Arts & Entertainment How to Get the Guy: Fourth, Smell His Armpit Or DO we? Previously on "How to Get the Guy," "Party Girl" Kris needed to get more serious about her dating habits by going out with someone who talked about more than sour
SF News Tora, Tora Taxi Commission Nevermind. So, then what is it we keep hearing about the SF Cab Commission? Why has this usually obscure governmental backwater suddenly become the latest source of gossip, intrigue, and petty name-calling? Well,
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Clark Kepler For any readers who might not know, tell us why Kepler's is so awesome. For me and many others who've been around for a while, growing up in the bookstore was awesome. Kepler's
Arts & Entertainment Win a copy of <i>Instant Love</i>! She's reading tonight at Book Shop West Portal (80 West Portal, sorry, no links to this new shop yet) at 7 p.m., and at 7 tomorrow night at Copperfield's Books (138 N.
Arts & Entertainment Win a Copy of Victor Navasky's <i>A Matter of Opinion</i>! Times have changed -- now, we're far more likely to try to pass off the thoughts of Lisa Schwarzbaum as our own, but that doesn't mean our fondness for Navasky has decreased even
Arts & Entertainment Interview: SFist hearts Voxtrot Now that SFist has signed year books, been told to stay “cute ‘n cool” about five thousand times, updated facebook with our new school, and has promised to NEVER change, we’re all
Arts & Entertainment The Marginally Engaging Adventures of the Superfisters (While we were visiting our friends at Isotope Comics, we also picked up Issue 5 of the awesome -- God, we can't get enough of swashbuckling youngsters.) New this week: War-Fix, by David
Arts & Entertainment Author Events Roundup: June is Jam-Packed! Cody's Books - We'll start with the soon-to-close Telegraph Ave location. Wednesday, June 7 - 7:30 p.m. Nando Parrado talks about his experience as a member of the Uruguayan rugby team
Arts & Entertainment Supersize Us Are fast food joints the blight Schlosser and company would have us believe, or are you "lovin' it"? (Incidentally, have you seen that McDonald's commercial where the prone McD's customer slides along the
misc SFist Whines & Dines: Pop's Bar Witness the explosive growth of SFist Friend and occasional contributor Ted Rheingold's dog-to-dog site dogster.com, a friendster imitation for pet owners over 30, single and childless (or just in an unhappy marriage)
SF News Cody's No More Was it something we said? First there was the dispiriting news about Clean Well-Lighted's sale, and now the Chron reports that the flagship Cody's Books on Telegraph is closing, after 43 years. NO!
Arts & Entertainment The TOTALLY FREE Adventures of the Superfisters It's tough to describe what a Moomin is -- they look like Japanese kawaii-things, but they're really quiet-natured Finnish creatures with a knack for finding magical adventures. There's a dark edge to the
SF News Keep It Well-Lighted! We can't take any more of this Bay Area independent bookstore stress -- first the Kepler's drama and now this? Venerated SF independent bookstore stalwart A Clean Well-Lighted Place For Books is on
Arts & Entertainment The Challenging Adventures of the Superfisters Attempting to read an issue is sort of like climbing Mount Everest -- several times, we nearly had to give up in exhaustion. If your stomach is strong and your attention span is
SF News OMG TCB! The Chron breaks it down for you: apparently, the questioning young person texts "sexinfo" to (917) 957-4280 on MetroPCS phones or 36617 on other carriers. You'll get a response text (in "teen-friendly text
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Last week's winner, the East Bay Express: Vote for SFist in the EBX Readers' Poll! We love the chicken holding a sword with its foot in this week's Dream Comic. A company that
misc What's In A Name? SFist Spotlight On Ritual Roasters, Part II In part one of our spotlight on Ritual Roasters, we told you the backstory behind one the the Mission's most popular new cafes. We did, however, save one important component of that story
Arts & Entertainment The Dominating Adventures of the Superfisters After the jump: snide world domination, and smarmy citywide domination.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: <i>On Food and Cooking</i> The SFist test kitchen staff has a tiny list of essential food books. At the top you'll find Harold McGee's . Our copy's tattered cover and stained pages broadcast our love for this accessible
Arts & Entertainment Thirtysomething not so "Thirtysomething" Fortunately, the essays within soothed the sting of our failures past. From Ashley Warlick's meditation on the significance of a stuffed animal to her daughter, to Flor Morales' tale of her escape from
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique Shoe-Shines The Birkenstocks. The purpose of the organization is to "protect the pleasures of the table from the homogenization of modern fast food and life," and we cannot agree more. However, in its fight against fast
Arts & Entertainment Authors Go On Tour - Why Can't You? We'll start with SFist Peninsula headquarters in Menlo Park at Kepler's: The kickoff to their travel series comes from Frances Mayes (warning, there's sound at that link), on Saturday, April 1, 7:30
Arts & Entertainment Green Apple Books at Tosca Tomorrow Night That's right, Wednedsay at 7:30 it's Green Apple Books at Tosca (242 Columbus Avenue, as if you didn't know), with Harmon and Bucky celebrating the publication of Leon's book . Knowing these guys,
Arts & Entertainment The Alien Adventures of the Superfisters This week's comic books bring us, Sherpa-like, into two worlds we know relatively little about: comic book conventions and Mormonism. If only there were a way to combine them. We find it difficult
SF News Your Commute: Road Rage Kills Folks, you've just gotta learn to let it go: today's fourth-runner-up in the Great SFist Blotter Crime News Gathering (i.e., a frantic search of all the area news sites to find something
