misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Important Message from Amanda Lepore While this video featuring Fort Worth, Texas city councilman Joel Burns discussing gay teen suicide has rocked the nation accordingly, we can barely watch the entire thing. (Your editor hasn't attended countless happy
misc Another 'Day Around the Bay' Guest Week Starts Today Oh, what fun. This week on SFist we bring you another installment of local bloggers and politicos doing Day Around the Bay, our quotidian smattering of what's going on around the Bay Area.
misc Week Around the Ists Gothamist's week was full of Tea Party/Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino's various positions on homosexuality: It's not valid or successful; it's totally fine, except gay marriage; its pride parades are too sexy;
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misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Take Me Out" By Atomic Tom LIVE On NYC Subway Muni Diaries brings out attention to Atomic Tom performing a ditty on a NYC subway using their phones. Yes, it's New York City-based. Calm thyself. But, with the use of iPhones, it's also
misc This Week in Willie Brown It's Friday, which means San Francisco's Mayor has had all week to dish out advice for everyone from casual diners to Meg Whitman. Over on Inside Scoop, Mr. Former Assembly Speaker Brown seems
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Porn Tech Support See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. This video stars Kunal Nayyar of The Big Bang Theory. Courtesy of College Humor, via Laughing Squid.
misc Map: The World According to San Francisco Generic conceptualized and conceived this shockingly accurate map. Brilliant work. Click on map to enlarge. [via Curbed]
misc Support Your Local Pumpkin Farmers We're halfway through October, which means you can safely purchase pumpkin without fear of it wilting into a sloppy orange mess on your doorstep before Halloween*. Naturally, this is San Francisco so any
misc Debating Semantics Speaking of Tuesday's Gubernatorial Debate, Joe Garofoli over at the Chron asks, "Is 'whore' as offensive as the n-word?" while wondering why Jerry Brown won't share his thoughts on the difference between the
misc Nothing Says Metal Like Halloween: San Francisco Metal Show for (most of) October by Erick Pressman Hey kids, it's October, and what better way to celebrate Halloween and Day of the Dead than by getting your face melted off by the most brutal live music San
misc Watch a Time-Lapse Video of the J-Church Rail Replacement Church and 30th St. San Francisco MUNI Construction from Ken Murphy on Vimeo. Streetsblog just posted this fun time-lapse video of three days worth of rail replacement work on the J-Church line at
misc Photo du Jour 713 National treasure Sex Pigeon has fashioned Fox Plaza Apartments at 1390 Market (known in unsavory circles as Crystal Towers) into an ad for an '80s sitcom. Brilliant. He also did the same thing
misc Gap Returns to Squareness, Restores Original Logo Well that didn't take long. After last week's Internet backlash, San Francisco's favorite khaki maker* has reverted back to their classic logo. Gap president Marka Hansen apparently changed her mind about how "contemporary
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 Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Belle & Sebastian's "I Want the World to Stop" Beloved moody crooners Belle & Sebastian are coming to the Bay this weekend for a Sunday headliner set at the Treasure Island Music Festival. This new ditty is from B&S's new
misc Week Around the Ists Phillyist looked ahead to a possible World Series win, and was quite pleased to see that at least one player was doing everything possible to earn it. SFist also looked ahead to an
misc Sponsored Post: SFist Fall Guide This post is brought to you by our advertiser, Lexus. There’s always so much to discover in San Francisco, amazing restaurants, unusual cultural attractions, and super-fun activities—and we've been showcasing some
misc This Week in Willie Brown by Andrew Dalton It's Friday, so if you're like us you're probably wondering what former Mayor of San Francisco (slash San Francisco's Mayor) Willie Brown was up to all week. Luckily, he's been
