Arts & Entertainment Interview: Dava Guthmiller Tell us aboutPow.wow? In 2003 I got a stuck in a rut, personally. I was lacking motivation and realized I didn't have much of a life outside my office. So, what better
misc SFist Rants: Homeland-Protection at Safeway As we exited the store, our purchase (a 4-pack of film) tucked away in our Man's Carry-all (or "purse"), the magnetic door-beeping security thing went off. We ignored it, because we are not
SF News Your Commute: We're Waiting.... ....and waiting.... and waiting.... and there's still no word on whether we're having a BART strike or not. Even getting bored of hitting "refresh" on the sfgate.com window, and as you guys
misc SFisting: Practice Your Rolls While we can think of about fifty places in the Mish to practice your Downward Dog without even trying, it's nice to find places where we can practice our favorite set of postitions
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: It must be Siegfried, because it's not Roy. Trader Joe's has become a weekend ritual for us. We really can't admit this without shame. Weekends used to be times to climb mountains or party endlessly. Now, we must wake up early
Arts & Entertainment Frameline 29: <i>Ned Rorem: Word and Music</i> Ned Rorem: Word and Music. Ned Rorem certainly was a hottie. It's easy to see how this handsome, talented, literate 25-year-old American slipped comfortably into Parisian artistic and social circles of, shall we
misc SFist Raves: Stern Grove We are so getting ready, we are packing our icebox with cold cuts, pasta salads and a few bottles of chardonnay. We do not enjoy carrying the cooler on muni, even though the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: My Fair Lady Sushi Zone is a few steps up from the corner of Market and Octavia. Right now, the construction area on the east side of market, not yet connected to the new freeway off-ramp,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: C'est quoi, Koi? Ooops, maybe the Outback people did not know that the week-end dim sum crowds park in their lot. Maybe they look back and forth at the dining room and the lot and think,
SF News Screw The Fog It's Summer Time So with no further ado we present our top-five beaches and swimming holes. Add yours in the comments and we can keep the list going. #1 Black Sand Beach. After Alexander Avenue becomes
SF News Your Commute: Up, BART, Up After two hours of debate, BART voted to raise its fares again, starting in January 2006, upping the minimum fare from $1.25 to $1.40. South Bay fares are going up an
SF News Political Junkie: He Ain't No Hollaback Supe This really is bananas! Just like Gwen Stefani, Supervisor Chris Daly stuck it to the student teachers (stomp stomp), getting ev'rybody riled up (stomp stomp). He ain't no hollaback supe -- he ain't
misc SFist Rants: Stupid-Ass Bicyclists We just recently got a new job in Berkeley that's too far from the house to walk. Plus, since we took a substantial pay cut to work at the new place, losing even
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Farmer and the Merchant Should Be Friends You'll have to go that much longer without accessible fresh fruits and vegetables in the Marina, now that the merchants of Scott Street have successfully blocked a Tuesdays' farmers market from setting up
Arts & Entertainment <i>I'd Kill For A Parking Place</i> Back in the 1970s, everyone was talking about Traffic Commissioner Jerry Levitin. Commish Levitin, a former criminal defense attorney, spent the decade of stagflation reducing or just outright vacating over 200,000 tickets,
SF News Et Tu, BART First MUNI announced they wanted to raise fares. Then Caltrain hopped on board the fare raising train (ha! we made a pun). And now BART. Why, raising fares is the new black. Thanks
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: TV This Week, While Wishing We Could Watch Ourselves We can't really explain why we get such a thrill out of seeing our beautiful town show up on prime time television, but we do. Maybe we're hoping to see someone we know
SF News SFist Raves: The N Judah We complain about MUNI all the time, and we're not about to take it back. But like all great passionate affairs, our hate, anger, frustration, and disappointment is tempered by deep love, like
misc The Essefficist Thinks Long-Term Excuse all the noise, but everyone here at the Essefficist is busy celebrating the Giants' win over the Dodgers today (and digesting hot dogs). But we're here for you baby. Especially you, John.
SF News Do You Know The Way? Feel free to make your own "there isn't any there there" jokes; we here at SFist try to avoid cheap shots at our sprawling stepsister to the south. San Jose is the eleventh-largest
SF News Ah, The Muniserable SFist was having trouble getting to sleep last night, and we figured that short of the narcotics available down the street, actually reading the MTA's recently approved Fiscal Year 2006 budget would probably
SF News The Raiders Got Back Every year, Al somehow manages to pull money out of nowhere and sign some splashy free agent. Some work (Rich Gannon), some don’t (Warren Sapp). This despite obstacles that a certain owner
Arts & Entertainment Mavericks! (maybe) I don't want to be caught calling "wolf", but I'm hearing from my friends that the surf contest at Maverick's is going to be held this Wednesday. (This is the second time I've
Arts & Entertainment Your Commute: Prettying Up Valencia Ah, Valencia Street. Who hasn't nearly been run over by a car, a bus, a biker, or frantic pedestrians running to make their reservations at Luna Park, on the Mission District's own Fifth
Arts & Entertainment More Paris Hilton Sidekick Fallout So we had to go put our tale of "San Francisco Secret Service" callback woe up on Scott Stereogum's post requesting stories of calling the numbers in Paris Hilton's hacked Sidekick. While there,
