Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Annuals We always stand in the back at Cafe du Nord because the excellent sound system always sounds best there, plus there's that really bright digital clock at the soundboard so you can check
SF News Today in Transportation -The Chron discovers that there's plenty of fare-evading scofflaws out there in MUNI land. And not only that, it's one of the reasons for MUNI's budget deficit. Anyways, yadda… yadda… yadda… increasing the
Arts & Entertainment Hail Fellow Well Met Check out the hailstone that SFist Jim captured on film at around 9:07 p.m. in the Haight! In his poetic phrasing, "bigger than a bb, smaller than a lemon drop." This
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink What's There To Love About the East Bay? Lots! First Stop: Van Kleef's At first, we thought the lonely, empty feel of downtown Oakland after Five kind of depressed us. But no longer! Now we're happy to spend our happy hours (and extended happy hours) at
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Save the Barleycorn While SFist Nico went to the Barleycorn and gave it a vigurous nod of approval, we have to say we've never been there. We wish we had as it sounds like one of
SF News Today's Installment of <em>As the Gav Turns</em> ANYWAYS, let's take a look at all the big picture stuff out there, starting with the rumor that DiFi wanted Gavin to resign. This morning, the rumor was completly denied by DiFi's people.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink We'll Stick With the Pub on the Corner. You’re let in only after you give the pretty gatekeeper the password, which none of you want to mutter, mostly because you feel like an asshole not being let into a bar
Arts & Entertainment Up on High, In the Mix Feeling quite adventurous, a few weeks ago we decided to test our legs on Mix Canyon Road a bicycle ride located just on the western side of Vacaville. We've heard amazing things from
Arts & Entertainment Your Guide to Tonight's State of the Union Address Yes, tonight is the State of the Union speech which means it's a good time to do something that doesn't involve watching TV. But to help you survive tonight, here is the Official
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Parties We <i>Were</i> Invited To: Good, Good, Good, Good Hydration The scene: everyone is standing around the bar, taking sips from wine glasses--but they aren't filled with wine. One of the attendees comments that she can't believe that a room of (mostly) journalists,
misc SFist Needs Your Help Friend of SFist, Julie, sent us an e-mail this morning about yet another assault, this time in the Marina. Believe it or not, the cops weren't that much of a help in this
misc Bay Area Wanderer: May Your Days Be Merry And Bright * Bay Area Wanderer: Church and Market, San Francisco At the Expansion Bar, the time came when the candles needed to be lit. As the bartender worked at his task, the little balls of
Arts & Entertainment Harry Denton and Donna Sachet's Drag Brunch Yesterday's Sunday's A Drag ($30+) brunch at Harry Denton's Starlight Room mainly filled us with cheer, laughter, and decent food and drink. Brunch with entertainment, emceed by Donna Sachet (pictured above)? Sign us
SF News Crash Into Everywhere Today in San Francisco, there was a hit-and-run that left one dead and three hurt. This all occurred late last night, around 12:30 AM when a minivan traveling north on Laguna Street
misc SFist Shops Locally and So Should You Below you'll find a list of some of the craft fairs happening in the bay area this December. Because when it comes down to it, wouldn't you rather do your shopping in a
SF News Is a Bar More than the Sum of Its Customers? We got there early and noticed that the place had the same sort of feel as the previous bars-- long bar with tables in the center in front of couches but that it
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Libation Liberation: Arrow Bar If you're going to be wending your way through crack addicts, men wearing garbage bags as clothing and general oddities of the night you might as well do it for the right reasons.
SF News The Giants Put Some Things Onto the Hot Stove First up, we bid adieu to the other Alou, Moises. Moises was great when he played but didn't play that much. Signed to get Barry's back in the lineup, he constantly broke down
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Libation Liberation: Madrone So, bonus points for a place that allows you to contemplate that which enriches the mind as you sit and systematically execute brain cells. Yes, we can appreciate an establishment that fills its
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Libation Liberation: The Attic Halloween is a special time. Not only is it perfect for carousing in purely ridiculous get-ups (when else can you go out of the house with a giant penis on your head?), one
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink CHOW Down Seeing what's new at CHOW offered us a chance to eat Bruce Hill's food, while finding out what’s new in the CHOW/CNet/Chowhound world. The menu included: Tomales Bay oysters, Serrano
Arts & Entertainment Concert Review: Sufjan Stevens in Berkeley Who was fortunate enough to see Sufjan Stevens last week? Opener My Brightest Diamond, who SFist Emily interviewed last week, started the show looking like Santa's little helper in a crimson cocktail dress.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Libation Liberation: Diary of a Happy "Hour" 5:59 Buy second of two expensive drinks, wonder where all the people who drink at this bar are, also where are our friends supposedly meeting us there. 6:12 Friends show up.
Arts & Entertainment Not Our Usual Type Of Bar Last week we attended the premiere of Lunafest, a festival of films “by, for, about women” at the Herbst Theater. Lunafest proceeds went to the Breast Cancer Fund. The nine shorts were a
