Arts & Entertainment Here's Where To Get Wasted (Or Not) On New Year's Eve You guys, 2013 is almost over. How was it? Did it have a nice finish? Was it full-bodied? Crisp? As for me, not that you asked, 2013 ruled. The best year ever, if
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Partying Hard At Bay To Breakers 2013 Boozy participants dressed up at Segways, Ghostbusters, "the Yip-Yips," unicorns, Futurama's Bender, sexy [insert animal of choice], cheerleaders, evil Disney queens, and more during Bay to Breakers 2013. Local photographer Bhautik Joshi snapped
Arts & Entertainment Bye, Productivity: Go To Google Images, Search Atari Breakout This year Atari's Breakout celebrates its 37th birthday, In honor, Google has added a nifty feature to Google Images. Do this now: go to Google Images, search "Atari Breakout." If you're too lazy,
Arts & Entertainment Best Places To Enjoy The Outdoors In San Francisco On nice days, San Francisco is rife with gorgeous areas in which to enjoy our very brief spells of sun. Here now are our picks for the best places for taking advantage of
SF News Boring Mayor Expresses Reservations Over Late Night Drinking Regarding State Senator Mark Leno's new bill that could move last call to 4 a.m., Mayor Lee has said the city will "have to think very carefully about that." Bor-ing. Lee went
Arts & Entertainment 'Light Skin Sunlight Seekers' Group Perfect For Unfortunate Gingers Your SFist editor knows all too well the dizzy highs and painful lows of being a redhead. While our hair is, arguably, the standout in a crowded room, we can go from diaphanous
Arts & Entertainment 2012 Gays In Review In a city that, let's face it, isn't as welcoming to the gays as it once was, Marke B. turned out a joyous and thoughtful review of LGBTs in 2012, touching upon both
SF News Reminder: Don't Take A Road Flare To Your Christmas Tree Because That Would Be Stupid In front of St. Francis Memorial Hospital today, members of the S.F. Fire Department set up a safety demonstration to show local holiday decorators just how fast a well-watered pine can go
Arts & Entertainment Gallery: SantaCon Invades Union Square, Peace Of Mind Thank the Lord above that your fragile SFist editor was stuck in OC last week and not here in SF. Why? SantaCon, that's why. Like a holiday-themed Bay to Breakers going from village
SF News Video: Castro Theatre Manager Goes Off On Nudists, Journalist George Davis, a transplant from Tennessee who once ran for mayor of San Francisco, likes to get naked in the Castro. And good for him. The Castro, famous for being the queer historic
Arts & Entertainment Don Your Finest Threads For Saturday's Summer Tweed Ride Sartorial-inclined gents and dames are encouraged to sport their kickiest tweed this Saturday for the 2012 San Francisco Summer Tweed Ride. It all goes down at 1 p.m at Justin Herman Plaza.
Arts & Entertainment Return Of Valencia Swing Sparks Outcry For More City Sidewalk Swings You guys, the Valencia swing is back! And this time it comes affixed with streamers! What fun. Mission Mission has been chronicling the plight of the swing on Valencia Street ever since a
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Dolores Park's New Playground Peppered With Beautiful Street Art Love it or hate it — pst, we love it — the new playground in Dolores Park got a wee bit of a makeover with some fun street art. Jeremy Novy painted some of his
Arts & Entertainment Must-Have App Adds Dragons To Your Photos Forget Shitter. Dragon Lovers Camera is the app you really need. In fact, it might be the only app you'll ever need. Why? Because: dragons! "Add colorful dragons to the pictures you take
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Lower Haight Swing Action The Mission isn't the only place with a public makeshift swing (RIP!), the Lower Haight played host to some noontime fun today care of this swing in the Lower Haight being used by
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Be a Guest on 'Check, Please! Bay Area' The lovely Michele Mandell brings word that noted KQED restaurant-review show Check, Please! Bay Area is looking for a few good reviewers. Might you be one of them? The rules, in addition to
Arts & Entertainment Tonight Addendum: San Francisco Awl Meetup Last minute smartypants fun, folks! Former SFist editor Jackson West and local writer/artist Susie Cagle will host a San Francisco Awl Meetup this evening. And, holy smokes, here are the exciting details:
Arts & Entertainment Tonight's SF Bike Party Ride: Favorite Female Icons Another SF Bike Party ride pedals around the city for your Friday night pleasure, and you shouldn't miss it. The theme for the evening? Female icons. Since march is Women's History Month, and
Arts & Entertainment Furry Convention Taking Place In San Jose Right Now Further Confusion, billed at the world's largest anthropomorphic (or "furry") convention, is currently spreading lint and color audacity in San Jose now through the 17th. Guests of honor include Blotch and Paul Kidd.
Arts & Entertainment Embarcadero Zip Line Opens Today Remember, folks: the Embarcadero zip line, brought to you by some sort of joyous Canadian tourism board, opens for business at today. SFCitizen has word of today's kickoff festivities: "The zip line will
SF News Photos: San Francisco Stands Against Sit / Lie Everything from yoga near the beach to a hot tub party to comics performing while lying down on the sidewalk (including Nato Green and Kamau Bell) occurred on Saturday during a large sit/
misc Midday Cowboy Yee hah! Right in front of SFist HQ on Stillman Street in SOMA, we spotted a daredevil who said his name is Troy taking advantage of the weekend emptiness to practice some of
