misc Blocker: 1000 Folsom Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a regular series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist every other Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of
misc Scared Dogs Seeking Owners The Peninsula Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reports that about 17 stray dogs were found wandering San Mateo County the day after Fourth of July, presumably spooked
misc Memorize Those Two- and Three-Letter Words, Scrabulous Stays Put We've had to curb our games of Scrabulous since Phllyist's editor can't stop kicking our ass raw red at it since we no longer have time to play. But over the last few
misc Google's Street-Level Team is Out There... We were out running this morning, and caught a weird site cruising up Masonic. A bright red Toyota Prius with what looked like a conning tower on top. We followed it for nearly
misc Nick White of Tilly and the Wall In the meantime, read on for Nick's insights on LA and make sure to check out the show tonight-- it'll be a good one with Loquat and Love Like Fire opening. The best
misc Piling on Yelp (By Eyleen Tavy) Yikes! It wasn't enough that certain Yelpers lost their collective shit that local user-review site Yelp's bounced a bunch of users who were basically trading positive reviews, but now we
misc Comment of the Week: Ode to Kamala Harris Yes, it's back. While it's hard to pick just one since so many of you have been extraordinarily stellar in the comments section, we starting selecting one comment per week that jumps out
misc Photo du Jour 163 SFist James caught a crack smoking couple over on Stevenson Street (near Market) this morning. Aw.
misc Week Around the Ists Torontoist took a look at Regent Park, a low-income neighborhood whose soon-to-be-demolished buildings are being graced with huge wheatpastes of the area's displaced residents. (On that note, they also tried to find a
misc Your Barry Zito Update: The Situation Is <s>Not</s> Improving [Wince.] So, here's what happened tonight for Zito in the first inning against those danged Los Angeles Dodgers: First batter: RF Matt Kemp smashed a ground-rule double that was 'bout a foot shy
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misc SFist Tonight FILM: Cult classic B-movie Little Shop of Horrors, a tale about bloodthirsty foliage, received the Broadway treatment in the '80s with a zany showtune-laced remake. A few years the musical got the Hollywood
misc Happy Day Before Fourth of July! Ah, an oldie but goodie. Oh, and remember to have a safe and sane Independence Day, folks. Ka-blam! (Follow the jump for more scenes of explosions gone awry.)
misc Photo du Jour 162 One-person protest captured by Flickr user volcanojw outside the American Geophysical Union's annual conference. You tell 'em!
misc Osento to Wash Its Final Vagina Our enablers over at Curbed have word that Osento -- the city's only hot tub and "sauna refuge" for (biological) females -- will close its doors for good. What goes on inside the
misc Photo du Jour 161 The best place to smoke a joint while you're waiting for you ecstasy to kick in before you spend the day at the Exploratorium, it seems, is undergoing some sort of face lift.
misc What's Going On Here, Translink? Rumor has it that TrankLink will be set to go in a few days on July 15. Do you believe?
misc We Know You Can Kick Akit's Ass (By Eyleen Tavy) Akit's Complaint Department which is "dedicated to Akit's long list of really bad things he has experienced," is one of our local faves, despite that rather daunting description. Today he
misc Boing Boing Responds to Violet Blue Brouhaha Impishly adding fuel to the fire, yesterday we asked about the drama surrounding the removal of Violet Blue's writing on Boing Boing. And today BB responded, saying a) the sex scribe's work can
misc Trader Joe's Remodels, Downgrades Bike Rack We biked up to the in-the-throes-of-remodeling Masonic/Geary Trader Joe's the other day, laughing at the poor people who waited in line in their cars. We cruised up to the little bike rack
misc Dogs at Cafes, Y/N? With her pet pooch resting on her shoulder, Kaili Oteri over at SF Metblogs had an unfortunate encounter at a local cafe over the weekend while waiting in line. It seems some "foul
