misc Week Around The Ists What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly,
misc Pride Pix SFist photo friend Matt Cohen has some excellent snapshots on his Flickr stream of the festivities. After the jump: underwear, cheerleaders, balloons, and Carole Migden!
SF News Day Around The Bay --Pride was fun! (Have you noticed we always have great weather for Pride?) [Chron, ABC 7, CBS 5.] --Who were the bloggers floating the Newsom coke rumors? We don't it was us. [Chron.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Today It's the Gay Pride Parade! Since you can't watch it on TV anymore anyways, just drag your sorry self out of bed and head anywhere on Market Street between the Embarcadero and Civic
misc Week Around The -Ists From the tallest skyscraper in the City of Brotherly Love to Canadian tourism copywriting brilliance, here's what you should know from our -ist cities: This week, Phillyist took a gleeful listen to the
misc Elizabeth Edwards Has Pride Hey, newsflash! Gay people vote! Taking advantage of this breaking news, Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, will be addressing the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic club at their
misc KRON-4 Having Trouble With Pride Parade Broadcast Due to Fucking FCC The reason that the station can be put out of business for a single incident is because the FCC is charged with enforcing community standards. The airwaves belong to the public, and it's
SF News Day Around The Bay --Chris Daly gets booted as the chair of the Budget and Finance Committee. --Are they going to make Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval the next assessor? --A baby gets a margarita! --Someone defaced an Arabic
SF News Day Around The Bay --Gavin Newsom had another Project Homeless Connect event. Reader Elihuh2001 sends along this picture, along with the note that Gavin refused the free coffee provided, in favor of a more corporate flair. --A
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Since SFist Sarah L didn't get to the SJ Metro last week, we hit them next! There are too many pigeons in the South Bay, says Gary Singh. Moms other than Pat Tillman's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Hey, remember that interview that SFist Rain did with Mystery Science Theater 3000's Mike Nelson last week, about his new project, Rifftrax? Download an .mp3 of the MST3K folks and play it while
Arts & Entertainment It's Carnaval! It's Memorial Day, so it must be time for Carnaval! The two-day multicultural festival on 17th and Harrison, filled with big headdresses, drums, and tasty-smelling food! (note to self: is our car parked
SF News Bay to Breakers Approaching; Bring Your Rollerskates in Case You Can't Catch a Bus Remember how effed-up Muni was at last year's Bay to Breakers, with no signs and riders vomiting and drivers getting lost and nobody having any idea how to get anywhere? Yeah, it's probably
SF News Never a Dull Moment in the TL We've all had to deal with loud, bothersome neighbors moving in next door, right? Just imagine having the neighbors at the Seneca Hotel, operated by the Tenderloin Housing Clinic. The city supplies the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: S.F. May Day Immigration Rally We saw hundreds of marchers start in the Mission and head up to Civic Center in front of City Hall yesterday. The focus on issues relating to undocumented residents and workers matched last
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Critical Mass, April 2007 The rolling Rorschach test that is Critical Mass once again delighted and frustrated those in S.F. tonight. We saw pissed-off bus riders, but also a few delighted hotel guests. We saw some
Arts & Entertainment What's Gavin Doing With His Wrists? On second thought, we don't want to know. Picture courtesy of SFMike, who snapped this at the Cherry Blossom Festival's Beauty Queens parade outside City Hall today, where Newsom also celebrated the 50th
Arts & Entertainment Cherry Blossom Parade Anime Costume Contest Hey, it's time once again for the Cherry Blossom Festival pre-parade anime costume contest at City Hall in San Francisco. The weather turned out great. Let's meet some of the contestants, after the
SF News Catching Up with the Internets Let's catch everyone up in what's going on in the world of the sports blogs -Golden State of Mind gets itself geeked for "the biggest Warriors game in twelve years." Someone at the
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>The Girl Who Leapt Through Time</i> This is why we go to film festivals. Once in a while you get to see a movie that you probably would have missed if it weren't for film festivals, but has made
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the St. Patrick's Day Parade Before the mayhem began, SFist Jim checked out the St. Patrick's Day parade. After the jump, more photos including Carole Migden getting into it.
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>The Cats Of Mirikitani</i> What started out as a project about the drawings of homeless SoHo street artist and cat-lover Jimmy Mirikitani turned into a quest to save a man from his present and from his past
Arts & Entertainment 2007 Chinese New Year Parade: Year of the Boar. Here's some extended coverage of the last night's successful Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco. We've captioned the photos of a few of the more interteresting entrants. If you've never been, you
Arts & Entertainment Picking up Yvesdroppings Submissions go to yvesdroppings - at - gmail - dot - com. And! If you think you might forget your Yvesdropping, you can just call our special new Yvesdroppings voicemail hotline and leave
SF News Mark it on Your Muni Calendar Translink rollout: For Muni, "late fall/early winter of 2007," and for all Bay Area transit, "2010." Translink is that little swipey dongle that'll let you ride all different transit agencies, without having
