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
SF News Temporary 17th Street Plaza Estimated for Mid-May In a week or so, the opening of a public space in the Castro (!) will unfold. The small stretch of street where the F-line stops on 17th Street between Hartford and Castro streets
Arts & Entertainment "How Eureka Valley Became the Castro" Panel Discussion on Tuesday Tomorrow night, the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society will host a panel discussion on the history of the Castro District at the Metropolitan Community Church at 7 p.m. In its first
SF News Celebration in the Castro for Iowa Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Sorry for the late notice, but we just got word: \head over to the Castro between 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. to celebrate Iowa's ruling in favor of equal
Arts & Entertainment MOM's Pharmacy/AIDS Community Center Grand Opening This Evening MOM's Pharmacy will be having their grand opening tonight at their new location in the heart of the Castro (4071 18th St, at Castro). In addition to providing their signature tender-loving care to
SF News Bay Area Reporter Editor's Resignation Letter? One of two things happened over at BAR.com: 1) Somebody hacked the interwebs, and posted this casual faux-resignation letter Sunday morning, or 2) news editor Cynthia Laird is peeved. Since Laird is
Arts & Entertainment GayVN Nominations Announced, Janice Dickinson and Margaret Cho to Host The GayVN nominations we announced today. What are the GayVN Awards, you ask? They are the Oscars of male homosexual pornography. Up for Best Picture kudos are Ass Cruisin', Best Men Parts 1
SF News Whole Foods Castro The fine folks over at Curbed have an artistic rendering of what the new Castro Whole Foods will look like. It's scheduled to replace the old Ford dealership on Market and Dolores. Slated
SF News Smatting of Tuberculosis Hits Castro Bars Get ready to panic, gays. Bars in Bevan Dufty's district are brimming with tuberculosis. Or so alarmist reports tell us. But according to the esteemed Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco health officials have
SF News Pointy Castro Restaurant to Become Mixed-Use Space That seldom-visited, pointy restaurant at the corner of Market, Sanchez, and 15th streets, Thai House, looks like it might become a "50-foot-tall mixed-use building with ground-floor commercial, 22 residential units, and underground parking.
misc Photo du Jour 288 Photo by Matt Baume/SFist It's back. That house on Castro Street is - at last! - all dolled up for the holidays.
SF News Heterosexual Alert Photo by Matt Baume/SFist The image above has a smattering of aimless queers all hot and bothered, and not in a good way. It seems at last week's Marriage Equality Community Forum,
SF News Protesters Stage Sit-in at Castro and 18th Streets While we're still waiting on confirmation, a tipster tells SFist, "Appx. 100 No on 8 protesters are now (6pm) staging a sit-in in the intersection of 18th & Castro. Police have blocked off
misc And...Wow So where were you last night? We were going to go to a bar, but everywhere was so packed that we ended up at home with burritos when it was called. We didn't
SF News Home for Halloween Continues to Deny the Great Pumpkin's Existence Did you know the Home for Halloween campaign, the effort to get unsavory elements out of the Castro during Halloween night, is still in effect? It is. And their site -- which features
SF News Halloweeen Moves to AT&T Park Area As SFist first reported back in March, Halloween in the Castro (as you knew it) is dead. But! The formerly violent celebration will be resurrected "at a parking lot near AT&T
SF News Castro Gays to Tourists: Wah, Stop Gawking Have you noticed an overabundance of worried, clustered, fannypack-sporting heterosexuals roaming the Castro? Yeah, that's not the crystal talking, boys. It seems, according to C.W. Nevius, "large tour buses have begun to
