SF News So Long, Woody Today, we come to praise Kirk "Woody" Rueter, not to bury him. For yesterday, the Giants gave the long-time Giants pitcher and winningest left-handed pitcher in franchise history his walking papers. We knew
Arts & Entertainment Revenge of the Essefficist <i>Update: Metreon Tix Now on Sale</i> Greetings loyal readers. Welcome to Tuesday. You know those annoying people you see at Giants games with the laptops, busily availing themselves of the free wi-fi network? The Essefficist is them. Even as
SF News Tus Gigantes: Once Abajo y Ciento Cincuenta y Uno Mas Having recuperated from a recent bout of baseball-related mathematiasis, SFist comes to you this fine Monday afternoon from sunny Denver bearing a first-hand report of yesterday's Giants/Rockies finale at Coors Field, along
SF News SFist Rants: We Want Our NBC We're fine, that is, until someone starts talking about, like, "Law and Order: Shoplifting Diversion Program" or something. For cable-free SFists do not receive NBC, since the local NBC affiliate switched from KRON
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Weekend Getaway: Tahoe North Shore We stayed at a friend's beautiful home in Incline Village, which is just over the border in Nevada. Unfortunately, the county is too populous to have legal prostitution, but if you're in to
SF News Anthony Tashnick Wins at Mavericks SFist has always taken note that it's pretty hard to go wrong taking pictures and film of surfers. It's also nice to watch nature at it's most terrifyingly powerful. Put the two together,
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Joanna Newsom You may not be aware of this, but did you know the Swedish-American Hall is actually a ski lodge? Or did we miss the weather report that it was going to snow this
SF News It's Raining Rain Ah, it’s raining today and for those of us working, nothing quite sums up the first day back after the holidays like it being grey and miserable outside. It looks like it’
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reads: Holiday Fun Edition SFist is celebrating the holidays in many ways, as some of us will travel to far-off lands (or just the Midwest), while others of us will remain right here. All of us are
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: It's Not Who You Know To paraphrase Norm, it's not who you know, it's who know. With that, this week's live theater recommendations consist of shows featuring friends of ours. Pretty good deal, being SFist's friend, isn't it?
misc The Essefficist: So Strong <i>and</i> So Bad? Welcome back to the wonderful world of the Essefficist, gentle reader. Our first question this week comes from our main man Sam in Concord: Um... Shim-Sham Sam... I think you sent this to
Arts & Entertainment Swan Dress-Up Time The Dave Eggers publishing venture McSweeney's, their Icelandic printer, and the Eggers family house band are sponsoring America's first Icelandic film festival this week (on Friday and Saturday) at the Castro. Bjork will
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
