SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Aperol Cocktail at Zuni Sometimes, the best drinks are the simplest, especially if you're looking to make it yourself. We're big fans of both Hangar One vodka (the infused stuff is quite fine on its own), and
SF News It's Your Last Day to Look Around the Old Transbay Terminal Today from noon to 4 p.m. you can take a tour (one per hour) of the 1939 building that used to be our transit hub and is now just a big, clunky,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Pixar's "Day and Night" Many of you have already gone to see Toy Story 3 have seen this short, but for the rest, we thought we'd share, since this weekend marks the opening of a new exhibit
SF News Cops Riding Funny Knockoff Segway Things The SFPD is giving these electric, stand-up, three-wheel scooter things a two-week trial, and our buddy Chuck Nevius (speaking of him) caught up with a couple of officers who were giving those bad
misc This Is Why People Hate San Francisco: Volume 3 Once again it's time for an installment of this mildly confusing feature, in which we ask those ensconced too cozily in your SF bubbles to take a step back, summon your inner C.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Florence + The Machine British pop outfit Florence + the Machine were one of the highlights of SFist's Coachella experience, and lead singer Florence Welch has some incredible stage presence. They'll be coming to the Fox in Oakland
SF News Bohemian Grove Attracting Fewer Protesters These Days There was a time when tons of protesters would gather outside the Bohemian Grove enclave in Monte Rio, organized in part by Sonoma County resident Mary Moore, to call attention to the great
SF News Um, Earthquake Today? We're not in the habit of following earthquake prediction websites and such, but we feel like the collective consciousness around town has been buzzing a bit about earthquakes since that little one last
SF News SFist Blotter: A Stabbing on Third, a Robbery on Bryant Third Street / Stabbing: Someone was stabbed three times around 10 a.m. this morning during a fight involving about 10 people at the Muni light rail stop at Third and Kirkland. The incident
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Craigslist" By Weird Al Yankovic Guess what everyone?! Weird Al Yankovic is not only still alive, he's still making music and touring! Yes, in fact, the musician most beloved by sixth graders in 80s will be coming to
SF News Five-Year-Old Found Safe After Car Thief Mistakenly Abducts Her A Richmond car thief took off with a Cadillac sedan around 5:40 a.m. this morning from a gas station on Carlson Boulevard, only to discover there was a five-year-old girl in
SF News Apple Can't Stop You From Jailbreaking Your iPhone And again with the phone news, but this is kind of big: The Library of Congress ruled today that iPhone users should be allowed to "jailbreak" their phone and download unauthorized applications, revising
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Charlotte's Web at Eve Lounge Eve Lounge (575 Howard Street) down in SoMa has some surprisingly good drinks for a downtown after-work spot that has DJ nights and such. Bar consultants the Bon Vivants (Josh Harris and Scott
SF News Did You Feel That?: 3.5 Quake Strikes 9 Miles From S.F. A magnitude 3.5 earthquake just rolled through here about 10 minutes ago, centered 3 miles west-southwest of Daly City on the good old San Andreas. [USGS]
SF News Oakland Airport Connector Wins BART Board Approval The Oakland Airport tram line project, which recently lost out on $70M in federal stimulus money, is moving forward regardless via a new creative funding plan that makes up for the $70M in
SF News Bay Area Is Home to 6 of the 10 Zip Codes in the Country Where Homes Sell Above Asking Price We know all of you are *riveted* by real estate news, but we thought you might like to know that sales seem to be picking up speed both in pricier and hard-hit zip
misc This Is Why People Hate San Francisco: Volume 2 And now it's time for another installment of this perhaps confusing feature, in which we ask those ensconced too cozily in your SF bubbles to take a step back, summon your inner C.
SF News Meet the Oldest Bike Messenger in S.F. Today Mission Mission has a delightful chat with Junior, who's been a bike messenger about town for 35 years. He's sticking with the biz, despite it not being such a growth industry. Here's
SF News Carsonist Comes to SFO Yes, yes, this very likely isn't the same carsonist who kept us on our toes for much of last year (or this recent string of 12 arsons in Berkeley), but just on the
Arts & Entertainment Flaming Lips and Robyn/Kelis Both Add Second Shows Due to popular demand, the Flaming Lips have added a second show to their weekend at the Fox, on Saturday, October 2nd. Pre-sale tickets go up tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. (password=
SF News Oakland City Council Approves Large-Scale Marijuana Farms The Oakland City Council last night voted to approve the licensing of four large-scale grow operations in industrial areas of the city to supply marijuana to the growing dispensary concerns in Oaksterdam. This
SF News Nob Hill Robbers Grope Cashier, Plunder Store Police are looking for a pair of thirtysomething African American men who robbed a liquor store on the 1100 block of Leavenworth last night. As the Examiner reports, the two threatened the 27-year-old
SF News Walnut Creek Police Preparing for Pro-Mehserle Rally In what may be the first controversial/incendiary political protest to hit the streets of Walnut Creek, like, ever, organizers are gearing up for a rally in support of Johannes Mehserle and other
SF News Sniper Takes Aim at Police in West Oakland We might want to chalk this up to some copycat anti-cop rage following on that major shootout with the CHP on 580, but last night around 11:30 p.m. the Oakland PD
SF News Shootout With Heavily Armed, Crazed Right-Winger Shuts Down I-580 for Most of Sunday A parolee hellbent on killing San Francisco, or something, began a shootout with CHP officers Saturday night in Oakland that shut down I-580 through most of Sunday. The freeway was shut down in
