misc Debating The Funny Pages Every now and then, we get this sinking sense that we do not understand the mindset of people different from ourselves. And for once, we're not talking about the presidential primary! We're completely
misc Arguello and California - Don't Walk Here This morning we ran north on Arguello to the Presidio. When we reached California Street, it struck us that there were no pedestrian signals at that intersection, which is rife with pedestrians, on
misc Photo du Jour 103, 104 Both of these photos were snapped up somewhere in poor, put-upon San Francisco. Sheesh. Why so disillusioned and pissy, SF residents? Relax.
misc Blocker: 000 West Portal 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 Why Should Taxpayers Bailout Houseflippers? As the story of Bob and Sally attest, they shouldn't. The cute and clever film above was produced by Angry Renter. Basically, they're a bunch of apartment-renters who are pissed that while they've
misc Cab Ride from Hell In a story recounted to the site, a woman called a cab from Kilowatt to take her back to (presumably) her apartment. The woman was severely drunk, but the cabbie threw her out
misc Tax Day Relief at Whole Foods But for all you anal retentive types who, like, know how to balance a checkbook and look at your receipts, Whole Foods can help alleviate some of your tax-day worry. Today they're paying
misc <i>Examiner</i> Gets Its Hair Did received a makeover today. (Just a few month's after the Gate went under the knife.) It's much more dark and emo than before, appearance-wise, and their journos get nifty little images next to
misc Breaking News: Danielle Steel Does Not Spend Millions on Footwear Remember when we posted on a recent article, claiming that Danielle Steel--that's "Ms. Steel" to you--spends $4 to $5 million a year at Barneys on shoes for herself and her children? At least,
misc Urban Fighting Scalpers Meet Suburban Mom While capturing some delicious footage of two ticket scalpers having a heated discussion about overlapping sales territories, Flickr's peephole also caught a woman's soci-breakdown of the profanity-laced dispute. Ticket scalpers, always going on
misc Offensive Bumper Sticker of the Day Bumper sticker found on a vehicle in Oakland on Broadway and 20th Street. Oh joy Is this what we have to look forward to until the election? Jesus.
misc False Report Cause of Torch Switcheroo Mess? Heather Fong is now saying that a false report on a police scanner caused last week’s Olympic torch route to “spontaneously” change, according to the . The chief of police claims that SFPD
misc Week Around the Ists Shanghaiist covered anti-China Olympic torch relay protests in London, Paris and San Francisco. Gothamist marveled as the NY State Assembly killed NYC's controversial congestion pricing plan without even holding a vote. SFist reported
misc What Happened To The Uptown? In our new series of "hey! We have no idea what's going on around here!" posts -- we just walked by our favorite dive bar the Uptown on 17th and Capp, and it's
misc Find Rudy the Parrot, Collect $1,500 Help: These bird lovers have lost their parrot. Somewhere in the North Beach vicinity, it seems. Anyway, they lost two, then found one (Roscoe), but are still missing the other. And you? Can
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. , which encourages you to "Live the Dream for Less Coin." PGE's We Can do This, showing you what you
misc San Francisco-Roubaix On Sunday the 19th, the San Francisco Bike Coalition invites cyclists to a Monster Pothole Stenciling Project, an effort "to create a visual statement of our deteriorating streets." But this Sunday, the 13th,
misc Conan the Provider of the West Approach A scene from today's West Approach christening. There was barbecued ribs, a svelte Gavin Newsom, someone who looked like Wade Crowfoot but cruelly ignoring your SFist editor, well-fed and uber-friendly homeless folks, and
misc SFist Inverview: Dan Hunter of PlayRadioPlay! As the vocal warm-ups continued, we tried to have a decent conversation but the band members of Treaty of Paris, The Spill Canvas and Yellowcard were definitely having a party without us. Finally
misc Flickr Gives Us Video, Donuts Matthew Rothenberg, a worker at Flickr, recently posted the following on the Flickr boards: While you have not yet reached your goal of 20K members, we at FlickrHQ have heard of your noble
misc Photo du Jour 100 And our 100th poorly titled photo-of-the-day post goes to? A crazy lady (or possibly Sophia Coppola's ex-husband, as fizzandpop points out) at a Walgreens checkout aisle. Perfect.
