misc Week Around The -Ists The nicer the weather gets, the busier we get across the Ist-A-Verse. But we like being busy. Here's a peek at what we've been up to since last week! Chicagoist had an interview
SF News Wanna Edit SFist? So hey, we've got some sad news. SFist is sorry to report that our beloved sports guru and fun-loving grammar anarchist Jon Shurkin is stepping down as editor. We're going to miss him
SF News If I Can Make It There, It'll Make it Anywhere Guess it's not that much of a nutty idea. Now because it's New York, it's instantly taken more seriously because it's New York and everything is taken more seriously there (damn East Coast
SF News SFist Is The Culprit: The Comments In all seriousness, thank you guys for keeping the conversation in the comments relatively civil (snarky, but civil -- our favorite!). We always knew our readers and commenters were the best and this
misc Subscriptacular RSS, for those of you unfamiliar with the technology, is a relatively new means of transmitting data. The letters don't stand for anything (though rumor has it that they're named for the inventor's
misc Ist-travaganza! We'd like to start this week's run-down by wishing a very happy birthday to parent blog Gothamist, which turned four on Friday. If it wasn't for them, the rest of us wouldn't be
misc Around The -Ists Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we
SF News Today's Installment of <em>As the Gav Turns</em> ANYWAYS, let's take a look at all the big picture stuff out there, starting with the rumor that DiFi wanted Gavin to resign. This morning, the rumor was completly denied by DiFi's people.
misc Week in -Ists Texas is thawing, the Northeast is freezing, and a sort of natural order seems almost restored to the Ist-A-Verse. Almost. Londonist HQ—that is to say, the city of London—was battered by
SF News Sad News In The -Ist Family So we were stunned to hear that always-hilarious Phillyist editor Star C. Foster died suddenly over the weekend. Star's emails always saw the lighter side of our server problems, spam attacks, and other
Arts & Entertainment Comments Are Slow Don't worry, though, the comment shows up eventually, even though it might look like it isn't going to. So no need to post your comment more than once. Thanks, and sorry for the
misc A Very Late Day Around the Bay Last night's "Battlestar Galactica" was....awesome. Just awesome. -YMCA plan to cut down trees for their Camp Jones Gulch camp near La Honda not going down well with people who live near there.
SF News SchwarzenWatcher Gets Very NSFW Radar Online just posted pictures of the Governor from some sort of affair in the early 80's. It's pretty NSFW not in a naked Arnie kind of way but in a what Arnie
SF News Ex-A's Pitcher Killed in Plane Accident Lidle was on the team for only two years, in 2001 and 2002 but was a key component of those A's teams. In fact, we remembered him as a pretty good pitcher and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Thomas Keller Kicks Alice Waters's Michelin Ass!* Every food critic is shocked, shocked!, to discover that a bunch of out-of-town restaurant reviewers disagree with their own taste. The Chron's Michael Bauer does not understand why the Michelin did not reprint
misc Week in -Ist Phillyist is concerned that the war on Trans fats could affect it's beloved cheese steak sandwiches, something for which we should all be concerned. They also seem to be concerned about which subterranean
SF News Guess We're Growing Up! As some of you may already know, this is a period of growth for us here at SFist. SFist is a labor of love for everyone on our staff -- but as we've
Arts & Entertainment Where's Our SFiS? Editor & Publisher reported that the t-less "SFiS" will feature writing by SFisT cult fave society writer C-Big, fashion editor Sylvia Rubin, and feature writer Carolyne Zinko -- and it was supposed to
SF News Week Around The -Ists Celebrate Ben Franklin's 300th birthday with the Bikini Bandits and Phillyist! (NSFW). Speaking of Mr. Franklin, send in a picture of Ben (or Ed Rendell) with a red tongue and win a free
Arts & Entertainment It's An Honor Just To Be Nominated However, it was not to be, as we just recieved notification that we were nominated again this year! (This is the part where we'd link to the award information on the BAPC site,
SF News Across The -ist Network Breaking the law, breaking the law We -ist folks love us some crime, and no misdemeanor is too petty for a post on any of our sites. This week, join us for a
Arts & Entertainment Come To Our Party! So, we're taking over Varnish Fine Art (77 Natoma at 2nd) from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, August 18. There'll be SFist bingo (the perfect icebreaker for the more socially awkward!), music provided
SF News Don't Panic! However, all the -ist sites are going to be missing from the internet for much of Sunday, as Gothamist's technical team is going to be physically moving the network's boxes from one place
SF News Server Problems Continue We know, we know, we're sorry -- if it's any consolation, it's even worse for us here on the inside. For the SFist Bingo game we're thinking about for the upcoming birthday party
SF News Today's Service Delays So all of you commenting today, just remember -- even though the site looks like it's not accepting your comments, it is. And if you see multiple comments saying the same thing, it's