misc Literary Map of San Francisco Jeff Hunt of Muni Diaries forwarded us this beautiful map adorned with literary quotes that have shaped our beloved San Francisco, which was created by Ian Huebert. We love the whimsical typography and
misc Exact Revenge on Your Neighbor Via Google Maps We randomly came across this little tidbit yesterday while searching for kid band The She's, who are performing at the Rock Make Street Festival on Sunday. The disgruntled revenge-seeker/Walnut Creek resident must
misc Introducing San Francisco Crimespotting Stamen Design, the folks behind Oakland Crimespotting, have just launched a companion site, San Francisco Crimespotting, which is a sleek, user-friendly interface that blows SFPD's clunky Crime Maps out of the water. Users
misc Google Doesn't Like 11th St, DNA Lounge Apparently, most of 11th Street (between Mission and Bryant Streets) was deleted from Google's Street View a few months ago, which was not fixed in yesterday's update. It also appears in the above
SF News Behold Google Maps Favorite Places Yesterday, Gavin Newsom announced Google maps favorites, a feature that allows you, well, to list your favorite places, which then show up on Google Maps. Ta-da. A few celebrity favorite places of note?
SF News Google Maps Misspells "Dolores Park" This goes out to all the commenters who get up-in-arms about copyedit errors: Burrito Justice & Mission Mission point us to the fact that the folks at the helm over at Google Maps
SF News New Real Estate Map Adds New Neighborhood Names to SF Real estate agents have always reveled in transforming a neighborhood, or a sub-section of a shitty neighborhood, through the kind of re-branding that turns a place like Hell's Kitchen in NYC into Midtown
SF News Map du Jour: Concert Info Now in Google Maps View Larger Map Bandloop, a site that allows you to keep in touch with your favorite bands' whereabouts, is now in Google Maps. And it's actually quite helpful: each little blue point reveals
misc Photo du Jour 149 Some pig-- you heard us, ! -- had the unmitigated gall to go against the express wishes of Google. The nerve! Driving a Prius (oh, of course it was a Prius), some poor Google
misc Google Relieves Your Muni Frustrations Unfortunately, for just about any trip we could think up, the driving times were always dramatically shorter than the transit times, so this isn't exactly encouraging people to give up their cars. Le
misc Google Maps Street View Sees All LA-based comedy troupe The Vacationeers fears Google Maps Street View Big Brother-ness. And ever since we saw a shot of our bedroom window on it, featuring our awful interior decor, so do we.
misc Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About BART (but You Aren't Allowed to Know About Muni) Muni declined to comment when we asked them why they weren't participating. So we'll have to assume it's because their engineers are already in way over their heads; and nobody there has any
misc Day Around the Bay The Pope, Linda Blair, and the Vatican’s "exorcist-in-chief." [BeyondChron] SF park improvement ballot measure benefits few. [Curbed] Macworld Keynote 2008 predictions form contest. Very nice. [Laughing Squid] The Chicken McNoggin and other
Arts & Entertainment SFist Finds: A Warning Yikes. Not to drizzle gasoline on a fire again, but this alarming note was found at Drumm & Jackson (sent to us via Lady_K.) To All Female Tenants XXXXXXXXXXX our head head
Arts & Entertainment Aaron Axelsen's Top 10 Albums of 2007 Aaron Axelsen has been a major force in promoting local independent music with San Francisco's indie-dance party, Popscene and his Sunday night radio show on Live 105. (You can listen from 7-10pm. Check
misc Locked Out in the City: What to Do? We lucked out this time, but it got us thinking, What would we do if there is a next time we find ourselves out of our abode with no keys, [update] no money,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Finds: A Riddle Here's what Chris had to say about it: Funny thing is we knew the animal in question who was indeed not a dog or a cat, but a lost ferret. I think the
SF News Silver Terrace Drive-by Shooting Maims Two According to SF Crime, the No. 1 source for all San Francisco criminality and deadly shenanigans, a drive-by took palce this past Wednesday. Seems to have slipped our mind, folks. Anyway: On Wednesday
SF News MapQuest Gas Prices [Insert Flatulence Reference Here] In order to prevent witnessing further gas station signage hilarity, MapQuest (remember them?) has a nifty cheap station location feature. Basically, it maps out gas stations in your neighborhood/city by price. In
Arts & Entertainment SFist Finds: Spare Pairs Requested We found this lost item a couple of years ago in the alleyway near Albion and 16th St, the same block as Lady K's "Loving Neighbor" find from a couple of months back.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink UPDATE: Being Prepared for Not Being Prepared: Grocery Stores Open Late? Every year at Thanksgiving, you're bound to forget one or two critical items. A shallot, cooking twine, mushrooms, Ketel One -- something will slip your mind and you run the risk of having
Arts & Entertainment Who's Gossiping, Getting Murdered On Your Street? While walking around our neighborhood the other day, we noticed a couple of cop cars outside a residence, with the fuzz scurrying about. Being the nosy, concerned citizens that we are, we immediately
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Tagging in Broad Daylight on Haight Street Or perhaps he's a tagger refugee from the "bourgeois battle" at Warm Water Cove (), that "glorious urban wasteland" where "pretty whitegirls" don't work on their tans? You make the call. Amid concrete and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Mint Plaza Now Open for Business Is our new plaza an oasis? Some people think so. Check out the action (179 photos! Blonde real estate cookies!), after the jump.
