SF News The Twisted History Of The Mission Armory The Armory's got an only-in-San-Francisco history: It was built in 1912, after the original armory burned down in the 1906 earthquake, for the National Guard. In 1976, when the National Guard moved to
SF News The San Francisco-New York Neighborhood Comparison Table Quick -- which one of those pictures above is of Valencia Street in SF and which is of Williamsburg in Brooklyn? Bay Area blogger Overstated has put together his list of what New
SF News Meet John Nelson Hey everyone, in the midst of all this Ruby Rippey-Tourk madness, guess who showed up for a photo session and interview with the Chron? That's right -- Peter Ragone's best friend and your
SF News College Basketball: Bruin Beaters, Bracket Crashers It may have been a tough football season, but they were dancing down on The Farm last night. In fact, they might still be dancing at center court in Maples Pavilion, savoring the
Arts & Entertainment At The Ballet The evening started out at a gala Spanish-themed reception at City Hall and the Chron breathlessly reports that "[t]his was the most dressed-up Ballet gala in history. If the ladies pulled out
Arts & Entertainment Return To The Caffe Cino The SF Public Library, in conjunction with its James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center, is sponsoring a free event tomorrow (Sunday Jan. 21) from 2-4 p.m., to promote an anthology called
misc Meet The Kinks At issue is the fact that a building that's been abandoned since the early 70's and was usually a source of much controversy whenever somebody sniffed around to develop it could be sold
SF News American Football Spectacular: Baltimore vs Indianapolis vs Baltimore vs Cleveland * Indianapolis vs. Baltimore Saturday, January 13, 2007. 1:30 PM, PST. 2007 Divisional Playoffs The Battle Of The Stolen Much has been made of the Colts' exit from Charm City -- one of
Arts & Entertainment The Falun Gong Show: SFist Goes To The NTDTV Chinese New Year But a computer-animated backdrop showing a angel flying down to Earth to rescue a dancer portraying a Falun Gong meditator being beaten senseless by Communist goons, together with a song proclaiming, "The Falun
Arts & Entertainment The SF Assassination Attempt on Gerald Ford With the death of Gerald Ford has come renewed interest in the various events in his life, including (for SFist's purposes, anyways) Sara Jane Moore's attempt to assassinate him in San Francisco on
SF News Au revoir, Annemarie Conroy's always been an interesting story. She was Frank Jordan’s goddaughter and for whatever reason just seemed to go from job to job in city government year after year without any explanation
Arts & Entertainment A Little San Francisco History On PBS Every now and then, we try to watch the national news so we'll get the jokes on the Daily Show the next day. So, even though Comedy Central's fake news outlets are on
Arts & Entertainment It's Sketchfest Time For those who don't know, San Francisco Sketchfest was started six years ago and is about two weeks of performances by comedians, comedy troupes and improv groups. This year's show includes not just
SF News Your SFist 2006 Sports Year In Review In fact, we tried to think about when we had a worse year and came up with maybe 1995 or 1996 when both baseball teams kind of sucked and the Raiders still in
Arts & Entertainment One Of Our Southernmost Stations Has Fallen To The Santas! The Santas have taken Antarctica! The Antarctic McMurdo Station is the new North Pole! Santarctica!! Formerly Bay Area-based rabble-rouser Sandwich Girl has the pictures of this year's most southernly Santarchy rampage on her
SF News Tilting at the Windmills of Golden Gate Park The Murphy Windmill was put in the park in 1905 and was used to take advantage of all the winds to generate power. But when electricity, that cruel mistress, took over, nobody really
SF News The Warriors: Storm Warning Ho' boy. Somebody better call FEMA. Fire up the buses and make sure that the Oracle has plenty of cots and bottled water, because there could be a CAT5 disaster looming in the
SF News The Kim Family Story Our thoughts, sympathy, and condolences at SFist go out to the family, friends, and coworkers of James Kim. We weren't the only ones following the story -- SFGate reports that the story has
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight We Write the Book Who Wrote the Book of Tea - free public lecture by Norwood Pratt (we don't know if he has a charming British accent, but with a name like that, he so should) hosted
SF News It's Wednesday-- Do You Know Where Your Football Team Is? And so Doctor Fatass commences the 49ers steady march to Los Angeles. Today Santa Clara, tomorrow King City, 2030 Los Angeles. Is nothing in this town sacred? The 49ers have been playing in
Arts & Entertainment The Genre-Faithful Adventures of the Superfisters Shirley you must know the premise: a heroic masked man gallops about the West, righting seemingly-insurmountable wrongs with the aid of a whip-smart ally Tonto and his horse Silver. In issue one of
SF News District 4 RCV Breakdown Congratulations, Ed Jew! He wasn't even considered a factor when the Chron covered the race, and now he's the first person in SF RCV history to come from behind (2nd place) to win
SF News The Great Outdoors: El Corte Madera Creek Open Space Preserve First off, let's clarify the name. It may be El Corte Madera Creek Open Space Preserve (ECM) on the maps, but in the hearts and minds of locals, it's known as Skeggs, which
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gavin to 49ers: Hit the Road, PlumpJack! Wine was flowing freely, and Gavin was having his fair share. We mean, he had a lot to get over with. Which explains we could overhear him say such things as: If I
Arts & Entertainment The Miniadventures of the Superfisters Sometimes, the GLBs can be a little mean when it comes to the Ts. Oh, sure, it's fine to be a butch lez or a fairy, but the minute you start taking hormones
