SF News Sutro Baths Back Then We found this short clip of people frolicking at the Sutro Baths -- which, really, looks like so much fun! -- shot by Thomas Edison on October 25, 1897. But our question is
SF News Help! Security! Oh Wait... At 4:30 p.m. today, a rally and march led by a cast of security officers will take place in the financial district. (We'll try to grab some shots of the officers
SF News Because One Overpriced Mission Bay Pet Boutique Just Isn't Enough San Francisco's fastest-growing neighborhood might not be as accessible to live in as we're led to believe. So far the burgeoning hood has an offbeat Safeway; a smattering of wine and food spots;
SF News It's Park(ing) Day It's Park(ing) Day, folks. Today's the day REBAR, a San Francisco-based art collective, thought of taking parking spaces and turning them into public ones by creating fun-sized parks. Now cities all over
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Arts & Entertainment Get Inside The SFFD With 'The Battalion' There's been much ado about SFFD screw-ups from the top (Mr. h. brown over at sfbulldog.com has actually provided some really interesting insight . . . not that he'll see this hat tip, since he
misc Blocker: 200 Country Club Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all
Arts & Entertainment Frank Chu At The Giants Game: Greatest Tip Ever It seems the guy behind a photo blog called "whatimseeing.com" left us a tip in the contribute section that he treated Frank Chu to an extra baseball ticket he had yesterday. (Please
Arts & Entertainment A Little Noe Valley Local Color: Pee-Pee Tree A reader that wished to remain anonymous took this pic of a sign affixed to a tree on Chattanooga St. in lovely Noe Valley, where there are dogs (and children) aplenty. The text,
SF News Jury's Transbay Terminal Pick: Pelli Clarke Pelli The winner for the Transbay Terminal Building will be -- for all intents and purposes and presuming -- New Haven, Connecticut's Pelli Clarke Pelli! If erected (hee), it should stand as the tallest
misc Blocker: 100 Baltimore Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all
SF News NextBus, NextMus-tache What we find especially amusing about this defaced photo is that when Selma Blair recently admitted her flaws to the public, she mentioned bleaching. Blair confessed the following to UK mag, Dazed and
misc Blocker: 3600 Balboa Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all
misc Don't Let Them Increase Your Property Tax Payments We know we're treading in slightly dangerous territory here -- while we're fairly sure a good chunk of our readership are homeowners (condo, single-family, multifamily, whatever), we know an even larger chunk are
Arts & Entertainment 826 Valencia's Five-Year Anniversary Fair With their usual whimsy, those folks from 826 Valenicia celebrated their five-year anniversary on 8/26. They did so with a community festival at Mission Playground, which is right near the store. Entry
SF News Homeless Kerfuffle, One Month In We were on the 7 a few days ago and four gutterpunk types were complaining about how the city had taken their stuff from camps in Golden Gate Park. One of them, a
misc Blocker: 800 Innes Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all
Arts & Entertainment We're Number One! San Francisco Is Top City For Singles Hey, all you singles in San Francisco/Oakland, looks like you live in the right place. Our fair city was tops in Forbes 7th Annual Best Cities for Singles Report. The magazine made
Arts & Entertainment This Crow's Gotta Fly -- A Plan For Burning Man Hannah Watson's really into crows. In June 2000, surrounded by family, her mother passed away. Hannah tells us that right outside, just after her mom died, "the crows cawed, hollered at one another,
SF News Oh, Praise The Lord: Look At What We Got At Embarcadero Station Today Oh, man. Timing is everything. This is better than gum. This is better than energy bars. Today we were given Advil Liqui-gels when coming out of Embarcadero Station. While we're uncertain as to
misc Blocker: 000 Sussex Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all
Arts & Entertainment Hey, Who's He Calling 'Fat Ass'? Fun video: A San Francisco-based officer from the Federal Protective Service gets mad at skaters. Now, granted, this thing was probably highly edited and we certainly only get one side of the story
misc Blocker: 200 Capp Exploring San Francisco through the lens of individual city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. NEW: A map detailing
Arts & Entertainment Gap's Founder Wants To Open Art Museum We like art. We're fine with the Gap retail store. We're not prepared to make any statements on Mr. Donald Fisher himself. We will, however, admit that the prospect of Mr. Fisher opening
misc Starbucks -- Bringing People Together Hey, have you seen all those annoying "Let's meet at Starbucks" adverts? Quite irritating. Well, SBUX is indeed bringing folks together -- in a way they may not be too happy about. Many
