SF News LAN Airlines Responds to 'Bareback' Ad After spotting this "Bareback In Brazil" travel ad seen throughout San Francisco, SFist contacted LAN Airline for their side of the story. Much to our surprise, that said they had nothing to do
SF News National Day of Protest Against Target See, this is why we can't have nice things. Target, as SFist previously reported, financially backed an anti-gay politician (via Minnesota Forward) to the sum of $150,000. Now queer activists would like
Arts & Entertainment Little Otsu Says Good-bye Oh drats, this is too bad. Little Otsu, that charming store on Valencia Street that sells equally charming stuff (comics, wallets, DIY stuff, vegetable-based ink publishing), is closing its doors. "Eight years seems
SF News Board of Supervisors Approves Hunters Point Redevelopment Plan As expected, the S.F. Board of Supervisors voted to approve the massive Hunters Point redevelopment project on Tuesday. "After years of debate," SF Appeal reports, "the Board of Supervisors gave first approval
SF News Target Community Meeting Held "If they don't approve the Target, my wife might go on a killing spree," jokes @laughinghyena13. "Watch out SF!" This is the whimsical sentiment of many San Franciscans who, bombarded with tasty-yet-pricey artisan
SF News Psst, More Sunday Streets Means More Money for Merchants Inspired by the cyclovia program in Bogotá, Colombia, Sunday Streets, San Francisco's car-free experiment, has been well-received since it kicked off in 2008. But how are local businesses affected by this aggressive car-lessness?
Arts & Entertainment Adobe Books Art Installation Proves Point Contrary to what Adobe Books' owner Andrew McKinley told SFist Jay a couple of weeks back, Mission Mission reports that Adobe Books is not closing any time soon. Apparently, the "Everything Must Go"
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen Rumored to Open Tomorrow The much anticipated gourmet grilled cheese outfit, The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen, is rumored to be opening their doors tomorrow for lunch. They'll begin serving breakfast and dinner at some point in June.
Arts & Entertainment Bag Lady: A.OK + The Seventh Heart Party Tonight by Ryan Robles Hello from the Bag Lady! It’s been a while since we’ve been out on street, but with the weather warming up and flowers unfurling, it’s high time
misc Nine Empty Sexy Storefronts Sit Restless on Lower Haight Haighteration, a glorious blog focused on the Lower Haight, brings to you the area's "nine sexiest" vacant storefronts on the lower half of San Francisco's most famous street. While fearing the empty stores
misc 7 Reasons to Visit the Metreon Ah, what could have been but never was. That, in a steel-and-glass nutshell, is the Metreon, the monstrous beast at Fourth and Mission streets. Awkwardly shaped, dark interiors, stupefying walkways, confounding escalators --
misc SFist Out and About Twenty-six years after opening their first store off Polk Street, then later moving to Van Ness, American Rag, purveyors of questionably-priced vintage and new fashions, has called it quits in San Francisco. There
misc SFist Out and About Blick Art Supplies is moving from their current location on Van Ness into a much bigger spot along the "liveliest" stretch of Market Street this summer, just a couple of doors down from
SF News Mavericks Surf Hopes to Expand Brand by Amy Crocker In another case of "mo' money, mo' problems," the dudes over at the Mavericks big wave surf competition are deep in the impact zone. Jeff Clark, the booted co-founder of
SF News Google to Acquire Yelp? Google is apparently in serious talks to acquire Yelp, the user-generated, local-business review site so beloved by Humphry Slocombe and certain antique and book store owners. The deal would do good things for
SF News Photos from Black Friday Starting on Thursday, folks lined up outside aggressively non-boutique stores like Old Navy and Wal-Mart across the U.S. in order to get sanity-estranged deals on holiday shopping. Although Black Friday is as
SF News San Francisco's Canopy Financial "a Complete Sham," Says TechCrunch Canopy Financial, "a pioneer in innovative healthcare banking technology solutions that connect healthcare and financial services" at ranked no. 12 on the 2009 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies, is a total
misc Photos: Twitter's New Office Moving out of the LoRi (Lower Outer Rincon Hill)/South Park neighborhood, the folks at Twitter moved up Third Street to a sweeter, swankier pad. CEO Ev Williams's wife, Sara Morishige, reportedly aided
misc Bag Lady: The Seventh Heart at 1592 Market by Ryan Robles Times are tough. Or so we've been told. So, in this economy it’s ideal to know where to go to get the most omph for your buck, especially if
misc Bag Lady: PACT Underwear by Ryan Robles Look, a great outfit is a great outfit, we won’t argue with you. However, not many are aware that the real heart of a seamless look lies below the
SF News Millions Awarded to "Bold" California Energy Projects Today the Department of Energy announced a pretty big windfall of funding "for 37 ambitious research projects," ones that involve energy sources such as wind and solar, something crazily awesome about bacteria being
misc Bag Lady: CC Rider SF at 835 Divisadero by Ryan Robles Imagine if Cherie Currie and Suzi Quatro decided to move into together. Now, imagine if they had ti make ends meet by opening up their closets to the public, which
SF News Bank of America CEO Leaving Uh oh. According to AP, "Ken Lewis, the embattled CEO of Bank of America Corp., is leaving the company, succumbing to nearly a year of strife that followed his company's acquisition of Merrill
SF News Al's Comics Vandalized Well, this wasn't cool. Al's Comics, located on Market Street across from The Center, was vandalized over the weekend. According to Josh Ellingson, who captured the image above, "Around 3-4 a.m. on
