SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Sexy Saint This week's drink comes to us from Sierra Zimei, bartender at The Four Seasons, who created a drink that, appropriately for the venue, goes with all seasons. As Sierra says, "It's a great
Arts & Entertainment Richard Avedon Exhibit Opening at SFMOMA On Saturday, the first major retrospective of the photographs of Richard Avedon since his death in 2004 opens at SFMOMA. San Francisco is the only U.S. stop on the tour for this
SF News Remember That BART Strike? It Still Might Be On So, you may recall the kerfuffle about BART workers wanting to strike because their wage increase might get written out of the current contract because of, you know, the CRUMBLING ECONOMY and the
SF News We're All Gonna Die KQED today brings us this report about a move in the California Assembly to ban Bisphenol-A, a.k.a. BPA, a widely used chemical in plastic packaging. It's been known to be potentially
misc <i>Chron</i> Columnist Catalogs "Vile" Fast Foods; We Think They Look Kinda Good We know it's, like, not cool around these parts to admit one's love of over-processed, non-organic, industrially farmed fast food. And maybe it's just that we haven't had breakfast yet, but we couldn't
misc <i>Web Site Story</i>, an Internet Musical See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. We don't know how we missed this for an entire week, but we have to give props to College Humor. This is some true,
SF News Geek Newsflash: Google Drops "Nuclear Bomb" on Microsoft Last night Google announced that it would soon be open-sourcing a new operating system, Google Chrome OS, to be run on netbooks for an ultimate 2010 release to consumers. Google says, "It’s
SF News Bomb Parts Successfully Smuggled Into 10 Federal Office Buildings Terrific news, everyone! CNN has obtained a copy of a report being delivered to Congress this morning detailing how undercover agents managed to sneak bomb-making components into ten "Level IV" federal office buildings
SF News Father & Son Bank Robbers Arrested A less-than-professional father and son bank heist team was arrested in Santa Rosa yesterday, shortly after the son walked into the Wells Fargo on Oakmont Drive wearing a mask and carrying a realistic-looking
SF News The Full Video of the Michael Jackson Memorial Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy MSNBC giveth, and we couldn't resist. So here it is, all 3 hours of it for your scanning pleasure, in
misc A Gallery of Abandoned Baby Strollers & Hoovers This swell photo series of brokedown baby buggies and vacuum cleaners left for dead in the streets of San Francisco (and the East Bay) comes to us from photographer Daniel Filipkowski, who is
SF News Severed Leg Found in McLaren Park A Parks & Rec crew was cleaning out a homeless encampment yesterday, near the corner of Sunnydale and Persia Avenues in McLaren Park, when they stumbled upon an extremely stinky tarp which turned
SF News Our Last Roundup of MJ Memorial Coverage Great man, brilliant musician, bizarre icon, lover of children -- whatever you think of him, he has passed on to next plane of life. And much like they would for the death of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Rio Grande Cocktail at 15 Romolo 15 Romolo -- which is tucked up on Romolo Place, half a steep block above Broadway -- has recently undergone a facelift and change of management, and it's a refreshingly warm and civilized
SF News Now We Think We Get What's Going On With Neverland The details were fuzzier before, and it seemed like the place was being prepped for some kind of exposure. Now it is becoming clear that the co-owners of Neverland, a real estate firm
SF News <i>Russia Today</i> Has a Chuckle Over CA's Budget Crisis, IOUs In this clip from Russia Today, an English-language news program based in Moscow, the suave and accented anchorman speaks with an American correspondent about the fiscal crisis in California and the "meaningless pieces
misc Evian's Roller Babies It's spreading, in that virus-y way, and we figured you might as well catch it from us. Consider it your afternoon palate cleanser. There must be a few of you who enjoy mineral
SF News Michael Jackson Funeral Set for Tuesday Sadly, for all concerned -- including the deceased -- Michael Jackson's public memorial is going to take place at the Staples Center, Tuesday, July 7th at 10 a.m. and tickets will cost
SF News Oakland Might Become First U.S. City to Tax Marijuana Sales ABC 7 brings us this report about how Oakland may try to solve its budget crisis, in part, by becoming the first city in the nation to directly tax marijuana dispensaries. The city
SF News The <i>Guardian</i> Does Not Want You Driving, or Parking Photo by Albert Huynh on Flickr We admit that headline may be a little sensational... but Steven T. Jones, writing one of several inter-related pieces on the politics of parking in this week's
SF News Day Around the Bay Photo by Jeff Minton for the New York Times. "The Gavinator" graces the cover of this coming weekend's NY Times Magazine. (NYT) Former eBay Chair Meg Whitman raising more campaign funds than the
SF News O Noes! Vicodin and Percocet to Be Banned? Jesus Christ. As if this week could get any worse: A federal advisory panel has recommended that the FDA issue a ban on Vicodin and Percocet due to their damaging effects on the
misc San Francisco Loses, Houston Wins in Trojan Sex Survey As part of a promotion for a new condom, Trojan had survey firm StrategyOne conduct a survey of 1,000 adults (100 in each of 10 cities) to determine which U.S. city
SF News A Ton of Fireworks Seized; KTVU Against All Things Sparkly and Fun Seeing as they are our local FOX affiliate, KTVU already has a TV segment in the works about how fireworks aren't good for anything except misery and conjuring up early childhood trauma. ALSO,
Arts & Entertainment Vote for SF Drag Queens in <i>Rupaul's Drag Race</i> Web Casting There is less than a day (t-minus 19 hours as of this posting) to vote for a number of San Francisco-based drag queens in the first round of web casting for the second
