SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Give Snark a Chance - Join SFist! Actually, we might pay, but you'll have to accept a postdated check for 2010 or so - kind of like having stock options. We do offer an engaged readership, a lax editorial policy,
SF News Yes, We Had No Banana Far be it from us to post stories making some spurious claim about some noted official and then disappear whenever they try to defend themselves. So when said noted official tries to defend
Arts & Entertainment Mr. McNamara's Vacation In the truly tasteless department, Low Culture tipped us off to the "Apocalypse Now" tour of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, one of Wild Frontiers "Reel Adventures." Kate Watson of Wild Frontiers, quoted in
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Alexander Tonisson More importantly you, like us, will have to reexamine your ideas about what it means to be an altruist and if your desk job really does have meaning. In addition to being a
Arts & Entertainment The Soundtrack Alone is Worth Fitty Bones! There are video games that are popular with gamers - Counter Strike, Half-Life, Halo - and then there are video games that become cultural phenomena. The audience is drawn not so much by
Arts & Entertainment 15 Years Later On Sunday the 17th at 5:04 p.m., it'll be the 15th anniversary of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. We still live with reminders of the quake every day -- from the
Arts & Entertainment Mmm...beer... Yep, Germany's most famous tradition that doesn't involve invading France is back for the annual Oktoberfest By The Bay at the Fort Mason Center. Having been to the real Oktoberfest in Munich, we
Arts & Entertainment But Is He Still Just a Rat in a Cage? Those of us wondering just what happened to one-time wunderkind and band leader Billy Corgan can wonder no more- Billy now fancies himself a poet. In fact, he’s gone all-Jewel on us
Arts & Entertainment Self-Powered Marshmallows If you were walking down 24th east of Mission yesterday around 6:15 like SFist was, you may have been treated to the sight of a few dozen bicyclists tricked out in white
SF News Some Follow-Ups Mimi the pregnant toe-licking Japanese Chin dog has been found, wandering University Avenue in Palo Alto. Since being taken home, Mimi has mostly been hiding in a closet. The City of San Jose
Arts & Entertainment Going to the Theater Makes You Feel Smarter, We Promise SFist is not above shilling for our friends - Phil Bronstein does it, why shouldn't we? So we'd like to invite you to visit tonight or tomorrow's performance of , written and directed by
SF News Like New Yorkers Give a Damn About Us SFist is a little miffed. We were forwarded a tip by the beautiful Jessica Coen, currently busy being paid to blog for Gawker, to a rather funny local Craigslist post. We're miffed because,
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Idol The line starts at 6 a.m. today, but it's unclear whether you should have camped out last night or should expect to camp out tonight (bring a jacket and keep your vocal
SF News Warrant Issued in Murder of Timothy Griffith The San Francisco Police Department has issued a warrant for the arrest of Rafael Antonio Cuevas, who is suspected of being the man who murdered Timothy Griffith after the Giants game on Friday,
SF News Anchor Steamed Sophie Maxwell is working on legislation to put zoning protection for businesses in place. Meanwhile, SFist really isn't sure what to think on this one -- SFist's usual liberal guilt/privilege position supporting
Arts & Entertainment Ready For Our Close Up Watching last night's premiere of "Lost" (by the way, that show kicks total a**) brought back fond memories of Lost star Matthew Fox's previous show, "Party of Five." While SFist isn't necessarily fond
misc The Essefficist is All Wet It's Tuesday again? Already? Damn, how often does the Essefficist have to answer your nagging questions? Nag, nag, nag! You're always after us for the bestest answers to anything that ever crawled up
Arts & Entertainment Rabbit Food Now, SFist is an omnivore, and proud of it (we baa quietly under our breath when we eat lamb). But walking down Valencia Street, we noticed that the venue that formerly housed "the
SF News This Week in SFist Barry Bonds has done it! Steven Williams of Pacifica emerged from the scrum with the ball, which some have valued at two million bucks. SFist hopes that a least a little of that
misc Bird Hunting with the Essefficist It's Tuesday again so the Essefficist is back with more Q&A for our loyal readers. Today we bring you answers to your questions about weird hamburgers and pruney toes. Also, for
SF News Blue Angels Blues Fleet Week may only be a little less than a month away, but that still hasn't kept us from already hitting the phones to find out whose friend of a friend of a
SF News Garden Hose The City Attorney's months-long investigation into election coercion has confirmed that the now-defunct city organization SLUG (the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners) illegally coerced its workers to campaign and vote for Gavin
SF News My Milkshake Brings All the Boys to the Yard A 3.4 magnitude earthquake hit the South Bay today. The epicenter was in Saratoga, around 9 miles from San Jose City Hall (presumably the old one, not the new one with its
SF News But Can She Cook? SFist loves to hate the Chron. They haven't won a Pulitzer for reporting since 1952 - which may have something to do with the fact that we can't remember ever buying the Sunday
misc The Essefficist Strikes Back Bling bling, shorty. £3,600 for that thing? Damn! Anyway, it's still hot as hell up in this joint, but it's Tuesday, so the Essefficist is back again to answer all your questions
