misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Stuff Being Destroyed In Slow Motion Tempus II from Philip Heron on Vimeo. Found over at Laughing Squid today, this video from Philip Heron and James Adair shows stuff being smashed, slowly. Very satisfying. Enjoy.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Commenter Drinks 13 Beers While Running S.F. Marathon SFist commenter DJ Tennessee (a onetime SFist contributor) raises the bar on drunken marathon madness. After creating a liquor store map for Bay to Breakers, he decided to upstage his very own un-upstageable
misc Visualization of Muni Movement Jeff Hunt of Muni Diaries brings our attention to this wonderful visualization of Muni movement. Using data provided by NextBus, Eric Fischer "posted an animated version of Muni vehicle movements for all of
SF News What's Going On Here, Face of Anthony Souza, San Quentin Murderer? New San Quentin inmate Edward John Schaefer -- who was convicted of murder after a bout of drunken driving resulted in the death of a 9-year-old Novato girl -- was stabbed to death
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, we present to you 7 Reasons. (Our sister site LAist does
SF News Raiders Great Jack Tatum Dies Noted as "one of the most feared hitters in NFL history," former Raiders great Jack Tatum died today. He was 61. Tatum, according to SFGate, was best known for paralyzing Darryl Stingley in
SF News UPDATED: $200 Million Ansel Adams Negatives Bought for $45 at Garage Sale Ten years ago, Rick Norsigian purchased negatives at a Fresno garage sale for $45. It turns out those negatives were the work of noted photographer Ansel Adams, and they're actually worth $200 million.
misc Dore Alley/Up Your Alley Fair 2010 Photos On Sunday, SoMa's Dore Alley turned up the heat for their annual sex fetish festival, the Up Your Alley Fair. Described as a smaller Folsom Street Fair, but for adults (let's face it,
SF News High-Tech Parking Meters Make S.F. Debut Today Today, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency rolled out new parking meters, high-tech ones that will replace old meters with new "coin and card" ones in Hayes Valley. Part of a pilot program
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Abusive TV Star Chef Looking for Bad Restaurants Gordon Ramsay -- a celebrity chef who, unlike other famous gastronomes, gained notoriety for his trademark abusive behavior, not his food -- is looking for a few bad restaurants. According to Justine Quart
SF News Oakland Police Arrest Two In Connection With Virginia Man's Murder Oakland residents George Hugguins, 24, and Althea Housley, 33, were arrested on Monday and Saturday, respectively. Both are suspected of killing Jinghong Kang on July 18 after robbing the Virgina man of $17.
SF News Day Around the Bay Target halts Timbuk2′s recycled-plastic-bag messenger bag project. [Mission Mission] Yelp has a fashionably dressed sex bunny doll. [Valleywag] Clipper failure turns into a loads of free Muni rides this morning. [Akit] Claycord
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink AT&T Park Beats Dodgers Stadium, Food Health Inspector-wise More aesthetically pleasing, housing a better team, and situated in a superior neighbor -- AT&T Park can now say it's better than Dodgers stadium when it comes to food sanitary conditions.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Breaking: Arinell Pizza Open Until 3 a.m. Holy smokes! Arinell Pizza, one of the finest real pizza joints in San Francisco, is now open until 3am on Fridays and Saturdays, reports Mission Mission. It almost makes us wished we lived
SF News NIMBY Watch: The Marina Wants to Stop Foster Kid Housing Project Just when you thought the Marina could no longer surprise you with unyielding tastelessness, it ups the ante. Take, for example, the neighborhood's recent effort to stop a proposed plan for housing "aged
SF News The Uptown, a Prostitute Hangout? Well, this is exciting: The Uptown, a former watering hole of grit turned scenester sardine tin, might be a local hangout for the mobile sex worker community. That is to say, it's a
misc Safe for Work Dore Alley Pics Local activist Michael Petrelis attended Sunday's Dore Alley (rechristened Up Your Alley) Street Fair. What is that, you ask? Well, it's like the Folsom Street Fair, but for adults. Did we go? Heck
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Raquel's Hummus Recalled for Contamination The California Department of Public Health, according to BCN (via SF Appeal) has warned consumers about a possible health risk with Raquel's brand of hummus and hummus products. Possible listeria contamination might be
SF News Stanford Student Wins S.F. Marathon Did you run in Sunday's S.F. Marathon? How did you do? If you were 25-year-old Keith Bechtol, a graduate student in astrophysics at Stanford and first-time marathon runner, you did great. Bechtol
misc Week Around the Ists Gothamist got a double dose of pop culture invading reality: A woman based her sex life on Sex and the City's Samantha Jones and Darth Vader robbed a Long Island bank. DCist covered
SF News Photo du Jour 676 San Francisco Giants' Eugenio Vélez lies on a stretcher in the dugout after being hit in the head with a foul ball from teammate Pat Burrell during a baseball game against the Arizona
SF News Day Around the Bay Your top 10 Bay Area movie spots are... [Eye On Blogs] Why are people so (delightfully!) flaky in San Francisco? [Mission Mission] 11-year-old Tajonae Cross details her S.F. street fundraising for St
misc What's Going On Here, PG&E Truck? Spotted outside AT&T Park this week, the folks at JustMarried.us sent us this quick phone shot of a PG&E truck's not-so surprising political sentiment. Find out what it
