Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, at City Hall... Ta-da! City Hall's (ahem) Holiday Tree has arrived in Civic Center plaza to generally embarrass the denuded sycamores with its coniferous splendor. Not to be confused with the Macy's-sponsored Union Square tree, the
Arts & Entertainment 12-Foot Tall LEGO Santa Yoda Coming to Union Square On Friday, November 18, the public and the fine folks at LEGO will help construct a 12-foot tall by 10-foot wide Santa Yoda made out of lego bricks, right next to the ice
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mission Street Denny's Jumps Christmas Gun Set to ruin your Thanksgiving cheer (is that a thing? it should really be thing), the Denny's on Mission Street erected a Christmas tree... on November 8th. Premature, yes? yes. Esteemed Inside Scoop
Arts & Entertainment Union Square Ice Rink Opens Next Wednesday Yes, you read that correctly. Halloween is barely over, and the Christmas frenzy has begun. In just five days, you can skate in a winter wonderland in the middle of Union Square when
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Surreal Cinco de Mayo Involving Drag Queens Please enjoy this tribute to Cinco de Mayo, complete with requisite history lesson, from Damiana Garcia (a.k.a. Michael Lucid) and WOW's Daily Freak Show. Damiana's guest for this festive holiday is
misc Where To Buy Your Valentine's Day Flowers Valentine's Day is just around the corner. If you don't have anyone with whom to celebrate the annual ode to love and intimacy, you are, presumably, worthless. If you do have someone with
SF News SoCal Surf Shop Apologies for MLK Day 'Black Sale' Oh, SoCal, you know not what you do. A Laguna Beach surf shop has issued an apology saying they "meant no harm" in their Martin Luther King Day promotional material, advertising a 20%
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: SFMOMA Honors National Bird Day Today, Jan. 5th, is National Bird Day. Chirp. In honor of National Bird Day, SFMOMA made a little video using a Felix Gonzalez-Torres' poster. Delightful.
SF News Lots of People Arrested For Drunk Driving Over Christmas Holiday During last weekend's tribute to Christ's birth, many people were pinched for driving while smashed. BCN (via SF Appeal) reports: "In the period spanning from 6 p.m. Dec. 24 through midnight on
SF News Take BART Until 3 a.m. on New Year's Day BART will extend its service until 3 a.m. on New Year's Day to accommodate the large number of people attending the New Year's Eve fireworks show along Embarcadero. Trains will be running
SF News Christmas Giving Around Town On Christmas Eve, Lefty O'Doul's collected 15,000 toys for the annual Firefighters Toy Program, and many more toys were dropped off at local fire stations or picked up and delivered for free
misc Happy Holidays From SFist Your SFist editorial team (back to front: Leanne Maxwell, Andrew Dalton, Jay Barmann, and Brock Keeling) reminds you that the best holiday gifts are homemade. ("Pew pew" noises not included.) That said, please
misc 7 Reasons To Love San Francisco (During The Holidays) There are countless stories to tell in San Francisco, but sometimes a picture says so much more that mere words. Each Tuesday, we present to you 7 Reasons. (Our sister site LAist does
misc Christmas Eve Palate Cleanser: Chimps Get Xmas Presents The chimps at the Oakland Zoo got to open their Christmas presents early this year, and even though this is just a baldfaced publicity stunt, we really want to see them get in
SF News 'Tis the Season for Stealing Christmas The quiet enclave of Foster City is shocked to find that some ne'er-do-wells are going around stealing packages from doorsteps. Foster City police have identified one possible suspect in at least two cases
misc Attention Procrastinators: Free One-Day Shipping on Amazon Today Only Raise your hand if you still have some gifts to buy, and you've run out of time to shop locally. (Raises hand.) FunCheapSF via The Frugal Find to the rescue! Head over to
misc Gift Wrapping: You're Probably Doing it Wrong As if we didn't already have enough gift-giving guilt before the impending holiday, today's Chronicle includes a feature on gift-wrapping tips from "the second best gift-wrapper in the world," San Francisco resident Megumi
SF News When Flash Mobs Go Wrong: Choral Mob in Roseville Almost Breaks Mall It's Christmastime, and now that your grandmother and maiden aunt are on Twitter, choral flash mobs are the new big thing! Hundreds of people gathered "spontaneously" at malls in Orlando, Dallas, and Kansas
misc SFist Gift List: Islands of San Francisco (The Poster) Burrito Justice devised this whimsical yet ramrod pristine map of San Francisco parks and neighborhoods - including the noted blogger's personal mission in life: the recognition of La Lengua - which can be
SF News Expect Post Office Nightmare Today If you want to get your holiday gifts or cards to relatives and loved ones by Christmas, today would be the day to head to your nearest post office, where it's certain to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PHOTOGRAPHY: After this month, cult-favorite Kodachrome slide film, which stopped being manufactured in 2009, will no longer be processed (which brings a fat tear to this photography-loving contributor's eye). RayKo Photo Center celebrates
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Gift List: Michael Chiarello's Bottega Cookbook Each Christmas morning we expect one cookbook under the tree. This year, we had better see Michael Charello's face smiling back at us, because we've firmly requested his latest effort, Michael Chiarello's Bottega,
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Happy Holidays From Chronicle Books This adorable holiday video illustrates just how incomparably fun, cool, and clever locally-based publishing gem, Chronicle Books, is. It also goes to show that the Chronicle staff is full of some darn good-looking
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Champagne Party In The Castro This Thursday Swirl Wine Bar, which has gained a solid reputation for serving excellent varieties of grapes and spirits (and then some), will throw what promises to be an authentique champagne party on Thursday. The
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Food Banks Need Your Help KGO reports that food banks across the Bay Area are struggling to meet the growing demand for donations. San Francisco Food Bank's demand has risen a disheartening 32% in the past year, and
