misc The 'Fisties: Best Bar, or, Staggering Through FISTies It’s about that time again (for the first time). Time to heap a whole year’s worth of praise on to several lucky and talented establishments that did us the kind service
SF News Craigslist is a Starmaker So there we were, on craigslist again, when we came across this ticket out of obscurity: NEED: Interior Designer who POPS on TV (SOMA / south beach) Are you a working designer or decorator
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Battle Thai Part I There are two categories of Thai restaurants, nowadays: the lounge-y kind, with black clad petite waiters and waitresses, ambient music with a techno beat, sleek furniture. The traditional kind, also known as kitschy,
Arts & Entertainment Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast The reason? The bar's owners determined that her work, which she describes as "unique mixed media works...[with] tasteful nudity in themand a totally non-sexual context" could not remain because (in the words
Arts & Entertainment <em>Graffiti: Urban Scrawl or Artistic Freedom?</em> Discuss Amongst Yourselves. We visited the Commonwealth Club for their most recent session of Inforum, a division of the Club that aims to “inspire debate around civic issues” for people in their 20’s and 30’
Arts & Entertainment Painted Rooms At The Hotel Des Arts The Hotel Des Arts, a boutique downtown, will be throwing open their doors to the public to view the now thirty rooms that have been covered in the liquid whimsy of some of
SF News Dogster Nominated For Webby In the interest of full disclosure, SFist Ted, our new weatherman, also happens to be Dogster Ted. And while we've harshed on the Webby Awards only just recently, we're still proud. You can
SF News Spat At The Sentinel It seems that after contributing to Pat Murphy's San Francisco Sentinel for nearly five years, Jim Meko, of the SOMA Leadership Council, is taking his point of view elsewhere, much to the dismay
Arts & Entertainment Nineties Nostalgia Remember the nineties? Back when nobody knew Scott Weiland was a big junkie, but wondered why every single that Stone Temple Pilots came out with sounded like a song recorded by Nirvana or
Arts & Entertainment Comedy that Puts the "Mock" in Democracy Based on Wonkette's early numbers, it looks like it could be party-time in the Bay Area. But things have a way of changing at the last minute, so who knows. Either way, you're
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Army (Cesar Chavez) Ants Come celebrate the recently relocated Cal Academy of Science museum, now on Howard between 4th and 5th Streets and the rejuvenation of their exhibit on ants. (We would have used the picture of
SF News Stop the Presses! Or Whatever! Our First Blind Item!!! "That chic South of Market restaurant's doing fine with customers but not so well with the staff. At least two food servers are gone, I hear, because the boss asked whether they were
Arts & Entertainment Welcome, Anil SFist would like to present photographic proof that life exists outside of New York City. That's right, as lamented by Gothamist and cheered by SFist, Anil Dash, Internet Superstar, has officially landed here
