Arts & Entertainment This Week in Willie Brown As we mentioned earlier in the week, last Sunday was Da Mayor's birthday. Willie is a sprightly 77 years old, which probably explains why he's been getting so grumpy about how the city's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week in Willie Brown We know from Chronicle gal-about-town Leah Garchik's column that Willie started this week with a late arrival to Ruth Dewson's birthday party due to last Saturday's incredibly early St. Patrick's Day Parade that
misc This Week in Willie Brown Nowhere in his scribblings and keyboard poundings (or, more likely: dictations) this week did Willie Brown mention Supervisor Sean Elsbernd's lavish CrabFest that irked him the other day. That's kind of disappointing because
misc This Week in Willie Brown [With a Video Appearance] Sounds like Willie Brown had a busy week this week. So busy, even that he couldn't write us an Inside Scoop column. Maybe he's still exhausted from having to venture all the way
misc This Week in Willie Brown We already touched on Willie's restaurant wait time rant this week, so we won't dwell on how out of touch his InsideScoop column was this week, but someone should capitalize on Willie's sort
misc This Week in Willie Brown In case you couldn't tell from the "Happy & Casual Willie Brown" photo the Chron ran with his Sunday column, it sounds like Willie was in a good mood this week, kicking it
misc This Week in Willie Brown We start the recap of Willie's Week by backing up to MLK Jr. Day - you'll remember last week, Willie wanted us to know none of the breakfast events he attended had anything
misc This Week in Willie Brown Before we get too deep in to Da Mayor's whereabouts this week, we ought to follow up on last week's Aspengate scandal. Mr. Former Mayor Brown continues the snowy puns, explaining: "I've gotten
misc This Week in Willie Brown While a few blogs and media outlets in San Francisco continued wringing their hands over Da Mayor's involvement in any potential backroom deals and shady political goings-on surrounding Ed Lee's rise to the
misc Two Weeks of Willie Brown - Da Mayor's Holiday Extravaganza It's been awhile since we've last checked in with former Mayor Willie Brown and now that the Holidays are all out of the way, we can get a clear picture of how Da
misc This Week in Willie Brown The Chronicle ran the "Serious Willie in a Trench Coat" photo alongside Willie's Sunday Column this week. You might think that was because of all the rain last weekend, but you'd be wrong.
misc This Week in Willie Brown The Mayans or Aztecs or whatever weren't the only ones warning about impending doom coming in 2012: This week, Willie warned in his Sunday column that Obama could be in some hot water
misc This Week in Willie Brown Last week after bringing us his review of the new Michael Mina, Willie promised to review Bourbon Steak, which has since taken over Mina's old space in the St. Francis Hotel. As a
misc This Week in Willie Brown Big Red, the intimidating crane looming over the Transbay Terminal, started swinging it's wrecking ball this morning, which probably ruined the dustless process that so delighted Da Mayor last week. Likewise, Willie himself
misc This Week in Willie Brown Well, this is awkward - Da Mayor kicked off his week with some uncharacteristic self-depreciation, calling himself a loser in his Sunday column in which he points out there were "More losers than
misc This Week in Willie Brown This week seemed relatively tame in comparison to last week's deluge of celebrations and protests and elections and whatnot, but that just means Willie Brown has had plenty of time to reflect on
misc This Week in Willie Brown It's been a hell of a week for the Bay Area, right? Surely Willie had something to say about it! With Gavin's Hair headed to Sacramento to take up its new roost as
misc This Week in Willie Brown With all the baseballs flying around AT&T Park in October and the softballs being lobbed back and forth on the road to Sacramento, you'd think Willie Brown would have a lot
misc This Week in Willie Brown Hey, what did Willie Brown get in to this week? San Francisco's Mayor spent some time discussing local, state and national politics, of course. He thinks Feinstein's endorsement of Tori Spelling Janet Reilly
misc This Week in Willie Brown It's Friday, which means San Francisco's Mayor has had all week to dish out advice for everyone from casual diners to Meg Whitman. Over on Inside Scoop, Mr. Former Assembly Speaker Brown seems
misc This Week in Willie Brown by Andrew Dalton It's Friday, so if you're like us you're probably wondering what former Mayor of San Francisco (slash San Francisco's Mayor) Willie Brown was up to all week. Luckily, he's been