SF News We're Number 28! The Quality of Living index is based on several criteria used to judge whether an expatriate is entitled to a hardship allowance. A city with a high Quality of Living index is a
SF News Who Needs A Laptop? So, this morning... I stop in at the corner coffee shop which is buzzing with the usual unemployed people (usually with emo hair, or Marina hoop earings) busily tapping away at their PowerBooks
misc SFist Wants You To Find A Friend: Arnie, From Grateful Dogs Maybe you can go meet Arnie, who has a rescue story very similar to SFist Franny's. Shy dogs of the world unite! They say the eyes are the window to the soul. And
Arts & Entertainment Auction Off Downtown! As we jockeyed for a place at the bar we were treated to a screening of Marcus Darkraven's . One $2 glass of tap water later (we hope a portion of the drink proceeds
misc SFist Whines & Dines: Cama Cama is not one of those bars. It on 16th near Guerrero – nearly next door to Kilowatt which is ground zero for this block of dog friendly bars. We love the soft, comfy
misc Win Passes To <i>L'Enfant</i>! People seem to really dig , the Golden Palm winning story of 2 young residents of a Belgian steel town who make some very bad parenting decisions. We hope you'll like it, too. So
Arts & Entertainment We Take It All Back, Mick LaSalle. OK, Not Really. The Mission District of San Francisco is the kind of place where transgender bike messengers live chockablock with marketing executives, thrift stores brace for the encroachment of Starbucks, and heroin addicts nod off
SF News EarthLink and Google Alliance Wins The San Francisco WiFi Race Next up: EarthLink and (less prominently) Google will begin contract negotiations with San Francisco. It's too soon to tell what the end result will be (unless you're Kimo Crossman, who hasn't been that
misc Win Passes To <i>The Outsider</i>! No, no one will be saying "Stay gold, Ponyboy" in this documentary about filmmaker James Toback, writer and director of movies like . The Outsider's director, Nick Jarecki and Toback will be at Friday's
Arts & Entertainment Not Just Grown -- It's Homegrown! Boyskout, Midnight Serenade, and The F**king Ocean are playing, and SFist's absolute favorite DJ, Ted from BAGel Radio, will be spinning the iPod wheels like there's no tomorrow. Dors open Wednesday night
Arts & Entertainment Thirtysomething not so "Thirtysomething" Fortunately, the essays within soothed the sting of our failures past. From Ashley Warlick's meditation on the significance of a stuffed animal to her daughter, to Flor Morales' tale of her escape from
SF News Elsewhere in -istville Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end in seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get
misc SFist Whines & Dines: Treat Street Cocktails Finally, those questions will be answered thanks the San Francisco SPCA and its second annual “Dog Day on the Bay” Sunday May 7. The event is a fund raiser for the SPCA and
SF News Righteousness Is Its Own Reward How to get money, how to get money...hey, we'll solve some crimes! Arnold has offered rewards for information leading to the arrests and convictions in three Bay Area lukewarm cases. Apparently, if
misc Dear Mr Ford: Sometimes They Write Back Then again, judging from some of the responses we've seen, we're not sure if they're thorough or just trying to bore us to death. You'll see what we mean when you expand to
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Noise Pop N' Shop Brought to you by Noise Pop, Feria Urbana, and KUSF, you'll have your pick of clothing, jewelry, and accessories from some of our best local artists and designers. KUSF's Rock 'n' Swap record
misc SFist Wants You To Find A Friend: Hank Needs a Home! Meet Hank. He's part pit bull, part something else (mastiff?), and all awesome. Hank was abandoned in front of our house in Oakland last Friday night, in the rain. He's a big guy,
Arts & Entertainment Is There Room for Humor in Serious Art? Southern Exposure Seems to Think So The eccentric group of artists in finds humor in their work and in the mundane, whether it’s rearranging the lawn furniture of a neighbor or stealing luggage from an airport carousel. However,
Arts & Entertainment Got Eggs? Tonight at 7:30 the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts ( 701 Mission St. at Third), the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is presenting , a documentary dealing with the many options the present
Arts & Entertainment Chappelle Sightings Continue I just heard from a bunch of my co-workers that they saw Dave at the Sportsclub/LA gym last night around 5:00. He wasn't really working out, just kind of checking out
SF News All This Griping Makes Us Want To Throw Something Out The Window It all started so innocently -- we got a release telling us about the Defenestration Literary Journal Launch Party at the Rickshaw stop. Being accomodating folks, we added this event to our Wednesday
Arts & Entertainment It's Chappelle's Show, We Just Live In It Subject: Just overheard on the 6th bus heading downtown At 4th and Market, this average young white guy gets on all excited and calls his friend on his cell. He says, "oh my
SF News SFist Goes To The 75th San Francisco Golden Gloves Though last week's Golden Gloves was not actually the "Golden Gloves" event sanctioned by boxing's governing body, USA Boxing, that information failed to dissuade some of the Bay Area's greatest fighters from appearing
SF News No Bus Butts Since then, our former roommate has quit smoking, and now Muni has, too, as yesterday the Board of Supervisors approved legislation banning smoking at all public transit stops in the City. Introduced by
Arts & Entertainment Green Apple Books at Tosca Tomorrow Night That's right, Wednedsay at 7:30 it's Green Apple Books at Tosca (242 Columbus Avenue, as if you didn't know), with Harmon and Bucky celebrating the publication of Leon's book . Knowing these guys,
