Arts & Entertainment Alice Street Community Garden Lays Disco Eggs Over the weekend, these mirror ball eggs turned up at the Alice Street Community Garden in SoMa, which you can find here. Also, do you know the name of the artist(s)? If
Arts & Entertainment Miss Bigelow's Social City By the Numbers: Anna Wintour at the De Young for Balenciaga Bash Number of people pictured in this week's Miss Bigelow's Social City: 83 Minority count: 2 (Yurie Pascarella, David Chung) Getty vs Traina: 4/4 (It's a tie!) Who was celebrating what: Dede Wilsey's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Alice Waters Twitter Announcement Watch While we (and you!) rock back and forth in a near-catatonic state of anticipation for Alice Waters' big announcement -- on Twitter, no less! -- we'll keep you saffron-infused-olive-oil-poached abreast of her updates
SF News Manhole Cover Explosion at Grant and Post We're hearing reports of a manhole cover explosion happening in the city's Union Square area. KCBS tweets: "Black smoke reported at Post & Grant in SF, reports of a manhole cover explosion." Joanna
SF News Sunday Morning SoMa Dispute Prompts Fatal Shooting Two men from the city of Richmond were shot on Sunday night during a dispute in a SoMa parking lot. One of the victims succumbed to his injures. The incident happened on Jessie
SF News Britney Watch: Spears Performs While we wait for Britney to take the stage, local drag queens take the stage, with Heklina in the center, so that makes her the alpha-female, to ask the audience trivia questions about
SF News Britney Watch: Queue Outside Bill Graham Civic Auditorium People are already lined up outside Bill Graham Civic Auditorium to catch Britney Spears' free mini-concert for Good Morning America. Although she was supposed to perform in the Castro, Spears changed locations due
SF News Day Around the Bay Remember to like SFist on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Geeks get peeved when you say "dark rum" when you actually mean "aged rum." The nerve. [Fine Cooking, via Alcademics] Shockingly, the
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, in Bernal Heights... Bernal Heights very own motorsports team, Bernal Dads Racing, work on this Volvo to take part in this weekend's Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma. Bernalwood has more: "Bernal Dads Racing will be at
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: White Diamonds at Rye Returning to San Francisco after a 14 year absence, Rye's Rhachel Shaw spent time in Los Angeles working at Barkeeper in Silverlake, Malo Cantina on Sunset Boulevard, and Caña Rum in Downtown L.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Alice Waters Now On Twitter Philosopher and noted gastronome Alice Waters is on Twitter. At last! Because if we have to read another update about the artisanal fare someone is eating and/or drinking, we'd prefer it to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Sunday: Artisan Cheese Festival in Petaluma Does dairy compose 75% of your diet? Yes? Then we have a lot in common. Also, there's a good chance we might see you Sunday at the Artisan Cheese Festival in Petaluma, an
SF News Big Sur Cut Off After Storm Melee Around 40 miles of Highway 1 are cut off this morning after last night's storm caused a landslide and mudslide near Big Sur. "The latest rockslide happened yesterday (Thursday) near Limekiln State Park.
SF News Day Around the Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Tom Ford delivers the most sound advice you'll hear all year. [LeFag] Just in time for Easter, vegan Peeps! [Vegansaurus] Do you
Arts & Entertainment Video: Stupid Orchestra, A Symphony for Vintage Home Appliances Laughing Squid brings our attention to something that you'll either enjoy hearing or seeing. Or both. LS notes: "'Blödes Orchester,' (Stupid Orchestra) is a symphonic piece for home appliance orchestra by German
SF News HIV Infections in Retreat, Claim SF Health Researchers The BAR (where one can now - at last! - comment on articles) says that HIV infections in San Francisco are now in "retreat." Over the last decade, the rate of new HIV
Arts & Entertainment Fatshion: Fat Lady Clothing Swap, 4/10 Vegansaurus founder and SFist contributor Laura Beck and Heather from SF Bar Experiment will host a clothing swap for plus-size ladies on April 10. It's called Fatshion and it's for folks who identify
misc Photo du Jour John Ponta struggles with his umbrella as he walks to the federal courthouse in San Francisco, Thursday, March 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Arts & Entertainment Burglarized Car Has Message for Would-be Robbers This poor Volvo wants you to rob the rich: "This car has already been broken in to. Go ROB THE RICH and stay out of this one. Thanks." Duly noted! Photo credit: ebjSF/
SF News Happy Birthday, Frank Chu! Frank Chu, local color and noted sign carrier, turns 51 today. It's sad that, as far as we know, the city of San Francisco has yet to hand the man a proclamation, or
SF News Rain Casuses Power Outages Throughout Bay Area This morning rain - feel it on your fingertips, hear it on the windowpane - has caused minor power outages in the Bay Area. In the North Bay an estimated 1,500 residents
Arts & Entertainment Tickets for Britney's San Francisco Concert Gobbled Up in Seconds Well, that was fast. Guess we won't be seeing Britney this Sunday at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. After the damaged pop unicorn moved her concert from the Castro to the Civic Center, tickets
Arts & Entertainment Midnight Palate Cleanser: Elizabeth Taylor Applies Eye Makeup (1974) Without much commentary, we present Elizabeth Taylor applying eye makeup circa 1974. Rest in peace, Miss Taylor. Video: TaylorHamKid / YouTube
