SF News New Local Website Launches Called 'The Frisc' "The Frisc is a new site. We share voices and tell stories about our city in flux," says the intro copy for a new local content site on Medium. Founded by Anthony Lazarus
Arts & Entertainment The Story Of Emperor Norton, SF's First Icon and Greatest Eccentric, On The 137th Anniversary Of His Death You’ve perhaps heard during your Bay Area residency the occasional passing reference to an “Emperor Norton”, some foppish, overdressed, Victorian-era kook whose legacy we are apparently supposed to respect. Why? Why is
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: Is It OK To Use 'Frisco'? Lobby card from the 1934 film Fog Over Frisco Dear Rain, While I don't expect you to be the "final" answer on the use of the term "Frisco," I'd love to get your
SF News Time to Riot: Target Is Selling A 'San Fran' T-Shirt, In San Francisco Target stores in the city of San Francisco are selling a t-shirt by a brand ironically called Local Pride that no local would be caught dead in. It says "San Fran" on it
Arts & Entertainment BuzzFeed Is Behind This 'Call It Frisco' Campaign Just the other day SFist was noting some flyers posted around the Mission with the words "Call It Frisco" and the date January 29. Well, today we get a bit more explanation, and
SF News Provocateurs Post 'Call It Frisco' Fliers In Mission Polysyllabic "San Francisco" has been subject to every possible contraction and abbreviation. While "SF" might be more en vogue, "Frisco," fueled in part by too-clever Twitter ironists, has made a recent comeback. Or
misc Is "FiDi" the new "Colored"? (By Eyleen Tavy) Following a link on the always-excellent Eater SF's Board Wrap (they lurk so we don't have to), we came across this sterling remark: "A friend of mine who lives in
