misc Desaturated Santa Blows San Franciscans Minds For the second year in a row, the brilliant BrodyQat stunned SantaCon revelers and spectators with her Desaturated Santa Costume. No, it's not Photoshopped! Says BrodyQuat on Reddit: "It's a custom grey Santa
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Today: Free "Fluffer Nutter" Ice Cream at Humphry Slocombe The infinitely useful FunCheapSF alerted us to the giveaway of a free scoop of artisan ice cream and free champagne at Humphry Slocombe this afternoon, in celebration of their new flavor, Fluffer Nutter,
misc Photos: SantaCon 2010 If Civic Center, the Tenderloin, and Polk Street were any indication, SantaCon 2010 had a huge turn-out (with much of the Summer's Eve set taking things up a notch, which we did our
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Legendary Seattle band, The Posies, whose diversely poppy discography spans three decades, hit the Independent tonight, along with the the Raconteurs' Brendan Benson and Aqueduct. 7:30 p.m. // The Independent (628
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Arc Gallery has been figuratively transformed into a giant dollhouse for one-of-a-kind dolls and dollhouses as part of the juried group exhibition, Dollhouse. 7 p.m. // Arc Studios & Gallery (1246 Folsom
Arts & Entertainment The Baby-ry Christmas 'Tis the season to bundle your kiddos up and choose your own holiday adventure! ODC's The Velveteen Rabbit: The 24th season of the ODC/Dance's beloved Bay Area production of the Velveteen Rabbit
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Fire art sculpture mavens, Flaming Lotus Girls celebrate their ten-year anniversary at Lipstick & Kisses 2010: A Flaming Lotus Girls Extravaganza, featuring a gallery show and a signing of their new 2011-2012
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Holiday Events December only just began yesterday, and so has the whirlwind of events. SantaCon: If you can't get enough of drunk Santas, then Saturday's your lucky day. Lots of bars will be full of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight DRAG: Watch local drag faves take over the tourist-heavy ice rink in Union Square for the delightful Drag Queens on Ice. 8 to 9:30 p.m. // Union Square (Geary and Powell) // free
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COCKTAILS: Artisan cocktail-enthusiasts should head over to the 2nd Annual Fillmore Cocktail Crawl for some neighborhood-inspired cocktails at several local Fillmore jazz district hotspots. 6:30 to 9 p.m. // Yoshi's San Francisco
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Here's your chance to attend a free screening of Tom Wyrsch's Remembering Playland, a full-length documentary about San Francisco's beloved amusement park, Playland at the Beach, which was located next to Ocean
SF News Santa Cruz Inmate Escapes Custody, Then Gets Nabbed Santa Cruz was on the edge of its seat yesterday during the intense hunt for escaped fugitive Maurice Lamont Ainsworth Jr., who had escaped police custody yesterday while at Dominican Hospital for an
misc Sonoma County Native Coined the "Bikini Traveler" Hey, did you hear about that "Bikini Traveler" gal who was all over the news last week? Well, we somehow missed it until last night. In an effort to avoid the dreaded pat-down
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Head to Drafthouse Cinema to watch the classic 1982 version of Tron, in which a hacker is "literally abducted into the world of a computer and forced to participate in gladiatorial games
SF News German Cyclist's Death Determined Vehicular Homicide The Examiner writes that the autopsy report investigating the death of 22-year-old visiting German student Nils Yannick Linke, who was killed in a hit and run in August, was recently released. His death
misc Pardon Our Dust: Comments Are a Bit Wonky As some of you might have noticed, SFist has a spiffy new comments system this morning. Look, you can "like" each others' comments now! Currently, comments from the previous six days are being
SF News SFist Blotter Thanksgiving / Japantown: 23-year-old Medina Abdulkader was fatally shot at 8:55 p.m. on Thanksgiving night at Buchanan Street and Geary Boulevard, near the Japan Center shopping mall. Neighbors at a nearby apartment
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Werner Herzog's 1972 film, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, stars Klaus Kinski as the barbaric Aguirre in "a performance you will never forget," alongside his then teenage, real-life daughter, Natasha Kinski, on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Spoke Art presents the group exhibition, The Bridge is Over, which features the work of artists who live and work in the East Bay, showing San Francisco "the quality of work, and
Arts & Entertainment Tonight at 6 p.m.: Annual Milk-Moscone Memorial March The 32nd Annual Milk-Moscone Memorial March kicks off tonight at 6 p.m. with speeches by Cleve Jones, Harry Britt, David Campos, Carol Migden, and Tom Ammiano at Harvey Milk Plaza at the
SF News Examiner Uncovers New "Development" in 2007 Tiger Attack Case: Nachos The Examiner reported on Thursday night that they obtained a never-before-released police interview with the Brothers Kulbir and Amritpal “Paul” Dhaliwal regarding the 2007 Siberian tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo, which
Arts & Entertainment Thursday: Annual Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island The Annual Indigenous Peoples Thanksgiving: Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island will take place bright and early on Thursday morning. Boats depart Pier 33 every fifteen minutes starting at 4:45 a.m. through
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: German film, Soul Kitchen, which screened at the SF Int'l Film Festival this year, is described as "a deliciously overstuffed comedy" about a failing restaurant in Hamburg that suddenly gains a cult
misc What Would You Do With Your Own Muni Shelter? Julie Michelle's fabulous I Live Here: SF retrospective show ends next Tuesday with a closing reception. Along with one-hundred eighty beautiful photographs and stories, the show includes some great props throughout the gallery
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Holiday Events Here are a few holiday events happening this week, if you're into that sort of thing. Sugar Castle: This Wednesday morning (November 24) a twelve-foot rotating holiday Sugar Castle created by the Westin
