SF News Bedbug Army Attacks San Francisco After the New York Times recently published an article on bedbugs (Boo, TimesSelect), their media profile has certainly risen. Our old friend Sam Dodge at the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, who have been dealing
misc R to Zed This week, on our travels, we are are coming up roses as we share two favourite eating spots we return to again and again. Rosamunde's Sausage Grill and Rose's Cafe could not be
SF News Will We Get What We Paid For? His base pay will be $298,000, but he has eligibility for up to "$337,000 when all compensation is taken into account." We got excited hearing that last bit, thinking "maybe they'll
Arts & Entertainment Ken Garcia Lands Job at the Ex "This is a great chance for me to write about what I love: San Francisco and the Bay Area and all the politics, personalities and eye-opening exploits that entails," Garcia said. "I'm looking
SF News Welcome Houstonist! In our parent company's continuing spread across the globe, we're happy to welcome Houstonist to the fold. We've heard tell of some sort of barbecue-related rivalry between them and Austinist, and words have
misc SFist Cares Holiday Gift Guide: Animal Lovers Now is not the time to forget the SF/SPCA where you can find all sorts of gifts, many very reasonably priced. We love the advent calendar of doggie treats! You know by
misc Win Passes To See <i>Going Shopping</i>! Our friends at Larsen Associates love SFist readers! They've given us passes for the run of engagement of , which opened yesterday at the Opera Plaza cinema. Holly (Victoria Foyt), is a successful clothing
misc SFist Raves: Chinatown Sidewalks The days of being bopped on the shins by little old Chinese ladies carrying pink and white striped plastic bags and suspiciously poking the flesh of fresh fish may be numbered, as DPW
SF News No-Host Bar If this were an Evite, a bunch of people in San Francisco would be frantically changing their responses from "yes" to "unfortunately, something's come up," for Memphis, TN Democratic representative Harold Ford Jr.
SF News Barry in the U.S.A From a marketing standpoint, it's great for baseball. Barry gives the games legitimacy they might not have gotten if say, the biggest guy on the U.S.A team is Mark Grudzielanek. It'll
SF News Sister City-hood Is Powerful Sister sister -- Shanghai and SF affirmed their 25 years of friendship as Gavin and Shanghai mayor Han Zheng totally touched their cut pinky fingers together to affirm their sister city status. Gavin
Arts & Entertainment It's Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Yvesdropping Kid: "...and then they give you eggnog, but you might not like it." Smaller kid: "What's eggnog?" Kid: "You don't know? It's Christmas milk, dummy." -- On the N Creepy Metreon In-Theater Food
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Mandarins Maybe Huckleberry Hound always sang Oh My Darling, Clementine because he too was mourning a drowned love that he's replaced with her younger sister. But we think he started to sing it when
misc SFist Cares ... What Do You Want to Do? Sheya, right! We suck at resolutions. Did you know dental floss can go bad? Yeah, that's how good we are with following through on our resolutions. It helps when you do it with
SF News Dear Ted's Boss: Ted Wasn't Lying, He Really DID Have to Wait 30 Minutes For the J. Again. But what happens when NextBus tells us news we don't want to hear? Reader Ted W, who has sent us his J misery in the past, sent us the above screenshot this morning,
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Jason Shiga Ahh, the allure of the world wide web. How well SFist remembers those first months out of college, working a real job. While we were being trained we had an inordinate amount of
SF News Buy Everything Day Lying comfortably in bed, watching the KRON Morning News, we burrowed deeper into the covers at their piece on the mad crush of people at Walmart in Oakland. When we see a crowd
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Greg Whiteley SFist is thankful for many things this time of year. We are especially thankful for independent movies and the independent theaters that show them. SFist has been lucky to attend the Sundance Film
SF News Craigslist is a Starmaker So there we were, on craigslist again, when we came across this ticket out of obscurity: NEED: Interior Designer who POPS on TV (SOMA / south beach) Are you a working designer or decorator
Arts & Entertainment Does C.W. Nevius Suck? Ever since Deadspin started running their "Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks" feature we've been eagerly awaiting to see if one of our hometown sports columnists is indeed deemed as sucking. Not just because
SF News SF Examiner Letters in Reruns? The always-vigilant Bay Area Transit News gets credit for pointing out the apparant Xeroxing. Only a few words were changed between his letter published on September 5th and the one published yesterday; that's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Volti ....Oh, hello! We were just warming up our voice over here. After we posted about local choral group Volti's world premiere of No More To Hide, a choral work in tribute to same-sex
misc SFist Wants You To Find A Friend: Portia, From Grateful Dogs A wonderful companion dog! Portia is a 50 lbs. bearded collie/terrier mix who was displaced recently when her elderly owner passed away. She is adjusting and would love to connect with another
Arts & Entertainment <i>San Francisco: The Unknown City</i> Reading a guidebook about your own town is always interesting. What did they forget? What did they get wrong? Not to mention what they found that you still haven't. And we have to
SF News If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball This SFist gives thanks every day that we live in San Francisco. There are only a few things we miss about our former Midwestern home: Steak and Shake, our family, and the NBA.