misc Photos: Castro Tree Lighting Ceremony Looking more like a family-friendly event than a gloriously lascivious Castro Street bash, the annual tree lighting ceremony took place last night. Supervisor Bevan Dufty was on hand to illuminate the 20-foot tree,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink <em>Playboy</em> Names Orphan Andy's in Castro One of Nation's Best Late-Night Diners As many San Franciscans know, getting food after midnight in this town is no easy feat. We still have our share of late-night diners though, like the Grub Steak, Sparky's, Lori's and Mel's.
SF News Halloween '09 Turnout Smaller In Castro; Bottle-Service Types Still Came Out ABC 7 has this report about Halloween in SF, sans bridge traffic, and it turns out business was still strong at places like Rouge on Polk (which has $500 bottle service at the
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Scenes from Castro Halloween '07 On Halloween night of the first year that the Halloween kibosh began in the Castro, 2007, KRON 4 provided this coverage from the scene. There is an amusing bit with a very drunk
misc In Re: Bridge... Does This Mean Halloween Is Back On? With the Bay Bridge out of commission "indefinitely," doesn't that mean there'll be far fewer East Bay teenagers coming to the city for Halloween and therefore fewer events of the stabbing/shooting variety?
SF News No Castro Halloween Looking to cause mayhem and hate in the Castro this Halloween, teenagers? Look elsewhere. (SFist's official stance on Halloween in the Castro's ruination is this: scary, scary teenagers are to blame. They always
SF News Castro Gay Men to Tom Ammiano: "Stay Out!" Oh geez. Looks like a smattering of gay men in the Castro -- a neighborhood famous for its refinement, restraint, and good taste -- are livid at Asm. Tom Ammiano over his heckling
SF News Senator Mark Leno Throws A Fete In The Castro We were working on a post of images from last night's Mark Leno bash at Trigger in the Castro. But, lo and behold, Beth Spotswood beat us to it, doing an extraordinarily far
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
SF News Mylar Balloon Causes Castro Power Outage Last night in San Francisco's notoriously gay Castro neighborhood, 2,8000 were rewarded with forgiving, soft candlelight after a power outage hit the area for about an hour or so. The cause of
misc "Trauma" Shoot: Duboce Park NBC's somewhat anticipated fall drama series "Trauma" filmed a presumably nail-biting scene in Duboce Park yesterday, one that involved a helicopter landing (!) and Halloween decorations (!!). NBC Bay Area has more on yesterday's shoot.
SF News Castro Bar Owner Dies of Swine Flu In a truly sad note this morning, Doug Murphy, co-owner of Moby Dick and, most recently, Blackbird, died Friday due to complications from the H1N1 virus, better known as swine flu. He was
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Castro Chow Closed for Two Weeks After Morning Blaze A one-alarm fire charred Chow for about "35 minutes" until San Francisco firefighters put it out around 6:30 a.m. this morning, according to Appeal. "Preliminary reports indicate the blaze ignited in
SF News Water Shutdown Affects Castro Tonight If you plan on taking a late-night bubble bath tonight, Castro denizens, think again. Between midnight and early Tuesday morning AM, the SFPUC will connect a water main to their distribution system. What
SF News Moving Van Crashes Into SF Building According to a few frantic Twitter messages this morning, a moving van plowed into the side of a building, either near Dolores Park or somewhere in the Tenderloin. cbs5: "Just In: moving van
misc <i>7x7</i> Gets Hyperlocal In an attempt to get in on the hyperlocal (ugh, that word) trend, glossy rag 7x7 interviewed pretty people about their favorite places to go in specific San Francisco neighborhoods. Above, Mission district
SF News UPDATED: Dead Body Found in Castro Apartment The body of an unidentified man was found inside a Castro Street apartment on Tuesday, reports the . SFPD found the week-old corpse after receiving an anonymous phone call. Creepy. Authorities are still trying
SF News D.E.A. Roid Rage in the Castro Well, it's about time. The Castro district -- notorious for being "too body conscious," or whatever the technical term for it is that the spherical gays always toss about, angrily -- played host
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Top 5 Queerest Food/Drink Options for Pride Under the misguided belief that gays are capable of digestion during Gay Pride weekend, came up with a handy guide to the top five food/drink items for next week's queer festivities. In
Arts & Entertainment Bevan Dufty Wants Floating Pink Cloud Above Castro In addition to the meth cloud that hangs above Beck's Motorlodge -- we kid! sort of. but not really. -- Supervisor Bevan Dufty would like to create a pink cloud that would float
misc Castro Rainbow Flag Flies at Half-Mast A black flag flies over the rainbow flag in the Castro, which was set at half-mast this morning. after the California State Supreme Court ruled to uphold prop 8, the same-sex marriage ban.
SF News Scenes from 17th Street Pedestrian Plaza Construction Construction on the 17th Street Pedestrian Plaza is wrapping up. So far, the newly tagged temporary public plaza includes plants, concrete benches, and (God willing) loads of sunlight. Here are some images of
SF News More Upper Market Whole Foods Rendering Revealed The fine folks over at Curbed came across new, new renderings of the planned Upper Market Whole Foods. And it looks a lot like something you might find in the Mission Bay/South
