SF News Bright Lights, Big City Ooooh-weeeee-ooooooh! The Air Force is dismissing panicky claims from residents in the area that they saw some weird spooky lights over the cross on Mount Davidson last night. People across the state and
misc Freaks and Geeks -- So Chic Hey, no one told us that Gavin was giving a State of the City address last night! We totally would have gone! It was all blah blah blah, Tony Hall, blah blah beautification,
SF News American Football Spectacular: p0wned-ership has its privileges Horrid. There are nearly no positives that can be taken from the 17 - 52 whuppin’ that Washington's football club put on our San Francisco 49ers in Week 07. Washington's squad simply cut
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Your Pre-Halloween Party Hey, the party's not till Monday, so check out some crazy characters hitting SF stages this weekend. Sure, go ahead and dress up: They've got bandits, Hollywood stars, a boy that looks like
SF News Falling Into The Fall For the last couple weeks the deciduous trees have bequeath their surroundings with fall-like leaves, and offer pleasant browns and appealing rustling sounds to passersby. Rain, or what would be better termed as
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Opera: Norma Norma is the ultimate bel canto opera, this beautiful singing style which places the emphasis on the lyricism and vocal agility of the singer. It is also an extremely powerful story, and yesterday's
Arts & Entertainment Don't Worry.....Don't panic Assuming you aren't going to the SF Weekly Music awards tonight, and that you have "$30, $50, $100 or whatever you can afford", and you feel like drinkin', you should head out to
misc SFist Answers--Fantastic Fourth! Howdy, fellow 'Fisters and fans of the SF Bay Area -- it's another episode of SFist Answers, where we strive to provide helpful answers, or at least decent-sounding BS, to those burning, itching
SF News Political Junkie: SFist's First Write-In Candidate! We love it when our commenters get involved in local affairs! We were so proud when we first noticed a commenter had gotten a letter to the editor published. We wonder if another
Arts & Entertainment Please, Sir, Can We Have Some More Production Companies? Remember three years ago, when all your media-employed friends had to suddenly go from pulling down a dot-com salary to working retail and collecting unemployment? We spoke to a manager at a North
SF News American Football Spectacular: Indy's Race Against Themselves When looking at the 2005 schedule of your San Francisco 49ers' season, the Week 05 matchup against the Indianapolis Colts didn't bode well. The Colts've had one of the most overwhelming offenses in
misc We're Here, We're Queer, Get Away From Us Happy Coming Out Day! Today's your extra-special chance to finally admit what we've all known about you for years. Though reading the term "blind item" makes us want to poke our eyes out,
SF News Yepper It Sure Blew Last Night. Of course it turns out that yes, we still live in coastal Nor Cal and we're at the mercy of the Pacific Ocean's weather cycles when they confronts the western extremities of the
SF News Somewhere, a Dachshund in a Hat Sheds a Tear We don't know that it'll necessarily have any bearing on the discussion over the landmarking of San Francisco's Doggie Diner sign, but SFist wanted to note the passing of the sign's designer last
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique Interviews Nina Zagat The Zagat 2006 is out, and it's the 20th anniversary of the SF edition. So we got to hang out with Nina in her suite at the Four Seasons. She did not wear
Arts & Entertainment Howl Turns Fifty It's almost exactly fifty years later, and it still smacks you upside your beret-wearing cool-cat bongo-beating head, man -- Allan Ginsberg debuted his classic poem "Howl" on Friday, October 7, 1955, at a
Arts & Entertainment Todd Barry Back in San Francisco Friend of the 'ists Todd Barry is back for another stand up stint here in SF as part of a west coast tour. Last time we saw the show, we fell in love
misc SFist Cares ... About Sick Kids Pretty much they continue to do the good work they're known for - providing a comfortable place to stay for parents and families of seriously ill children undergoing long-term treatment in San Francisco
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Opera: Dr. Atomic The opera focuses on the last days leading to the explosion of the first atomic test bomb, in June and July 1945. It is centered about J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), the scientific director
SF News Muni Fare Strike an Overwhelming Success The strike was organized -- magificently, we might add -- by socialstrike.net. But we can't thank only them; according to their whois info, they received support, and this is true, from riseup.
Arts & Entertainment It's not a Party Until Someone Pukes on the Powermat "It's just something about the NES that does it for me like no other system has. I started this club because I had a feeling there were others out there that felt the
SF News Service Cuts: The Only Thing MUNI's Good At Don't get us wrong: we love NextBus, especially the new integration with Google maps. NextBus is the only thing about MUNI that seems to work, and when you consider that it's actually run
Arts & Entertainment Condoms Suck. But They Keep You Safe. The film was introduced by Bridge manager Joshua, who told the audience, "If you find any of the gays to be tired, just stick with it. ...They all pay." Well, "tired" is putting
SF News Ski's On Bundle up, ski bunnies -- looks like Jonny Moseley's 30th birthday Pacific Heights ski jump party, sponsored by Icer, is back on! After a contentious meeting of the SF Interdepartmental Staff Committtee on
SF News Political Junkie: Ross Will Save The Day! Did you look up the other day and see that big Green R rotating slowly in the sky? That's the Mirkarimi-signal! To the Ross-cave! We'll take the Prius-mobile! Remember when District 5 supervisor
