misc Photo du Jour 272 Shot of Balclutha (1886) -- AKA Star of Alaska, Pacific Queen, or Sailing Ship Balclutha -- at her mooring in San Francisco.
misc Interview: Jane Anderson Photo by Kevin Berne We saw “Quality of Life” at ACT the other night and can’t recommend it highly enough. The star-studded cast members each give exceptionally compelling performances. The play’s
misc Tales Of Mere Existence "Baba" (Turkish for "Father") Some ways of being close to someone you've never been particularly close to. "Tales Of Mere Existence" By Levni Yilmaz R.O.T.
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misc Photo du Jour 271 Photo by Matt Jalbert. While we admire the oddly Christ-/Mao-like Obama poster, we're more impressed with these steps that lead up to Rincon Hill. Very necessary.
misc Vandalism Report Card: Hipster Batman Shot by Amor de Cosmos (found over at Mission Mission), we enjoy Hipster Batman. Because we like our graffiti when it's done with a comic strip's flair, not muddled with that overly vivid
misc Photo du Jour 270 Photo by rick, found in SFist's Flickr pool. God does seem like a pushy bottom, yes? This explains so much.
misc Bikes on Board We heard from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition today that at the November 6th of the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, there was still no word on increased capacity for bicycles on Caltrain.
misc More Prop 8 Protests Coming Up, but we See Worrisome Obstacles in the Immediate Future So what's the deal with the next round of Prop 8 protests? Oh, we are so glad you asked. The next big one in SF is this Saturday at 10:30am at City
misc American Football Spectacular: Holding Down The Reset Button -- monster doppelgänger Bochephus * San Francisco vs. Arizona Monday, November 10, 2008. 5:30 PM, PST. Week 10 The Battle For Change Can you believe that a week ago it was still in-question
misc Today in Angioplasty On the recommendation of some friends, we headed over to the Buckshot last night. There were rumors of a metal-centric musical bent, shuffleboard, and ski-ball (yes!). All true. But what really got us
misc Week Around the Ists Gothamist greeted Election Day with excitement--and some really, really long lines. Even Tim Robbins had a meltdown at his polling site! Bostonist discovered that it's hard out there for a singer when we
misc Photo du Jour 268 A series of photos showing an inbound 33 Stanyan bus navigating the infamously sharp hairpin turn at Market and Clayton.
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Cabana Cachaça, a double-distilled cachaça with the same versatility as vodka, but more taste. , paying homage to British culture
misc Prop. 8 Opinion: Let's Just Ban Marriage Altogether Shamelessly breaking boundaries here at SFist, we're letting budding SFist star Tiffany Maleshefski use the first-person voice with this opinion piece. Not because youu Editor necessarily disagrees with the sentiment; it just works
misc Another Election Night Shot Amusing, enthusiastic, and a bit scary, we think this shot from Orange Photography deserves its own post. For more images, check out our election night gallery.
misc Photo du Jour 265 "Where President Barack Met President Abe" by Flickr user ohad*. (Check out more images of the above political art thingy here and here.
misc SPUR post-election analysis Hey, you! Free at lunchtime? Yeah? Then head over to SPUR's (San Francisco's Plannihng-Urban Research Association) post-election analysis this afternoon. The noontime forum will be held at 312 Sutter St. (at Grant), on
misc And...Wow So where were you last night? We were going to go to a bar, but everywhere was so packed that we ended up at home with burritos when it was called. We didn't
misc Sponsored Post: Become a Transatlanticist The following post is from our advertiser, Visit Britain. What is a Transatlanticist (tran(t)s-ət-ˈlan-tik-ist)? A Transatlanticist draws upon the different ideas and customs of Great Britain, expressing their interpretation of British
misc Looking Back: Scene at City Hall on Sunday During last Sunday's early voting period at City Hall, the line of those itchin' to vote stretched well around the building. And had Sarah Palin been there, she could have taken advantage of
