misc Why Are You at Work Today? Wait, you're at work today? On this Independence Day work-week holiday? We feel your pain all too well. If you're not like 85% of the Bay Area -- who have been given the
misc Photos from Carnaval Parade Despite the searing chill in the air, the annual Carnaval festival in the Mission was a vibrant smash. Noted photog Ted Weinstein captured the color and glorious garishness of yesterday's Carnaval parade. (Seriously,
misc BYOBW: Bring Your Own Big Wheel Race (Photos) Originally held on Lombard Street, the BYOBW (Bring Your Own Big Wheel) Race has since moved to the somewhat more (or less?) twisty terrain on Potrero Hill at Vermont and 20th streets. This
SF News Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence: San Francisco Bus Tour, 4/11 The Sisters of Perpetual (over 200 of them!) are all over town this weekend. Thank God. On Friday, the nuns had a 30th birthday party at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Arts & Entertainment The 4th Annual Bad Bunny Pub Hop What better way to celebrate Good Friday than be getting good and smashed. And tonight's fourth annual Easter themed bar crawl, the Bad Bunny Bar Crawl, will do the trick. While you should
Arts & Entertainment Images: St. Patrick's Day Parade, 3/14 Why was downtown so congested on Saturday afternoon? Because of the annual St. Patrick's Day parade. Here are a few images of the cloyingly family-friendly festivities that took place that day. You'll find
misc Happy Ash Wednesday! We plan on celebrating first day of Lent by burning a verboten Duraflame log under the duress of a doctor-prescribed Vicodin. How about you?
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: XO Edition "Museum of Broken Relationships" Popular Croatian art exhibit featuring love-stained artifacts from anonymous folks who failed at love. The exhibit showcases objects of heartbreak such as teddy bears and photos, but also bizarre
misc Last-Minute Holiday Gift Guide For those of you giving gifts this year to honor the alleged birth of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, hered is a small list of places to hit if you're pressed for
misc Santa Drag Takes Over City During Santacon Santacon, or Santarchy, happened over the weekend. People dressed up as St. Nick got drunk and roamed the streets of San Francisco. Ho ho ho, folks. Also, check out footage of Santacon-ers crashing
SF News Official Hug a Jew Day is Coming In honor of Jewish Christmas -- which is today, right? or ended yesterday? or maybe in a couple of weeks? who's to say?! -- we feel pressed to remind you that February 2,
misc SFist Goes Window Shopping in Union Square for You After a few drinks at Otis (yes, Otis) the other night, local photographer Darwin Bell and SFist stumbled around Union Square to capture images of the holiday windows now trying to grab your
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Food Bank Needs Your Help This Holiday Season With Thanksgiving a little over a week away, and before we list the top restaurants for turkey dinners, remember that the SF Food Bank needs you help. With over 300 tons of food
misc A Small Christmas List by Evan James When some of us were still young boys but already chronic insomniacs, we began to demonstrate a talent for obsessive list making. While some precocious and intelligent children stayed up
SF News Home for Halloween Continues to Deny the Great Pumpkin's Existence Did you know the Home for Halloween campaign, the effort to get unsavory elements out of the Castro during Halloween night, is still in effect? It is. And their site -- which features
SF News Halloween Bash Moves to SOMA As we mentioned last March, Halloween in the Castro as you knew it has been canceled. Boo. The City's official Halloween celebration will instead move to SOMA in the parking lot of AT&
SF News Fourth of July Gets Even More Dull: Fireworks Sales Defused While only nine cities in the Bay Area allowed to sell "safe and sane" fireworks (i.e., sparklers, fountains, snakes, and flowers [psst, you can totally turn the latter into a mini bottle
SF News Happy National Pigeon Day! Today, June, Friday the 13, is National Pigeon Day. Yay! While some of you detest one of "nature's most successful creatures," today we stand up for the adorable little winged creatures. After all,
SF News SF Hires Someone to Take Care of Halloween Mess What with Halloween colliding on a Friday this year -- -- the city of San Francisco has wasted no time, so to speak, in attempting to look like it's trying to make the
SF News Colored Crack Lightens Up the Holidays Asked by TSG if he had ever seen drugs marketed in such a fashion, Mincks said that several years ago some dealers used food coloring to dye their crack red during the Christmas
Arts & Entertainment Happy Easter (and Other Non-denominational Good Tidings) Have a fun, festive, and frivolous Sunday on this, the day of the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Or not. Be sure to hit up the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence's
SF News Halloween In the Castro Cancelled Forevermore? Our sources tell us that Halloween in the Castro as we knew it is now dead. Long live a dull and tedious San Francisco. Although supervisors promised us that Halloween in the Castro
Arts & Entertainment International Bear Rendezvous 2008 Starting this Thursday (Feb. 14) and going until next Monday (Feb 18) will be the International Bear Rendezvous, a yearly party for bears and bear lovers, sponsored by the Bears of San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment (Belatedly) Celebrate Shrove Tuesday! At iHOP! For what it's worth: "In celebration of National Pancake Day on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., IHOP, one of America's favorite restaurants for breakfast, lunch and
