misc Preggo Skinny Bitches Heart <i>A Pea in A Pod</i> [Sorry to go all Noe Valley on you lovely readers, but yes, one more SFist writer is knocked up and ready to rant.] A Pea in a Pod near Union Square was on
misc Eight Things We Learned About Hanukkah 1. Hanukkah has multiple spellings: Hanukkah, Hanukka, Chanuka, and Chanukah. 2. It's important to double check (using a calendar, not a person) which is the actual first night of Hanukkah. We accidentally lit
Arts & Entertainment <i>Degrassi: TNG</i> Stereotypes Ring True Characters such as Manny, the school slut, Paige, the pig-faced "mean girl," and Marco, the Latino gay resonate with tweens and adults alike. One of the most unforgettable Degrassi characters is Rick, who
SF News SOMA Must Be Cursed In the last two days we have witnessed Not to mention the drive-by shooting that took place the other night right outside SFist headquarters on Stillman. What the heck is going on around
Arts & Entertainment Good Samaritan at 30,000 Feet Not three feet from our chair was a woman lying on the floor, passed out with blood oozing from the back of her head. Janet, who was traveling to Canada, had passed out,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Thanksgiving Wine Suggestions Here's what NOT to bring to Thanksgiving dinner: Cabernet Sauvignon (for the love of God, don't bring Cab) Merlot Petite Sirah Chardonnay (unless there is a crab dish) The varietals above are simply
misc Thankful For Your Pets? Since this is the perfect time of the year to make a donation, we thought we'd help out those animal lovers among us by providing a list of local animal-related charities and nonprofits
SF News Paper Bag Coverage With stations like KTVU reporting live at the scene, don't be surprised to find Claudine Wong in your face as the checker bags your condoms, okra, and 2-for-1 enema packs. And if you
SF News Pierre Valley: A Real Neighborhood After All It seems that there is enough evidence to support the neighborhood's existence. Despite its odd pronunciation, which is meant to rhyme with Noe Valley (which we question, since PV has seemingly seceded from
SF News MISO Confused On a recent cab ride to the airport, we picked up the November issue of TODO: Little Guide. Big Town. for kicks. After scanning the restaurant, bar, and shopping guides, we came across
SF News Missing Sacto Teen Found in Fisherman's Wharf Nothing says love like a sourdough bread bowl filled with New England clam chowder, a few hundred barking, stinky sea lions, and a blue square (aka registered sex offender) escorting an underage girl
SF News Halloween in the Castro: Live! We'll do the partying and/or dying, so you don't have to. Homebound denizens of San Francisco, the Bay Area, and the world at large. Our editor, Brock, will be coming at you
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Back in the News Thanks to a 5.6 earthquake and tonight's "Will there be a Halloween in the Castro or not?" question plaguing the minds of locals and bridge and tunnelers alike, San Francisco is back
SF News Go Blackle™ Yourself Australia's Heap Media created Blackle™, a Google-powered search engine that provides Internet users with an environmentally-friendly alternative to search engines that use an energy-hogging white background. Apparently, having a black background saves a
Arts & Entertainment Pinot on the River Starting today and running through Sunday, Pinot Noir will be the focus in the Russian River Valley this weekend. Russian River Vineyards in Forestville plays host to this year's fest featuring top Pinot
Arts & Entertainment SoCal Fires Monopolize Local News Pay attention to us, pretty please? We promise we'll be good, and stay out of the Castro on Halloween. We'll even maybe pretend to care about mayoral elections. Well, if we try, will
misc Finally, An Alternative to Clubbing Baby Seals Bay Area polluters (that's all of us, kids) are responsible for contaminating the Bay with such nasty toxic materials as sewage, flame retardants, and Teflon. Mother seals who eat contaminated fish, pass the
SF News Get Back to Work, Slacker Arnold has vetoed two bills that would have expanded the Family Leave Act, which allows employees of medium to large companies to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave or 6 weeks of paid
SF News Don't Forget to Tip Your Driver, or Brakeman When our relative from out of town just had to ride a cable car before his departure from our superior city, we decided to indulge him and follow some tracks until we caught
SF News Blue Angels: They're Here There's nothing like hearing the roar of fighter jets above-head on a sunny afternoon in downtown San Francisco. Just when we were this close to being cured of our September 11th PTSD, the
SF News Tree-huggers and Van-burners? And by "van-burners," we don't mean the variety that park by Ocean Beach in their VW van toking while watching the sunset. Or maybe we do… Authorities think a UC Berkeley campus security
SF News UPDATE: Safeway "Giving" We hear from our Safeway mole, that things did not stop there. As you may as well already know, the Safeway crusade of the month is breast cancer research. (For those heavy-drinking ladies
SF News Mt. Davidson Plaque Stolen Whether this is a hate crime or simply a theft, we are flabbergasted that this story has barely made the news. The valuable bronze plaque commemorating the Armenian Genocide that occurred in the
