misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Robyn Covering Bjork's "Hyperballad" Can we be frank? We're not the biggest Bjork fan. (More like Byuck, eh? Eh? *crickets*) However, we do enjoy Bjork's "Hyperballad" and we enjoy chanteuse Robyn, and here they are together. Best
misc 'Like,' Follow SFist, Won't You? Have you heard of this newfangled Facebook thingamajig the kids talk about these days? Sticky privacy issues notwithstanding, it's pretty neat-o. And that Twitter? That sure is fun. Have you also heard that
SF News That's a Wrap: Alioto-Pier Ineligible to Run for Re-election Today the California Supreme Court refused to listen to D-2 Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier's "request to review her legal bid to run for re-election in November - a decision that effectively ends her campaign,
SF News Muslim Job Applicant Accuses Abercrombie & Fitch of Bias Abercrombie & Fitch's unyielding adherence to one kind of beauty has, once again, gotten them in trouble. A Mulsim woman accuses the clothing retailer of not hiring due to her head scarf. Mercury
SF News Joanna Rees Makes S.F. Mayoral Bid Matier & Ross have word that Joanna Rees, wealthy-ish venture capitalist and educator, will toss her adorable sweater set into the San Francisco mayoral ring. Part of her platform? Hot, hot, hot hyperlocalism.
SF News Spare the Air, Please Today's warm weather prompted another Spare the Air Day. This means no wood fire, public transit, and other clean air such as, according to BCN (via CBS 5), biking to work or around
SF News Apple Announces New Stuff to Buy; Steve Jobs' Forehead Questioned Apple made some big announcements today. This morning at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs previewed updates to the iOS system, "unveiled updated iPods including a
SF News SFist Blotter 8/31, CASTRO GLEN PARK: A female walking south on Castro Street (near Sussex) was accosted by a 20- to 30-year-old black man who grabbed her purse from behind, pulled her sweater over
SF News Lady Gaga's Rosamunde Story Continues You know how Lady Gaga was spotted at Rosamunde last week in the Mission? Well, Mission Mission got right to the bottom of what happened, exactly. Well, Gaga, it seems, ordered some wine,
SF News Apple to Make Big Announcement Tomorrow Like all of Cupertino company's announcements, tomorrow's Apple declaration will be big. What's more it will involve music, something big about music. And here is our contribution to the hype: What will the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mission Burrito Book Crowns #1 Burrito In S.F. While some argue that a steamy San Francisco burrito is as complex and interesting as a clam chowder sourdough bread bowl, the local foil-wrapped burrito -- packed with rice... and stuff -- has
SF News SFist Tonight ART: Check out Circular Time, "a live reading of artist Packard Jenning's project, Longshot: Dining Labor and Ponies on view now at the SFAC Gallery as part of the exhibition Now & When.
SF News Police Shoot Mountain Lion On Shattuck Avenue Early this morning, Berkeley police shot and killed a mountain lion on Shattuck Avenue, "not far from popular restaurants and shops in the north side of the city, reports KTVU. The early morning
SF News Point-by-point Takedown of National Organization of Marriage's Lies National Organization of Marriage (NOM), an anti-gay and anti-San Francisco group with strong ties to the Mormon church, unleashed this video on Aug. 27 about--what else--gay marriage and "San Francisco values." The video
SF News 888 O'Farrell Fire Might Have Been Suicide/Murder Attempt We mentioned yesterday a two-alarm fire in the tenderloin where a woman jumped to her death. According to The Chronicle, the "woman who leaped from the eighth story of her burning apartment in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Photo du Jour 682 "Pork Delivery. Chinatown." Photo by Julie Michelle/tangobaby. Hat tip: Uptown Almanac
SF News "Magician Sentenced to Six Years for Sexual Relationship with Boulder Creek Minor" Sometimes a headline is so grand yet horrifying, it doesn't need a blogger's reworking. And sometimes the story is so intriguing and well written -- this one involves everything from a magician to
SF News (Updated) Debra Saunders Slams Obama for Sporting Bike Helmet Self-consciously conservative Debra Saunders, The Chronicle's anti-gay "token conservative," tried to make a funny yesterday. Or rather, in a failed attempt to sound Coulterian, she slammed President Obama as a total "wuss." Why?
SF News SFO Emergency Landing After Qantas 747 Engine Blows Up A plane heading to Australia "was forced to make an emergency landing at San Francisco International Airport early Tuesday after an engine exploded in flight over the Pacific," reports KTVU. (In the esteemed
SF News Day Around the Bay The lost history of San Francisco’s Beatles House. [Laughing Squid] TechCrunch editor has some advice for women. [Valleywag/Business Insider] Moment of luxury, anyone? [Meowmix] Fairfield councilman killer gets 50-to-life. [CBS 5]
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SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Digests: Authenticity In LA, TyFlo, Pony Abuse Michael Bauer spews out 2.5 stars to Wayward Tavern, the new venture of Applebee's/Wish-Bone salad dressing spokesman Tyler Florence. The place, it seems, "has a masculine American look" and "is bringing
SF News Bradley Cooper and Ryan Reynolds Play Buddies In New S.F. Film Gawker (via Hollywood Reporter) brings us a morsel of tempting celebrity news. Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper will star in an untitled action-comedy written by Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) that takes
SF News NIMBY Watch: S.F.'s Only Gun Store Comes--Wait for It--Under Fire Guns. They're bad. Or good. Depending. They kill people, sure; but Shockwave, our first Transformers action figure, turned into a gun. Obviously, like a profound game of chess played at an East Coast
