Arts & Entertainment Let the Valentine's Day Marketing Machine-Slash-Reasons to Feel Suicidal Because You're Single Commence Next Thursday is Valentine's Day. And the pressure is on, couples of the Bay Area, especially for those of you approaching the seven-year-itch mark. Really, this Valentine's Day could be a make-or-break kind
misc Interview: Jeff Ross What is the best thing about Indie Fest? Having filmgoers get to meet filmmakers and talk movies. What are some standout movies this year? One of my personal favorites is POP SKULL, this
SF News SFist Blotter Well, that was a bloody weekend. Since Friday, Oakland was the unfortunate recipient of five homicides. Sunday, on the 6500 block of Outlook Avenue at about 11:15 p.m., two unidentified women
SF News Calling All Flamers You have, well, two entire days to fill out and return your application to become a torchbearer for the San Francisco leg of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. The San Francisco relay
misc Bumper Sticker Righteousness: SUV Driver Refutes Leather Goods Oh, San Francisco. You amuse us so. This SUV here would like you to know that it's not furnished with any animal products, okay? But before you start going into convulsions, it's an
misc Interview: Misako Inaoka One such is artist Misako Inaoka. We stumbled onto her website a few months ago, and were pleasantly surprised to find out she was located here. We like the way Misako’s work
misc Day Around the Bay "Static and squat," declares John King on the new residential tower, Soma Grand. And it only gets worse, beautifully so. [SFGate] Have a sumptuous yet refreshing woodchuck, raccoon, or squirrel recipe? Send it
misc SFist Finds: Ironic Bathroom Graffiti This philosophic message/challenge adorning/"besmirching" Caffe Trieste's bathroom wall in North Beach last November comes to us from Seven Morris via the "sfist" and "found" tags. Sometimes a blank wall is miles
misc Net Neutrality Symposium at USF and on Your PC Come and see NN guru Tim Wu, Art Brodsky, Richard Clarke, Lawrence Spiwak, and a host of others. Why should you care about Network Neutrality? Here's why. Al Gore took the initiative in
SF News Ta-da: Your New <i>SF Chronicle</i> Editor, Ward E. Bushee! Former editor of The Arizona Republic, vice president of The Cincinnati Enquirer, and top editor for the Reno Gazette-Journal and the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Bay Area's Ward E. Bushee was just named
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hot Stuff: Chocolate Happenings Got your calendar ready? We heard you when you told us to give more notice about fun events like the International Chocolate Salon at Fort Mason. Knowing that, along with the fact that
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink $20,000 Coffee at Blue Bottle Cafe In addition to finding such high-end breakfast items as "pancetta souffle ($9.50), porcini flan ($11), egg and potato torte with warm bread ($5.50) and morel poached eggs ($8)" on Blue Bottle
SF News Crystalline Water Ice Particles Fall from the Sky Yesterday's near perfect weather is now but a sepia-toned memory. Reports of a strange, icy substance, often referred to as "snow," is falling on Mount Diablo, Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara County, Mount
misc Spay/Neuter Your Pit Bull for Free This Week Thousands of pit bulls are euthanized in the Bay Area each year. With more and more people taking advantage of Bay Area Pit Fix Week, we may (hopefully) see this number diminish in
misc Election Season Bumper Sticker Report: Let's Go Crazy Dear automobile driver/registered Democrat, We heart you. Love, us We found this over at Nature abhors a vacuum, and we couldn't be more tickled. This is usually the kind of image that
misc SFist Tonight RiffTrax Live at the Castro - Plan 9 from Outer Space: MST3K's Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett provide live commentary on Ed Wood's cult classic, the abominable and beloved Plan
SF News Vandalism Report Card: Recurring Neo-Nazi Flair on Stillman Well, this was unnerving. We came across these, um, public art pieces while walking down Stillman Street. Shot earlier this evening, the paint was fresh yet gooey. If we had to guess, one
misc KRON 4 for Sale? Compelling television's loss is the bargain bin's gain. KRON 4 is up for sale. Again. Amid a "high level of interest," it seems, Young Broadcasting plans on possibly peddling the network to the
misc Second Bay Area Storm Fails to Deliver, Critics Claim Even though more power outages are affecting PG&E customers in the Bay Area due to today's storm (chortle), you would hardly believe it. Where's the vim and vigor of last week's
misc Day Around the Bay Wee: Yellow Cab slip 'n' slide. [WhatImSeeing] The Glas Kat returns this week! (Death Guild fans of Walnut Creek the Bay Area, rejoice!) [Eater] Kill 'em with kindness. [BeyondChron] Novelists are smarter than
misc SFist Finds: Vintage Muni Transfer I spent the holidays with my mother in Los Angeles, who collects rare first-edition books. While I was visiting, she opened "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" (circa 1930) and an old San Francisco MUNI
misc Possible Golden Globe Award Cancellation = Dwindling Will to Live Due to the continuing WGA strike, the Golden Globes look like they might - might - get the ax. (For all of you book-reading intelligentsia who claim to have TV sets only so
misc Week Around the -Ists LAist listed a top ten list of sorts: things they hope not to see in Los Angeles in 2008. (one example, pictured above). Shanghaiist was surprised to learn that "godless," "atheist," and "commie"
SF News American Football Spectacular: Wild Card Wknd 2008, "And Then The Rain..." -- the Jesus Lizard, "And Then The Rain"The NFL's 2008 Wild Card Wknd has arrived at the same time as this rainstorm front. It's forecasted to be wet at both of Saturday's
