Arts & Entertainment 20 Questions With SFist: Artist Peter Cochrane If you've ever gotten coffee at Andytown or picked up a print at Three Fish Studios, you've already taken in Peter Cochrane's work: He does the weird and wonderful floral arrangements you see
Arts & Entertainment 20 Questions With SFist: Project Runway Star/Local Designer Emily Payne If you watched the most recent season of Project Runway, you're likely familiar with Emily Payne, the 80s/Space Oddity-influenced talent who was often the voice of compassionate reason on the show, even
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 20 Questions With SFist: Blogger/Restaurateur Sarah Bacon You know who Sarah Bacon is (even if you don't know that you do): She's the woman behind The Richmond District Blog of San Francisco, a long-running site that tirelessly chronicles the goings-on,
Arts & Entertainment 20 Questions With SFist: SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi In every other city in California, their Public Defender is an appointee. Not so in San Francisco! Here, we elect the Public Defender of the City and County of San Francisco, and since
Arts & Entertainment 20 Questions With SFist: Funcheap SF Founder Johnny Funcheap From 2004 to 2008 or so, SFist made a habit of hitting interesting locals with a list of 20-or-so questions, for the edification and enjoyment of our readers. Now in our tenth year,
Arts & Entertainment Frank Chu Talks Movie Career, Shoe Shopping, And His Never-Ending Protest Noted San Francisco eccentric Frank Chu sat down with the Internet on Friday to answer some long-burning questions about... well, about pretty much anything, really. Frank covered topics ranging from the origin of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink KitTea's Co-Founder Talks Health Code, Hayes Valley, Cats, And ALF Ever since SFist and Laughing Squid published word that KitTea, a cat cafe, will be coming to San Francisco, the story has since hit the national scene. Why, it even made a cameo
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink In Which We Interview Bi-Rite's $50 Fruitcake "An elegant organic one-pound fruit cake, perfumed with port and brandy." - The New York Times "I had to make a special trip to BiRite just to see the $50/lb. fruitcake I
Arts & Entertainment Matt Werner, Mind Behind 'Oakland Unseen,' Talks About Switching To Print, Faking The News, And More Matt Werner, author and tech writer at Google, has had unbridled success with the advent of Oakland Unseen, a popular parody Tumblr billed as Oakland's answer to The Onion. Last Friday, Werner released
Arts & Entertainment Lil Bub Interview: Hysterical Fans, Osteopetrosis, Talk Shows, And More For the type of person who requires an infusion of cute Internet cats to get through the workday (a.k.a. most people), Lil Bub needs no introduction. The mega-adorable "permakitten" from Bloomington,
Arts & Entertainment In Which We Interview One Rincon Hill's Second Tower As the second tower of the One Rincon Hill complex takes shape, we asked him to stop by SFist for a chat. Here's what the up-and-coming North Tower had to say about sibling
Arts & Entertainment An Interview With Craigslist's Notorious Google Glass Hater If you've had your finger on the pulse of local, Craigslist-based anonymous ranting, you're well aware of the mystery-shrouded and sharp-tongued individual whose tirades against Google Glass wearers have captured the imagination and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Drinkwire: In Which We Interview Cynar We'd met Cynar before, both in Italy and in the particularly well-stocked liquor cabinets of friends. But this unique spirit is popping up around town like never before, so we sat down with
Arts & Entertainment Interviewing DJ JustStella About Historic Heron Alley, Parties, & More Hey, folks! There's a boss party happening on Saturday in SOMA at Heron Alley. What is Heron Alley, you ask? How dare you. Allow Mission Mission's Allan Hough to help us answer you.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Battle Hymns Composer David Lang We last heard David Lang's music when San Francisco Lyric Opera staged his Little Match Girl Passion at OCD Theater. That piece has brought Lang plenty of recognition. As he described it in
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Steven Stucky Steven Stucky is the composer-in-residence for the '12-'13 season of the Berkeley Symphony, and the orchestra will premiere his latest: The Stars and the Roses, a trio of poems by Czesław Miłosz set
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Adam Theis Of Jazz Mafia One of the coolest musical event of the year, the Switchboard Festival, was founded by Jeff Anderle, Jon Russell, and Ryan Brown in 2007. This marathon of unorthodox, modern, exciting, eclectic bands happened
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lunchwire: In Which We Interview Wise Son's Matzo Ball Soup It's almost Passover, that mystical time of year when all men's thoughts turn to matzo. The unleavened wonder bread serves all sorts of symbolic purposes during Passover, but you don't need a specific
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lunchwire: In Which We Interview A Rosamunde's Burger Today we sat down with one of S.F.'s most elusive patties, the elite Rosamunde burger, to learn about what it's like keeping things simple, working one day a week, and surviving
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dessertwire: In Which We Interview A Schulzie's Bread Pudding With foodie news feverishly tracking the ups and downs of restaurant openings, chef shakeups and "it" ingredients, we thought it was time to get straight to the source. That's why we'll now be
Arts & Entertainment Julie Klausner Talks 'How Was Your Week,' Sketchfest, Bourbon, And More Julie Klausner is a woman of many talents. Trained in improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York, she broke through as an author with 2010's I Don't Care About Your Band,
Arts & Entertainment 'Still Living The Dream,' Says NASA Dreamboat Bobak Ferdowsi On Monday, Mars rover Curiosity landed with aplomb... as did the mohawk-sporting rover lead, Bobak Ferdowsi, who crash-landed into the hearts of countless geekphiles. Ferdowsi recently spoke with Shira Lazar of What's Trending,
Arts & Entertainment We Played Word Association With Jenna Jameson Last Night Accomplished entrepreneuress and adult film star Jenna Jameson made her first appearance in San Francisco to celebrate the Gold Club's 8th Birthday last night. Sadly, Mrs. Jameson pulled out of our interview at
Arts & Entertainment Nancy Pelosi Flip-Flops, Appears On Colbert Report On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert welcomed House Democratic Leader and California's 8th congressional district representative Nancy Pelosi. Although she had previously told Colbert she would never appear on the show, Pelosi
Arts & Entertainment Twentysomething: Veronica Klaus Award-winning jazz and cabaret performer extraordinaire Veronica Klaus will hit the floorboards next week at The Rrazz Room in her latest show, After Dark. In addition to being a noted artist and lush
