misc Week Around the Ists Torontoist spent an early Sunday morning with two street artists, Eric Cheung and Sean Martindale, who make rogue planters out of carved-up posters. DCist went to the official launch of Google Moon and
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 What's Going On Here, AT&T Customer? Greg Dewar of N Judah Chronicles posted this image of an angry sign presumably posted up by an even angrier customer. The shit was snapped up yesterday afternoon at Broadway and Van Ness.
misc Floating Head About Town, Enjoying a Smoke UPDATE: The artist is Hugh Leeman, and he'll be showing his work at White Walls on August 8th. We've seen this floating head, which is likely a portrait of Lee Scratch Perry (thanks,
misc Create Your Own Map of San Francisco Neighborhoods We adore stuff like this, things that boil down the complicated and tenuous class, race and sociopolitical tapestry of San Francisco into convenient sweeping generalizations. And, which ever rapscallion took a black Sharpie
misc Photo du Jour 464 This is no way to treat Knotts-Berry Farm memorabilia. Would you do this to your Splash Mountain photo from Disneyland? We should hope not.
misc Google Honors ComicCon ComicCon, the other annual gathering of comic stars and fans, is taking place this very second in San Diego, starting today and ending on Sunday. Never one to shy away from all things
misc Fire Torches South South SF Columbus Salami Warehouse A massive four-alarm fire on Cabot Road near Allerton Avenue torched the San Francisco Sausage Company building, the Columbus Salami company's slicing plant. Luckily, all 30 overnight employees escaped unharmed. The blaze went
misc Knife-Wielding-Schwarzenegger Video Brouhaha Missed the Obvious So. The MSM has been atwitter this morning about the above video, which shows Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger holding a Crocodile Dundee-esque knife (in his unusually youthful hands) before launching into a diatribe about
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Alice in Wonderland' Teaser & Pics UPDATE: Disney's apparently got their panties in a bunch about the leak of this teaser ONE WHOLE DAY EARLY, and a lot of the embeddables have been yanked down. If this one--our second
misc Photo du Jour 462 Mission Mission has word that the above Muni-infused shirts, conceived by Sex Pigeon, will be for sale at tonight’s Casiotone for the Painfully Alone concert at Bottom of the Hill. This is
misc SFist Interviews: Reverend Billy, NYC Mayoral Candidate by Quinn Miller Reverend Billy Talen, performance artist and international activist, founder of the Church of Life After Shopping (formerly knows as the Church of Stop Shopping), star of the documentary What Would
misc Photo du Jour 461 Whoa. Hey, don't look at us like that. Paolo at Eater thought of it way before we did, marvelously so.
misc Week Around the Ists Gothamist found out that "heroin-addicted hobos from around the country" are camping out in trendy Williamsburg. One deli owner complained to a local newspaper, "They could take a nice hot bath. One kid
misc Photo du Jour 459 Photo of an unidentified tranny Ambrosia Salad singing into a light bulb at "Chili Dog" by Darwin Bell.
misc Really Bad Wax Figure Likenesses We're not sure there is such a thing as a *good* wax figure, but we're sure the people at the Fisherman's Wharf Wax Museum would like us to think so. In any event,
misc Gay Gamers Treated Badly by Kids in Gaming Universe It's probably not news to anyone who's played an internet-enabled, multi-player video game in the last few years (or anyone who's ever met a teenage boy, for that matter) that LGBT gamers often
misc Photo du Jour 457 Self portrait at Third and King, shot by meligrosa / Bikes & the City. (Hat tip: Allan Hough)
misc Dolores Park Clean-Up on Sunday In an effort to combat shameless litterbugs, loyal Dolores Park-goers have organized a regular Dolores Park Clean-Up effort. The first one is happening this Sunday at 5 p.m., and volunteers are invited
misc Photo du Jour 456 Plug 1 of What I'm Seeing snaps this shot of the future SFist headquarters, One Rincon Hill. What? It could happen.
misc Graffiti Report Card: Muni Taggers Gone Wild As Tangobaby put it, "What?! Ewww. And cool." Grade: D+
