SF News Look! Up in the Sky! It's a Skyscraper A bunch of developers have gotten together and proposed building some really fracking huge towers in the SOMA district at 1st and Mission We're talking taller than any other building in the city
SF News SchwarzenWatcher Wishes You a Happy Holidays So it's kind of traditional that every politician send out Christmas, err Holiday, cards to their campaign donors supporters. Now while most politicians have pictures of their happy smiling family (and, as Wonkette
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews <em>Curse of the Golden Flower</em> Which brings us to Curse of the Golden Flower, Yimou's latest epic sword and kung fu flick. Will it blow us away or will it bore us? The answer, actually, is somewhere in
SF News Tilting at the Windmills of Golden Gate Park The Murphy Windmill was put in the park in 1905 and was used to take advantage of all the winds to generate power. But when electricity, that cruel mistress, took over, nobody really
SF News Flying Out of Oakland? The easiest way of getting to the Oakland airport is AirBart. AirBart is a bus service that runs from the Oakland Coliseum BART station to the airport. It's only two bucks (plus whatever
misc State Supreme Court to Hear Gay Marriage Case How did we get here? Let's go take the Way Back Machine and see. We start in 2004 when Gavin (gaw-- that was one wife and at least three girlfriends ago) decided to
misc A SFist Holiday Gift Guide Do Over It's a book by author Oliver Chin and illustrated by Jeremiah Alcorn and part of the author's Tales of the Chinese Zodiac series. The book is described thusly: "2006 is the Year of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews Kasper Hauser's <em>SkyMaul</em> So what kinds of items have the Hauser gang come up with? Well, how's about Medical Test Results Fortunes Cookies. Or a Transforkshire Terrier ("this incredible kids' toy transforms from a dog to
Arts & Entertainment Happy Week Before Christmas You know what? There won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time.
SF News Crosses Vandalized The crosses have been a source of controversy since they were put up months ago. Despite it being said to be "in memory" of all the troops killed in the war, it's seen
SF News Treasure Hunt Asia Galleries 1534 Grant Ave., San Francisco CA. The store opens at 11AM Wednesday through Sunday and after that who knows... We can't stop going to this Asian antiques store at the foot
Arts & Entertainment Monopoly This whole thing started when the San Jose Mercury put itself up for sale, or it's overlords Knight Ridder did. In swept MediaNews, who bought it from McClatchy Newspapers who owned the Mercury
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork: Happy Kitschy Crafting. One of our personal favorites this year was Leah Kramer's 'The Craftsters Guide to Nifty, Thrifty and Kitschy Crafts'. Kramer, a craft maven by every definition of the word, is responsible for starting
SF News Bye Bye Nativity Sheep Of course, the question is what would somebody want with a couple of fake, plastic animals? Says Jan Lundquist, the church's secretary, "I can't imagine this is something you auction off on eBay,
Arts & Entertainment Happy The Week Before Christmas Because we're sure nobody is really working right now as visions of sugar plum fairies dance through your head, we have another video to give you. Look at it as a bonus. And
Arts & Entertainment Insert U2-related Pun Here Unfortunately, despite all the fawning attention Ms. Nancy seems to be giving to Bono, Bono didn't leave the meetings happy, saying that the new Democratic leadership weren't very helpful as they were unable
SF News Big Day at Stanford Nevertheless, it is still big news that the Great Female Golf Hope just got accepted into Stanford and is planning on attending. Really. And she's planning on attending and graduating too, unlike Tiger
Arts & Entertainment It's In the Vault Wolfgang's Vault is one of those online stores where you can order your vintage rock t-shirts and other cool stuff. 'Cause you know, nothing says cool like wearing tees for bands you've never
SF News Google in Space! Also as part of the agreement, Google and NASA will be sharing information and knowledge and are even talking of co-habitating. According to a spokesman, all this will "soon allow every American to
SF News It's Monday-- Do You Know Where Your Football Team Is? According to the complaints, various things have fallen from the top of the stadium onto whole section of stands and the parking lot. Luckily, nobody was there at the time but the fact
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Liz Ross Liz is a former member of Hannah, Lessick, Lines In Analog Sound, and Sun of Mercury. She mostly plays a 1962 Gibson LG 1 acoustic, and she has several vintage electric guitars, her
SF News It's As Cold As Ice We owe a lot of this from a cold front that came in from Alaska (never a phrase you like to hear) that seems to have sat itself down and decided to do
SF News The Homeless. Again. Here comes the numbers (mostly compared to 2004), according to the Mayor: -4,800 less homeless people -2,600 homeless individuals were put in supportive housing -87% reduction in people claiming cash payments
SF News The Case of the Missing Photo Now the thing about the image is that it used to be on Tauscher's web site in that little section where everyone posts those "Your Congressperson In Action" pictures but it's been recently
SF News Gavin Vetoes Foot Patrol Legislation Part II Gavin's main bone of contention is that he thinks the police chiefs should get discretion to do what they want to do. The Board of Supes main bone of contention is they've had
