misc Poll: Bars With A Skyline View? Where do you take out-of-towners for a cocktail and some great views? Take the handy poll! We usually go for The View, since it's the most central, and heck, it's called The View,
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Hipster Shore' Hipster Shore - watch more funny videos Welcome to Hipster Shore, ladies and gentlemen, a fictional reality series in which no one would self-describe as "hipster," but where everyone has plastic sunglasses, and
misc BART: Not a Monorail In their official answer to the burning question, "What is a Monorail?" single-track enthusiasts at The Monorail Society (apparently a real thing) would like to clear up some common misconceptions about monorails. Like
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "My Life in a Day" My Life in a Day; San Francisco from Scott Hammel on Vimeo. The Tender points us to this hypnotic film by artist and filmmaker Scott Hammel, featuring time-lapse footage of 24 hours in
misc The Inaugural Class of Gavin Newsom's San Francisco Hall of Fame Well, would you look at that: the Chronicle reports that in a quirky last-minute move before leaving City Hall for Sacramento yesterday, our now-previous mayor established a San Francisco Hall of Fame to
misc Cool Cable Car Turnaround Photo Earlier today, SFist posted Flickr user bats' image of the 280 onramp, but we cannot resist also sharing with you his Powell Street cable car turnaround photo. Behold.
misc 7 Reasons To Love San Francisco There are countless stories to tell in San Francisco, but sometimes a picture says so much more that mere words. Each Tuesday, we present to you 7 Reasons. (Our sister site LAist does
misc Day Around the Bay Danceclub site of a fatal 2009 shooting thinks the city shut it down to save America's Cup Bid: [SFWeekly] One man on life support, three other injured in SOMA Nightclub brawls [SFAppeal] Should
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Seven UP Slowed Down Seven UP Slowed Down from bloopy on Vimeo. Here's a quick video "bloopy" put together ]after shooting some random footage at a rehearsal for UpSwing Performance Company's upcoming "Seven UP" shows. Interested in
misc Let's All Chat With Willie Brown About California's Budget Chat rooms are a really high-tech way to communicate with people, so it must have taken a lot of forward-thinking at the Chronicle to put together this live-chat with Willie Brown scheduled for
misc Week Around the Ists Chicagoist dived head first into 2011. They interviewed former Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump; watched in amazement as former Senator Carol Moseley Braun’s mayoral campaign self-imploded, ran previously unseen photographs from
misc Two Weeks of Willie Brown - Da Mayor's Holiday Extravaganza It's been awhile since we've last checked in with former Mayor Willie Brown and now that the Holidays are all out of the way, we can get a clear picture of how Da
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Wines of Chile. Discover some great Chilean wines and tasty food pairings. Beyond Golden Clouds, showcasing in its final
misc Pantsless BART Riders Return this Sunday After 10 years of the annual "No Pants" BART Ride, we're not entirely sure we consider the event improvisation anymore, but it's still loosely related to flashmob enthusiasts Improv Everywhere so we suppose
misc Muni Uniform Jacket For $200 Be the envy/contempt of all the next time you saunter into a party while sporting this lumpy, iconic Muni uniform jacket. Who is selling this haberdashery gem? Not sure. "At the low-low
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Brief History of the Future A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE from Everything Is Terrible! on Vimeo. Oh, this is marvelous. Can you name all (or any) of the B-movies featured herein? [Courtesy of the brilliant minds at
misc Berkeley Barbarella "Beginning with something as simple as the various olives and continuing on, you’d take a bite and realize that never in your life had you ever experienced the particular flavor before. All
misc Photo Du Jour 774 "Foucault's Polishing" by thezacstone. Behold the cleaning and polishing of Foucault's pendulum at the California Academy of Sciences before opening to the public.
