Arts & Entertainment Look at These Whimsical Art Fliers We Found in North Beach We came across these fliers on Thursday in North Beach at Columbus and Taylor. We're not sure who created them, but they sure are exciting. Also, as Haighteration has pointed out, they've been
SF News And Your SF Marathon Winners Are... The Wipro San Francisco Marathon saw thousands compete in the annual race this past Sunday. The top runners were 26-year-old Nathan Krah of Salt Lake City and 30-year-old Devon Crosby-Helms of San Anselmo.
SF News New iPhone, iPad Mini Debut Date (Maybe) Revealed Though interest in the Apple iPhone subsided ever so slightly, we're always curious about the technological wizardry brewing in Cupertino. We're hearing rumors that Apple could debut the new iPhone on Wednesday, September
SF News Meanwhile, On The New Bay Bridge... Light poles illuminate the new east span of the Bay Bridge during a system lighting preview by Caltrans on Thursday. AP notes. "The custom-made lights will create a safer driving experience for motorists
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 7 Scenes From Last Night: SF Street Food Festival Preview SFist was lucky enough to attend a media preview on Thursday night at Fort Mason for the SF Street Food Festival. Spices abounded. Piquant flavors and argentine wine dominated the evening. Food scribes
SF News Artillery Shell Found Near AT&T Park [Updated] [UPDATE II: Suspicious device turned out to be "an old military-grade artillery shell." Egads. SF Appeal reports, "Police contacted Travis Air Force Base, which is sending technicians to determine the exact nature of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Mayor Ed Lee Comes Out Against Chick-fil-A; SF Doesn't Have Chick-fil-A San Franciso Mayor Pak Man came out against notorious anti-gay fast food chain Chick-fil-A on Thursday afternoon via Twitter. And good for him. The reportedly delicious fried chicken sandwich purveyors' unfortunate stance on
SF News Emeryville Shooting Hospitalizes Man A little after 7 p.m. on Thursday night, police in Emeryville received a report of gunfire near 63rd and Vallejo streets," about two blocks west of San Pablo Avenue's Golden Gate Playground.
Arts & Entertainment Watch Olympic Torch Cauldron Lightings From 1968-2010 Here are the majority of the Olympic torch cauldron lighting ceremonies from 1968 to 2010. Ohhh, ahhhh. Our favorite? It would have to come down to either the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics,
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Mission Bicycle Celebrates Olympic Fever The fine folks at Mission Bicycle crafted this spirited window display in honor of the London 2012 Summer Olympics. Rad. The opening ceremonies are scheduled to begin today at 4 p.m on
SF News Day Around The Bay: Off the Grid Wins! Off The Grid wins lawsuit over Financial District absurdity. [Eater] What's the first thing you tell newbies about Muni? [Muni Diaries] Are American alcohol prices a ripoff? [MrEricSir] What's (not yet) happening at
Arts & Entertainment Don Your Finest Threads For Saturday's Summer Tweed Ride Sartorial-inclined gents and dames are encouraged to sport their kickiest tweed this Saturday for the 2012 San Francisco Summer Tweed Ride. It all goes down at 1 p.m at Justin Herman Plaza.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Foie Gras Goes Underground At Presidio Social Club It seems that the Presidio Trust weren't as jubilant as some with Presidio Social Club's controversial decision to keep foie gras on the menu after the July 1st ban went into effect. Since
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Sweeney Todd Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd stands as one of his most popular shows, thanks in large part to that iffy Tim Burton film released in 2007 (which boasted Johnny Depp as the titular barber
Arts & Entertainment Top 5 Ed Lee Nicknames Your SFist editor, Brock Keeling, and associate editor, Andrew Dalton, pulled together the top 5 nicknames for San Francisco mayor Edwin Lee. One of them comes from frequent SFist commenter Patrick Connors, another
SF News Sheer Volume Of Excrement In Machinery Breaking BART Escalators What in the?! Who is defecating with such frequency on our BART station escalators that, after it oozes down and gums up the machinery, it is causing them to break? Well, according to
SF News Day Around The Bay: Shady D11 Candidate Withdraws From Race Former Piccino chef Rachel Sillcocks lands at Valencia Street asshole oasis Range. [Inside Scoop] SF Bay Guardian released its annual best-of issue. [SFBG] Behold, the official Alamo Drafthouse New Mission press release. [Mission
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Watch Chris Cosentino Go Bravo On 'Top Chef Masters' Incanto executive chef Chris Cosentino will join an elite group of reality TV stars when he appears tonight on the premiere of this season's Top Chef Masters on Bravo. No strangers to both
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Dance At 1964 Remember those groovy tunes from the mid-'60s? No? Well, neither do we. We weren't born then. However, what with the resurgence of all things non-hippie '60s (due in large part to Mad Men)
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Rick Santorum Spreads Chick-Fil-A Love With Subtle Gay Bashing Former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum wormed his way back into the news the only way he knows how: with confusion and hate. After this week's news that the Jim Henson company parted
Arts & Entertainment Lesbian To Sue Comedian Eddie Griffin For Taunting Her During Stand-up Show San Jose resident Fiona Walshe, 39, is mad. She went to see comedian Eddie Griffin perform in Pleasanton recently, and he wasn't very nice to her. Walshe says that she and her partner,
SF News Top Gay Cop Arrested For Domestic Violence At Gold's Gym An instance of alleged domestic violence occurred between a Sheriff's Deputy and a paramour, this time involving Lt. Vincent Calvarese, one of the city's openly gay cops who was featured in the 2009
