American Born Chinese." The six-book series explores Asianness, whatever that
misc Who Needs "Top Model"? Though no one in This year's pack reaches Sam's heights (depths?) of hideousness, we'll freely admit to a bias toward "Munchkin", a proud alumnus of San Francisco's own Pets Unlimited non-profit shelter and
misc SFist Whines & Dines: Cama Cama is not one of those bars. It on 16th near Guerrero – nearly next door to Kilowatt which is ground zero for this block of dog friendly bars. We love the soft, comfy
SF News Elsewhere in -istville Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end in seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get
misc SFist Whines & Dines: the 500 Club One of the great charms of dog-friendly San Francisco is the numerous places where dogs are allowed off-leash. Legally. The city lists two dozen parks around town. Sadly, there are many places remaining
misc San Jose's Pale Male San Jose City Hall took a break from corruption scandals for love -- two peregrine falcons are nesting on the roof of the city's newest architectural landmark, and possibly mating as well. Mayor
misc SFist Whines & Dines: The 540 Club So what is this ‘pet-friendly’ group hiding from the dog blogging community? Having seen photos of earlier Bark and Whine Balls, we can only assume it is the unbridled humiliation of dogs in
misc SFist Whines & Dines: Elixir Bar Almost 800 years later, those dogs on the other side of the pond that bark with an accent are about to get their own Magna Carte. Following in the footsteps of San Francisco’
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hi, My Name Is Spot, And I'm An Alcoholic Long ago we resigned ourselves to being a crazy pet person. we're not sure when it happened -- was it when we noticed our Flickr page was sadly bereft of photos of actual
misc Cares Cleans Out The Closet Just our luck, though, is that there are some good options for making better use of our no-longer-needed items. First, Buffalo Exchange is going to get our old mink and fox fur coats.
misc Where's Our Butterstick? We want a panda! We want a panda! Our cries to Gavin to pick us up one when he was in China went unheeded -- and now we've been stymied again! Oakland City
misc SFist Cares ... About Respect If you watch any late night television you may have seen a series of commercials jointly produced by the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Comcast. They started airing in mid-November and will
SF News Dogs And Kids Work It Out Who was it who said "never work with children or animals?" Well, whoever you are, Bevan Dufty's proving you wrong, as he proudly announces that he's united the two famously-warring factions in San
