misc For What Is the SFist Crew Thankful, You Ask? Let Us Find Out! We know you're thankful for stuff (like, say, all of the fine content found right here on SFist -- or for baby Jesus' blessed kisses, the gift of life, blah, blah). But what,
SF News American Football Spectacular: This Test Ended Before You Arrived It's been a mighty tough season to be a 49er fan; what with the bevy of broken expectations, the death of Bill Walsh -- and this week -- the passing of former Head
SF News Photos: Cosco Busan Oil and Water Don't Mix But, and we hate to admit it, they sure do look pretty together. (The image above has been set as our desktop background!) But as attractive as oil and water looks on rain-soaked
SF News Day Around the Bay -- 177 Townsend's promise of public art delivered, raised. [Curbed SF] -- Grace Cathedral almost burned down last night via an infamous Burner. [CBS5] -- Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner: thin, pretty. [BeyondChron] --
Arts & Entertainment Cardboard Tube Fight Tournament -- This could very well be the most exciting extracurricular activity in the world, ever. Next to building a fort out of couch cushions and blankets, that is. (Why, yes, we are in
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Figurines, Dappled Cities, Union Trade: Rock bands -- with a little easy-listening thrown in there for balance! -- bust it out starting at 9 p.m. at Bottom of the Hill; $10.
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Rain! Nourishing, cozy, baptismal, layer-building, annoying, cold, revitalizing rain! [Weather Underground] -- Park it, SF. [Curbed SF] -- San Francisco weeklies pick up on our tete-a-tete. [SFBG, The Snitch] -- Mayoral debatzzzzzz.
SF News Draconid Meteor Shower -- What the Rainclouds Don't Want You to See! Although it's supposed to rain tonight, maybe baby Jesus will create a precious miracle for us San Franciscans, clearing the skies in order to view tonight's meteor shower. Alas, we doubt it. Still,
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Have you seen this man? (Also, we think that we have that same shirt in our closet. Yipes!) [Chron] -- Meet Jose Alfredo and Olga Contreras, parents teetering on the brink of
SF News 'Cause Perfect Didn't Seem So Perfect Some fantastic news! It's going to rain! One of the two topics we remotely even care about (the other being our hair) is the possibility of rain. Baptismal, cleansing rain! San Francisco seems
Arts & Entertainment SFist Finds: Next Year's 9/11 To-Do List From Lady_K via Contribute page, who found this note on Church Street in front of the Blockbuster near Market -- also, how on earth does that Blockbuster remain open for business? --
misc Week Around the -Ists LAist saw national headlines soar this week with news about the Jena 6 in Louisiana and of a police taser incident at a John Kerry event. Locally, Hollywood protesters marched in support of
SF News It's Got to be the Morning After, Bitch Lions 36 Raiders 21- And so what are we to make of the Raiders game? They absolutely sucked for a half, rallied to make a game of it, and then just as soon
SF News SFist Blotter Well, we suppose this is sort of like those Portraits In Grief type thumbnail portraits of murder victims we suggested to the Chron -- yesterday's paper featured a long article about Allan Broussard,
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City This week's show recommendations: Hurry up and head over to Amoeba at 6pm for a chance to see Okkervil River perform for free and then get a free, limited edition CD sampler when
SF News Day Around the Bay -- The Giants are best for bear bottoms: Cubs wipe up with us, 12-1. [the Chron] -- Bay Guardian dislikes big, corporate-chain retail stores? You don't say. [SFBG] -- Matt Stroud's final, fatal
SF News Singin' In the .01" of Rain It's a record-breaking day! It has never in the history of the world (or, rather, in the history of weather record-keeping) rained on a July 18th before in the Bay Area. The .01
Arts & Entertainment And Justice For All Upon arriving at the airport, Hetfield was detained and questioned but after explaining who he was and what he was there for, airport officials let him go. London, of course, has been a
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,
Arts & Entertainment Presidio Terrace Update: Street View Screenshot More seriously, this isn't the only neighborhood with houses that have/had racial covenants of course. But the sentry gate and the covenants are tied up with each other so that's why Presidio
misc Opera in Dolores Park and Free Classical Music We even took a few pictures, that you'll find below the jump. If you want a not-exactly-rain-but-not-good-weather-either-check, there's plenty opportunities: first, the warm and toasty Opera House on Van Ness will start its
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
