SF News Something to Read During Your Long Long Bus Ride ...the book tells the story of the Key Route’s transbay lines from the handsome 1903 wooden interurbans to the famous 1930s Bridge Units, the ornate Key Route Pier, the ferryboat fleet, and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Diego Burrito Enthusiast Talking Smack About S.F. While intra-city burrito debates are a San Francisco tradition, we were a bit shocked to come across this article from a San Diego-based pub in which a "burrito expert" of sorts totally disses
SF News What's Up With Your Board Of Supes? Look at that fresh new picture of your 2007 San Francisco Board of Supervisors! Chris Daly even showed up this time! So what's the gang up to these days? (Besides Chris Daly; he's
SF News Yahoo Maps Digging A Little Deeper Into SF According to an article on PC World, Yahoo's mapping product is undergoing some improvements. The company is switching from a third-party data provider to an in-house platform that it hopes will prove more
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: The Hottest Place in Town It's another fine mid-Spring night in San Francisco: 51 degrees, foggy, swirling winds. So what do people do? They put on their parkas and head over to Mitchell's Ice Cream in the Mission
SF News Day Around The Bay --Our sources report that only like four non-media people showed up for the anti-Jerry Falwell protest (picture above, and two more pictures after the jump). --Chris Daly called Newsom campaign manager Eric Jaye
misc Brainiac Receives Award For Braininess About Brains We've got mad science going on in the city by the bay. Sometimes it gets acknowledged. Michael Weiner, MD, a professor of radiology, medicine, psychiatry, and neurology at UCSF, has won the VA's
Arts & Entertainment Teen Vogue: The San Francisco Treat, Part 2 The May issue of Teen Vogue features a positively lovely editorial starring our fair city. And by lovely, we mean Olsen-inspired. More photos after the jump! Image replaced to avoid hotlinking. Photo of
misc San Francisco Makes Forbes's 'Most Overpriced Real Estate Markets' List Are you as shocked as we are? No, really, we think everyone knows things are pricey out here, and Forbe's is utilizing some interesting methodology to glean "overpricey' from the "pricey," and turn
SF News Jerry Falwell Protest Tonight That said, Falwell was known for his commitment to right-wing causes of all kinds, and in particular, his hostility to civil rights, feminists, and gays made him not particularly well-liked out here in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Another Food-Related PSA: Free Haagen-Dazs Hey -- more free ice cream! This one's not left to chance, like that whole "Dreyer's" thing. Anyone and everyone that shows up at Haagen-Dazs on May 15 between 4 p.m. and
Arts & Entertainment We Will Soon 'Be Free To Move About The Country': Southwest Airlines Coming Back Continuing a string of semi-interesting news regarding lower-cost airlines, Southwest has announced that it's starting service directly to and from SFO on August 26. During a media conference at SFO last week, Gavin
SF News Political Junkie: Ambush! Okay, we'll admit it. San Francisco local politics as of late has been, shall we say, BORING. Boring boring boring boring. No shouting matches, no chicken suits, no revelations from either underage drinkers
SF News Day Around The Bay --Chihuahua race! --And speaking of a chihuahua race, Gavin Newsom refuses to sign Chris Daly's budget proposal. We're hoping for a fight! (Daly has enough votes to override a veto.) --Drug-resistant TB hits
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>La Vie En Rose</i> And The Closing Night Party And on to Mezzanine Thursday night for the SFIFF closing night party -- with a surprise performer . . . . but before the final sendoff, we headed over to the Castro Theater for what turned out
Arts & Entertainment SFist Today Our head is areel with all the options for fun this afternoon! Here's a partial list: --Are you one of those people who says, when people ask you how old you are, "29
SF News Step One In Insidious Scheme To Legalize Pot Complete Assembly Bill 684 seeks to legalize the growing of hemp for industrial uses -- rope, cloth, oil, all that good stuff. It's not for smoking, okay? Okay?! In fact, the bill, which passed
SF News Off You Go We'll have a bunch of photos of the new Muni shelters up later today (in the meantime, you can check out dantc's great collection). Take a look a this video, though -- it's
Arts & Entertainment Alexandra Lipsitz, Director of Air Guitar Nation If you’re hoping to get into the competitive side of air guitar, or just prove to your partner that your moves really are totally solid, you should check out “Air Guitar Nation”
Arts & Entertainment Gorilla Run! Ok, ok -- get this. We know $100 is a lot of dough. And running is a drag for most of us (especially since we turned 30 a few years ago). But come
Arts & Entertainment Letters To (Another Pub's) Editor--Martinis At The Mark Five parts vodka, one part gin is a "San Francisco Martini?" And it may have originated at a San Francisco institution? While our personal martini recipe is different (all gin plus a misting
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork: Get Mama Something Handmade We know you're inundated with craft fairs these days. And while we're not complaining either, once in a while we want something a little different, which is why we're excited about the Maven
misc SFist Give-Away: 86 Recipe Cards The San Francisco world of restaurant gossip columnists went head over heels when Grace-Ann Walden retired from the Chronicle and the Inside Scoop column. She had all the info, friends in all dining
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco World News - Tonight! In other local TV news items that have managed to make their way into our In Box, this Saturday, NBC 11 is airing a documentary called "Dreams to Dust: Americans Interned," which follows
