misc Super Smashing Tourney Tournaments will be held in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston, with the winners of each city going to finals in New York. San Francisco's chance at playing will be on February 23
misc How Acceptable is it to Park Your Car in the Middle of Valencia? See an aerial photo and recite the Parker's Pledge, after the jump.
misc Contest: Grand Ole Party @ Bottom of the Hill Grand Ole Party, Sugar and Gold and The Chop Bottom of the Hill (1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107) Doors: 7:30pm/Show: 8:00pm $10 GET TICKETS
SF News This Is Handy Defective Yeti came up with a handy clip 'n' save pamphlet for you to take to the polls. Easy and breezy. And let's not forget that AT&T's wiretapping building is located
SF News Mayor Newsom Endorses Mark Leno After Carole Migden won the endorsement of the Harvey Milk Club, things were looking grim for Assemblyman Mark Leno. But today Gavin Newsom shined his megawatt charm over in Leno's direction today, endorsing
misc From the SFist Inbox: <del>Buy Our Pants</del> SWF Looking Luring us in with "just the kind of quirky San Francisco event that SFist readers would be interested in," a PR company sent us word today of a zany pre-Valentine's Day activity that's
misc First Lady Maria Shriver Graces S.F. for WeConnect.net Tonight's event at prestigious UC Hastings law school is history but you might know somebody who could benefit from the issues that were discussed. For example, many San Franciscans don't take advantage of
misc Getting to Know: The Papersons Raised By Robots, The Aimless Never Miss, and The Papersons Café du Nord (2174 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94114) Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 Doors: 8:30pm Show: 9:30pm GET TICKETS, $8
Arts & Entertainment Valentine's Day Pillow Fight! Piff! Pow! Zwap! On Valentine's Day at precisely 6 p.m. at Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco will play host to its third annual public pillow fight. And they're looking for a few
misc Jammed Up Parking Meters Really Grind Our Gears Now back in the day, you could twist the old school metal knob and then a little flag printed with the words "" or "Epoch Fail" would pop up. It looked a little like
Arts & Entertainment International Bear Rendezvous 2008 Starting this Thursday (Feb. 14) and going until next Monday (Feb 18) will be the International Bear Rendezvous, a yearly party for bears and bear lovers, sponsored by the Bears of San Francisco.
SF News Broadway Community Meeting to Open Soon This is most exciting news, folks. The theater scene here sucks so hard now that even the San Francisco Police Department is working on the problem. Check it: Subject: Broadway Community Meeting with
SF News SFist Blotter Police believe that a Santa Rosa man, who recently stabbed himself with a homemade spear just seconds before the fuzz burst through his front door early Sunday morning, is possibly connected to last
Arts & Entertainment (Belatedly) Celebrate Shrove Tuesday! At iHOP! For what it's worth: "In celebration of National Pancake Day on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., IHOP, one of America's favorite restaurants for breakfast, lunch and
SF News Sunday's Scientology Protest And honk they did. Yesterday a worldwide Scientology protest took place by "Anonymous" (AKA Project Chanology, an Internet-based protest against the Church of Scientology), and we caught a few images of the action
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Lucas (1986), Say Anything (1989), My Bloody Valentine (1981): The first film has socially-retarded Corey Haim falling head over heels in love with a sensitive football player, Charlie Sheen, or something like that;
Arts & Entertainment SF Zoo Cleans Up Its Act Because Valentine's Day is about necking, red roses, and Whitman's Samplers -- and not about making that special someone your creampie cutie for the night, you perverts -- the San Francisco Zoo's annual
misc The Philistine Has An SFist Polyphony We had a little San Francisco Polyphony of our own on our way to the SF Symphony concert yesterday night to see Gyorgy Ligeti's shimmerily-dissonant orchestral piece of the same name -- the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Hal Holbrook in "Mark Twain Tonight": Julia Sugarbaker's husband and Oscar nominee for this year's Into the Wild, Broadway veteran Hal Holbrook won a Tony Award in 1966 for playing satirical American writer
SF News Scientology Protest This Sunday Well, this should be exciting, hateful. This Sunday at 11 a.m. at 701 Montgomery Street in San Francisco, there will be a protest over that religious sect those zany Hollywood types know
misc Is This the Last Phone Booth in San Francisco? Does S.F. have any other old-school, glassed walled, stand alone phone booths that are still operational?
misc Interview: Jeff Ross What is the best thing about Indie Fest? Having filmgoers get to meet filmmakers and talk movies. What are some standout movies this year? One of my personal favorites is POP SKULL, this
SF News Downtown Lawyer Sues SF Over That One Guy Who Beats Those Plastic Buckets and Metal Pots at the Ferry Building 60-year-old attorney William McGrane is fit to be tied. Why? Because of noted Ferry Building street percussionist John King's daily performances. It seems that his groovy beats, which stem from the many plastic
misc SF Neighborhoods, in Typography not Topography Our only qualm is that they've left out a few key areas, such as Tenderloin(!), NOPA, Panhandle and the SubMission. Maybe next time Ork Posters will include them.
misc The SFBC's "Love on Wheels" Dating Game Happens Friday Doors open at 6:00 PM and the dating game fun starts at 7:00 PM. The cost is $10, but admission is $0 for SFBC members. And of course there's free valet
