misc 2008 Chinese New Year Parade in S.F.: Year of the Rat Photos of nunchaku, Superman, pageant winners, and a guy unafraid of a little rain after the jump.
misc Survivor Winner Yul Kwon Speaks About Law School in S.F. It seems Yul is thinking about going back to public service. Is elected office in his future? In the meantime, he's still out promoting the Asian American Donor Program. He says that he
misc San Francisco Zoo Re-Opens Lion And Tiger Grottoes Join us after the jump for details, lots of interesting details, about the re-opening.
misc San Francisco's Great Lunar Eclipse of 2008 Ideally, you'd have seen something like this. Better luck next year (or maybe December, 2010)! Update: The cold dawn of day reveals reactions from a poetic UCSF med student, a writerly editor and
misc Pelosi Says Voters, Not Superdelegates, Should Decide Whether you're a pro-Obama gloater or you live in pro-Hillary Delegate Hub fantasyland, the next few weeks should be interesting. News about City College dedication after the jump.
misc San Francisco Zoo's BikeAbout Lets You Cycle at the Zoo Our impressions, plus a closer view of what that big kitteh is eating, after the jump.
misc New Clubman from MINI Makes Its Debut in San Francisco Of special interest to urban city-zens is the right-side-only ClubDoor, which aids passenger loading. It looks like this. Having this clamshell door on the sidewalk side is good for us Yanks, but not
misc Rebuffed at San Francisco City Hall on Valentine's Day Marriage Equality USA held an event at City Hall yesterday to get the word out about "the 1,138 federal marriage rights as well as the hundreds of state rights same sex couples
misc Cinema Supper Club at the Legion of Honor Closes Tonight Normally, you'd be able to get a reservation for dinner as well, but that might be tough to do at this late date. However, you should be able to nosh on some tapas
misc How Acceptable is it to Park Your Car in the Middle of Valencia? See an aerial photo and recite the Parker's Pledge, after the jump.
misc First Lady Maria Shriver Graces S.F. for WeConnect.net Tonight's event at prestigious UC Hastings law school is history but you might know somebody who could benefit from the issues that were discussed. For example, many San Franciscans don't take advantage of
misc Jammed Up Parking Meters Really Grind Our Gears Now back in the day, you could twist the old school metal knob and then a little flag printed with the words "" or "Epoch Fail" would pop up. It looked a little like
misc UC Berkeley Solves a Mystery and the World Cheers Congratulations go out to Bay Area locals Christopher James Clark and Teresa J. Feo. Go Bears!
misc Is This the Last Phone Booth in San Francisco? Does S.F. have any other old-school, glassed walled, stand alone phone booths that are still operational?
misc The SFBC's "Love on Wheels" Dating Game Happens Friday Doors open at 6:00 PM and the dating game fun starts at 7:00 PM. The cost is $10, but admission is $0 for SFBC members. And of course there's free valet
misc Willie's Book Tour for <i>Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times</i> He makes an unusual attack on his successor as mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, all but accusing him of racism in appointments. " What do you think of that? Other reviews are here
misc Have a Happy Year of the Rat -- Tết Festival in Little Saigon As far as the trend of naming smaller neighborhoods in San Francisco goes, Little Saigon (sandwiched between Civic Center and the Tenderloin) sounds pretty good. Anyway, it's a lot better than the name
