Arts & Entertainment Interview: Cynthia Lombard SFist always loves interviewing Bay Area natives. We feel that they are giving us the true inside scoop on the city. Cynthia definitely delivers on this count, but we feel her that her
Arts & Entertainment Rivera in the City Killer ocean views and Diego Rivera? Sounds like a dreamy vacation in Mexico, no? Well, actually no. Climb up the hill above Bimbo's 365 Club to the San Francisco Art Institute, and you'll
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Byron Brown Byron is a Graphic/Fashion Designer and "GrassRoots" marketing specialist who works in San Francisco under the moniker of VIRGIN69. VIRGIN69 is a boutique and clothing company and SO much more. We're still
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Olivia Ongpin As a lifetime resident Olivia has offered a few insights about the area to SFist. One question in particular got us thinking, is San Francisco too expensive, or is it just that SFist
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Michele Alaniz Michele has some serious Bay Area credentials. She loves The Mummies and Needles and Pens. By the time you're done reading the interview below you'll know at least one way to make smoke
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Judith Zissman When Judith isn't inciting interview revolution, she may well be found inciting the bison of Golden Gate park. If you've ever thought that they seemed suspiciously docile, you're right-- and Judith is their
Arts & Entertainment New SFist Contributor: Rain Jokinen If you don't own a TV set, Rain might not have much to say to you, but to those who do, she will gladly debate the varied qualities of the latest "America's Next
Arts & Entertainment Interview: DJ Neta DJ Neta is a Bay Area native who is actually happy to provide guidance on how a non-native might pass as a native. After reading her interview below you'll understand that if we
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Ross Hogg Super-hero-DJ creating speculation aside, we know you're dying to know all about these two. This interview, is all about Ross, however (DJ Neta's is forthcoming). Ross Hogg spins hip-hop, reggae, dub, dancehall, soul,
SF News New SFist Contributor: Jon Shurkin Even though Jon comes to us from the tony climes of Philadelphia's Main Line, he has lived in San Francisco long enough to remember a time when the then-embarrassing photo of the Mayor
Arts & Entertainment New SFist Contributor: Mary-Lynn Bragg Mary-Lynn comes to the west coast via Canada and New York. Assessment continues on whether the move from Manhattan to Menlo Park has done permanent damage. When she's not engaged in random acts
SF News SFist Emily Remembers 2004 Everyone seems to have their own form of "year in review" type articles. I have a hard time rank ordering anything, mainly because the thought of having to defend why I rated one
Arts & Entertainment New SFist Contributor: Matt Baume First up is Mr. Matt Baume. Although one reason he cites for moving to SF is an "urgent" need to leave LA, its becoming clear that he loves the Bay Area for its
SF News We Heart BART As if fast, friendly, and efficient service isn't enough love, BART is now offering even more reasons to love it. Five hundred dollars worth of reasons. The “BART #1 Transit System in America”
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Zak Nelson Zak works for Heyday Books which specializes in books about California. For any of you scrambling to buy last minute Christmas presents, Heyday titles might be the ticket. Zak's given SFist so many
SF News Interview: Rebecca Gholdston When she isn't being interviewed on NPR or moonlighting as a model for Ready Made, Rebecca can be found winking at the workers at El Castillito. She claims you get more Guacamole that
Arts & Entertainment Great White Nope, not that Great White, the even more lethal kind. The Monterey Bay Aquarium is currently playing host to a Great White shark. As you may know, Great Whites are NEVER in captivity
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Bing Ji Ling Bing Ji Ling is a San francisco musician with the best pedigree we've come across: His dad was a musician who met and married his mother here in the '60's. ahhhhhh. This may
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Brian Singer Brian is the creative force behind 1000 journals, one of the coolest traveling projects ever. In fact stop reading SFist for a minute and click on that link. Cool, right? From our um,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Listens What are the folks at SFist listening to in anticipation of the BIG party? SFist Krissy has got the following on rotation: Jolie Holland - "escondida" (a.k.a. the recent Guardian covergirl)
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Corene Oustad You'll of course want to jump straight to Corene's restaurant picks below. Be forwarned that she hasn't even listed the home of her favorite chef. That's because the University Club is a place
Arts & Entertainment Interview: TophOne In addition to writing for XLR8R magazine TophOne finds time to read 19th century Japanese literature. Really. We love what TophOne has to say about San Francisco's unique style, and all the stylish
SF News Interview: Mimi Zeiger But we digress. Mimi is the editor of a very cool zine about architecture. After stints on the East Coast and even (gasp of horror) LA she returned to the Bay area. As
SF News Interview: Vinnie Esparza There are however awards that DJ's can win. Lots of papers, like the SF Weekly and The Guardian have a Best DJ category (we can already hear you shouting, when will SFist have
