misc SFist Contest: Win Tickets To Litquake’s Opening Night! Lineup includes: Dave Eggers and END OF SUFFERING, Mark Eitzel (American Music Club), Jay Farrar (Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt), Dan Hicks, Penelope Houston (The Avengers), Ray Manzarek (The Doors), Dan "The Automator" Nakamura
Arts & Entertainment And We Can See Those Fighter Planes Of course, this means there'll be the attendant complaints about noise and from the leftier side of the political spectrum, cries of glorification of the military and this is San Francisco and wasted
misc Week in -Ist Phillyist is concerned that the war on Trans fats could affect it's beloved cheese steak sandwiches, something for which we should all be concerned. They also seem to be concerned about which subterranean
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Libation Liberation: Amnesia Good Lord Almighty, we can barely remember anything. Maybe it's something in the food, maybe we're trying jam too much information into our tiny little brains, or, heaven forbid, we're just getting old,
SF News SchwarzenWatcher Goes Green Yesterday, on Treasure Island, the Governator pretty much gave an example of just why he's crushing Phil Angelides in the polls. With San Francisco in the background, Gavin Newsom and Speaker of the
SF News But It's the Haight Man..... The urchins in Haight Street sure are in the news a lot these days. First there was the super-excellent story in this week's SF Weekly. But of even more significance is that Gavin,
Arts & Entertainment The New Post Sentinel Wanna see more pictures like this? Well, starting next week, you'll get your chance! So do you remember our post from earlier this week about the dueling Daly/Black kickoff rallies? Well, as
SF News SFist Previews the 49ers-Eagles Game After the first two games of the season, Niners fans are all giddy and glowing about things. They have the same look on their face one has when one finally hooks up with
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Libation Liberation: Specs' So, um. We really want to like North Beach. It's got its fancy European panache, a tribe of passport-holding Italians and you can get a real cup of espresso, but sadly there are
SF News Turmoil At The Sentinel Pat Murphy, as you guys probably know, edits the local political blog San Francisco Sentinel, the publication that showed us how Chris Daly rolls, and which provided us with some stiff competition for
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Three Chosen Almost at Random at Exit Theatre Quick! The SF Fringe ends this week, so here's your last chance join the stampede from venue to venue to see the good, the bad and the ugly. Exit Theatre
misc We're Going to Need a Bigger Boat Just in time for the kiddies as they go back to school, the Monterey Bay Aquarium (or the Sausalito Aquarium for you Trekkies out there and yes, that's our second Star Trek IV
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Libation Liberation: Sadie's Flying Elephant With its scribbled over fallout shelter walls, Sadie's is a fine choice to prepare for the end of days. But even with the air-raid shelter feel it's charming nonetheless, with a long oak
SF News Our Little Nancy In Profile So this week, Time Magazine has a big feature on our very own Congressperson. Wonkette already summed up the gist of the article, but they did miss the fun fact that she likes
Arts & Entertainment The Macho Adventures of the Superfisters It's the end of days, lakes are on fire, it's raining frogs, and zombies roam. Dirty toughguys Otis and Dale Savage make a living as bounty hunters -- folks pay them to track
Arts & Entertainment Libation Liberation: Owl Tree Knowing very little about why people obsess over the things they do, this tongue-thick reporter believes the owl isn't a bad choice when you come right down to it. We've always had a
SF News The Chron Behind Bars If life were a Monopoly game, Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada just rounded the Free Parking corner -- the next roll might put them in jail. Do not pass go, do not collect
SF News When Did You Stop Beating Your Wife? The story of the ex-spouses running against each other for city council in Daly City re-ups the sordid factor as Frank Berlanga, whose ex-wife Leah accused him of running for the seat in
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Debbie Does San Francisco at Eureka Theater Oh yes, yes! Finally, someone made a musical spoof of this classic porn flick. Because we were getting really tired of Rocky Horror. An off-Broadway hit (that was also big
SF News Where Have All the Fliers Gone? Where have all the fliers gone? Long time pasting. According to the story, there's some dude who has been taking it upon himself to clean up the neighborhood by going around and tearing
SF News Best Of The Bay By The Numbers As an extra bonus We Read The Weeklies feature this week, we present: The Best of the Bay 2006 party pics -- by the numbers. Total number of people pictured: 56 (not counting
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: It's All Meta at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts This is our pick for most anticipated show of the season, and the season's barely started. This multimedia performance by The Builders Association and dbox played
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: <i>Russian Dolls</i> The 20somethings have progressed (or regressed depending on your take) into nearly 30somethings for , and are now somewhat spread out among Paris, London, and St. Petersburg. It opens with Xavier (Romain Duris), the
Arts & Entertainment Craftster's Leah Kramer Leah Kramer is the mastermind behind the craftster forum. She’ll be in the Bay Area this week to promote her book, “The Craftster Guide to Nifty, Thrifty, and Kitschy Crafts”, and SFist
Arts & Entertainment Win a Copy of Victor Navasky's <i>A Matter of Opinion</i>! Times have changed -- now, we're far more likely to try to pass off the thoughts of Lisa Schwarzbaum as our own, but that doesn't mean our fondness for Navasky has decreased even
