misc And the Treasure Island Giveaway Winner Is... ...tateness. SFist received over 150 standout haikus for free VIP passes to the Treasure Island Music Festival. All of you gave it your best, all of them were a pleasure to read, and
misc Photo du Jour 455 Flickr photog andertho captured nature in action above the Land's End Trail, this hawk gathering twigs for her nest. Another shot of the domesticating bird.
misc Mexican Tall Ship Cuauhtémoc Arrives In SF Named after the last Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc who was captured and killed way back in 1525, the ARM Cuauhtémoc arrived in San Francisco today. Weighing a massive 1,800 tons and measuring 220
misc BART Needs Your Help The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) is helping BART conduct some much-needed information gathering, and they need your help. This survey wants to know, exactly, what your relationship is with
misc Tim Lincecum to Start All-Star Game SF Giants golden child Tim Lincecum will start at Tuesday's All-Star game in St. Louis, according to John Sea of . The Cy Young Award winner, if you recall, couldn't make it to last
misc Week Around the Ists Chicagoist visited The Ledge at the Sears Tower, the building's newest attraction that allows visitors to step out into glass boxes that jut out from the Tower's west side, allowing you to look
misc <i>Chron</i> Columnist Catalogs "Vile" Fast Foods; We Think They Look Kinda Good We know it's, like, not cool around these parts to admit one's love of over-processed, non-organic, industrially farmed fast food. And maybe it's just that we haven't had breakfast yet, but we couldn't
misc Oakland Tourism Video This hilarious Oakland! "promo" by SF sketch comedy group/film production company Killing My Lobster has been making the rounds in recent weeks. Topics such as slow jaywalking, ghostriding, Zachary's vs. Little Star,
misc Last Chance to Enter to Win the San Francisco Dream House, Deadline Friday Friday's the deadline for the last (Grand Prize) drawing of the San Francisco Dream House Raffle, which benefits Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Buy a $150 ticket, and you could win a
misc SFBG Nude Beaches Guide Arrives! More than any other issue of any print publication in town, we most look forward to 's Nude Beaches Guide. Why? Because, well, naked pics. This year marks the issue's 35th anniversary of
misc <i>Web Site Story</i>, an Internet Musical See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. We don't know how we missed this for an entire week, but we have to give props to College Humor. This is some true,
misc A Gallery of Abandoned Baby Strollers & Hoovers This swell photo series of brokedown baby buggies and vacuum cleaners left for dead in the streets of San Francisco (and the East Bay) comes to us from photographer Daniel Filipkowski, who is
misc Photo du Jour 449 The latest trend in Valencia Street wear? Toy guitars, possibly this year's version of the lunchbox.
misc Zennie Records Bouncer / Patron Fight at Harry's Oh lucky day. Zennie sounds like he could be one of the most interesting people this city has got going for it. In addition to ruminating on Star Trek or Giants games, he
misc Stockton Residents Gather to Witness Image of Michael Jackson on a Tree Stump Apparently, the image of Michael Jackson appeared on a Stockton tree stump, pictured at right, the day the pop icon passed away, and crowds have begun to gather ever since. Owner of the
misc What's Going On Here, Dolores Park Yogis? In what's just another attempt to get women to spread their legs and bend their bodies in public -- very clever, guys -- something called AcroYoga took place in Dolores Park over the
misc Video: Geniuses Throw Fireworks at Cars Mission Mission posted this video from July 4th around last call at 16th and Albion in the Mission, which shows fireworks being aimed at cars. Rumor has it that cyclists were also targets.
misc Overzealous Park Rangers? SFist posted last week about the lovely Huntington Park on Nob Hill, and commenter hthoms responded with an account of some pushy park rangers "abusing their power" by harassing park-goers with off-leash dogs,
misc The Haight Street Underworld Flickr photographer Andertho captured this shot of an alley off Haight Street, which provoked quite a bit of HDR love-"haight" in the comments. Well, we love it.
misc Week Around the Ists Gothamist followed the story of a woman who claimed a police officer manhandled her—punching her and grabbing her breasts—because she had taken her pug out of its carrier. There were numerous,
