misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Na'vi People on Chat Roulette The blue people from Avatar discover the internet, and immediately find Chat Roulette. [via Laughing Squid]
SF News Hibernia Bank Graffiti Getting Scrubbed Off Photo by Jay Barmann Maybe someone cares about the Hibernia Bank after all! As we speak, a cleanup crew is out on the ledge at the iconic Hibernia Bank at Jones and Market
SF News Two Homeless Haight Twentysomethings Steal a Golf Cart, Go on Crime Spree File under Fun Crime News: Two homeless ne'er-do-wells who've been bumming around the Haight of late stole a U.S. Park Police golf cart from Fort Mason last week and went on an
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Gil Scott-Heron's "The Bottle" Legendary soul/jazz musician and spoken word artist Gil Scott-Heron performs tonight at Yoshi's SF, and so we bring you this awesome video from the 70s featuring Gil performing his song "The Bottle"
SF News Gas and Bike Lanes Planned at Fell St. ARCO Station Good news for motorists and cyclists alike: Bike NOPA reports that a plan has been hashed out for a designated curbside queue lane for the ever-popular and cheap ARCO station at Fell and
SF News Muni Chief Safety Officer Looks to Be Bowing Out The Examiner and SF Appeal reports that James Dougherty, who has served as Muni's chief safety officer for only a year, has been interviewing for other jobs and may be looking to bow
SF News Correction: LGBT Center Not Bleeding Cash, Only Seeking $157K Loan SFist received a call from the LGBT Center over the weekend regarding our and the Chronicle's stories about their financial difficulties, which they say were grossly misrepresented. "We're not in foreclosure, we're not
SF News Dot-Coms Are Now 25 Years Old Today apparently marks the 25th anniversary of the first .com registration, and we're sure some geeks-about-town are having a kegger (or at the very least a flame war) to celebrate. My oh my
SF News Census Not Having Any Problem Finding Staff in SF For today's snoozeflash from the local media outlets, the Examiner reports that the two San Francisco offices administering the 2010 census haven't had any trouble finding candidates to fill the 3,000 temporary
Arts & Entertainment Scenes from a St. Patrick's Day Parade The parade rarely falls on the actual day, so even though you're all expected to be boozing it up in an Irish bar on Wednesday, many a twentysomething took today's parade as a
SF News Day Around the Bay Three assholes from Hayward who were arrested on Feb. 26th for driving up and down 16th Street shooting guys they thought were gay with an air-rifle BB gun were in court today. [Bay
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The San Francisco Cocktail We're taking a mini-break here from featuring a drink from a local bartender to bring you a perhaps little known recipe we dug up for The San Francisco Cocktail. We believe it dates
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Or, The Whale's "Call and Response" Local band Or, the Whale, who take their name from the sub-/alternate title of Moby Dick, perform at The Independent tonight. Their sound is sort of pop-folky, with an injection of classic
misc Photo du Jour 592 We know this isn't reflective of the weather today, but nevertheless... From Justin: "Took this in the defunct Cityscape restaurant at the top of the Hilton on O'Farrell. Been there twice; just walked
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A <em>NYT</em> Reporter Calls Sixth Street a 'Gourmet Ghetto' With Bad Parking Citing the opening of Passion Café, along with the presence of Split Pea Seduction and Tu Lan, NYT reporter Scott James (who's listed as a local novelist and Emmy-winning TV journalist) declares Sixth
misc PBR Launches an iPhone App As our friends at Uptown Almanac show us, Pabst Blue Ribbon now has an iPhone app to help you find the nearest bar serving up the Mission's favorite aperitif. The result of a
SF News Financial Details Emerge In First Trial of Your Black Muslim Bakery Member And now we return to the story of Your Black Muslim Bakery's completely screenplay-worthy implosion of a couple years back. In today's episode, one of founder Yusef Bey's 43 children takes the stand
SF News Bay Bridge Eastern Span Still Effed, Behind Schedule, But May Still Open on Time? Big news in the Chron-o-sphere this a.m. is that the Bay Bridge's eastern span construction, while still about 15 months behind, may still open on schedule in 2013 assuming they can get
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: New Video from She & Him, "In the Sun" The magical team of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, a.k.a. She & Him, are back with Volume 2, and they're taking their retro-pop stylings on tour. They'll be at the Fox
SF News Tibet Protesters Shouting Up Market Street As we type, a gaggle of about 100 protesters are marching toward Civic Center shouting things like "Shame on Communist China," and "No More Torture in Tibet," and "Religious Freedom in Tibet," and
SF News Gavin Wants to Ban Texting at City Meetings Fearing that city officials are being unfairly influenced by lobbyists during hearings, Mayor Newsom wants to ban all texting and iPhone usage in city meetings. It's likely to be an impossible task, since
SF News The LGBT Center Is Bleeding Cash, Needs a Mortgage Bailout It's not a shocker that the not-quite-vibrant LGBT Center (you'd think it would be, it has a nice building, but it's not exactly a well-frequented space) is facing some tough times eight years
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The <em>Chron</em> Names Charlie Kleinman and Josh Skenes as Rising Star Chefs This past weekend the Chron's food staff revealed their picks for the Rising Star Chefs of 2010, and it's an all-male slate this time around. Last year's list had two women on it,
SF News Tea Partyers Gather in Mill Valley Never thought you'd see a placard that read "The road to hell is paved with liberals" in Marin County? Well think again. About 500 members and fans of the Bay Area Patriots, a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: <em>Concerning Strange Devices From the Distant West</em> Seeing shows at Berkeley Rep is an exciting and revivifying experience, with new works like Green Day's American Idiot and 2008's Passing Strange that essentially do their Broadway tryouts there, and talents like
