Arts & Entertainment Get Ready to Write If you're seeing some writerly types walking around looking a bit more haggard, worn out and overly caffienated than usual it's only because November is NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month. For the
SF News Warriors... Come Out to Play-ay! Remember when we told you we were going to see the Warriors on opening night? Well we did, and they lost, which wasn't that surprising, since, you know, it was the Warriors. Our
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Untacky Tiki Technology Ah, if only. Trader Vic's - now a global chain, but in the 1930s the world's first Tiki restaurant - doesn't skimp on the atmosphere. You feel it in the wallet, of course,
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Patrick Kavanagh An inhabitant of Oakland, Patrick displays some serious O-town pride. Make sure you check out his picks for spots to hit next time you cross the bay. They’re guaranteed to make your
Arts & Entertainment Psych! What better way to celebrate the original date of Britney Spears's nuptials than at feminist pop culture zine Bitch Magazine's release party for its latest issue, on the theme of Fake? The party
SF News Crazy Carmelites Strike Again Okay, we'll admit it, Californians have a reputation for being wacky. Nutso. Bonkers. Flakey. Weird. Crazy. So maybe we are. Certainly the folks of Carmel-By-The-Sea have had their fair share of "Only in
SF News Oakland Panda-ring to China Chang has just returned from a trip to Chengdu, Sichuan province, where he traveled with representatives from architecture firm Y.H. Lee Associates - who were there to examine the local panda research
Arts & Entertainment Open Studio in the 'Town One of the things SFist loves about Oakland in all its post-industrial glory is that it's a great place for young artists to find studios. Take a walk through Temescal, West Oakland or
SF News Former Raider Wanted in Nevada Drive By The Raiders are known for cultivating a bad-boy image. When your creation myth involves going around Oakland bars looking for the biggest, meanest guys you can find in order to field your team,
SF News East Bay Pro-Choice Doctor Targeted All of the doctor's neighbors within two or three blocks of the doctor's North Oakland home have been receiving letters accusing their neighbor of "perpetuating the American Holocaust" and "bringing the shame of
SF News Monday Morning Crow-eater What an ignominious weekend for Bay Area baseball. Saturday, 2 October 2004 will long be remembered as a dark day for Northern California baseball fans. After a big win over LA on Friday
SF News Go Team! SFist brings you yesterday's baseball madness in a nutshell or two: with only three games left this weekend to finish the season, the Giants, Dodgers and Athletics all won, the Angels lost, and
SF News Heart Attack and Nine Five games left, three back of the Dodgers, tied with the Cubs, a half game up on the Astros, and Milton Bradley losing his mind in LA. Does that say it all? Not
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Movies Thie Weekend Pocket-Sized Edition SFist wishes we had more time to tell you about movies this weekend, but our server is going down in 10 minutes! So, we want to encourage anyone out there who loves zombies
SF News Sapp in The City Brian over at Jockzilla tipped us off to this little gem from Raiders defensive lineman Warren Sapp, quoted on the issue of living in San Francisco instead of Oakland in Sports Illustrated's upcoming
SF News He Hits it High, He Hits it Deep, He Hits it Outta Here! Back in the halcyon days when SFist was launching and the Giants were getting their collective ass handed to them by the lowly Cincinnati Reds, it was looking pretty grim down at Third
SF News Domestic Partners: Know Your Rights On January 1, 2005, Assembly Bill 205, "The Domestic Partners Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003," goes into effect. According to the National Center for Lesbian Rights (which has a good info page
SF News Farewell, Mr. Meyer Nicknamed "King Leer," he released his first film, , in 1959 with the backing of Peter DeCenzie, owner of Oakland's El Rey Burlesque. At the time Russ was working as a photographer, shooting centerfolds
Arts & Entertainment Sing Like an Egyptian So what are you doing this weekend? SFist is going to catch the Oakland Opera's performance of "Akhnaten" with The Standing Room. Philip Glass writes the minimalist music that drove you crazy in
misc Beauty and the Beast We love animals, if you can't tell. All of 'em. Cats, dogs, rabbits. Our sister site Gothamist started it all with their unabashed love of giant pandas. But we're no wusses. Our tastes
SF News Heeyyy Batta Batta The story of the heckler out of Oakland Coliseum just keeps getting better and better. Today, Craig and Jennifer Bueno gave a press conference to announce that they would be pursuing both civil
SF News Me Love You Long NY Times The article has that arch tone of "oh those wacky Californians," but SFist would like to point out that those hotbeds of New Age, Granola-crunching, Yoga-posing Hippiedom, Nevada and Germany, have decriminalized prostitution
SF News Postpartum Depression Wow, here's an extremely sad story with which to start your week. A new mother in West Oakland, apparently suffering from postpartum psychosis, went into a bedroom with her 3-month-old, sealed off the
SF News SFist Monday Morning Quarterback It's an exciting time for football fans, as the NFL preseason was wrapped up and the college season got off and running. In case you were busy at the beach, out of town
SF News Olympics Roundup It's finally time to get off the couch and get back to work. That's right, the Olympics are over, nothing went horribly wrong, everybody was smitten with being at the sites of the
