SF News Don’t You Know the BART Fare is Going Up, Up, Up, Up, Up? A lot of things are changing come this new year. Like our sobriety. And our slack attempts at losing weight. But perhaps the biggest change that will affect us is that starting Sunday,
Arts & Entertainment Yvesdroppings Aren't Fooled Submissions go to yvesdroppings at gmail dot com. Whoo. Dude With Huge Sunglasses: "Hey Marty." Marty: "Oh! Hey! I didn't recognize you because you're disguised as an Italian." -- North Beach Mom, trying
SF News Shake It A 3.4 magnitude earthquake hit the Hercules area of the East Bay around 10 a.m. this morning. But we didn't feel anything here in San Francisco, how about you? This report
Arts & Entertainment Yvesdroppings Are Well-Connected Woman on cell phone: "If you ever get nominated for the Grammies, you are SO taking me as your guest." -- From Edward/Montgomery Street Station Dude: "WHOOOO! I cant wait for Jason's
misc SFist Answers Pities The Fool THIS WEEK: Fools, border crossings, weed vs. your heart, bikes on BART, and an easy way for SFist Answers to make millions. We took our title this week from Yueben Duped from Los
SF News What's Going On In Union Square? Dumb us, we just thought it was H&M party hoopla, but nooo, apparently there's glamour beyond economically priced clothing going on this week. Who knew? We've heard from one source that
SF News Your Commute: Train Meets Truck. Lying brochure: it went through with a big noise and a big thump at the impact which sent a sharp jolt through our herniated back. Then a cloud of sawdust, due to hitting
SF News If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball This SFist gives thanks every day that we live in San Francisco. There are only a few things we miss about our former Midwestern home: Steak and Shake, our family, and the NBA.
SF News Falling Into The Fall For the last couple weeks the deciduous trees have bequeath their surroundings with fall-like leaves, and offer pleasant browns and appealing rustling sounds to passersby. Rain, or what would be better termed as
Arts & Entertainment Yvesdropping Girl with lampshade on head: "I feel like I need more balance in my life." -- The 33, upper Haight Ms. Safeway: "Would you like to give a dollar for the breast cancer
Arts & Entertainment Zombie Poker 1. Arrive at the Italian Cemetery (540 F Street, Colma, CA 94014, 2 blocks from Colma BART station) on Saturday October 15 between 1:30 PM and 2:00 PM. 2. Look for
SF News Your Commute: Bart Goes 24 Don't you hate that 2 a.m. feeling when you think, ? Well, for one brief shining weekend, you can! BART's going to be experimenting with 24-hour service next weekend, from the evening of
Arts & Entertainment In Pursuit of <i>Pursuit of Happyness</i> The scuttlebutt discussed over coffee and corned beef hash at the St. Francis this morning was about the film crews amassed on York street between 23rd and 24th. The set designers had already
SF News Your Commute: The Triplets of Berkeley-ville Well, at least it wasn't in the Transbay Tube -- a woman went into labor on the steps of the Berkeley BART stop today. With triplets. Watch where you're walking this afternoon! People
SF News Your Commute: BART Makes a Boo-Boo So, to make up for it, they've decided to add service and add the numbers of trains put on each run. It won't be back like it was before and people not going
misc SFist Rants: Stand to the Right, Walk to the Left, <i>Honey</i> Seriously, people. We recall being in the Las Vegas McCarran International Airport a few years ago, when a rather snappy gentleman uttered the above phrase ("Stand to the right, walk to the left,
SF News Genius Grants The only MacArthur we've ever encountered is the last BART stop to change from the Pittsburg/Bay Point and Richmond lines! Four folks in the Bay Area, though, have slightly different associations with
SF News Interview: Hellen Jo When she’s not stuck in San Francisco because of BART’s pathetic nocturnal schedule, Hellen is the cellist for local musical favorites, Scrabbel, and the artistic force behind Komisches Buch (that's German
SF News What Goes Up, Sometimes Doesn't Come Down Of course, you could always not pay. To protest the fare increases, local activists have been calling for a fare strike. For the past several months, they've been handing out flyers, posting posters,
SF News Muni Gets the Last Laugh During delays, explain as much details as you can to passengers over the microphone. Use a kooky voice or try out your best German or Indian accent. Profusely apologize for the slightest delay
SF News A's Brand Baseball: The A's . . . Lose? The A's have lost four games in a row, to the Minnesota Twins and the Baltimore Orioles. They were defeated by A's Brand Baseball's two favorite Orioles, (in order) SS Miguel Tejada and
SF News Homeland Insecurity: The Hits, They Keep a'Comin! Well, even though the DHS has lowered the threat level to sunny 'yellow,' BART's staying tough in the War Against Global Extremeism, so they're sticking to 'orange.' But they did open
SF News Big Brother BART Edward Champion forwarded us note of BART's new 'awareness' campaign and it's, um, yeah. In the words of Lynette Sweet, a member of the BART board and the security comittee chair, "What makes
SF News Is That a Suspicious Package, or Are You Just Happy to See Me? And if you tinfoil hat-wearers think it's more than a coincidence, since last time we were at City Hall there was a bomb scare, none of us were anywhere near City Hall today.
misc SFist Rants: Where Have all the Riders Gone? Of course, we could point out that maybe more people would ride it if, say, they fixed the routing problems at the airport so there wouldn't be fifteen minute delays just outside the
