Arts & Entertainment The Reviews Are In: Nobody Likes Current TV Well, we haven't had a chance to watch Current TV because somehow it ended up in Comcast's "Premier Tier," and we're not about to pay an extra five dollars a month after reading
Arts & Entertainment Spelling Counts Har! Remember Maria Alquilar, the lady who misspelled the names of the geniuses on the mural she was installing for the Livermore library? (or maybe Albert always spelled his name "Eistein," you never
SF News Isn't It Ironic? Don't You Think? So last week the Gavster announced this big, huge plan to build more housing, even low-cost housing. The point being, of course, the more housing the better, especially more low-cost housing, because the
SF News Stephen Robinson: Rockin' Rocketman Chris Lopez over at the Contra Costa Times pointed out that NASA Astronaut Stephen Robinson is from nearby Moraga, and is currently on the Discovery waiting for the weather to clear so that
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Steve Jones Snark aside, Steve has kindly submitted himself to the SFist interview process. Despite the fact that we’re thrilled that Steve was kind enough to answer some real questions, we promise that his
misc SFist Rants: Running in the dark. We want first to congratulate the 15,000 runners who took part in the SF marathon this past Sunday: you are amazing. Congratulations to all of you. But who is the dunderhead who
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Market Breakfast Back when we subscribed, we daydreamed about the perfect life depicted in those features. We eyed the Smoked Trout with Cucumber-Watercress Cream and thought that maybe if we made it often enough, we
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Make Your Reservations Now! You know all our fancy, world-class, four star restaurants, and how difficult it is to get a reservation? You've got to plan months in advance -- both to book a table, and to
SF News Zero Hour As that big clock at 5th and Mission ticks its way to 6 tonight, the Media Workers Guild will start to assemble to vote on management's insulting offer to the union. We here
misc SFist Rants: Where Have all the Riders Gone? Of course, we could point out that maybe more people would ride it if, say, they fixed the routing problems at the airport so there wouldn't be fifteen minute delays just outside the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Corn Farmers bred the super-sweets for a good reason. As soon as you pick corn, enzymes begin to convert the sugar in the kernels to starch. Hence the old advice to boil water before
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 25th Anniversary 26 years ago there wasn't a single Film Festival celebrating the Jewish experience -- 25 years later, there are hundreds of them! As with so many things, San Francisco's was one of the
Arts & Entertainment Hey, Who's That Gringo Mariachi? Last night Melanie and I went to Pancho Villa for the award-winning deliciousness. As you may know, it's not unusual for somebody to be standing in the back playing a guitar. However, the
Arts & Entertainment Sorry, PJ! Sorry, PJ Corkery, for our terrible maligning of your gossip source-ery yesterday! As you may remember, Leah Garchik and the Chron on the one hand reported that the Gavin-Kimberly divorce was final, where
SF News A's Brand Baseball Midseason Report: Bye Bye Byrnesie The All-Star break, which ends when games start today, is a time for the players to give back to the fans (or some such nonsense). It's also a time for baseball writers to
SF News <b>BREAKING: SANDOVAL FOR CITY ASSESSOR</b> Sandoval is alerting people to the fact that he's running for Assessor. The election will be in November; if there's an incumbent, it will be an appointed incumbent, as Mabel Teng has resigned.
misc SFist Rants: Homeland-Protection at Safeway As we exited the store, our purchase (a 4-pack of film) tucked away in our Man's Carry-all (or "purse"), the magnetic door-beeping security thing went off. We ignored it, because we are not
Arts & Entertainment We Gotta Get Out Of This Place You know, we love all the talk about secession because, well, it's fun. But let's face it, do we really want to secede? If we did, we'd have nothing to make us all
SF News All the Fans in Giants' Land Love that Crazy Crab Oh, woe is the Giant fan. This week we were taunted at by our resident A's scribe and all we could come up with as a retort was "at least we got a
SF News Gavin in Ought-Six? Well, Randy Shaw apparently got the news that the Gavster's strategists are looking into the possibility of running for the Democratic nomination for the gubenatorial race next year. He writes in Beyond Chron:
Arts & Entertainment Mighty Annie Apparently what Potrero Hill (or is it called SoMissPo now?) has needed all along is a slick Marina-style club that specializes in alterna-lite of the 80s! We were at the club Mighty to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Hangs out In Clarion Alley On our way to work a few weeks ago, we noticed a group of punk kids painting in the alleyway around the corner from Community Thrift on Valencia Street. They were painting bunnies
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Trimethyldioxypurist Craps Out ( . . And You Can Win!) As may be the case with many coffee aficionados, breakfast is our favorite meal. Cuz we get to drink coffee with it. Oh sure, we drink coffee with dinner too, but the a.
Arts & Entertainment Public Space; Keep Out Well, thanks to intrepid blogger (and friend of SFist) Michael, the chain link fence is finally down. Michael gets huge props for actually Getting Something Done -- a rarity in this town --
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Miranda July Miranda's first feature length film won big at Sundance, and opens next week in San Francisco. "Me and You and Everyone We Know" is about connecting in a disconnected world, and about meeting
