SF News City Hall Swag Scores, By The Numbers The Political Reform Act (aka Gov. Code sections 8100091014) requires state and local public officials to make an annual public filing that discloses their personal assets and income. San Francisco officials who miss
SF News San Francisco's Jet-Setting Mayor's Travel Expenses Close In On Six Figures It's good being mayor of San Francisco! Sure, there's lots of boring meetings, and you have to work on the weekends sometimes, but there are perks—perks like the over $95,000 of
Arts & Entertainment For Valentine's Day: Real Roses & Very Real Lingerie You already know about the 3D printed roses. Now it's time for the real deal. Two SF startups, Bloom That and ThirdLove will team up this Valentine's Day to offer a Valentine's packages
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink For Valentine's Day: Extreme Box Of Chocolates Because sometimes a Whitman's Sampler won't do, IfOnly offers a modern twist on the old standby Valentine's Day box of chocolates. It's called Constellation Chocolate Collection. It's super chic. It's unabashedly artisan. And
Arts & Entertainment Perfect For That Hard-to-Shop-For Relative: This $40K Bordello/Art Project Black Friday is on the way, and that means it's time for the familiar, creeping, awful realization that gift-giving is back on the agenda. But what to gift that one intransigent person on
Arts & Entertainment Kanye Receives Mice Autographed By Steve Jobs And Woz For Father's Day, new poppa Kanye West received a cool geek gift that would make any Mac zealot envious: a pair of old Apple mice autographed by co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve "Woz"
Arts & Entertainment Black Friday Alternative: Paxton Gate Described by Time Out London as Martha Stewart Meets David Lynch, Paxton Gate turns 20 this year. So, why not head over to Valencia Street to buy spider webs under glass, venus flytraps,
Arts & Entertainment Gavin Newsom And Kamala Harris Claim And Enjoy Extravagant Gifts When Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom isn't returning our phone calls or emails, he's claiming $400 Louis Vuitton pens and $300 Bulgari ties on file forms for California's Fair Political Practices Commission. Why? Well,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Gift Guide: 'The Joy Luck Club' (Film) You may have loudly professed your love for food trucks. You may tweet with the utmost convincing gravitas about Occupy SF. You may like to gnaw on a sourdough loaf while taking a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Gift Guide: Fish Hotel We've never been a fish enthusiast, but this swanky Fish Hotel makes us want to become one. The hotel can stand by itself, or it can be stacked with others to create a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Gift Guide: 2-Carat Cup This contributor is admittedly gift-buying challenged, but local gift purveyors, Misha SF (1428 Polk), make it super easy for us to make discerning purchases. Their Polk Street storefront is chock-full of quirkily fun
misc These Are Things Makes Map Of San Francisco Jen and Omar from These Are Things, a mapmaking design team in Columbus, Ohio, just finished working on a map of San Francisco. Lovely, yes? According to Jen and Omar, "Our latest maps
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Holiday Events Noël Noir: Noël Noir at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts turns the holiday season on its side. The event features six musical acts on two stages co-curated by Noise Pop, Project Nunway
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Holiday Events December only just began yesterday, and so has the whirlwind of events. SantaCon: If you can't get enough of drunk Santas, then Saturday's your lucky day. Lots of bars will be full of
misc SFist Out and About We always walk by MishaSF at Polk and Pine and make a note to ourselves that we'll go there the next time we need to obtain a gift. (They need a bigger sign
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Charanga Giving Away Gift Certificates to Customers Similar to what Luna Park offered a week or so ago, the Mission's district's Pan-Latin cuisine has a pretty nifty deal going on right now. "Just book a reservation with us thru our
Arts & Entertainment Doing More With Less - Oakland’s DIY Bike Shop: The Bikery by Natalie Cadranel One upside to a lagging economy is that it encourages people to become more resourceful and creative about how they spend their time and money. After a recent move to
Arts & Entertainment Renegade Craft Fair by Rachel Brodsky Just when you thought you'd explored them all up pops another craft fair. It's a good thing these places offer interesting and unique wallet-friendly artwork; otherwise, we'd be forced to
misc Photos: Flora Grubb Gardens Flora Grubb Gardens, a wonderfully green (the old use of that word) place to get a gift, will be open until 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow night for those of you interested
misc Haiku Giveaway: Modern Alchemy Dia De Los Muertos Candle from BellJar Local Mission boutique BellJar, purveyor of "gorgeous little things," is the perfect place to shop for one-of-a-kind, last-minute holiday gifts. The shop, which opened last spring, is decked out with awe-inspiring vintage furniture
misc Some Extremely Awesome Stickers Screw the thank-you letter. Whatever happened to the sticker album? Because if this were the sixth third grade, these GMail stickers would go right at the front of the book along with the
