SF News Not Dead Yet Over the weekend, a compromise was reached in that people who wanted to drink booze inside Washington Square Park, where the music could be heard, can. It's just that they'll be cordoned off
SF News How Dry We Are The decision was at the behest of the neighborhood types who complained about the drunken hordes of riff-raff acting all riff-raff-y. They were opposed by neighborhood businesses and organizers of the festival who
Arts & Entertainment Good Show, Yvesdroppings Submissions go to yvesdroppings - at - gmail - dot - com. Striped shirt Marina guy: "It's like, we hold these truths to be self-evident. What movie is that from again?" -- From
misc SFist Whines & Dines: Chaise Lounge Not that there is anything wrong with sitting on couches. We like to sit on the couch, which is a great reason to check out our next dog friendly bar – Chaise Lounge in
SF News To Be Continued... Two stories from last week are still being stories this week, so we thought we'd update everyone on what the latest has been. First up, North Beach, where yet another big, fun festival
SF News North Beach Is Italian For No Booze Oh wait, there's going to be no booze allowed this year? Nevermind. Apparently, some people have been complaining about the drunken hordes of frat boys, Marina girls, and aging alcoholics who have descended
SF News We Got In The New York Times! Well, all right, we didn't get in the New York Times . But their slurpy Sunday Styles article about our glamorous gad-about-town mayor and his Scientologist/actress girlfriend did mention that "[b]logs in
misc SFist Answers: Blah Blah Blah TG Writes: Will I get pregnant in the next three months? Reply hazy -- ask later. See, folks, sometimes we need more info to give a better answer than that. Of course, with
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Beach Blanket Babylon <i>Again</i>? Wow, Gavin Newsom must really like big hats. (Yes, commenter Matt, we know you like big hats too.) Leah Garchik reported in yesterday's The In Crowd that when CSI: Plumpjack made their triumphant
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Called On The Carpet When the Chron bites, it bites down hard -- check out today's editorial about Gavin Newsom whining about his love life. Funny, he didn't seem to mind the publicity when he was posing
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sofia Milos Newsom? Gavin'll try anything to lower the crime rate around here! Leah Garchik triumphantly reports that Gavin was seen kissing CSI: Miami detective Sofia Milos goodbye at a North Beach cafe last Monday morning,
Arts & Entertainment The Tour Comes to Town Now that the San Francisco Grand Prix is no longer, this race offers Bay Area cycling fans their only chance to see the best road cyclists in the world battle it out on
misc SFist Answers: Do It Like We Do Marie-Christine asks: I'm French, living in Paris and working for an IT company. I'm organizing a business tour (15 people aged 35 to 55) . . . spending 2 nights over SF on Feb 15 &
SF News Search For Jerry Tang Continues On January 7, the Financial District, North Beach, and SOMA were canvassed based on a December 16 possible sighting by a security guard in the 1 California area. In that sighting: (A) security
Arts & Entertainment Yvesdroppings Aren't Fooled Submissions go to yvesdroppings at gmail dot com. Whoo. Dude With Huge Sunglasses: "Hey Marty." Marty: "Oh! Hey! I didn't recognize you because you're disguised as an Italian." -- North Beach Mom, trying
SF News Wetter Than a [Fill In Tasteless Reference to Aroused Female Genitalia] SFist Rita (always looking out for the staff) was worried about flooding in North Beach earlier this week, and now we can report the corners of Powell and Columbus on Union are now
SF News Putting The Beach Back In North Beach Surf's up! Two water mains on Lombard between Stockton and Powell Streets burst this morning at about 4 a.m., flooding North Beach streets. The Public Utilities Commission says it might be from
misc Justice for Strippers According to plaintiff's attorney Greg Walston, this hourly minimum (derived from the rate at the worker-owned and operated Lusty Lady), is meant to protect dancers from having to resort to prostitution or face
SF News Fallon Walks Among Us Tipster Yoshi infoms us: On Sunday night, my girlfriend and I spotted a bespectacled Jimmy Fallon at Specs Bar in North Beach, digital camera in hand he looked like any other tourist, except
Arts & Entertainment Please, Sir, Can We Have Some More Production Companies? Remember three years ago, when all your media-employed friends had to suddenly go from pulling down a dot-com salary to working retail and collecting unemployment? We spoke to a manager at a North
Arts & Entertainment Sorry, PJ! Sorry, PJ Corkery, for our terrible maligning of your gossip source-ery yesterday! As you may remember, Leah Garchik and the Chron on the one hand reported that the Gavin-Kimberly divorce was final, where
Arts & Entertainment Political Junkie: Indecision 2005 Duelling gossips in today's San Francisco media! On the one side, we have the Chron and Leah Garchik's TIC column, reporting that the Newsom and the Guilfoyle are now officially kaput as of
Arts & Entertainment A Touch of Class At the SFIFF’s super-special ritzy glamorous hoi-palloi Brad-Bird-Meet-And-Greet last week, Brad was surrounded by such a large gaggle of pleased society-types, you could’ve been forgiven for not realizing he was there
Arts & Entertainment Wake the Dead With Dr. Hunter S. Thompson moving on to bigger and better things, writers, critics, stoners and other hangers-on are organizing tributes around the country and around the world. But we have a feeling
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wide Awake in North Beach: Mario's Bohemian Cigar Store Mario's Bohemian Cigar Store is a small, intimate cafe in North Beach, right on the corner of Columbus and Union. Both bar seating and small, round tables are available; plenty of large windows
