misc SFist Raves: Chinatown Sidewalks The days of being bopped on the shins by little old Chinese ladies carrying pink and white striped plastic bags and suspiciously poking the flesh of fresh fish may be numbered, as DPW
misc Down and Out at the University of California What's been going on is that the UC have been hiring people for average kind of salaries (for professors and school administrators) but then giving them lots of free stuff on top of
misc SFist Rants: Hating on Starbucks And yes, we're totally serious. Let's go to the way back machine and take a look at those bleak, dark days before Starbucks entered the world. You remember what that was like? The
misc SFist Cares ... What Do You Want to Do? Sheya, right! We suck at resolutions. Did you know dental floss can go bad? Yeah, that's how good we are with following through on our resolutions. It helps when you do it with
misc Q to Zed Do you know how many eating establishments there are in San Francisco that begin with the letter Q? The answer is not many. You could probably count them all on three fingers. Our
misc Please Hammer, Do Hire Us Tuesday, November 22nd between 7pm - 9 pm Film Arts Foundation 145 Ninth Street #102 San Francisco, CA We are holding an audition for two Hammer music videos, which will have national distribution.
misc SFist Wants You To Find A Friend: Portia, From Grateful Dogs A wonderful companion dog! Portia is a 50 lbs. bearded collie/terrier mix who was displaced recently when her elderly owner passed away. She is adjusting and would love to connect with another
misc SFist Answers Pities The Fool THIS WEEK: Fools, border crossings, weed vs. your heart, bikes on BART, and an easy way for SFist Answers to make millions. We took our title this week from Yueben Duped from Los
misc Math Is Hard You know, public schools just can't win. Up here in San Francisco, it's a constant "our schools are failing and segregated," so affluent upper-middle-classers have to spend gajillions of dollars on private schools
misc Win a DVD of <i>Saving Face</i>! Not only did we see local director Alice Wu's fantastic film , but we got to meether and later interview her. We even gave away passes to see the movie when it played in
misc Yes, We're Kind After months of debate, San Francisco finally can legally go to pot (only with doctor’s approval, of course)-- we have our first ever codified marijuana dispensaries laws. Yay!!! Yesterday, the Board
misc New Customers From New Coffee--'Intelligentsia Design' or 'B.K. Joke'? Okay, so Burger King has introduced this new coffee, B.K. Joe, available in regular, decaf, and (wait for it . . .) TURBO ("40 percent more caffeine!"*). * A lot of places hope to lure in
misc School District Employees to Strike This Week Last Thursday, teachers representing the United Educators of San Francisco met to hear from the SEIU as they consider plans to strike in solidarity with the custodians, cafeteria workers and secretaries. The teacher's
misc SFist Wants You To Find A Friend: Racer, From Grateful Dogs We were looking at The Grateful Dogs alumni page, and we were happy to see that almost all of the dogs we've written about have found homes. We're totally not saying that we
misc Breaking News Story: Alien Invasion! Picture this story with the Drudge Report flashing lights, but we have an exclusive, late-breaking and developing story from The Weekly World News: ALIENS ARE COMING TO SAN FRANCISCO! We repeat, ALIENS ARE
misc Win Passes to Sing Along <i>Truth or Dare</i> Our summer camp drama club fantasies were finally realized the day new friend of SFist Peaches Christ, (she of the infamous Midnight Mass series at The Bridge), offered us tickets to the Sing
misc Topless Tidbits Need topless model 18-30 to stomp my grapes for tastefull [sic] documentary film. Pay is negotiable. Will require about 2 hours of time. Please send pic and resume.Hmmm. SFist Derrick tells us
misc SFist Answers Rx Wow -- after faking answers to a few medical and psychological questions in our past few entries, we suppose people have been happy -- because these kinds of questions keep coming in! So
misc Win Passes To <i>One Bright Shining Moment</i>! Well, the Film Arts Festival may be at its end, but that doesn't mean we're done giving away passes quite yet! Enter by midnight tonight to get passes for you and your guest
misc Buy Flying Spaghetti Monster Plushie, Support Science Oh man, this is cool on so many levels. First, you've got your crafter chic, and by a local blogger, no less. That's an awesome piece of handmade American merchandise. Conversation starter? Got
misc SFist Cares ... About Your Health Did you get your flu shot yet? Most of the clinics up to the end of October were reserved for people in high risk groups. Now, anyone can supposedly get one. Of course,
misc Animal Roundup: Heartwarming! Remember that guy who was saved from a car crash by his faithful dog, who ran for help and barked until someone came to rescue her human companion? (Is that the right term
misc Win Passes to <i>Blood, Sweat, and Glitter</i>! One of the highlights of Frameline 29 (and winner of The Frameline Audience Award for Best Documentary), , returns to to Roxie tomorrow night at 11:30. The story of several competitors in 2004's
misc A Voyeuristic Blind Item I was scheduled to judge a "Halloween Underwear Contest", but the club owner gave the promoter, Sean Masters, the green light to let the party get as risque as he wanted...The party
