misc McSweeney's Jumps Aboard Brian Wilson Beard Bandwagon With Delightful Results McSweeny's is now selling poster-size versions (11"x17") of this image showing you how to grow Brian Wilson's noted facial hair. They run at $8 a pop. What can you do with it?
SF News Meanwhile, In Orange County: Hate Is at Home by Lindsay William-Ross / LAist A video posted yesterday to YouTube shows footage from a February, 13th protest in Yorba Linda, held outside a fundraising event held by the Islamic Circle of North America
misc Deal of the Day: $2 Beer, Any Beer, Mondays at Lone Star Last Monday, we tried to get inside SoMa's Bloodhouse bar, which proved a fruitless endeavor. Alas, the popular Folsom watering hole was far too packed. Defeated, we instead headed down to Lone Star
SF News New Judge In Prop 8 Case Announced The District Court just replaced the Prop 8 judge from gay Judge Vaughn Walker to probably-not-gay Judge James Ware, since Walker is now gay-retired. While little is known about Ware's attitude regarding LGBTs
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Three Vegan Dishes Worth (Temporarily) Ditching Meat/Dairy Over Laura Beck's bi-weekly installment of vegan dishes worth creaming your culinary pants over. Vegan Grilled Cheese Sandwich at Sacred Wheel Cheese Shop, 4935 Shattuck, Oakland There's a cheese shop in Oakland that makes
SF News Nicole Kidman In S.F. Filming HBO Movie We're exhausted with any and all Nicole Kidman bashing. Yes, her forehead is taut. We get it. (Hailing from California, we've seen far worse cases of F5 face gone awry.) However, she's a
SF News 17 Protesters Arrested at UC Berkeley After Statewide Demonstration Against Cuts [Updated] After protesters refused to leave a UC Berkeley building, officers arrested 17 people who were demonstrating against budget cuts. Daily Cal reports: Following a day filled with rallies, marches and snacking that began
SF News Day Around The Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter Effort Underway To Chase Chase Bank From Divisadero [SF Appeal] West Oakland Warehouse Fire Leads Police To Marijuana Grow [KTVU] Teens Really
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tonight Addendum: Liam Mayclem Bartending at Jardinière Speaking of Traci Des Jardins, she will be hosting Eye On The Bay's Liam Mayclem tonight for their monthly guest-bartender series. The Brit turned San Franciscan will be making cocktails from 7:30
SF News Barrage of Game-Promotion Ballons and Fliers Pollute San Francisco [UPDATES] Why were there so many red balloons floating around downtown San Francisco today? Well, someone thought it would be a great (albeit pollutive and thoughtless) way to hawk a new video game. We
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Traci Des Jardins To Compete On 'Top Chef Masters' Traci Des Jardins - noted chef/owner of Hayes Valley's Jardinière; AT&T Park's Public House & Mijita; and Lake Tahoe's Manzanita - will appear on the next season of Top Chef
SF News Steve Jobs Unveils iPad 2 (PHOTOS) Taking a break of medical leave, Steve Jobs introduced the new iPad today at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. It's thinner, has dual cameras, and comes in white. Engadget reports: Apple has
SF News Accident at 4th & King Caltrain Station Sends Passengers to Hospital During this morning's commute, a train pulling into the King and Fourth Street Caltrain station collided with the end of track stopper. The accident hurled many passengers to the floor. Multiple injuries have
SF News iPad 2 Unveiling Today In just a few hours at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Apple will unveil a new generation of iPads. What will it look like? According to this image of
SF News Man Found Dead From Gunshot Wound In North Beach View Larger Map Police are trying to figure out why a man died in North Beach last night. After authorities were called to a Mason Street jewelry store, police found the body dead
SF News Day Around The Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter Disappointed Customers Say Local Company Is A Hot Tub Crime Machine [SF Appeal] Chaotic first minutes after San Bruno blast [Chronicle] Welcome
SF News If You're Glue, Gavin's Rubber: Newsom Pledges End of 'R-Word' Today, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom asked for people to stop using the "r-word" (in vulgar parlors: "retard," "retarded") in conversation and written text. Although we suspect any campaign to end argot has
misc Meanwhile, In Sweden... We came across this parenting doohickey while shopping at Whole Foods in SoMa. Just about lost our appetite, we did. See, this here is The Snotsucker from Sweden. Basically, as one of our
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Magazine Compares Michael Mina to Horrifying Spider-Man Musical Noted food critic Josh Sens of San Francisco Magazine recently compared noted chef Michael Mina to Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, one of the worst-reviewed musicals of all time. Sens writes: A meal
SF News Steve Jobs Almost Knighted Steve Jobs lost out on being part of Britain's silly honor system after a former Prime Minister apparently blocked his knighthood after the Apple founder refused to speak at a Labour event. Via
SF News America's Cup Yacht Arrives In S.F. The Oracle Racing USA-14, Larry Ellison's America's Cup-winning yacht, arrived in San Francisco at Pier 80 on Monday. "The device to catch the wind is called a wing, and is so efficient it
misc 7 Reasons To Love San Francisco There are countless stories to tell in San Francisco, but sometimes a picture says so much more that mere words. Each Tuesday (or Wednesday!), we present to you 7 Reasons. (Our sister site