Arts & Entertainment The 12 Best Places To Enjoy The Outdoors In SF (That Aren't Dolores Park) Dolores Park is done. It's also partially closed for repairs. And with that, it's time to find somewhere else to go on blistering days. But where? Revised from our 2013 list, here are
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Best S.F. Bars With An Outdoor Oasis As summer approaches, it's time to don those shorts and skirts and head out for some daytime drinking under the (occasional) sun. We already told you about the best waterfront bars in the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Where To Drink Outdoors On This Beautiful March Day Really, you should take the day off to enjoy today's pleasant weather. Also, it's Friday. Don't you want a three-day weekend? Of course you do. You deserve it. We've already explained how to
misc The Baby-ry Coast Last week we waxed poetic about how great growing up in the Bay Area must be, much in part due to the strong sense of community here, as well as the huge amount
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Ten Commandments of Strybing Arboretum Don't shred! Don't skate! Don't scoot! Don't walk! (transitive) Don't play! Don't pluck! Don't trample! Don't feed! (transitive) All that adds up to "DON'T LIVE!" according to at least one vandal. The rules
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Oil Spill = Death at Fisherman's Wharf See what we are dealing with on the closed beaches of S.F., after the jump.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Lick Fire We were coming back from our Labor Day we're-outta-here yesterday and saw this over the hills to the north. It was big enough that we turned on the radio to make sure that
Arts & Entertainment Jesus Presents: Noise Pollution They're not there to persuade anyone; like Critical Mass or Dore Alley, these aggressive displays of difference just reinforce the gulf of "we're totally unlike you," rather than adopting the shrewd Scientology approach
Arts & Entertainment If We've Swam To Alcatraz Once, We've Done It 500 Times On Monday, three people are each making their respective 500th open-water swim to Alcatraz and back. Swimming's hard! And the water's cold! And they won't be wearing wet suits. But these three guys
Arts & Entertainment Why Did You Skip Healthy Saturday? All that work, all that lobbying and compromising, all those broken promises, all those clipboards -- and nobody showed up for the first Healthy Saturday. Yikes. We've got lots of pix up on
Arts & Entertainment Park in the Park Parking won't be free -- but then, it never is. The city hasn't worked out the exact prices yet, but between the rent they'll pay to the state's DMV and the fees paid
Arts & Entertainment A Hike To Pirate’s Cove, Mateys We checked out the completely re-done Pirate’s Cove trail as we neared the end of our loop hike yesterday in the Tennessee Valley area. Wait…Pirate’s Cove? Yep! This particular little
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Wanderer: China Camp Eucalyptus Frame * Bay Area Wanderer: China Camp State Park, out on Point San Pedro Road, San RafaelDrove out to China Camp State Park with Sufjan Stevens on the stereo singing about Chicago. The air sat
Arts & Entertainment Are You Out Of Your Half-Dome? Nature Getting Pricier Prices on everything, as always, are going up-up-up. National Park entrance fees appear to be no exception under the administration's current plan. Starting next January 1, for example, Yosemite's gate fee is set
Arts & Entertainment Compromise Can Be Healthy Too The battle over Healthy Saturdays was sort of at a stalemate until a study was released saying that attendance to the museums were up on Sundays when John F. Kennedy Drive was closed.
Arts & Entertainment McLaren Park: It's Time Us Full-figure Girls Get Noticed To Little Miss Golden Gate Park, princess of the City, Honey, I'm sick of you and your flat-ass panhandle getting all the attention. You think you're the only park in the whole City
Arts & Entertainment Cycling: Papa! Papa! The Italians, They are Coming! That's right Cutters, the Italians are coming, along with the French, the Spaniards, the Americans, the Germans, the Dutch-- yeah, even the Dutch. They're all going to be in the City this weekend
Arts & Entertainment Up on High, In the Mix Feeling quite adventurous, a few weeks ago we decided to test our legs on Mix Canyon Road a bicycle ride located just on the western side of Vacaville. We've heard amazing things from
Arts & Entertainment Tahoe Gets Fresh Pow Pow As for how the season is looking, experts looked into their Magic 8 ball and after getting "Ask Again Later" several times, have deemed the upcoming season as being possibly "exceptional." This is
