misc Week Around the -ists The Holiday season is in full swing in NYC, with holiday lights in Brooklyn, a giant snow globe in Bryan Park and Chanukah specials for ham. One citizen decided to go vigilante on
SF News Day Around the Bay -- And then Nancy was all, "Like, what the hell, you guys?" [SF Examiner] -- The Central Subway Project. [Transbay Blog] -- Now you don't have to leave your bedroom to travel. Ever
SF News Can't We All Just Get Along? "On Sunday, November 11 at about 3pm, two of our fare inspectors were assaulted by a MUNI driver in the subway. YEP, it doesn't get any better than this. The short: Two "veteran"
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Oh dead God: "Hearts in San Francisco" returns. Sweet cuddly baby Jesus, help us all. [Curbed SF] -- Prop A passed. And? [BeyondChron] -- Siamese Conjoined twins separated. Pft. Please. Wake us
SF News Ceci n'est pas une Halloween So now, in a semiotically treacherous move, they're saying that the disruptions are due to -Halloween. "No Halloween in the Castro. Possible delays and re-routed lines," says the MTA website. "Due to the
Arts & Entertainment Examining Today's <em>Examiner</em> Headline On our way to Subway Whole Foods for lunch this afternoon, we noticed this headline in today's Examiner. And we must say: we love it. The paper is finally living up to its
Arts & Entertainment They've Done It Again Instantly the audience responded positively to the well-blended vocals, perfectly crafted pop-hooks and the organic-sounding drums played by NYC Subway musician, Shakerleg. You can not deny that these two Australian brothers, Issac and
misc Week Around the -Ists Gothamist learned about the craziest urban nightmare come true: A huge python found in the bathroom pipes. It was also a nightmare for some Yankees fans, as manger Joe Torre declined to come
Arts & Entertainment Tannhäuser We were wrong. Thank God. And the allusion to fedoras was not a dig at the previous general director (even though she indulged in them) but to last year’s LA opera production
SF News Going To Oceanview Tonight? At three o'clock today we tried to take the M out to SF State. The overhead sign at Church Station switched from showing only "K in Seven Minutes" to "Next Trains In Subway
Arts & Entertainment SFist Finds: A Rather Persistent Missed Connection Send your Bay Area finds to found [at] sfist [dot] com, or tag them sfist and found on Flickr! Let us know where and when you found the item and any other helpful
SF News Thirtysomething Strassner thinks that if we just implemented the BRT plan in Chinatown, the 30 Stockton will move much faster and thus alleviate all the complaints that have been fueling the calls for the
misc Week Around The -ists Banner week for SFist as the site's new editor introduced himself -- hooray for Brock! While the NY Times weighed in on SF's mayoral race, only SFist had the (insert tongue firmly into
SF News Ask a Muni Security Guy Do you guys have to be at full staff for big events? And is part of your job to be tour guides? At major events - yes. (i.e., New Years Eve, Halloween
SF News Muni Fails at Everything If you're a subway rider, you've probably already noticed that Muni's running on manual today. Their signaling system -- the one that run on OS/2 -- is, as always, experiencing problems. They're
SF News CBS5's Sugarmonster Apprehended Breathe easy, San Francisco; KPIX's Mike Sugarman is paying his debt to society. According to a tipster who passed along the results of a Sunshine request, the crime baron was spotted onboard a
SF News Please let go of the Doors Oh how we hate that high-pitched whine generated by held-open subway doors. It hurts, but of course, that's the -- it's supposed to make you let go of the door so the whole
misc Week Around The -Ists Holy smokes! Giant fish on the MTA, Paris Hilton in jail, then out, then in again, Al Gore, goatses, blumpkins, Matt Damon, and baby art critics! It's been a busy week across the
SF News Muni Soon to Get EVEN BETTER The point is, Muni's announcing some service changes. You're just going to have to take our word for it, though, because as usual the information isn't on their website yet. (We once asked
misc Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like
misc Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big -- really freaking big
SF News Delays Shoulda Been Reduced Hey check out these totally sweet NextBus thingies from Melbourne! Man, those rock. Anyway, how was your subway ride this morning? Awesome? Was it awesome? We bet it was awesome. Awesomely MELTY! "It
SF News April Muni Payout Part Two: $33,275 More controversial is a case in which a blind, partially-deaf subway rider stepped off the platform, thinking he was in front of the doors, and discovered that he'd fallen between two trains. The
SF News Muni: "I'm melllllting! Melllllllllllting! Oh, what a world, what a world!" So, how's that commute going, subway riders? Any better today? More Muni-Meltdown, or less Muni-Meltdown? Above, we've embedded an animation of Metro activity yesterday afternoon; call us crazy, but is seems as though
misc Around The -Ists Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we
