SF News Sanitizing Warm Water Cove We can't say that we enjoy graffiti as our favorite medium of public art; it seems dated and seizure-inducing. But then again, we also secretly love Cupid's Span -- it's cleverly corny and
misc Week Around The -ists This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going
Arts & Entertainment UPDATE: Gmzeeo (Amaze?) Strikes Again...Gone? Tipster Jessica reports that the Gmzeeo/Amaze Gap-y art graffiti was in the process of being erased early this morning. "Someone was washing off the huge graffiti on the Gap at Haight and
SF News J-Church Graffiti And on the lighter side of MUNI news, this swiped-genitalia graffiti was found on the J-Church this past Friday night. Not sure if "they" means women, queers, Noe Valley residents, all three, or
Arts & Entertainment Choose Your Own Mission Adventure We'd noticed some new spray-painting on popular corners in the Mission, but didn't actually look at them until folks in the SFist Tips column passed along the word that it's part of a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Considered to be the largest underground hip-hop event in America, Scribble Jam kicks off at 9pm at Slim's. Come check out freestyle and emcee battles plus scratching, breakdancing, beatboxing and graffiti competitions. $16
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Donations It's been awhile since we had some Ed Jew news! Lying low, huh? So we stopped by edjew.net today to check out the reports about the District 4 supervisor's legal defense fund.
Arts & Entertainment Gmzeeo Strikes Again The Haight/Ashbury intersection was once marred by a Gap, but no longer -- the monster closed down a couple months ago, and it's just been a vacant storefront ever since, which isn't
misc Week Around The -Ists Holy smokes! Giant fish on the MTA, Paris Hilton in jail, then out, then in again, Al Gore, goatses, blumpkins, Matt Damon, and baby art critics! It's been a busy week across the
SF News Tonight: Saving - or not - the UC Laguna campus Because there's a meeting tonight to discuss the fate of the campus. See, UC wants to long-term lease the campus to AF Evans, who has worked through the byzantine process of city politics
misc Week Around The -Ists Seattlest has a talk with the photographer from last week's "Segway Mom" and then experiences some dissension in the ranks over the question of wine vs. beer. It's not West Side Story, but
misc Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big -- really freaking big
SF News DA Harris Going Hard On Soft Crimes DA Kamala Harris wants more prosecutors on her team -- which seems to be a smart move for a DA that's been criticized in some circles for being soft and rarely prosecuting cases.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight watches Infamy Tonight, learn about graffiti street artists as SF360 Film+Club returns to Mezzanine to celebrate the URB Next 100 Issue with a screening of Doug Pray’s film, Infamy. The film is an
SF News Here Comes Da Judge For those who don't know how these things work, essentially if someone gets a citation for any number of "quality of life" type issues, they'd be sent immediately to a community court. At
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
misc Tales of Parking Woes Peggy writes: "I live in the Sunset on 41st Avenue across the street from West Sunset Playground. For years we had a neighbor who made watching out for our street her full time
SF News The DPW is Doing a Heckuva Job For example, there's tree pruning, something of importance considering Gavin's plans to go around and plant trees everywhere. Trees are supposed to be pruned every three years. They're pruned every seven. But because
SF News Rod! Todd! This is God! The women in question, Estrella Benavides, says she doesn't actually hear the voice of God telling her to do something, but instead just gets a feeling of what He wants her to say.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hot Stuff: Smells Like Faux Cookies Have the agency folks ever tried waiting for a 14 Mission or 45 Union bus, or even done that routine lately? Itís never, ever about comfort, but maybe thatís the ad folks point.
misc Where Will the Children Play? Now, Parks and Rec won't necessarily act immediately. In fact, they've admitted that they do only what they can. But they still act if possible. Last month's crackdown on Golden Gate Park was
SF News Is a Bar More than the Sum of Its Customers? We got there early and noticed that the place had the same sort of feel as the previous bars-- long bar with tables in the center in front of couches but that it
Arts & Entertainment BNE: Wanted Dead or Alive See, there's this graffiti artist whose been putting the initials BNE in at least five cities throughout the world. In every way, shape, or fashion. Nobody knows who he is or even where
