Arts & Entertainment "Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn"- This Week in DVDs So in light of this week's being another crappy week in DVD releases (wait til next week! We're talking Buffy, Spike, Will Ferrell and David Brent -- could it BE any better?). We'd
misc Crazy About Cats, or Just Plain Crazy? SFist loves animals. But even we got a bit of an allergic sniffle when we read about the more than 80 cats taken from a home in San Carlos on Friday. Achoo! And,
misc The Essefficist Votes It's election day Q & A. Whoo hoo! First, let's hear from loyal reader Redd Harrington: Kerry! We love that guy! Thanks, Redd. You're a trooper. And from loyal reader Frog Dog: Dear
Arts & Entertainment This Week in DVDs Here's a look at some of the things that are being released this week: Shrek 2- Unlike a lot of sequels, we were thoroughly entertained and blown away by how good it was.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Doyle's Delicious Dish [] It's time for "Famous-for-SF Chef Swap," everybody. Ready? With the departure of low-rent Eric Ripert impersonator Laurent Gras from the Fifth Floor this week, the foodie-retard scene is all abuzz with speculation on
Arts & Entertainment Swan Dress-Up Time The Dave Eggers publishing venture McSweeney's, their Icelandic printer, and the Eggers family house band are sponsoring America's first Icelandic film festival this week (on Friday and Saturday) at the Castro. Bjork will
Arts & Entertainment Models of Solidarity? If they cancel an international fashion show that no one's heard of, does it make a sound? The San Francisco International Fashion Week extraganza, originally scheduled for this week, have been postponed until
SF News Busy Day Marcia, Marcia, Marcia -- oh, we're just the good ol' reliable Bay Area in Election 2004, no one cares about us -- no one's wooing us, no one's filling up our airwaves with
SF News Some Follow-Ups Mimi the pregnant toe-licking Japanese Chin dog has been found, wandering University Avenue in Palo Alto. Since being taken home, Mimi has mostly been hiding in a closet. The City of San Jose
SF News Gary To Barry: No Love As though things weren't bad enough on the Bay Area sports scene, we get the catty remarks of Yankee Gary Sheffield about BALCO and Barry Bond's failures as a person in this week's
SF News This Week in SFist Barry Bonds has done it! Steven Williams of Pacifica emerged from the scrum with the ball, which some have valued at two million bucks. SFist hopes that a least a little of that
SF News Cuckoo for Locoweed Now, we're not knocking public schools in the slightest by relating this story. A student at San Jose's Overfelt High was sent to the principal's this Monday for her strange behavior. In the
Arts & Entertainment Academy Fight Song The Star-Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 on the back of an envelope as he saw with pride that the American flag still flew over Baltimore's
Arts & Entertainment Interview: 3-6-4-1-4-6-Fi-eeive! Take a break from reading SFist and dial 415-364-1465. The voice on the answering machine is that of Kate Pocrass, detailing this week's Mundane Journey. Described as an "eagerness to interact with strangers
Arts & Entertainment Things to Do this Weekend: Theater SFist is usually more energized by small theater than large, but we'd be remiss if we didn't give props to A.C.T., which just opened , a collaboration between the renowned avant-garde master
Arts & Entertainment Gathering: The Magic The odds for regular San Francisco men hooking up this weekend in the Marina have just dramatically improved with the arrival of the Magic: The Gathering competition tournament at Fort Mason this week
misc We Only Work When We Need the Money! The roll out of the new Fair Labor Standards Act seems to have everyone confused. All that seems clear now is that no one really knows how many people will be impacted by
Arts & Entertainment Minty Fresh Hey! Have you wondered what the heck that big building across the street from the parking lot for the Metreon at Fifth and Mission is? Why, it's the Old San Francisco Mint! The
SF News Giants Fever It makes you feel kind of dirty just to say it, but it's starting to look like this really isn't the Giants' year. The SFist went to all three of the Giants' games
