misc SFist Tonight -- Unsilent Night: New York-based composer Phil Kline’s holiday concert creates "an outdoor ambient music piece for an infinite number of boomboxes. It’s like a Christmas caroling party except that [you]
misc SFist Photo: Christmas Decorations We saw this house the other day while running in Noe Valley, so it seemed appropriate to go back today and snap a photo. The decorations are on a scaffold next to the
misc OMG, You Love Him! Or Do You? We just think it's funny that the top-selling album of the year is a Christmas album. A Christmas album?! How can it be the top-selling CD when you only listen to it for
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. SF Dish, where AMEX cardmembers can dish about restaurants. Stylized Sculpture, at the Asian Art Museum. Hoovers, where you
misc Oh No, Ed Jew!: Hollow Ammo More intriguingly, though, you may remember that the feds also raided Ed's buddy Robert Chan's house (though he was referred to by the mellifluous name "Co-Conspirator No. 1" at the time). Not only
misc Bush to California: Choke On It The reason given is that in lieu of the recent energy bill, there's no need to have each state create their own rules, even if their rules are better than the Federal Government's.
misc Honest Gift Tags So maybe you didn't have time to make any of your gifts this year. We didn't do so well in that department either. But that doesn't mean we're not going to wrap our
misc Don't Let the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Bite We are super creeped out right now. We've had a few mysterious, little bites appear on our wrists that itched like a bitch the first day and have stuck around for two or
misc Photo du Jour 18 We hear you, dude. We hear you. What with all the last-minute gift getting, complicated air travel arrangements, violent binge eating, and heightened holiday stress levels, we're tired too. Downright pooped. Image credit:
misc SFist Gift Guide Giveaway -- NapaStyle We already expounded the rustic virtues of Michael Chiarello's NapaStyle: a place that helps you get that Napa Valley look, feel, and taste. (Speaking of Chiarello, what happened to his show on KQED?
misc Christmastime Cheer Via Warm, Friendly Holiday Log Glow Know the holiday log know God; no holiday log no God. For all you Xmas celebrating consumerists out there - you know, those of you who participate in the evil practice of stocking
misc SFist Photo: The Cosco Busan Hits the Road In the words of SFGate.com, Drive Safely, Cosco Busan. Update: So far, so good. The Coast Guard shows us footage of the cruise out of the bay here.
misc SFist Tonight -- Jackie Beat: Give 'Til It Hurts: It's a Christmastime cabaret with infamous dragster Jackie Beat. She will take some of your favorite holiday classics and render them tasteless and tacky, and you'll
misc Today In Stupid Real Estate Marketing A player? In a real estate site? In our ideal world Real estate sites should show us what the place would look like were we to live in there instead of the kind
misc Sofia Coppola's Dad /Jason Schwartzman's Uncle Makes Movies? When Francis Ford Coppola isn't looking lovingly over his cineaste dynastic family, running a cafe, publishing fiction, or distilling making wine [sorry! we're not a vintner!], we understand that sometimes he makes movies
misc Screw the Foodies This Xmas, Says SJ Merc Since the advent of the digital camera, we haven't stepped foot inside a Costco. Now we have a reason to return. Today's Hot Stuff ("Catering by Costco") in the Merc rates the appetizers
misc Cosco Busan Gets Final O.K. To Leave San Francisco This isn't the first time the Busan needed repairs after an accident. It had a little run in last year around Humbug, Germany that damaged the aforementioned bow. Brush up on your Deutsch
misc It's Got to be the Morning After Man, that Jamie Lynn Spears story is tremendous. Just stupendously tremendous. And you know, of course, that Mrs Spears, mother of Jamie Lynn and Britney, actually had a contract to write a book
misc Day Around the Bay -- Those rectangular glassy lofts on Folsom and Fourth Streets are, in fact, award-winning rectangular glassy lofts. Also, love the windows. [Curbed] -- What to do in SF when it pours. [Gridskipper] --
misc And the Winner Is.... The South Bay gets it. California's High Speed Rail Authority picked the Pacheco Pass as the future route for the 200-mph train that will help you get from SF to LA in record
misc Homeless Death Memorial We interrupt your holiday frivolity, wild binge drinking, and high stress levels to bring you the following event: Tomorrow night the annual Homeless Death Memorial March takes place. A Day of the Dead,
misc SFist Tonight -- Colors of Christmas: Oh yeah. You know you want to hear this KOIT-ish night of soulful holiday tunes live at Davies, right? Well, we sure do. Peabo Bryson, Oleta Adams, Ben Vereen,
misc SFist Gift Guide -- Absinthe Lollipops Now that absinthe is back and more tipsy-inducing than ever, it only makes sense for them to take on practical lollipop form. Which is why Lit Absinthe Lollipops are the perfect stocking stuffer
misc Ask a Librarian New feature alert, folks! Ever want to know more about your local library? Or anything about libraries of the world. The art of receiving a masters in library sciences? Or why people use
misc Photo du Jour 17 Found over at Laughing Squid, "The Tiki Bar TV is selling a classic pinup calendar featuring the fabulous Lala. The calendar was designed by Vancouver vfx artist and illustrator Kevin Genze." Laughing Squid
