Arts & Entertainment iPhone San Francisco Debut We got these great pictures of the iPhone debut at the Apple Store in Union Square from Matt Johnson, a visiting staffer from our sister site Phillyist. Hope you had a nice time
misc Blocker: 700 Post Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. Blocker, No. 4: Post St.
Arts & Entertainment Time To Rummage Through The Closet: Nike Helps You Recycle Old Shoes Thumbs up to corporations exercising responsibility--particularly when it can promote exercise. Got old athletic shoes? Put them to good use. Help Nike turn old sneaks into playing surfaces within our community. The company's
SF News SFist Blotter A San Bruno family is looking for their missing father -- Noah Myoung, a 60-year-old Korean limo driver, left home for a job at 7 p.m. on May 1 and hasn't been
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: E.T., Phone Chiropractor What did we see parked in Union Square but a Cushamn-type three-wheel motorcycle parked amongst the scooters. It appears that somebody is using an auctioned-off parking patrol vehicle as personal transportation. Groovy customizations
SF News Nice Leather Seats For Your 11-Hour Wait SFist will throw in your lunch for the plane ride over if you go dressed as either Gothamists Jen or Jake and you send us your picture! --- Those of you who want
Arts & Entertainment Sad News For Cody's SF We're getting so upset to have to keep writing the same post over and over again -- yet another San Francisco independent bookstore is shutting its doors. This time, it's the not-so-long-ago opened
SF News SFist Sightings We were very busy running errands dowtown this morning when we spotted a silver fox coming our way. "Damn, who that?" we said to ourselves, "Thank gawd we're wearing our cute new purple
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop Happy Hour And hey, check this out! Looking for a light buzz before heading out for the evening's musical guests? Diesel and Fader Magazine++ are sponsoring a three-hour happy hour tonight, tomorrow, and Friday night
SF News The San Francisco-New York Neighborhood Comparison Table Quick -- which one of those pictures above is of Valencia Street in SF and which is of Williamsburg in Brooklyn? Bay Area blogger Overstated has put together his list of what New
SF News Your Commute: Cars There was a huge accident on eastbound I-80 today, near Pinole -- a five-car pileup. It originally started when a Civic spun out in the fast lane and was hit by a Camry.
misc Is It Already Christmas Time? Hey, the SPCA animals are in the window of the Union Square Macy's for your winter holidays again this year! Romp, little kittens, romp! Clip by YouTube user cupid.
SF News Paris Hilton Is Coming. We Repeat, Paris Hilton is Coming Yes, it’s true, the lovely and talented Ms. Hilton herself will be in town tomorrow as she signs autographs to promote her new perfume, Heiress. Yes, Heiress, the perfume for people who
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Monologue at Berkeley Repertory Theatre Never underestimate the power of silly. Besides, not all theater has to be Theater. Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford mix Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton and Samuel Beckett's existential
Arts & Entertainment There...Is...Another...Promotion... What does this mean. Well according to the boards, there will be "Star Wars character appearances (courtesy of the 501st and Rebel Legion)" and by character's we're guessing not Obi Wan or Darth
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: A Little Mental at The Marsh We never understood how antidepressants could actually increase suicidal thoughts, especially in teenagers. How messed up is that? Well, Jennifer Berry is happy to tell you. After signing up for
Arts & Entertainment Bad Reporter! Down! So we immediately snapped up his very first book when we saw it on the shelf at Stacey's the other day: Dog v. Cat, an expose of the 2004 pet election that tore
Arts & Entertainment Opening Day At The Mall We're thinking there is no one in the Chronicle offices this afternoon, as they all seem to have raced over to the grand opening of the Westfield San Francisco Centre mall. Check out
Arts & Entertainment Fun On Public Transit It's so much fun to complain about public transportation that we sometimes forget it's almost just as fun to take it (well, sometimes, anyways.) Here's two events that'll bring a bright ding-ding to
SF News The Bubble Taketh Away, And The Bubble Giveth Okay, so it’s not a great time to flip your house, and rents are rising, but there are still some real estate developments that are not bad news. Retail rents across San
Arts & Entertainment SFist Raises a Fist for Surrealism The Fist is currently on view at the Weinstein Gallery in Union Square as part of a Donati retrospective until it makes its final home at the De Young. The Milan-born Donati appeared
Arts & Entertainment Win a Copy of Rachel Howard's <i>The Lost Night</i>! Rachel's reading at Oakland's A Great Good Place for Books (6121 La Salle Ave) tonight at 7, and Thursday at 6 at the Cody's in Union Square (2 Stockton), and you should totally
Arts & Entertainment SF Rising, Part Two Thanks for sending in more earthquake-related events, guys! There's so many that we're doing another post of upcoming events! Keep 'em coming in and we'll keep posting them. Don't forget, the big anniversary
SF News Forth and Towne Hits SF (Eventually) We snarked on Forth and Towne, local retail monolith Gap, Inc's concept store geared toward the 35+ contemporary woman, nearly a year ago. But if you snark on a store nowhere in your
