misc Celebrity Everyman Spotted "Actor Brian Baumgartner of 'The Office' [the TV Show] was spotted by Tom Fuller at the Oxbow Public Market in Napa." - Leah Garchik, illustrating either: a) even the Chronicle has slow days,
misc Crash Course On The California Delta On this languid New Year's Eve week, here's some interesting, nerdy ecological stuff for you to gnaw on: an interactive timeline / crash course on everything you need to know about the California Delta.
misc Aquarium Gets a Guitarfish The Aquarium of the Bay, that little Aquarium over by Pier 39, just got a new tenant: an almost-five-foot-long shovelnose guitarfish. It looks like an 80s hair-band bass, we suppose, like a Gibson
misc Fighting Words: <em>Danville Express</em>' Reason NOT To Go To San Francisco Well, this is downright adorable. Glenn Wohltmann of Danville Express compiled a list of reasons why you should not spend time San Francisco -- 25 of them, too! -- and instead visit Danville
misc Week Around the Ists Gothamist was intrigued by the spectacle of the $65 million Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Lights, which saw its fourth actor injured during a preview. The show had to shut down for
misc Happy Holidays From SFist Your SFist editorial team (back to front: Leanne Maxwell, Andrew Dalton, Jay Barmann, and Brock Keeling) reminds you that the best holiday gifts are homemade. ("Pew pew" noises not included.) That said, please
misc 7 Reasons To Love San Francisco (During The Holidays) 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 Christmas Eve Palate Cleanser: Chimps Get Xmas Presents The chimps at the Oakland Zoo got to open their Christmas presents early this year, and even though this is just a baldfaced publicity stunt, we really want to see them get in
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Turkey Lurkey Time Burt Bacharach, Michael Bennett and Donna McKechine are a holiday tradition here at SFist. With Christmas just days away, we once again present "Turkey Lurkey Time," the most insipid song / greatest choreography ever
misc This Week in Willie Brown The Chronicle ran the "Serious Willie in a Trench Coat" photo alongside Willie's Sunday Column this week. You might think that was because of all the rain last weekend, but you'd be wrong.
misc Gavin Newsom, still talking: "Whoever gets there will be immediately discredited as the political appointee. Everybody running against that person is going to say that. I will say that, and I'm not going anywhere." -Mayor Newsom, explaining
misc Day Around the Bay Remember to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter Things San Franciscans Like: Nopa (the restaurant*) [SFAppeal] Noisebridge, SF's Only Hackerspace, Could Be Forced to Close [UptownAlmanac] Amandeep, the guy with
misc Attention Procrastinators: Free One-Day Shipping on Amazon Today Only Raise your hand if you still have some gifts to buy, and you've run out of time to shop locally. (Raises hand.) FunCheapSF via The Frugal Find to the rescue! Head over to
misc Gift Wrapping: You're Probably Doing it Wrong As if we didn't already have enough gift-giving guilt before the impending holiday, today's Chronicle includes a feature on gift-wrapping tips from "the second best gift-wrapper in the world," San Francisco resident Megumi
misc Garchik gets all the punchlines: "Upon learning that Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg is Time magazine person of the year 2010, many senior citizens asked, 'What's Facebook?' says Janice Hough. And many young citizens asked, 'What's a magazine?
misc Twitter User Threatens Jumping Off Third Bridge The Examiner posted a story about Twitter user Nick Starr, who publicly threatened on Twitter to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge in 2008, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay in 2007,
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: a Fig on a Plate Slathered in Big Nate's BBQ Sauce Our friends over at EaterSF point us to this series of delightfully viral-ish videos called "Pouring Big Nate's Sauce on Stuff" in which Big Nate's BBQ sauce is, well - poured on stuff.
misc Porsche-driving Midwesterner Appointed S.F. Graffiti Vigilante Mayor Gavin Newsom recently appointed a new, possibly sanity-estranged person to the graffiti task force in San Francisco. Her name is Paula Mulhall, a real estate who, according to C.W. Nevius, "jumps
misc Maintenance Update: Changes to Commenting A word from the Gothamist tech team: Hello! You may have noticed that we've changed the way comments work on Gothamist. About a month ago, we transitioned to Disqus, a third-party comment provider.
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Foxes in the Snow (in London) For your afternoon relaxation, all ye who are stuck in the office (probably hungover) during this dreadful slow week: A video of some foxes outside in the snow, shot by a guy in
