Arts & Entertainment Interview: Karen Dere Karen shares a love of one SFist's favorite websites, fecal face, which you should visit right now if you don't already have it bookmarked. Karen's ties with The Giant Peach mean that this
Arts & Entertainment So That's How they Make Cameron Diaz Ugly Not geeky enough? If your Wednesday (next) is free (SFist has book club, sorry), check out "The Making of Shrek 2" presented by the SF Bay Area Chapter of the ACM. The presentation,
Arts & Entertainment New Release Tuesday Sure, there are new releases this week by Britney, Eminem and Shania, but what love have they ever shown to San Francisco? "Talkin' in the Mission / Over coffee, this is my utopia," sings
misc Thinking About Laundry With the Essefficist First things first: Hurray! John Ashcroft is stepping down. Second things second: Big ups to Jackson and Eve for coming up with the new Essefficist mascot over there on stage left. What says
Arts & Entertainment Political Junkie: Free H. Brown! ... and the District 5 race claims another victim. Last-place candidate H. Brown, a writer and self-described homeless man who garnered 43 votes in the election, had spent Tuesday night, like us, drinking heavily.
Arts & Entertainment Interview: MontyLuke This week we bring you an interview with Monty Luke, DJ extraordinaire and someone man enough embrace SF despite his ties to LA. In the interview below Monty shares the secret location of
Arts & Entertainment Sigh It's basically over, folks. Maybe some lawyers can pull this one out of their collective asses, but the man over eighty percent of San Franciscans voted against is probably going to be our
SF News For the Love of The Game -- And Cash The dude who got Barry’s 700th homerun ball back in September put it up for auction on Overstock.com (and drew a winning bid of—wait for it—$804,129). SFist was
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Doyle's Delicious Dish [] It's time for "Famous-for-SF Chef Swap," everybody. Ready? With the departure of low-rent Eric Ripert impersonator Laurent Gras from the Fifth Floor this week, the foodie-retard scene is all abuzz with speculation on
SF News Temporary Reprive for Local Theaters Update and Clarifications: Thanks to Jerry Threet, legislative assistant to Supervisor McGoldrick, for his great follow-up! He noted that the primary sponsor of the ordinance to create a CU process (as described below)
SF News Going Cheney at the School Board The SF school board, never known for its collegial atmosphere, reached new Dick Cheney levels of incivility at last Wednesday's meeting (.pdf agenda), where school board member Heather Hiles (at left) dropped the
Arts & Entertainment Tours Aren't Just For Tourists It's a sad truth that people who live in an area rarely sample their cities' local wonders. New Yorkers don't go to the Statue of Liberty, Los Angelenos don't walk down Hollywood Boulevard,
SF News Interview: Lessley Anderson As part of this plot, we are pleased to bring you an interview with Lessley Anderson who writes for SF Weekly. Even if she didn't love the Musee Mechanique as much as SFist,
Arts & Entertainment We're Too Sexy for this Blog Ever wanted to hobnob with VIPs, sipping top-shelf liquor and ogling models? Well, tonight's your chance. GenArt, a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting emerging artists in film, art and fashion will be
Arts & Entertainment Sean Penn Brings It But that's really not where the action is. Not even close. Sean Penn, in fact, just might have set off one humdinger of a Celebrity Spat as it also involves Matt Stone &
SF News Where's the Whoop? Does anyone remember Big Whoop magazine? It ran for a couple of years and was a great SF and pop-culture zine. If it was a blog, it would have been huge. I think
SF News These Folks Should Partner with Evite The cards include a drop-box menu of eight disease options (chlamydia, molluscum contagiosum, and non-gonorrheal urethritis being three), but do not include HIV. ("the designers feared that spammers might use that attribute to
Arts & Entertainment In the Navy Now, Fleet Week's cool with the ships and the planes and the firecrackers and all, but SFist's got penciled into our calendar two events of note: the Robot Fighting League Championships at Fort
SF News Interview: Marc Horowitz In the Errand Feasibility Study, Marc identified the and challenges inherent in errands performed by all of us. In order to address the “alienation, boredom, impatience, anxiety, frustration, lethargy, and thoughtlessness” that go
Arts & Entertainment While You're At It, You Can Pay Your Late Fees Too For those of you who love the antiquarian hunt, there's also a separate section for the "Best of Book Bay," with rare and unusual books (between $20 and $250), including the first ever
misc Chihuahua Monster Be a good citizen and call 415-554-9400 if you were hanging out by Monster Park at dusk last night and saw anything. As for the chihuahuas, they're being held by Animal Control while
misc In the Middle of the Road With the Essefficist Tuesday brings the Giants and the Padres the Essefficist. What could possibly be better? Don't answer that. Today we turn to an issue especially dear to many a San Franciscan: parking. Specifically, parking
Arts & Entertainment Ready For Our Close Up Watching last night's premiere of "Lost" (by the way, that show kicks total a**) brought back fond memories of Lost star Matthew Fox's previous show, "Party of Five." While SFist isn't necessarily fond
