Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to Icer Air Can't beat that. Especially when it became pretty obvious that the best seat in the house were the cheap seats way up high. The view from there, pictured above, gave you the best
SF News Baseball the Way God Intended-- During the Day Quick note on todays ALCS game-- the game is scheduled to start around 1:30 PST. The reason MLB is giving is because it's supposed to, yes, snow late Friday night and they'd
SF News It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas? Or maybe not. The snow started early this morning and continued into mid-morning, leaving three to six inches on the ground. All roads and passes were allowed to be open but chains were
SF News Blackout! We don't know much of the details as there doesn't seem to be a lot of news on it out there right now. We just know we were halfway through reading Deadspin when
SF News Nothing More Appreciated Than a San Francisco Summer What we want to point out is that even our traditional calendar summer was much more temperate than average. There's something about human societal relationship with the weather that causes people to complain
misc SFist Rants: Our Poor, Poor Favorite Book Of course, with anything coming out of the White House, we first have to plead skepticism. It would be like this Administration to leak out the names of hefty tomes as a way
misc Craigslist Encounters: 15 minutes of Craigslist Fame Last year a Canadian blogger (Kyle MacDonald) started a quest to turn his one red paper clip into a house using Craigslist and his bartering skills. After completing 14 trades he finished his
SF News Happy Anniversary, Laurie Beijen! If we ever host a World Series of San Francisco Pop Culture contest, we're totally asking the question "Who's Laurie Beijen?" Ms. Beijen is, of course, the well-connected bride who made Gavin Newsom
Arts & Entertainment The Philistine: Transformations Conrad Susa, who was in attendance and seemed quite pleased afterwards, wrote Transformations in 1975, on a commission of the Minnesota Opera, based on a libretto of Anne Sexton, itself based on her
misc SFist Rants: Couldn't Stand the Weather It's not that it's rainy. We can handle the rain, or at least be okay with it. It's always rainy this time of year. No. What's getting to us is the whole schizo-ness
SF News Crazy Weather Did you get caught in the downpour last night? We did. We exited the Castro Muni station a little after 6 last night, and were immediately completely soaked (amazingly, our SFist messenger bag
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Blog Pulse All anyone can talk about is the snow, snow, snow. (OK, those last two are actually tagged as "hail," but you get the point and the pics are pretty.) In our eyes, all
SF News Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow It snowed in the Bay Area this weekend -- the first March snowstorm since 1896. And we're not just talking snow like in the Sierras or maybe on the top of Mount Tam
Arts & Entertainment Yvesdropping Needs to Get Out More Submissions go to yvesdroppings at gmail dot com. A normal-dressed girl, speaking to a man dressed as an Imperial Officer (who was eating a burger and fries): "Yeah, I got here late. I
SF News Fast-Food East Bay First up is Oakland which is thinking about taxing certain merchants a few extra bucks to help clean up the messes left by customers, something that is apparently becoming a problem. The legislation
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Cole Stratton We should have asked him what he did to attract performers from Mr. Show, The Kids in the Hall, Saturday Night Live, Stella, The State, The Daily Show, Arrested Development, and The Upright
SF News Yes Siree Bob, It's Winter The atheists and earthists out there (wish we had a hand sign we could flash right now) know today is the last crucial day of our year. It's the winter solstice. Today at
SF News Wetter Than a [Fill In Tasteless Reference to Aroused Female Genitalia] SFist Rita (always looking out for the staff) was worried about flooding in North Beach earlier this week, and now we can report the corners of Powell and Columbus on Union are now
SF News Goodbye, J.T. Look, we know, J.T.'s numbers were never really that great. And he was a bit of an offensive liability, especially these past couple of years. But call us sentimental because we'll
SF News Hot Stove Heating with the Giants Let's start with the bad news: so far the only Hot Stove action the Giants have pulled off is trading one relieving re-tread for another relieving re-tread for yesterday they traded LaTroy Hawkins
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Some Holiday Alternatives Last week we featured some of the more usual holiday fare, but the San Francisco Bay Area is known for its unusual holiday shows as well. with gears and hammers? Clowns and toilet
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Pomegranates Back in the day, Hades abducted Persephone while she frolicked in the fields. Boo on that, we say. Her mom, Ceres, goddess of the harvest, eventually found her and brought her back to
SF News Happy Birthday, Jonny! For one glorious day in San Francisco, "Going skiing in the Marina" wasn't a euphemism on Craigslist. Serene blue skies and scorching summer weather made for fantastic conditions on the man-made run down
SF News Before the Apres-Ski The hydrants don't hook up to the hoses, there's fighting over Treasure Island, there's corruption in the Housing Authority -- and what are we all still talking about? This afternoon's Cow Hollow ski
SF News Ski Exhaustion Man, we're running out of pictures and titles for the ongoing ski jump saga in Pac Heights. So the big day's tomorrow! Skip work and watch Jonny Moseley zip by multi-million dollar homes
