misc Week Around the Ists Torontoist exposed infamous local fiend Dimitri the Lover's new protégé, Pavel the Lover—a man who approaches underage girls, calls them "elegant," and passes them business cards asking them if they'd like to
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misc Scene from a Bird Flight Really, how can you hate them after seeing this? They're gorgeous in "Pigeons on a Mission," above, shot by Flickr photog captin_nod. As always, SFist, for some strange reason, loves pigeon shots.
misc Photo du Jour 297 Giants pitcher Barry Zito laughs at a magician's tricks during the team's holiday party for homeless children at AT&T Park.
misc Day Around the Bay More than 800,000 abandoned square feet are currently on the market. [Curbed] Bay Area home value nosedives. [SFGate] Snow? In Berkeley?! [SFWeekly] Cute couple marches through California in an effort to revoke
misc Haiku Giveaway: Modern Alchemy Dia De Los Muertos Candle from BellJar Local Mission boutique BellJar, purveyor of "gorgeous little things," is the perfect place to shop for one-of-a-kind, last-minute holiday gifts. The shop, which opened last spring, is decked out with awe-inspiring vintage furniture
misc Giant Squid Up for Grabs on Craigslist? Found over at Laughing Squid, appropriately enough, somebody is (allegedly) offering their giant squid to anybody who wants it. For free. It can be your newest, least cuddliest pet, or you can turn
misc Wish Your Were Dead Pool: the Winner We asked you to decide on what Bay Area institution you would like to see die in 2009, and you overwhelmingly chose the Church of Scientology to go bye-bye. (Please don't kill us,
misc Today in San Francisco History - Escape from Alcatraz, maybe Timecapsule: December 16, 1937 Braving armed guards, bone-chilling water, and a mythical one-finned shark named Bruce, Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe take advantage of the heaviest fog on record to escape from the
misc Fun with Photoshop: Gavin's Hair Welcomes You to San Francisco Ha! Jameth found this and sent it our way. And sure, it's fake. But it's stuff like this that would have us flat on our back for Gav -- well, more than any
misc San Francisco, a Great Place to Visit, but.... MSN writer Diane Vadino suggests in her article "A Great Place to Visit, but …" that San Francisco is, as the title of her post suggests, a fantastic vacation excursion ("[s]hop Hayes Valley
misc Today's Rainbow Thanks, Jen Maiser, for capturing this gorgeous shot from today's manic weather.
misc Two Interesting Signs We were out running today, and came across two signs. No photos (we don't carry a camera in such situations), but they both are begging for some explanations. Sign 1: On the Embarcadero,
misc Santa Drag Takes Over City During Santacon Santacon, or Santarchy, happened over the weekend. People dressed up as St. Nick got drunk and roamed the streets of San Francisco. Ho ho ho, folks. Also, check out footage of Santacon-ers crashing
misc Some Extremely Awesome Stickers Screw the thank-you letter. Whatever happened to the sticker album? Because if this were the sixth third grade, these GMail stickers would go right at the front of the book along with the
misc Advent Conspiracy This is what happens when a religion is nice -- you know, instead of spending millions of dollars to take peoples' rights away. After prop 8, there's been a lot of hostility to
misc American Football Spectacular: Beyond Caring Only a few games left of the NFL's 2008 season and as is customary, the Raiders are in full plummet. The last things that stand to be parsed out are which players are
misc Week Around the Ists Image by Lauri Apple/Chicagoist Chicagoist was in such a tizzy over the arrest of their Governor, Rod Blagojevich, - looking at the federal complaint, examining fellow arrestee John Harris, enjoying artists' interpretations,
misc SF Zoo's Baby Gorilla Photos Good news! One, we images of baby gorilla boy, who is still unnamed, that will have you squee-ing until Monday. (Really, a little baby gorilla with a stuffed gorilla is quite impressive. The
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