misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "San Francisco Polyphony" by György Ligeti Off the tops of our heads, we can't think of too many classical/chamber pieces written in honor of our fair city. This one, 1973's "San Francisco Polyphony," is by Hungarian-born composer György
misc Photo du Jour 483 Time and again, local photog Darwin Bell proves himself one of the best living photographers around today. Above is yet one more example why this is true. And, SFist is honored that he
misc Straight Dude Blogger Struggles Over Finding Women in SF, and the Age-Old NY vs. SF Debate NBC Bay Area has pointed us today, for reasons not entirely clear to their news gathering mission, to this blog via a brief piece titled "Where Have San Francisco's Beautiful Women Gone?" The
misc Photos: Sunday Streets Meets Rock the Bike & Tornado Rider Concert Sunday Streets met with a Rock the Bike event at Ocean Beach on Sunday. Some sort of amplifier was attached to bikes, then said listening device was powered by the magic of pedal
misc Remove Outlets at Cafes? Sheer heresy, right? To ban laptop power connectivity at your favorite cafes? Well, that's just what some cafes in New York City, according to a article, are doing in an effort to get
misc Scenes from a 'Trauma' Shoot NBC's gripping drama Trauma did a little bit of filming at One Bush this morning. While there were no choice star-sighting on the wattage level of SF First Lady Jennifer Siebel -- remember:
misc Week Around the Ists Phillyist headed down the shore for the Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival, where they got to hang out with Ted Allen and Guy Fieri. DCist revisited the saga of Molly, the stolen
misc Photo du Jour 478 Love him or hate him, this shot of SF Giants' Barry Zito is top-notch. (What wasn't top-notch? Last night's game, which saw the Giants blow it in the end against the Cincinnati Reds,
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Tut at Twilight, where you can enjoy discounted admission to to Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Dangerous Downhill Daredevil Massan from MACAFRAMA on Vimeo. We came across this harrowing bit of footage over at Mission Mission. This SF cyclist is, for lack of a better word, insane. And a bit sexy too,
misc SFist Interviews: Sunnyside Blogger Steve Robles As the southwestern neighborhoods of San Francisco continue to gain momentum in the public eye through the Western Neighborhoods Project, violent freeway proximity crime, fairly "reasonable" home prices, and stellar coverage from SFist,
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Two Months Off" by Underworld These fine British gents are coming to the Fox Theater in Oakland tomorrow evening, so we thought we'd offer up one of their more popular tracks, "Two Months Off" which was featured on
misc Photo du Jour 475 One of those (dangerous looking) Smart Cars parked perpendicularly, shot by Jim Herd of SFCitizen. Is it legal to park your fun-size car like that, Herd asks? Nope.
misc Depressing Empty Union Street Storefront Collage Curbed featured this photo montage sent in by reader Ben of storefronts that are empty or for lease along Union Street from Gough to Fillmore. Check out the larger version.
misc ...And Then There Were Skydivers We didn't see a hundred skydivers, but T-Mobile completed their big mid-day product launch for their hopeful iPhone rival, the myTouch 3G, featuring planes, free-falling, freelance skydivers, colored smoke, mimes, stilt-walkers, BMXers, loud
misc <i>7x7</i> Gets Hyperlocal In an attempt to get in on the hyperlocal (ugh, that word) trend, glossy rag 7x7 interviewed pretty people about their favorite places to go in specific San Francisco neighborhoods. Above, Mission district
misc See's Candies Involved in 9/11 Conspiracy? Laughing Squid featured a photo of a rather poetic letter that's posted in the window of the former See's Candies in Nob Hill written by the building's landlord, which explains that the business
misc Our Old Friend Zennie Has Some Advice for Twitter Remember our old old pal Zennie? He of the controversy and Giants game meanderings? Some of you may know him as a SFGate City Brights blogger (a title shared by those eloquent Getty
misc Unauthorized Trader Joe's Commercial Forgive us if you're one of the almost 500,000 who've seen it already... we hadn't, and it was shot in our very own Trader Joe's on Masonic on some guy's Palm Treo.
misc Getty Brothers Update Well. Hm. So, it looks like the Getty brothers posted another web-log entry over the weekend. They write about drinking lemon juice. Or miracle fruit. Or liquid acid. We can't say for sure.
