Arts & Entertainment Interview: Corene Oustad You'll of course want to jump straight to Corene's restaurant picks below. Be forwarned that she hasn't even listed the home of her favorite chef. That's because the University Club is a place
Arts & Entertainment FunCheapSF How many times have you faced Friday wondering what you're going to do with your weekend that's fun and cheap, or better yet, free? If you were to consult the funcheapSF list, you
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: It's Not Who You Know To paraphrase Norm, it's not who you know, it's who know. With that, this week's live theater recommendations consist of shows featuring friends of ours. Pretty good deal, being SFist's friend, isn't it?
SF News The Bell-Ringer Brouhaha of Ought-Four Could there be more to the story of Salvation Army's bell ringers being asked to leave the grounds of Target stores than what the Chronicle is reporting? Founded over 120 years ago in
misc Ugly Buildings The Chron today does a feature on the biggest architectural eyesores in San Francisco. The writer of the article focuses his ire on the Marriott Hotel across the street from the Metreon, saying
Arts & Entertainment Interview: TophOne In addition to writing for XLR8R magazine TophOne finds time to read 19th century Japanese literature. Really. We love what TophOne has to say about San Francisco's unique style, and all the stylish
SF News SFist's First <i>Original</i> Blind Item!!! Hint: It's not musical genius on the right. Think much, much less soulful. Bonus: First three readers to send in the correct guess and then show up at our December 9th shindig get
misc Do Think Of An Elephant ... because how could you not with a picture this cute? Elephant with a pumpkin! Ha! The Oakland Zoo held its annual Thanksgiving Leftover Pumpkin feeding for the animals in residence yesterday. We can
SF News The Giants Add a Good Strong Armando First thing is, you gotta understand that at least one SFist writer obsesses over the Giants to a damned near unhealthy point and scours the internet on a fairly regular (constant?) basis looking
Arts & Entertainment They Want Two States Further amplifying the rivalry between here and there, the San Francisco Convention and Visitors' Bureau has launched a new website, called Not in L.A., supposedly to lure Angelenans up what they call
SF News Quit Whining About Crime For those of you who take one look at a Craigslist posting for a room in the Bayview and think to yourself, "It's too dangerous," it may be time to reevaluate. Fact is,
SF News Political Junkie: Anger Management Well, he wasn't wearing a t-shirt to promote his new rap album, but, like Ron Artest, Chris Daly ain't sorry. Well, that's not entirely fair. At yesterday's unprecedented censure motion hearings before the
SF News "Rent" Not Paying Rent? From what we understand of the deal, the San Francisco Film Commission is paying $12,000 rent each month to the Treasure Island Development Authortiy, but is subtracting the cost of the work
misc One Fewer Car with the Essefficist I'm checkin' e-mails, I'm checkin' e-mails, hey hey! I'm checkin' e-mails, I'm checkin' e-mails, hey hey! Our question this week comes from Rita, a frequent contributor and fellow SFist staffer: I have a
Arts & Entertainment If You Want Something Sung Right... That's why every year we go to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Sing it Yourself Messiah. Yup, that's right. The whole damned thing, sung by you and selected soloists. What? You don't
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Look Upon the Trimethyldioxypurist, Ye Mighty, and Despair A good, strong cup is always a priority -- but it's not always the whole story. Take Cafe Abir, for instance, a stand-out coffee joint (and more) in the Western Addition (1300 Fulton
Arts & Entertainment Season of Hate We're just blamelessly living our idyllic lives out here: blue skies, a Democratic mayor, a modern art museum that doesn't cost $20 to get into, a panda bear coming to Oakland..... when suddenly,
misc Fun with Buns So, let's say that you've decided that your image needs an overhaul. Maybe your current look is wearing thin; it's just not you, the crowd is tired, the music sucks. And there's that
misc The Essefficist: So Strong <i>and</i> So Bad? Welcome back to the wonderful world of the Essefficist, gentle reader. Our first question this week comes from our main man Sam in Concord: Um... Shim-Sham Sam... I think you sent this to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A Trimethyldioxypurist Doubleshot Man, the Trimethyldioxypurist is cranky lately. Even after he's had his coffee. The sheer overproliferation of certain stores in San Francisco these days is frightening. You can't spit downtown without hitting a Subway
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Pnut Pnut's got it right. What makes San Francisco such a great place to live is that everyone you know "works on their own dream as well as whatever else they do." Seriously. We
Arts & Entertainment Let the Stalking Commence Filming has started for the upcoming Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo romantic comedy "If Only It Were True," based on an adaptation of local novelist Marc Levy's 2000 novel of the same name.
