Arts & Entertainment Congratulations, Chron! Sure, we mock the Chronicle all the time -- but we mock because we love! So let us extend a hearty back-slap of congratulations to our main bastion of the Mainstream Media out
Arts & Entertainment Everyone Loves a Parade Part Deux Of course, this being San Francisco, you can't have a group of people getting together in silly costumes without their being some sort of socio-political ramification to it all and, fret not, there
misc The Essefficist Cares. Sort of. This week the Essefficist brings you yet another question from an out of towner pining for San Francisco. Hopefully this one will prove a little more satisfying than that poetry thing last week.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gourmet de l'Ouest: PPQ Dungeness Island We're tempted to change the title of this week's column to de l'Ouest, as this week's featured restaurant, PPQ Dungeness Island, is not just great food prepared very simply, but a definite call
SF News The Art Of Compromise So we're pro-union, as you well know. Which means we're on the side of labor in the ongoing hotel disupte -- just like Gavin! Which means we support the union's efforts to starve
SF News Making It Oak-ficial We're a little late on this, but mazel tov to newly-affianced Mayor Jerry Brown of Oakland and his girlfriend of 15 years, Gap executive Anne Gust! (We apologize for using the picture of
Arts & Entertainment See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Play Me Also performing: Pamela Z, a local composer-performer-sound artist (sound clips are available on her site, but for some incomprehensible reason some of them are in Shockwave format); Joel Ryan of STEIM; Laetitia Sonami,
Arts & Entertainment Watch Deadwood, You F**king C**ksuckers Of course SFist is of the opinion that The Sopranos is the only good thing that's been on television in the last decade or two. Sure, there's stuff that's entertaining all over TV
SF News Auntie Em, Auntie Em! There Was A Twister! What an uneventful week to start as SFist Weatherman. Last week had all the action. We love to make fun of folks that live in hurricane, tornado and blizzard regions (but it's okay
Arts & Entertainment On The Road with The Ditty Bops The Ditty Bops are Amanda Barrett and Abby DeWald, two modern LA twenty-somethings celebrating yesteryear with their self-titled debut album [listen here]. Both their record and their live show are a must-hear, featuring
Arts & Entertainment Signs of Spring. Hey, you like bunnies, right? That is, you aren't some kind of bunny-hating monster, are you? We didn't think so. Well, we've got good news for you, Bugs -- tomorrow night's your big
SF News Interview: Harmon Leon As you know, SFist reads the weeklies so that you don't have too. While our love affair with Bay Area weeklies is long and sordid, we vividly recall the fateful summer day we
Arts & Entertainment Weirdest. Conference. Evar. That said, for $25 in advance or $30 at the door (space is limited, though) you can listen to folks with masters degrees help you come to grips with your soul and your
SF News SFist Rants: Move to the Back of the Bus, Please SFist has lived in this city a long time and there are some mysteries about this place that we’ll never fathom. Like all the guacamole love. Or what’s up with Dennis
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Eggcellent TV This Week Ahhh...Puppetoons. Well, fear not egg hunters. Easter is not without its own share of spooky animated specials, and thanks to the folks at the Family Channel, you can catch two this Sunday!
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Knows Nuthin' 'bout Birthin' No Babies Even those of us who are due to give birth in 6 weeks admit to being somewhat clueless about what the childbirth experience is all about. So what do we do? We do
misc The Essefficist Crawls in on Little Rocket's Feet Sure it's grey and rainy out, but at least you've got the Essefficist's shoulder to cry on. We've got two questions this week. One's about burrito-inspired tattoos and the other one's about fog-inspired
Arts & Entertainment SXSW Music Wrap Up For those of you who aren't familiar, SXSW is the biggest music festival in the U.S., happening over five days and four nights each year in gorgeous Austin, Texas. More than 1,
SF News Jessica Coen For A Day Speaking of creepy aging British rock stars with a habit of philandering, SXSW Music keynote speaker Robert "Whole Lotta Love" Plant dropped by to say hello. At that very moment, the baby boomer
misc California Highways Still Safe for Porn Last week, the legislature defeated a bill by Assemblyman John Benoit (R-Palm Desert) that would have made it illegal to watch porn from the comfort of your car. The problem with watching porn
SF News Get Ur Geek On Special Edition: We Guessed Right! While at first we were concerned about whether or not Yahoo was going to let folks still fool with Flickr's API after a purchase, after said discussion on Friday, it looks like Yahoo
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Flutastic We're not being dramatic or anything, but we've had the flu for a week now, with massive pain behind our eyeballs and pretty much zero appetite. But you can't all come over and
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: </i>Chinese Restaurants: Three Continents</i> The scene at the Kabuki for the last night of the Asian-American Film Festival was jam-packed, with three movies all starting at the same time, and people dressed to the nines for the
