misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'San Francisco Rain' by LYS Hey guess what! It's raining! So here's a little palate cleanser today that could be considered the progressive-house antithesis to yesterday's "Storms" by Stevie Nicks. It's called "San Francisco Rain" and it's by
misc What Could've Been, But Never Was: BART On the GG Bridge Eric Fisher has a great batch of old timey maps and hypothetical San Franciscos. Take, for example, the above GE ad, which shows what BART could've been like if people didn't, well, suck.
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via B.K.: "Never thought I'd say this out of blue bottle loyalty, but the 4 Barrel cappuccino @ Ironside is rocking my world. Velvety, rich, and voluptuous."
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Stevie Nicks "Storms" Demo In honor of typhoon Melor and the impending five inches of rain with which she'll blanket the Bay Area starting tonight, we present to you a demo of Stevie Nicks' "Storms," one of
misc Photo du Jour 481 "Neon Family Values" by Darwin Bell. (Yes, we know that we've mentioned the Union Square Louis Vuitton window once before. But, really, it's such a boss window display, so it deserves a second
misc Week Around the Ists Torontoist checked out the weird and wonderful sights on their city's newly launched version of Google Street View, including this keeper. Gothamist was part amazed and part horrified by this crazed fight between
misc When a Tree [Branch] Falls in the City... ...It gets cleaned up in 30 minutes flat. This morning we heard what sounded like our crazy upstairs neighbor throwing trash off the fire escape, but then later glimpsed outside the window to
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Virgin America, with its new non-stop route from LAX and SFO to Ft. Lauderdale starting 11/18. Phish Festival
misc SFist Interviews: Blue Angels Pilot Lt. Mark Swinger by Amy Crocker No, the sky is not falling on your head. And no, the wrath of Thor is not upon us. The great booms echoing in the San Francisco sky come not
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day: Blue Angels Edition Via M.K.: " today was not a good day for an entire morning of meditation. Thanks Blue Angels."
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Blue Angels + Van Halen = Magic In honor (or disgust) at the Blue Angels arrival in Baghdad by the Bay, please enjoy this clip of the Blue Angels set to Van Halen's "Dreams," off of 5150.
misc Photo du Jour 480 Speaking of republicans, here's Mayor Gavin Newom posing with Bush disaster #1 and some golfers at yesterday's Presidents Cup. Some sort of golf humor is going on here, but... it's completely lost on
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Burning Man '09 Time-Lapse Film Evolution (Burning Man time lapses) from Delrious on Vimeo. The same video artist, Ben Wiggins, who brought you the time-lapse video of summer in San Francisco has also created this time-lapse video shot
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via E.B.: "The east bay is one big sex pigeon post to me anymore."
misc Smoking At Bus Stops This man us standing close enough to the bus stop that everyone -- including some kids -- cam smell him. If he reeked of garbage or beets, it would be considered rude, and
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via Kevin McCracken: "The Muni driver just got done lecturing commuters on the virtues of saying thank you." (We say thank you if the driver is nice, but we would refrain from thanking
misc Video: SF LovEvolution Muni Train Hijacked By Teens Adam Jackson shot the above video that shows scores and scores of youthful types heading to Saturday's SF LovEvolution/Love Parade bash at Civic Center. We don't know how they crammed their lithe
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: If We Were Gay After succumbing to the joy of a perfectly cut and shared cheeseburger, two men hypothesize the homosexual lifestyle, telling each other what they would do to the other if they were bent. Funny
misc Week Around the Ists Chicagoist was stunned when the city's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, widely expected to be in the final two with Rio's bid, was eliminated in the first round of IOC voting. Gothamist
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via Brock Keeling: "LovElution partiers have invaded my neighborhood. Fuzzy cowboy hats as far as the eye can see."
