SF News We Can't Wait for That Study to be Done so we can FINALLY Find Out Why Nobody Rides Muni So, is this a driver shortage or a NextMuni glitch? It's hard to know for sure. It's also hard to care -- after all, from a rider's perspective, does it really matter? When
SF News Homeless Kerfuffle, Day Ten: Syringes, Syringes, Everywhere The Chron article explores two possible remedies: syringes with retractable needles (which cost much more than normal syringes), and 24 hour biohazard drop boxes. It turns out that the San Francisco AIDS foundation,
Arts & Entertainment Where Are You, Strips of Joy? Emergency: are these caffeinated strips available anywhere in SF? We're dying of sluggishness without them. The black-sheep Safeway on King and Fourth Streets used to carry them, but -- poof! -- now they're
SF News Shooting At Powell And Market You may know this area, as it's right by the cable car turnaround we send all the tourists to, right by the San Francisco Shopping Center, and right by the Powell Street BART
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork: Buy and Sell Looking to do some crafty shopping or feel like flogging your crafty creations? Here are a few ways to get your fix. Modern Times, one of our favorite independent bookstores in the city,
SF News SFist Blotter Dang! A huge fight on Durant Avenue by Telegraph in Berkeley Sunday night -- around 50 people were involved and they had to close off the area for an hour. A 14-year-old was
SF News Ted Nugent Helps Us Remember The 1960s The Wall Street Journal ran this piece by Ted Nugent yesterday. If you're at all inclined to check it out, do so soon, because the password protection will kick in at some point.
SF News Political Junkie: Costco Ross! Well, how surprised were we to see, nestled in among the articles about Kirkland brand disposable diapers (page 61, they're now selling them in 38-day packs) and tips on furniture-shopping at the warehouse
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Friday night at the de Young never looked so good! Get a sneak peek into the closet of Nan Kempner, San Francisco native turned famous New York socialite as part of an upcoming
SF News You Can Still Help Make AT&T Park the Bestest Ever So far, most of the suggestions revolve around food, drinks, and the name of the park. Our personal favorite, however, is to make AT&T the new home of Liverpool FC of
SF News If the Public Paid For it, Does That Make Wal-Mart Public Property? According to WMSW, California ponied up about $50 in taxpayer-funded gifts to the Arkansas company, in exchange for which those towns got giant megabox shopping extravaganzae. And also, lots of uninsured people --
Arts & Entertainment Tanforan Internment Camp Ever since we found out that the Tanforan shopping center was built on the site of a World War II Japanese internment camp, we haven't been able to go there (even though that
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Drinking and shopping? Sounds harmless! Or does it....? Find out for yourself at GenArt's first SF spring shopping event. Over 40 local vendors are offering discounted wares for the ladies and the fellows,
Arts & Entertainment Shopping + Cocktails = Fashion Heaven The only thing we love more than shopping and cocktails is shopping while sipping cocktails. (Of course, we've made many poor shopping decisions while under the influence, but that's besides the point.) Tonight,
SF News Kenneth Eng Arrested However, we pleased to pass along the latest news about Eng: He's been arrested. He was arrested in Queens a week or so ago for threatening to kill a neighbor and her dog,
Arts & Entertainment Jolene Garcia of Penny and Maude Why'd you start your own company? Because I want to be able to work my own hours while my kids are little. Favorite items? I love Super Chick and all the bobbi pins
Arts & Entertainment Time To Rummage Through The Closet: Nike Helps You Recycle Old Shoes Thumbs up to corporations exercising responsibility--particularly when it can promote exercise. Got old athletic shoes? Put them to good use. Help Nike turn old sneaks into playing surfaces within our community. The company's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Soon, More People Can Pay Too Much For Groceries The East Bay Biz Times is reporting that Whole Foods is planning a major expansion throughout the East Bay. Yes, soon enough, Lafayette, Dublin, and Oakland will be able to experience the "whole
Arts & Entertainment Buysexual We are at the Castro Shopper for coming up with a funnier caption than we could regarding this Saturday's Castro Sidewalk Sale. "Imagine! Finding something cheap on the sidewalk in the Castro!" they
Arts & Entertainment Sad News For Cody's SF We're getting so upset to have to keep writing the same post over and over again -- yet another San Francisco independent bookstore is shutting its doors. This time, it's the not-so-long-ago opened
Arts & Entertainment Supermodels Attack SF One of our spies spotted model Gemma Ward hopping into a downtown Walgreens yesterday. Gemma was in SF for Fashion Week Live last night at Fort Mason. Their description of Gemma was priceless:
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork Spends Some Money Need a place to spend that tax return you have coming your way? Sore subject? We haven't done our taxes yet either, but we plan on spending our hard earned cash at some
Arts & Entertainment Fly Us to the Moon Spring is springing all around us (Hello, Sunshine!) and while we can't afford to go on a real vacation on our salary, we can afford to dream. Which is why we love Flight
SF News The Warriors: 10 Things I Hate About You Warriors, baby, we need to talk. With Monday night's double kiss off -- a demoralizing loss to the Nuggets in Denver and the news that Baron Davis is going under the knife --
