misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Necessary Conversation & Gavin Newsom Necessary Conversation City Hall Christmas Edition from Necessary Conversation on Vimeo. Columnists Melissa Griffin and Beth Spotswood interviewed reigning Mayor / Lieutenant Governor-elect Gavin Newsom at Sunday's Holiday Open House at City Hall for
misc Photo du Jour 761 Photo of this truly awesome kid hanging out at Hooters was sent to us by a dear friend of SFist. California NOW (National Organization of Women) filed complaints on Thursday against the prominent
misc ‘Muni’ or ‘the Muni’? The former, obviously. However, according to this Bank of America ad, it's just dandy to preface "Muni" with a definite article. Wanna fight about it? Fine. Head over to Muni Diaries or Language
SF News FBI Warns About Video Camera-Infused Barbie Doll, Parents Buy Them Anyway In a memo sent to local law enforcement agencies, the FBI's Sacramento Field office warns that a new Barbie doll with a video camera embedded in her chest could be used as a
SF News 'We're Rising and Will Prevail,' Fibs Ex-Gays In shocking news that could all but render the Castro District vacant on Saturday nights, alleged ex-gays claim they're winning the war against the biological imperative known as same-sex desire. "A nutty email
misc Map: 50 States, 50 Television Series Although we disagree with California's TV denotation -- we are, if anything, a state brimming with Bad Girls Club hopefuls -- Andrew Shears' whimsical map of the US, featuring TV hits that best
misc Trend Alert: Yarnbombing Recent sightings of yarnbombings across the Bay Area indicate that the long relationship San Francisco has enjoyed (or not, it's up to you really) with various forms of street art is taking a
SF News News Flash: Someone in Texas Doesn't Think Giants Deserve to Win This morning Steve Blow, who is a columnist for the Dallas Morning News and not a club DJ in the Castro, published his thoughts on why his "Regular Joe" Rangers deserve to win
SF News Freddy Sanchez Sings <em>Grease</em> Duet With Ross Mathews Well, this is downright charming. During an interview with comedian Ross Mathews (from The Tonight Show and Chelsea Lately), Freddy Sanchez fesses up to karaoking a song from Grease with his girlfriend back
SF News Super Slow Food Slam Vegansaurs editor and SFist contributor Laura Beck moved over to SF Weekly today with this darling, daring piece on the city's sacred Slow Food movement. Among so much choice advice, Beck suggests the
SF News Best Campaign Poster of the Election Season As The Tenderloin Geographic Society dutifully points out, "Playing the puppy card, [Dean] Clark cinches the eight-year-old vote and refuses to kowtow to the Cat Fancy constituency." And how. The D6 supervisor candidate
SF News Rainbow Groceries Skewered Beautifully Rainbow Groceries, the preferred supermarket for white progressives and artisan ilk, gets the piss taken out of it via SF Weekly's Michael Leaverton. It is, without exaggeration, one of the best things we've
misc Map: The World According to San Francisco Generic conceptualized and conceived this shockingly accurate map. Brilliant work. Click on map to enlarge. [via Curbed]
SF News Video: Tim Lincecum Drops F-Bomb on Live TV (Again) God bless this man. Seriously. During Sunday's NLDS Game 3 against Atlanta, Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum let another "Fuck Yeah" (followed the a "Shut up!") rip within earshot of a TV viewing audience.
misc This Week in Willie Brown by Andrew Dalton It's Friday, so if you're like us you're probably wondering what former Mayor of San Francisco (slash San Francisco's Mayor) Willie Brown was up to all week. Luckily, he's been
misc Sarah Palin Event Banner at Castro Gas Station Oh gee, this is rich. It seems that the independent gas station at the Castro/Market intersection (opposite the Chevron station) put up this Sarah Palin sign today, one that advertises the Alaskan
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley.... The Daily Clog's Sophie Lee recently interviewed Benjamin Smythe, Berkeley street flair, "natural skeptic," and a life coach. Lee describes: We stopped and chatted with him, overjoyed to discover not another starry-eyed idealist
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Will Clark's 1987 On-Air Elation After last night's NL West win ended the city's collective torture, Tim Licecum uttered "Fuck yeah" during a live post-game interview. Which: swoon. Also, we think this should be the team's new slogan.
SF News Video: Tim Lincecum Drops F-Bomb on Live TV Shortly after the San Francisco Giants clinched the NL West championship (which: rad), two-time Cy Young Award winner (and SFist favorite) Tim Lincecum sprinkled in a pinch of "fuck" during a post-game interview.
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Making the world a better place... and letting you know it. ("Let's play 'Find the Tailpipe'" found by the minds over at Go Back To Berkeley.)
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Marcello's Pizza Is Hiring Renowned writer, celebrity, and human being Violet Blue brings our attention to this gem she found in the window at Marcello's Pizza in the Castro. The help wanted sign reads: Now hiring a
SF News SFPD Videogate's 'Cops Gone Wild' Released ABC 7's Dan Noyes posted the entire “Cops Gone Wild” video, that’s the center of the SFPD videogate scandal. Noyes reports, "Officer Andrew Cohen produced the documentary in 2005 with the approval
misc Behold the New San Francisco City Seal After SFist readers unofficially declared "Not Smug, Just Better" the new motto of San Francisco, The Tenderloin Geographic Society revamped the original Seal of California to create a new Seal of San Francisco.