SF Restaurants, Food & Drink O to Zed Somewhere deep in the Tenderloin you can find a secretive wooden door, sometimes marked by 'Daddi-Dee' waiting to see if you'll bum him a cigarette or slide him a note. The journey through
Arts & Entertainment Concert Review: Cut Copy at Popscene Cut Copy's CD Bright Like Neon Love makes us smile and dance like no other CD we own. We haven't taken a shine to an upbeat electro-pop band like this since Tahiti 80.
misc SFist Cares ... About Public Land It's a total no-duh that the Bay Area is filled with natural beauty. The hills and the bay and the bridges and the ocean - all of it stunning and fabulous. And plenty
Arts & Entertainment Cody's Books on Union Square So we're giddy about the new Cody's Books at 2 Stockton Street, in the old Planet Hollywood space across from the Apple store. Cody's, a Berkeley institution started by Pat and Fred Cody
Arts & Entertainment Bye, Ken Garcia Okay, we confess, Ken Garcia the dentist isn't the same Ken Garcia who just took early retirement from the Chronicle. For one thing, Ken Garcia the dentist also plays in a jammin' Latin/
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco's Economy of Art Labors on A mute boy in love with a blind girl! Marionettes! Butoh dancing! A swordfight! Attempted acting! Minnesotan hip-hoppers! Relentless artistic integrity! Sounds like another San Francisco film festival to us. The Foggy Eye
misc SFist Raves: Fleet Week Yeah. We're gonna say it: We love Fleet Week! While we never really understood the whole "Airshow Practice" the Blue Angels traditionally hold on Thursday and Friday afternoons, (are we not supposed to
Arts & Entertainment Web Two Point Oh? So, of course, we were busy yukking it up with funnyman Merlin Mann last night at the Web 1.0 confab. Silly us, making fun of the 'monetizing,' 'paradigm shifting,' 'game
Arts & Entertainment The Daily Show: Not So Much With The Daly Well, it's come to this. Remember the brouhaha over docking the USS Iowa at Fisherman's Wharf? It was DiFi's idea to send $3 million worth of pork our way. Nevermind pacifist sentiment, the
SF News Something's Fishy So, yesterday the a Board of Supervisors committee approved a proposed ordinance Monday that would require seafood restaurants to post English, Spanish, and Chinese signs warning of the dangers of mercury contaminated fish.
Arts & Entertainment Todd Barry Back in San Francisco Friend of the 'ists Todd Barry is back for another stand up stint here in SF as part of a west coast tour. Last time we saw the show, we fell in love
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: New and Reinvented This week we bring you a crucifixion, ghetto Shakespeare and mean people in love. Because why get vanilla ice cream when you can get, say, caramel ice cream with fudge chunks and cookie
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Jantine B. Jantine B does. Apparently such inborn knowledge leads to a love of radio, roller skates, Emperor Norton, and weed. Maybe also a lifelong fear of falling off this peninsula into the Pacific when
Arts & Entertainment Hardly Strictly Bluegrass How amazing is Dolly Parton? From "9 To 5" to "I Will Always Love You" and beyond, the woman has written a zillion classic songs and has sung them in a voice sweeter
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches <i>Serenity</i> and <i>Mirrormask</i>; or: Why Weekends Were Invented Both are mandatory viewing, but we recommend ever-so-slightly higher, due to its having a bit more mass appeal. Romance! Intrigue! Stunning fight scenes! Sexy love scenes! Sparkly dialogue! Surprising fatalities! It's pretty much
misc At Least He's Consistent Today Arnold officially added homos to his list of vulnerable minorities to push around when he vetoed AB 849, which passed the state legislature and would have granted marriage equality to gay couples.
Arts & Entertainment Still Yvesdropping We know it's not as good as overheard in new york. Send us some better quotes if you don't like the ones we've been using. Submissions go to yvesdroppings - at - gmail
misc SFist Wants You To Find A Friend: Porter, From Grateful Dogs This week's adoptable pet (he'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. Aw, Porter. Who doesn't
SF News Service Cuts: The Only Thing MUNI's Good At Don't get us wrong: we love NextBus, especially the new integration with Google maps. NextBus is the only thing about MUNI that seems to work, and when you consider that it's actually run
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Ian Lendler Today's victim of the SFist interview has only been in our fair city for a couple of weeks, but that doesn'r mean we're going to take it easy on him! His new book,
misc SFist Cares ... About One Million Dollars Amazon.com has chosen 10 finalists, from nearly 1000 entries, to win its first Nonprofit Innovation Award. The organizations go all out to raise money during September. They use Amazon's 1-Click system to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: TV This Week - Part Five! But just because the choices are slim doesn't mean we're willing to watch whatever the hell is on. Which means that no, we won't be turning in to the premiere of "The Ghost
Arts & Entertainment Condoms Suck. But They Keep You Safe. The film was introduced by Bridge manager Joshua, who told the audience, "If you find any of the gays to be tired, just stick with it. ...They all pay." Well, "tired" is putting
SF News SFist Agitates SFist Agitates! (And no, not just from our use of the first person plural.) What causes can you promote this weekend? On Saturday alone, you've got two sets of well-paired options. Make Love,
