SF News Mission District Deemed America's Second Best Hipster Neighborhood Forbes Magazine, a publication not often associated with the Bohemian set, has sifted through 250 neighborhoods in the biggest U.S. cities to determine once and for all which neighborhood reigns supreme as
Arts & Entertainment The Late Federico (Pico) Sanchez's Final Open Studio During The Mission's Spring Open Studios This Weekend Seize the opportunity to learn more about the life and work of Mission icon Pico Sanchez, the neighborhood's most beloved artist, mentor, and friend who passed away suddenly at age 63 in December.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Six Lanes of Locally-Sourced Bowling Coming to the Mission From our pals at Tablehopper comes word that the ladies behind the conveniently sized Mini Bar on Divisadero will be opening a six-lane bowling alley in the Mission next spring. Apparently they weren't
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Killing My Lobster's 'The Coffee Wars' This gem has been all over the place this week. Local comedy group Killing My Lobster poke some major fun at our fair city's artisan coffee craze with this brilliant spoof on a
SF News Updated: <strike>Unconfirmed</strike> Shooting at 24th and Shotwell Tonight [Update: Mission Local has the story.] A tipster reports that someone was shot tonight at 24th and Shotwell after the Carnaval festivities. Witnesses said the person had been shot in the face, and
Arts & Entertainment Aquarius Records, Your Superior Indie Record Store What better way to celebrate Record Store Day on Saturday than by visiting Aquarius Records. Why? Because Spin readers ranked the Valencia Street vinyl treasure chest as the 7th best indie record store
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Out and About Many, um, parts of the bull are well represented in Mi Ranchita Produce's awning. And who knew leeks could do the job so well?
misc Gift Guide: Caffeinated Comics by Amy Crocker Caffeinated Comics has posted this helpful holiday gift guide, suggesting specialized comic books for your entire list. Their recommendations include: Your Buddy Who Lives in the Mission: "The Graphic Bio
misc Video: Geniuses Throw Fireworks at Cars Mission Mission posted this video from July 4th around last call at 16th and Albion in the Mission, which shows fireworks being aimed at cars. Rumor has it that cyclists were also targets.
misc The Hidden Side of Fashion, a Mission Sewing Factory SF Indie Fashion posted a compelling story that originally appeared in Action Orange yesterday, in which blogger Lisa Katayama visited a recently abandoned sewing factory located in the Mission. Katayama's friend Jenny spent
misc Photos: Sunday Streets in the Mission We hear today's Sunday Streets in the Mission was a success. Evidently lots of kids came out of the woodwork, too. The next one is July 19, also in the Mission. Keep the
SF News Latinos Targeted in Recent Kidnappings, Muggings in the Mission Mission Loc@l reports that there have been three documented cases this month of Latinos being forced into a vehicle with the intent of mugging them, while walking in isolated parts of the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Play Classic Arcade Games at Aquarius Records One more quick idea for the SFist Tonight bin... As if we didn't already love our local heartfelt-mixtape-in-the-form-of-a-record-shop Aquarius Records enough, they just went a step further. Snipped from their mailing list: Wednesday,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: The Thorns Of Life at 924 Gilman Tonight: The Thorns Of Life will play a show at 924 Gilman in Berkeley. A band at a venue, simple as that. And so much more than that. Blake Schwarzenbach was the front
misc "'rabbit, rabbit' on the first / I hold my breath" "I wanna remind you that [today] is the first of the month and it's customary to say 'rabbit, rabbit' before you say anything else. Think about that, write yourself a note. Alright, have
misc Pondering the Semiotics of Hipster Beards Like all things hipster, we wondered just how this beard thing works and the meaning of it all. Like, the guy checking IDs at the bar had a very scruffy, mountain man beard
Arts & Entertainment DocFest: <i>New Urban Cowboy</i> The Mission's an interesting place to screen a movie about gentrification, filmed from the eyes of the gentrifier -- so there was certainly no shortage of things to think about at last night's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight As part of the National Queer Arts Festival, graphic artist and memoirist Alison Bechdel is speaking at Michelle Tea's Radar Reading Series at the SF Public Library tonight! We've been huge fans of
Arts & Entertainment The ))<>(( on Miranda July's Book Reading At Modern Times ))<>((? Well, it's from her movie. Author/artist/director/performer/etc Miranda July came by Modern Times Bookstore in The Mission last night to read from her new collection of short stories,
Arts & Entertainment History, Oh Damaged History: IndieFest '07 Showcases Films Inspired by the "Greats" Bookending 07’s SF IndieFest are two great pix promptly bound for distribution IndieFest’s opening night feature is David Lynch’s first self-distributed film: Inland Empire. A ghostly tale dealing with the
Arts & Entertainment Goodbye, Leslie Harpold Leslie Harpold has died. A writer, designer, editor, and web pioneer of prodigious skill, she was 40. Why did Leslie Harpold matter? To those who never met her, it was because she "was
Arts & Entertainment We Take It All Back, Mick LaSalle. OK, Not Really. The Mission District of San Francisco is the kind of place where transgender bike messengers live chockablock with marketing executives, thrift stores brace for the encroachment of Starbucks, and heroin addicts nod off
SF News Wikipedia Dumps 'Marina Girls' A battle has been raging behind the scenes at Wikipedia. No, it's not over copyrights or veracity or how well an article explains its premise. It's over whether or not the entry on
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Figs But we just like the taste. Back in August, only a few farmer's market stalls had them, but now it seems like everyone's got some on display. Figs flourish in this state, which
