Arts & Entertainment That Burning Man Feel: Slip 'N Slide in Dolores Park Sounds like it will be cheap, fun and crazy. For only five bones, take endless rides on a custom built (!!), giant Slip 'N Slide, rumored to have more curves and thrills than any
Arts & Entertainment Cheech Marin Conjures Up ‘Chicano Visions’ at the De Young We have to admit, there’s been a lot of hype about his show and we were worried it might fall short of our expectations, but oh, were we wrong. The show is
SF News Everybody Loves Livermore? Money Magazine has published its annual list of "Best places to live" in these here United States, with the highest ranking Bay Area city coming at number 31. While we've never visited the
misc Win Passes To <i>Deathrace 2000</i> at Midnight Mass With Peaches Christ! And Wournov will be at The Bridge to recieve the love of all who attend this Saturday's midnight screening of the film. Will one of them be you? Maybe, so enter below for
misc SFist Rants: When the Olympics Committee Comes A-Calling We’re considering booking our dream vacation now if the Olympic Games will be in San Francisco instead of Los Angeles or Chicago in 2016. Maybe it's a chance to try apartment or
Arts & Entertainment Mick LaSalle Blows It Again (Surprise!) When this SFist attended a recent press sceening of the animated feature Monster House, something wonderful happened. A writer we've always respected made a pointed crack about "movie reviewers from the dailies", which
SF News The Bubble Taketh Away, And The Bubble Giveth Okay, so it’s not a great time to flip your house, and rents are rising, but there are still some real estate developments that are not bad news. Retail rents across San
SF News Join Us! All of us started out as -ist readers, before making the leap to contributor. Could you be next? Take a look at the positions we're adding here, and drop us a line if
SF News Muni Makes Us Drink (But This Time It's Free!) First, come out for the Richmond Town Hall Meeting with Mayor Newsom and Supervisor McGoldrick, this Saturday, July 29 from noon to 2 at Presidio Middle School (450 30th Ave between Geary and
SF News SFist Blind Item: Tricho-Madness! Dig if you will this picture: it's the Holiday Party for the staff at this major local publication, and our hero -- let's call him Trichophilia Pinkerton -- has tied a few on.
Arts & Entertainment Screw It, We're Moving To Busy Town Our pals at Shanghaiist tipped us of to David Friedman's blog, Ironic Sans. We already had an internet crush on David from his site on GameBoy camera photography (a not so secret obsession
Arts & Entertainment SF IndieFest Wants YOU! If we were the kind of person who took proactive steps toward bettering her relationship (oh, we're so not, trust us), we'd shut our damn piehole and submit an entry to next year's
misc Dear Mr Ford Warning: Contains loud profanity, so depending on where you work... SFist Cedric took this video last week on the 6 Parnassus. In his words: The female voice in the soundtrack paid $1, not
Arts & Entertainment But Does BAGel Radio Like Jelly? So, get this: Ted, and his partner, Misty, went to the Flaming Lips show in Berkeley last Saturday, and got invited to dance on stage the entire show. Even better, they were to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Let’s Get This Picnic Started Insider Tips: steer clear of melty items like chocolate, candy, and frosted cakes. Don’t bug out, either; store food in airtight containers to avoid ants taking over. Seeing ants swarm all over
SF News Austin American Statesman Gets It Right Well, look at this! Our bestest pals Austinist got themselves a big fat profile in Austin's leading local print daily, the Austin American-Statesman. According to Austinist's Co-Editor Matthew Odam (he's the one clutching
Arts & Entertainment Win a Copy Of Edie Meidav's <i>Crawl Space</i>! The subject of the panel is "Dispatches from Dystopia: California Writers on (Writing) the Bad", and each author will briefly read from their work before the panel discussion begins. Edie's so happy to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Raises a Fist for Surrealism The Fist is currently on view at the Weinstein Gallery in Union Square as part of a Donati retrospective until it makes its final home at the De Young. The Milan-born Donati appeared
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: <i>Russian Dolls</i> The 20somethings have progressed (or regressed depending on your take) into nearly 30somethings for , and are now somewhat spread out among Paris, London, and St. Petersburg. It opens with Xavier (Romain Duris), the
misc Win Passes To <i>The Night Listener</i> We were surprised to see that Williams (whose eternally FRESH and HILARIOUS mincing simp impression makes us want to kick puppies) had taken on the lead role in the film version of local
misc Win Passes To <i>Showgirls</i> at Midnight Mass With Peaches Christ If you've never been to Midnight Mass, dive into the deep end with this tale of a young girl who comes to sin city to make it big -- with unintentionally hilarious consequences.
SF News The Last Team To Arrive When we staggered in their unmarked doors last night, the only thing we were scanning the crowd for was a fresh vodka and soda -- but our eyes alit on a strangely familar
misc SFist Barks and Whines: Smiley’s Schooner Salon and Hotel Online dog resources are hardly new to the Bay Area. For years we’ve had the San Francisco Dog Owners Group and a canine focused page at citysearch.com. We have two problems
