misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Real Life Model Of Escher's "Waterfall" Laughing Squid brings our attention to this real-life model of college dorm favorite, M.C. Escher's "Waterfall" made by mcwolles. Trippy.
SF News Obama's S.F. Tech Dinner Guest List Revealed! As SFist reported yesterday, Barack Obama will hold dinner party tonight featuring a bevy of privileged dorks from Silicon Valley, who will chitchat about "[p]romoting American innovation, and [a] commitment to new
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. The Buddha Boy at Sushirito (59 New Montgomery), SF What's up party vegans! And veg curious! This week's write-up might
misc Photo du Jour Swastika at the Old San Francisco Mint, shot by Ariel Dovas. SF Appeal, who has a great article on the emblems, notes: "The swastikas are design elements on the base of the lampposts
SF News John Walker Lindh Still Studying Islam, Earning Liberal Arts Degree In part of a "long-running campaign to clear his son's name ", Frank Lindh, father of noted Taliban supporter John Walker Lindh, spoke to law students at University of San Francisco on Wednesday. According
SF News Walnut Creek Police Officer Arrested For Having Sex With Minor According to CBS 5, a Walnut Creek police officer was pinched for having sex with an underage girl. "Officer Shawn Wallace was arrested February 3rd and was booked into the Contra Costa County
SF News Flood Advisories Issued for Bay Area The National Weather Service issed urban and small stream flood advisories for Contra Costra County. San Francisco, Santa Clara, Alameda, and San Mateo counties until 3 p.m. A flash flood warning was
SF News Oakland Raiders "Evil," Says War Criminal Donald Rumsfeld During an interview with Financial Times earlier this month, Donald Rumsfeld talked about his new memoir, Known and Unknown, and his tenure with the Bush administration. The former US Defense Secretary also talked
SF News Lawrence Livermore Lab Missing Drugs Lawrence Livermore Lab seems to be having trouble keeping track of their heavy supply of "dangerous drugs." Specifically, the lab is missing some uppers. According to the Energy Department, they're missing cocaine hydrochloride
Arts & Entertainment America's Next Top Model Casting Call... In Danville Home to noted antique tractors and sheep farms, Danville will host the next cycle of America's Next Top Model for pin-thin Bay Area hopefuls. Tyra Banks - who will not be making an
SF News Day Around The Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter State High Court To Rule On Prop. 8 Issue [Chronicle] Badass T-Shirt Commemorates Bay Bridge Earthquake Disaster [Mission Mission] NIMBY Gets Bullheaded
misc Saturday: Inner Richmond Pub Crawl On Saturday night, Feb. 19, Pubcrawl-SF will host a pub crawl covering 10 bars in the Inner Richmond. Saturday night's roster includes: - Happy Lounge - 2nd Ave & Geary (8 p.m.
SF News Obama's S.F. Visit Will Include Meeting With Mark Zuckerberg, Other Tech Execs President Barack Obama's visit to San Francisco this Thursday will involve a meet and greet "with a number of business leaders in fields of technology and innovation," according to NBC Bay Area. What
misc S.F. Too Healthy, Harmless for Proper Mancation CNN's Brendan Francis Newnam penned a whimsical piece about a recent "mancation" to San Francisco, which, sadly, was a total disaster. First off, what's a mancation? Well, it's a vacation "taken by a
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Mogwai's 'Mexican Grand Prix' As Daniel Levin Becker already pointed out, Scottish musicians Mogwai released a new album yesterday, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, as well as a new video for their track "Mexican Grand
SF News Fred's New Lite Supermarket Shooter Pleads Not Guilty Sam Kazzouh, the man who allegedly shot a customer inside Haight Street's Fred's New Lite Supermarket on Feb 9, pleaded not guilty this morning to charges of attempted murder, assault with a firearm,
SF News Padres Pitcher Hates S.F. Oh this is cute. Padres pitcher Mat Latos recently made his views on San Francisco and the Giants quite clear via his balls. Big League Stew reports on the rivalry: "The young San
Arts & Entertainment Prince Performing Two Shows In Oakland Next Week Rumor has it that Prince will perform two Oakland shows later this month: Monday, Feb 21, and Wednesday, Feb 23. According to MoQuake, who scooped the story, "Tickets for the Oakland shows go
SF News Valentine's Day Pillow Fight Cleanup: Very Cheap Tidying up Justin Herman Plaza after this year's Valentine's Day Pillow Fight was far cheaper than previous years. Somewhere around $3,500, according to the Department of Public Works. "Feathers, trash and debris
SF News Day Around The Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter Who's Allowed To Talk Smack About Muni? [SF Appeal] Fat-Washing Doesn't Have to be Used for Evil [Alcademics] Public Meeting For Beach
SF News Gov. Brown Orders State Hiring Freeze For his third executive order since taking office in January, Governor Jerry Brown has ordered all state agencies to "freeze hiring" in an effort to reduce further spending. "We have a $25 billion
SF News Sketch Of Suspect In Ingleside Teen's Slaying Released Today, police released this sketch of the person they believe is connected to the fatal stabbing of a teenage boy in San Francisco's Ingleside neighborhood last week. If you recall, "Victor Zheng, 16,
SF News Scene from a Bernal Heights Sewer Pipe Burst We're not sure what's going on here, exactly - the brown in the water is probably dirt rather than fecal matter - but Bernalwood came across this scene today in Bernal Heights. Todd_
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
