misc Week Around the -Ists SFist witnessed a new apartment building tszuj the skyline with spectacular, gaudy turquoise aplomb, the (informal) renaming of the Mission/SOMA neighborhood border, the return of the Maltese Falcon, the Mayor Gavin Newsom
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Go Eight, a Hanukkah party on December 8th at The Independent. Truly CA, stories about California on KQED. Junkestra,
misc Ask SFist: Why Not Drink the Juice? The main pro-roids (pro-drug?) point was this: seeing as how athletes already push themselves to physical extremes, shouldn't synthetic enhancers also count? Since it also deals with the body? See who's a lightweight,
misc Good Morning, Starchild-- the Earth Says Hello Starchild denied he was hooking in this particular case. In fact, he said this about the case: "we were not denying I might have committed prostitution on other occasions, we were just saying
misc Head Banging Cat = Eeeee! What with all of the oil spilling, disastrous Hawaiian vacations, neighborhood christening controversy, 49ers humiliation, and Yahoo, Inc.'s naming names, might we offer up, for your late night enjoyment, a crudely filmed
misc Blocker: 1800 Union Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all
misc Week Around the -Ists Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007 Recap from Super!Alright! on Vimeo. Austinist attended a town hall meeting about proposed noise ordinances that could undermine the city's future as the Live Music Capital of
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misc Wiretapping Immunity (Again) The secret room at AT&T's Folsom Street facility is in the news again. Staffers from the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation are in DC this week and next, trying to convince
misc Drivers Breaking The Law? You Don't Say! It was with absolutely zero shock that we read yesterday's article in the Examiner about a police sting aimed at drivers who cruise through the crosswalk when people are trying to cross the
misc Caltrain Delay Three weeks ago, a Caltrain conductor told the San Jose Mercury News that "Trains stay on tracks and if you stay off the tracks, it's very easy not to get hit by a
misc Top Drawers: SF International Animation Festival Ticket Giveaway The International Animation Festival starts tonight, kids. And speaking of them, don't bring yours to tomorrow night's wonderfully smut-filled orgy of animated shorts, Top Drawers. What's more, one lucky soul will get a
misc Lick Observatory Observes New Planet According to the Merc, "astronomers have discovered a fifth planet circling a star beyond our solar system -- a star that holds the record for the most orbiting extrasolar worlds." Using the Doppler
misc Blocker: 200 Front Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all
misc Week Around the -Ists This past week, Phillyist got a little naughty, snapped a few pictures of Bigfoot (or maybe it was just a skinny bear...), and sized up the Sixers (the short version? Maybe next year)
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misc <em>The Pursuit of a Credyt</em> We picked up on this over at All Shook Down today. It seems that a San Francisco convenience store cashier (or practical-knee slapper actor) received neither credit nor pay for his appearance in
misc Ikeabots: Röbots in Disguise Speaking of ILM, their Halloween party boasted one of the best costume ideas we've seen in eons. Behold, Ikeabots! So, for those of you who still think it's nifty to dress up as
misc Blocker: 400 Ivy Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all
misc SFist Answers -- Park at Scott and Waller? But we received this urgent question from someone about a park we've neither seen nor frolicked in. Maybe you have an answer regarding this mystifying Scott and Waller area? (Do check out Google's
misc Week Around the -Ists Londonist, celebrating their third birthday, watched as their city turned a little more American. The Miami Dolphins and New York Giants were in town, with some very big cheerleaders. US-style litigation hit the
misc What-ever: Hyphens Pulled Earlier this month, the newest (and truncated) version of the OED got rid of many cherished hyphens. The editor, Angus Stevenson, "eliminated some 16,000 hyphens from the sixth edition," according to a
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. NY Times Home Delivery, with 50% off home delivery. Cazadores, the one with the deer head. Truly CA, stories
misc Larry Craig Had Sex With a Bear "I went pale and nearly vomited," says David Phillips about Larry Craig, an IT geek, bear, and 2006 Metro Weekly Cover Boy of the Year about getting fucked by Sen. Larry Craig many
misc Hey, Want Some Wood? We saw this last night. As far as we can tell, that monster branch just cracked right off from the tree above. What knocked it off? Unlike some places, we're not suffering from
