misc Surreptitious "Yes on Prop 8" Google Ad Google's AdSense description promises ads that are "relevant to your audience and your site content—ads so well-matched, in fact, that your readers will actually find them useful." (Sure, "protecting marriage" is a
Arts & Entertainment Free Ghost Walks This Friday and Monday City Guides is sponsored by the library and is a project of the Tides Center. In addition to touring SF's most (in)famous neighborhoods and hidden gems, they also offer seasonally-themed walks, including
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Greening Your Holiday Meal ACME was one of the first restaurants in town to feature local grassfed beef, sustainable seafood, and organic produce on its menu and have paved the way for the fledgling sustainable movement. For
Arts & Entertainment <em>Multitude: Drawings by Micke Tong</em> Opening Reception at Hotel Biron Tonight Those familiar with Bay Area artist Micke Tong's work can immediately identify his signature, richly layered and colorful digital illustration style, which is one of many types of media Tong utilizes. His solo
misc SFist Finds: Prank Call or Wrong Number? We had just arrived at a bachelorette party in Santa Cruz on Friday afternoon when we received a curious picture message from a 208 Iowa Idaho area code -- the only picture we've
misc Composting in Multi-Unit Apartment Buildings We've become more and more hippie-ish in our near eight years living in San Francisco. We've mostly dwelled in compost-practicing households here, where it was a convenient process and just as easy to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Alemany Farmers Market Gleanings Every item in the photo above is organic, except for the pistachios. Whichever market we attend, we spend all the money in our wallets. Today it was around $50, but we think it's
misc Zipcar Vs. City Car Share We had fantasized about joining City Car Share for years but could never front the $300 deposit. We had been intrigued by Zipcar but weren't motivated enough to sign up. Plus, they seemed
misc SFist Finds: Scraps We found these two pieces of paper on the street this week. The plane, which looks rather Futurama-esque, was picked up on Wednesday at Fillmore and Pine. On the flip side is a
misc Where Have All the Crackheads Gone? Yesterday we mentioned how we often see lots of crack being smoked in the boarded-up window across the street from our Tendernob window. But after thinking about it some, we realized we haven't
misc Boxed In: A Parking Panorama Then, a couple of weeks ago, just before the recent holiday weekend, we witnessed the drivers of two boxed-in cars in a row compete to see who could get their cars the hell
Arts & Entertainment Stolen Artwork The two pieces at right by Barry McGee and Clare Rojas were stolen from the RVCA gallery last week. (We hear this isn't the first time McGee's art has been stolen -- lame!
Arts & Entertainment Soundwave>Series 3: EnviroSonic Tonight Homeland Security put a little wrinkle in tonight's event by not letting Canadian artists Sam McKinlay and Christian Nicolay into the country. Therefore, their stellar installation of movement-triggered sound environments created by a
Arts & Entertainment Salute the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien Today Here are a few events marking this occasion: Today at Noon, there will be a champagne toast as San Francisco’s fireboat, Phoenix, joins with other area ships, including the amphibious WWII-era “ducks”
misc SFist Finds: iPenis We were thinking of recycling our geriatric, four-year-old ("fourth-generation") iPod for a ten-percent discount on a Nano when it gave us a very nasty sad-face last month. We thought we were doomed when
Arts & Entertainment Found Footage Fest This Weekend w/Special Guest Jack Rebney on Saturday We can't wait to meet the unintentionally hilarious (audio NSFW) "World's Angriest R.V. Salesman" Jack Rebney at the 7:15 Saturday screening of the fourth annual Found Footage Festival! We are promised
Arts & Entertainment Obamarama Fundraiser at Supperclub Tonight The event was organized by four Bay Area creatives: Dan Levine (Online Director, Current TV), Julia Walsh (Asst. Editor, CasaSugar.com), Sabrina Shamma (Broadcast Producer, Goodby Silverstein and Partners) and Reece Hoverkamp (Sr.
Arts & Entertainment Sam Shepard's <em>Curse of the Starving Class</em> at A.C.T. Curse of the Starving Class, directed by Peter DuBois, is about a dysfunctional family who's constantly wishing for a piece of the "American pie." "Effort" seems to be a foreign concept to this
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <em>1000 Journals</em> SF Int'l Film Fest's screening of 1000 Journals at Kabuki on Saturday was very warmly received by a large audience, and questions abounded at the Q&A with filmmaker Andrea Kreuzhage and
Arts & Entertainment SPF7 Sketch Comedy at The Dark Room This Weekend We are excited to see our old instructors and the rest of local comedy troupe SPF7 fall on their faces shine at The Dark Room this weekend during the premiere of their sketch
misc SFist Finds: Dapper Founding Fathers We recall receiving these bills as babysitting payment back in the '80s, and they make great gift-accessories for kids as well. But we had never before noticed how interesting the back of the
misc Oh Lord, Won't You Buy Us a Geodesic Dome? SFist commenter jacksevanroo's facetious reference to buying a geodesic dome in response to Larry Ellison's questionable tax break on his "functionally obsolete" compound, reminded us about this Silicon Valley geodesic dome home ("Brigadome"
misc Do You Remember The First Time? Apparently, they were drunk for the very first time, and it was most likely their first protest as well. One poor young woman was wearing black stilettos. That's hard-core, honey. When they first
misc SFist Finds: Evolution of the Political Wall This lovely photo of the political poster wall on Valencia near 24th St. captured by Seven Morris comes to us via the "found" and "sfist" tags. Apparently the wall got "hijacked" for Prisoner
