misc Last Chance to Enter to Win the San Francisco Dream House, Deadline Friday Friday's the deadline for the last (Grand Prize) drawing of the San Francisco Dream House Raffle, which benefits Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Buy a $150 ticket, and you could win a
SF News Baby Gorilla Named The SF Zoo's baby gorilla, whose mother abandoned him soon after birth, has bee christen. After a baby naming contest has the entire city holding its breath in anticipation, the winning name is.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Absinthe's Asparagus Recipe Challenge Word has it that Absinthe chef and Top Chef cheftestant Jamie Lauren has been stung harder by the fame bug more than she has arugula's peppery tang. (Fame is fleeting, Lauren! Your palette
Arts & Entertainment Haiku Giveaway: AMC 2009 Best Picture Showcase Need to catch all of the Best Picture nominees before Oscar night? We can help. SFist is offering one (yes, just one) ticket to a screening of Milk, The Reader, The Curious Case
SF News Nominations: Hug a Journalist Day, 2/15 Ever hug a bottle of cheap vodka caked with cocaine residue? That's what hugging a journalist is like. And this Sunday, Feb. 15, is Hug a Journalist Day -- at least according to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Calling All Teen Chefs! by Tiffany Maleshefski Having your local teenager cook dinner might evoke images of macaroni and cheese and pot brownies, but at the Art Institute of California's annual Best Teen Chef Competition, high-school aged
SF News Cafe de la Paz Runs Contest for Hungry, Amorous Kern County Same-Sex Couples Aw. Well, this is just downright sweet. And smart. You see, Cafe de la Paz, which has received a three-star rating by the Yelp mafia, is throwing a contest for Kern County queer
misc Mission Mission's "I Lost Me To Meth" Coaster Contest Oh wow. Mission Mission is offering a free pack of "I Lost Me to Meth" coasters to one lucky reader who can come up with the niftiest meth-related anecdote. So, tweakers of San
Arts & Entertainment Contest: Grand Ole Party @ Fillmore This isn't the first time that you've been able to check this band out for free. Back in February, we gave away free tickets plus a prize pack when they were on their
misc Screw the Earth, Win $500 In Gas Money Perfect for celebrating Earth Day, Citizen Sugar is offering one lucky winner $500 in gas relief. ("Gas relief." Har.) All you have to do is register and take a brief quiz (e.g.
Arts & Entertainment Contest: PlayRadioPlay! & Yellowcard @ GAMH Sunday night, PlayRadioPlay! will be supporting The Spill Canvas and Yellowcard at Great American Music Hall. We've got a spot (with a +1) on the guest list for you. All you have to
Arts & Entertainment How Now Brown Cow: Poets 11 Accepting Submissions Are you a poet? Do you know it? (Ouch.) Well, Poets Eleven, a citywide poetry contest showcasing prose created by residents of each of San Francisco's 11 districts, above, is now accepting submissions.
misc Photo du Jour 72 James Brown impersonator killing it at Saturday's 27th Annual Black Cuisine Cooking Contest & Street Festival.
Arts & Entertainment Contest: Nicole Atkins @ Independent Last time, we gave away a copy of her debut release, "Neptune City," but this time, one lucky winner will win a spot (with a +1) on Atkin's guest list for Monday night's
Arts & Entertainment Black Cuisine Cooking Contest & Street Festival Oh my God, we're so there. If there was ever a reason to kick it over at the Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services, this would be it. Join us tomorrow in our
misc Contest: Grand Ole Party @ Bottom of the Hill Grand Ole Party, Sugar and Gold and The Chop Bottom of the Hill (1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107) Doors: 7:30pm/Show: 8:00pm $10 GET TICKETS
misc Cosco Busan Update: Hearing for Pilot Skedded for April 2. The Incident Specific Preparedness Review team is finally done with its 112-page report regarding the first two weeks of response after the accident. You'll get a chance to read it before Super
misc Contest: Melee @ Slim's 01/18/08 Until June, from sunny Phoenix, traveled to Los Angeles in hopes of a record deal. Obviously, at first, they got lost in the mix, but promised themselves that if they didn't have a
misc Week Around the -Ists Londonist pondered who might be the next sponsors of the London Eye and whether or not readers would be willing to donate £1,000 each for a Londonist Eye. Shanghaiist was shocked to
SF News Mavericks Goes Long There was no sign of Mark "Cutback" Davis or Bob "Jungle Death" Gerard in the waves off Pillar Point on Saturday, but 24 of the world's ballsiest surfers were there to test their
misc Mavericks Surf Contest: It's On Twenty-four of the world's most bitchin-ass surfers are waxing up and on their way to Half Moon Bay for the 2008 Mavericks Surf Contest. Shore stars like Shawn Rhodes, Greg Long (San Clemente
misc SF Opera Passes the Popcorn Dude, why can't we all just get along. It's not like people in Chico are saturated with opera. They see eight performances from the Met. We think there's room enough for the six
Arts & Entertainment Don't Forget to Vote in the <i>Bye Bye Busan</i>® Contest! Today is your last chance to enter the contest by submitting a comment with your guess of the date and time the Cosco Busan will eventually sail through the uprights of the Golden
misc The Week in Nevius Chucky appears to be back on the homeless beat this week with two stories about it. One is something that might piss people off, the other something that might not piss people off.
