Arts & Entertainment Kepler's Winter Author Events - Not Too Shabby! As avowed book lovers SFist was thrilled to see Kepler's com back and they're (almost) better than ever. We'll remove that bracketed condition when they open online ordering because we always get our
Arts & Entertainment Not Rocking a Million People So it's time for bloggers' powers to activate. On the way into work, we were reading the Chron's Peter Hartlaub's highly enjoyable piece on used CDs and how they can reclaim one's cheesy
misc SFisting: Spank Me With A Weekly Why are we still so latherly? Lots of reasons. Take a look at one of the letters to the editor that was so not run in the Weekly: Photo of 2006 AVN Awards
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Braising We're holding the hypothermia at bay by braising everything around us. This cooking technique, where food is cooked in a little liquid for a long time at low temperature, produces luscious, tender meals
misc SFist Raves: Moving Pictures We're kind of on a pro-BART kick today -- which may be due in part to the fact that we've been taking the BART down to Millbrae all week. We understand that not
Arts & Entertainment Yvesdroppings, this Time with Feeling Submissions go to yvesdroppings at gmail dot com. Girl 1: "Wow, I've never been up this high!" Girl 2: "I've never even been in this building before. Well, I've been to the bar
SF News Bomber? Bomber? Your Macchiato Is Up! We mock the SFPD, but only because we love! The Foggy Lady's finest have released photos of a "person of interest" that they want to talk to about yesterday's Starbucks pipe bomb incident.
SF News SFist Tech Labs: Speculate Different What actually happened was a little less earth-shattering, more a confirmation of what had already been announced. Apple's big push was the release of the first two Intel-based Macs: the iMac and the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Cabbage Yes. In fact, we thought about just pointing you to Seattlest Molly's eloquent ode to cabbage and ending this post there. But then we realized that we should do our own part to
SF News Bubble? What Bubble? Although the CBIA expects a "modest" drop-off in construction employment, UCLA economist Christopher Thornberg's not so optimistic: he sees a 25% drop in related jobs. Flickr photo by TheBeege724 By SFist Lisa, contributing
misc No School Left Behind Mike from Potrero Hill SF writes to let us know that the educational is getting personal for their community, as one of the schools in Potrero Hill, Daniel Webster Elementary, has been slated
SF News And What is Tit Play? Chopped Liver? Okay, folks. Here's what we're facing: in the December issue of "Faith: The Bay Area Catholic Newsletter," the editor writes that "if it should be the case that homosexual desires are related to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Brussels Sprouts Brussels sprouts are one of those love-em-or-hate-em vegetables, and we hope you'll use the comments to share your opinions on the little cabbages. We used to be firmly in the hate-em camp, but
Arts & Entertainment SFist Does It Up Right We're not going to list all the awesome folks who came because we know we'll leave someone out and look like jerks. But thank you to all who came, thanks to Otis for
SF News SFist Checks Out The 510: Popcorn Edition So SFist's take on the movies made you think you'd like to escape the holiday madness by going to the movies. We understand. We've been hiding from assorted shoppers and/or relatives in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFisting: Shake that Fruitcake, Don't Break It Feeling a bit nervous about squeezing into that rubber catsuit for any City Hall Getty-esque holiday fund-raising affairs we're to be invited to this weekend, we're so ready for a little bump and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Oysters Holiday shopping and holiday parties leave us little time to cook this season. As we wandered the waterlogged Ferry Plaza market this weekend, we passed by the stalls of produce, knowing any veggies
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Mara Sohn How did you get involved with Yerba Buena? I have been in the arts world for the last 5 years. I started out at a large regional theatre planning fundraising events. There was
Arts & Entertainment Santarchy Grips San Francisco They respect no law of man or God. They hedonistically pursue pleasure and merriment at all costs. They look fantastic in red and white. They are the legions of Santas who have gathered
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink How To Open Sparkling Wine With party season in full swing, we want to provide a reminder about the proper way to open a bottle of sparkling wine. Here's a hint: It's not about how far the cork
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Turnips Dark greens last week, turnips this week. If you need proof that winter is here, the produce at local farmer's markets drives the point home. On the other hand, Kitchen photographer Melissa spotted
Arts & Entertainment Back in the Day... Like, Two Centuries Back We were walking through the Cow Palace the other day -- that giant warehouse-ish building, way south of the Mission, where they have rodeos and exhibitions and stuff -- when who should walk
Arts & Entertainment Review: 700 Sundays Throughout, Billy is imitating different stages of himself: as a five year old trying to impress musicians with his tap dancing, as a fifteen year old in the throes of puberty coping with
misc SFisting: Sex Machines Slideshow: The Squeaky Thing Gets the Grease With San Francisco as the home of Survival Research Laboratories, the birthplace of Combots and Robolympics, and the location of Fucking Machines secret lair, we have to wonder just what is in that
misc SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Memento Press Memento Press provides us with the best of both worlds, allowing you to upload or send photos to them, for placement in a variety of books, calendars, and cards. They're highly focused on