SF News Political Junkie: Doing The Super Bowl Shuffle Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval's in a Monster Park of his own making, after his proposal before the Board of Supes to support the Seahawks was greeted with a cry of "Offsides!" from the red-and-gold
SF News Cuba, Yes. Barry No Naturally, the announcement has already spawned speculation as to why. Mainly in that it's a way to avoid the Olympic style steroid testing that the WBC will enforce. Or, to paraphrase a commenter
Arts & Entertainment Dispatch from Noir City: NoirQuake! In 1950, the great mystery writer Raymond Chandler wrote of the contemporaneous critical response to his stories and those of James M. Cain, Dashiell Hammett, et. al. that: It takes a very open
Arts & Entertainment Win Passes to the SF IndieFest Benefit Party! Musical acts Potion, Teenage Harlets, Tom Jonesing, and The Sermon will be performing, festival previews will be previewed, advance IndieFest tickets will be sold at a 10% discount, and there'll be drink specials
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Mocks Tubby, Frail Los Angeles Once Again We must admit -- as silly as they are, we love these non-scientific, arbitrary rankings lists put out by the likes of Men's Health and Men's Fitness, mostly because it's usually a good
Arts & Entertainment Cube Scouts Someone call ESPN2, because we've found the next new hot nerd-sport craze -- the Exploratorium is hosting the 2006 International Rubik's Cube Competition this next Saturday! As the calendar announcement proudly states, "In
Arts & Entertainment Family Day! Childless curmudgeons, gnash your teeth in anger over another way in which society prefers folks with kids over you! Gavin Newsom and the San Francisco Dept. of Children, Youth, and Families are sponsoring
SF News Goodbye Marvelous Norv Turner SFist wasn't around when Marvelous Norv Turner was hired, but if we were, we would have said he was an uninspired pick that pretty much summed up the word "retread." Which turned out
SF News The Year In Sports That's the thing about this Internet. In a way, it makes it easier to listen to new music but it's also easier to just pull yourself into some sort of musical bubble in
Arts & Entertainment SFisting: Reefer Madness On Demand The week between Xmas and New Year's always makes us into shut-ins. Plus, it's raining, like, all the time. We're broke. We're pervs. And there's nothing on TV. But wait: there is. Something
Arts & Entertainment New Contributor Interview: Karen McKevitt Karen has lived in the Bay Area most of her life. After picking up an MFA in creative writing (poetry, no less) at SFSU, Karen decided to get into the only-more-slightly practical field
misc Happy Holidays From SFist: Win a Pamela Anderson's <i>Star Struck</i>! We tried and we tried and we tried, but we just couldn't make ourselves read more than 10 pages of Pamela Anderson's roman a clef . We really, really wanted to like this book,
SF News American Football Spectacular: To A Frontier Town... There Came A Bowl Game. As pointed out by American Football Spectacular's religious consultant Ms. No, Mormons aren't supposed to gamble. Further, according to the BBC's write-up on Mormon ethical practices, "Gambling in any form is condemned as
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Mara Sohn How did you get involved with Yerba Buena? I have been in the arts world for the last 5 years. I started out at a large regional theatre planning fundraising events. There was
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink How To Open Sparkling Wine With party season in full swing, we want to provide a reminder about the proper way to open a bottle of sparkling wine. Here's a hint: It's not about how far the cork
Arts & Entertainment The Holistic Adventures of the SuperFisters Next up on our reading list: , by Doug TenNapel, the guy who created Earthworm Jim. His new book is about a scientist exiled to his hometown to study supernatural phenomena. But what's it
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Ted Weinstein Ted Weinstein is a fierce proponent of the Bay Area’s literature scene. He is also good at getting the authors he represents to finish their manuscripts. His methods are a trade secret,
SF News Mini Golf Terror Watch out for that 16th hole -- it's a doozy! The sandtrap and rotating windmill take on a sinister tone now at San Jose's mini golf haven Golfland, as authorities discover that the
misc SFist Answers: New Year's Special A reader of SFist Answers writes in anonymously: This year, I'm celebrating my last under-21 New Years Eve. What fun things can the local twenty year old chick do to bring in the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Root Division In our continuing search for cool stuff to buy for holiday gifts, we can't wait to hit Root Division's Holiday Art Show and Sale. Head over to Root Division (3175 17th at South
SF News SFPD Video Scandal We've never understood this phenomenon of encouraging disgruntled employees to film skits to screen before the whole office to "boost morale." The last time we were forced to do this, we filmed a
Arts & Entertainment Ken Garcia Lands Job at the Ex "This is a great chance for me to write about what I love: San Francisco and the Bay Area and all the politics, personalities and eye-opening exploits that entails," Garcia said. "I'm looking
misc Happy Holidays From SFist: Win a Copy of Smoke and Guns! As part of our big fun December, we're giving away lots of stuff, including review copies of materials previously discussed on the site. Why? Because we like you! For example, do you remember
SF News Give Trees A Chance In a location where our car gets broken into and vandalized on a regular basis, we are not surprised that there are people who for some reason think it's clever, smart or even
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Some Holiday Alternatives Last week we featured some of the more usual holiday fare, but the San Francisco Bay Area is known for its unusual holiday shows as well. with gears and hammers? Clowns and toilet
