misc The Bay Area's 11 Best Standup Comedians The fertile funny grounds of the Bay Area have produced homegrown comedy legends like Robin Williams and Margaret Cho, and Gracie Allen, Phyllis Diller, and Carol Channing before them. But there are some
Arts & Entertainment The 10 Best Storytelling Events In The Bay Area Storytelling events where a mix of local luminaries and everyday raconteurs get onstage — and for some reason choose to relive their most embarrassing and awful real-life stories — have become increasingly common on both
misc The 11 Best Custom 49ers Cars, Vans and Vehicle Accessories The San Francisco 49ers kick off their regular season this weekend (Monday Night Football at 7:20 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14, ESPN) but the NFL season begins Thursday night (Patriots-Steelers, 5:
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Best Spots To Eat At SFO, By Terminal photo credit: Keoki Seu Getting out of town for the long weekend and headed to SFO? We wouldn't want you to fly on an empty stomach — and you already know there will be
Arts & Entertainment 10 Tech Tips For The Ultimate Outdoor Adventure Earlier this summer, my friend and I started something we call Uber hikes, which is exactly what it sounds like: We drive to a trailhead, walk as far as we like, and then
misc The 6 Best Vegan Restaurants In The Bay Area An animal-product-free lifestyle is not for everyone! We get that. But the Bay Area has a multitude of restaurants that work magic using only things that grew from the earth. Even if you're
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 10 Best Ice Cream Shops In The Bay Area It’s rarely ice cream weather in San Francisco, but is there ever really a bad time to indulge in a scoop (or sundae or pint, depending on the devastation of your most
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Best Dive Bars In San Francisco The city is rife with bars. Lots of bars. Many of them inaccurately deemed "dive bars" because they feature patrons wearing jeans or simply because of their close proximity to the Mission District.
Arts & Entertainment We're Honored: SFist Wins SF Bay Guardian 'Best Blog' Award (Again) For the second year in a row, readers selected SFist as the Best Local Blog in the SF Bay Guardian Best of the Bay. Aw shucks. Thanks to those of you who voted
misc We're Honored... SF Bay Guardian's annual "Best of San Francisco" issue came out today. And? SFist won Best Local Blog in the Readers Poll category. (Aw shucks, San Francisco, thank you so very, very much!
Arts & Entertainment Radiohead, Tom Petty, Jack Johnson, and You What with all of the media attention this summertime concert has received as of late, you would assume Miley Cyrus (the Madeleine Elster/Judy Barton narrative of our time) was booked to "sing"
SF News SHAC7 Claims No Responsibility for UCSC Researcher Attack We just made contacted with a member of the reportedly elusive SHAC7. They told us the following: No--we are not responsible. In fact, the only knowledge we have of the whole ordeal is
misc SF Weekly Wants to Give You $2,500 Are you exceptional in the visual, performing, film/video/media, literary, or fashion arts? Yes? Well, then, SF Weekly is giving away $2,500 with their Masterminds program to someone like you. Why?
misc Rebuffed at San Francisco City Hall on Valentine's Day Marriage Equality USA held an event at City Hall yesterday to get the word out about "the 1,138 federal marriage rights as well as the hundreds of state rights same sex couples
misc Week Around the -ists Gothamist was amazed after the Giants won the Super Bowl, the city went wild, and it witnessed a ticker-tape parade. Barack Obama drew 20,000+ ahead of Seattle’s Saturday caucus. Londonist had
misc Sugar Inc. Gets Political With CitizenSugar San Francisco-based Sugar Inc. (of popsugar.com, among others) has a brand spanking new site, one that will take care of all of your national political news needs: CitizenSugar. Launched last week, CS
misc Best Crafts of 2007 We already decided to only leave the house for essentials this weekend, like liquor and toothpaste, so we were thrilled to stumble upon one last 'best of' list for 2007. Craftster, the hub
misc SFist Staff's 2007 Music Picks If you have ever wondered what the SFist staff is listening to, wonder no more. In no particular order, we are listing each staffer's favorite album and song from 2007. We think you'll
Arts & Entertainment SFist Spencer's Top 15 Albums of 2007 We're sure you've read, by now, Pitchfork's or Paste's, "Best Albums of 2007" lists. Now we could get all "official" and post a similar list to Austinist's Top 15 (which we agree pretty
misc Screw the Foodies This Xmas, Says SJ Merc Since the advent of the digital camera, we haven't stepped foot inside a Costco. Now we have a reason to return. Today's Hot Stuff ("Catering by Costco") in the Merc rates the appetizers
misc Week Around the -Ists A sad week for LAist as they lose their trusted and amazing editor Tony Pierce to the LA Times, but what a blast his last week was. He shared his 25 Favorite CDs
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #13 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Trying to decide what to feature this week was rough. Our choices were slim to none, ranging from
misc Week Around the -ists The Holiday season is in full swing in NYC, with holiday lights in Brooklyn, a giant snow globe in Bryan Park and Chanukah specials for ham. One citizen decided to go vigilante on
misc Week Around the -Ists The cold weather - and holiday festivities - descended upon Gothamist. The Rockefeller Christmas tree was lit, Broadway stagehand finally ended their strike, and NASCAR decided to run their victory lap through Times
SF News Winterfest! <i>Bikes</i> Winterfest! <i>Fun</i> Winterfest! It's On! Get yourself some art, maybe even something from Matthew Hughes Boyko. Why not? Or, what about "A Day with Ross Mirkarimi?" How much would you bid for a "lunch/dinner date" with him?
