SF News We Have Something Nice to Say About MUNI-- No Really Anyways, we had dinner with friends at the Fillmore Grill (yummy food, by the way-- we highly recommend the Zinfandel Braised Lamb Shank) Wednesday night and went out to wait for the good
Arts & Entertainment Caution: Puzzle Solver Crossing Keep an eye out for groups of people doing weird things all over the City on Saturday. No, no. Different weird things. The company behind Perplex City has organized a major live event
misc Get Ur Geek On: Don't Call it a Comeback It's been a while since we published a tech roundup. But the Internet turned 15 last Sunday, we got a new laptop from an entrepreneur and friend who'll be enabling this 'Fister's addiction
misc Craigslist Encounters: Underhanded Dealings! Do you hear it? Listen close... An evil "Mwaaahahahaha" laugh emanating from an unnamed City of San Francisco Agency as they attempt to block the spread of information "which reflected negatively on the
SF News Downtown Business Interests vs. the Progressives: SFist Breaks It Down If you have any understanding of San Francisco politics, or San Francisco at all, you have to have noticed that basically everything in this city breaks down to a battle between the "Downtown
SF News San Francisco Cabs In The News Again Presently, San Francisco Taxi rates are $2.85 to get in the door, plus 45 cents per 1/5 mile or minute of waiting or delay. The controller's office is recommending an increase
SF News Hey, We Can Finally Go To The Doctor! In 2007. As SFist Jon detailed for us, the 200 million dollar/year plan will cover uninsured (but employed at a level that disqualifies them from MediCal) San Francisco residents for care they recieve inside
Arts & Entertainment Cheech Marin Conjures Up ‘Chicano Visions’ at the De Young We have to admit, there’s been a lot of hype about his show and we were worried it might fall short of our expectations, but oh, were we wrong. The show is
SF News SFist Helps Gavin Get a Date This made us sad. After all, if a rich, good looking, Mayor often referred to as the Future of the Democratic Party can't get a date, what hope do we have? We're just
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Our Thirties Despite its horrible image quality, annoying upload limits, and MySpace-worthy commenters, we have to admit, we love YouTube, especially when it gives us the opportunity to watch Fall TV pilots weeks before they're
SF News Shaking All Over Okay, so we over-reacted a bit and unfortunately, our back is still smarting from the attempt at diving underneath the coffee table, but there was an Earthquake tonight. A 4.4 one in
misc SFist Rants: When the Olympics Committee Comes A-Calling We’re considering booking our dream vacation now if the Olympic Games will be in San Francisco instead of Los Angeles or Chicago in 2016. Maybe it's a chance to try apartment or
Arts & Entertainment Castro Halloween Update: Donna Sachet Speaks When last we fretted over matters Halloweenish, Bevan Dufty was the only major community leader to take a stand regarding the annual event that most observers agree can get just a wee bit
Arts & Entertainment Dirty, Dirty Bloggers Q: Are you going to be trading up, a la One Red Paperclip? A: I wasn’t, but after pondering this question for the entirety of my morning commute, I decided that I
Arts & Entertainment Mick LaSalle Blows It Again (Surprise!) When this SFist attended a recent press sceening of the animated feature Monster House, something wonderful happened. A writer we've always respected made a pointed crack about "movie reviewers from the dailies", which
SF News The Bubble Taketh Away, And The Bubble Giveth Okay, so it’s not a great time to flip your house, and rents are rising, but there are still some real estate developments that are not bad news. Retail rents across San
Arts & Entertainment Who Wants To Be A Non-Local Superhero? So the premise of is that Stan Lee, of Spider-Man and Fantastic Four and X-Men fame, is picking the best action hero character, and the winner gets a comic book issue dedicated to
SF News Man Dies At Marathon Apparently it's not totally uncommon for racers to die in marathons -- two men died during the LA Marathon in March, and in 2003, a 28-year-old died of dehydration during Bay to Breakers.
SF News Austin American Statesman Gets It Right Well, look at this! Our bestest pals Austinist got themselves a big fat profile in Austin's leading local print daily, the Austin American-Statesman. According to Austinist's Co-Editor Matthew Odam (he's the one clutching
Arts & Entertainment Craftster's Leah Kramer Leah Kramer is the mastermind behind the craftster forum. She’ll be in the Bay Area this week to promote her book, “The Craftster Guide to Nifty, Thrifty, and Kitschy Crafts”, and SFist
Arts & Entertainment Kathy Griffin: Dishing and Swishing Last Friday night, Kathy Griffin, star of the Bravo reality show "My Life on the D-List" and heir apparent to the Sandra Bernhard/Joan Rivers style of snark and dish comedy -- without
misc Win Passes To <i>Showgirls</i> at Midnight Mass With Peaches Christ If you've never been to Midnight Mass, dive into the deep end with this tale of a young girl who comes to sin city to make it big -- with unintentionally hilarious consequences.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Sustainable Seafood Salon So if you are concerned about having good fresh local wild seafood on your plate instead of tasteless overly pink antibiotic loaded farmed fish, you can go and attend the discussion, moderated by
