Arts & Entertainment You Otter Be There Today through Sunday, the 16th annual Sea Otter Classic (SOC), the self-proclaimed "world's largest cycling festival" is going down at the Laguna Seca raceway in Monterey. This is a big-time cycling throwdown featuring
misc SFIAFF: <em>Linda Linda Linda</em> The soundtrack for the film revolves around three songs by The Blue Hearts, who were apparently a big deal in the ‘80’s in Japan. By the end of the film we were
SF News Sonoma Levee Breach What do you know, Schwarzenegger was right for a change -- our levees in terrible shape. Due to all the rain this weekend, a levee has broken up in Sonoma County and Highway
SF News CSI: Plumpjack (Enter the Naming Contest!) We've got Gavin-Sofia fever! Thanks, SFist Jackson, for the bang-up Photoshop job showing what the union of Mr. Newsom and Ms. Milos might look like! (Scientology Sea Org cap added by Jackson.) And
misc Name That Couple! Brangelina..... TomKat.... Bennifer 2.... Filliam H. Muffman -- every celebrity couple of the moment has a fun blended name! So help SFist come up with the it name of the moment for our
Arts & Entertainment SF Symphony: Dr. Atomic Strikes Back. For the new new stuff, there is a Concerto for Piano by Kevin Volans, and a Concerto for Orchestra by Robin Holloway, two world premieres commissioned by the SF Symphony. We know very
Arts & Entertainment SF IndieFest: <i>Initial D</i> With other pre-pubescent import car enthusiasts, we obsessed over the finer points of corner entry theory while using a Mazda RX-7 on 3rd gear versus the efficient exit velocity we will need to
SF News SFist Tech Labs: Google China and Spin Control The issue now is Google's decision to censor search results on its Chinese site. In an interview with Reuters (vectored via CNet news.com), Sergey Brin acknowledges that the decision will be criticized,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Aziz Ansari at the Punch Line Aziz's proactive approach to counter this possible image marring bit of PR was to implore his fans to post on their blogs and websites "Aziz Ansari is a f**king badass" up to
SF News SFist Tech Roundup: For Great Justice The story is of interest more in terms of its precedent than for any actual privacy concerns. The data cannot be traced back to any personal information of individual users, and Google's objection
SF News "The Daily Show" Takes on the Perils of Pelosi Yes, our beautiful city and it's congressional representative once again made the "Daily Show." Yay! And could we be more provincial? Anyways, the bit was on latest political meme being that despite all
SF News Helen and David We're getting a creepy Harold and Maude vibe here -- what else are you going to think when a 30-year-old man enters into a suicide pact with a 109-year-old woman in San Francisco?
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Symphony: Lang Lang Lang Lang is pianist with a vast appeal crossing over to the general audience, not just the classical arena: his official web site biography mentions his playing on Jay Leno's show before his
misc Happy Holidays From SFist: Win a copy of <i>Saturday</i> has been met with acclaim by a zillion reviewers more reputable than we are, so we'll just tell you that it's a really good book that we recall enjoying very much. You can
misc SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Jet Pens In terms of life's luxuries, pens are a pretty managable one. The difference between the crappy free ballpoint you got from the pizza place and a fancy pants pen that makes everything you
SF News Fourth Runner-Up Gavin's number five! Gavin's number five! Mayor Newsom came in fifth in this year's World Mayor Awards -- a markedly better showing than last year, where he came in "less than 1500 votes
Arts & Entertainment SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Root Division In our continuing search for cool stuff to buy for holiday gifts, we can't wait to hit Root Division's Holiday Art Show and Sale. Head over to Root Division (3175 17th at South
misc SFisting: Sex Machines Slideshow: The Squeaky Thing Gets the Grease With San Francisco as the home of Survival Research Laboratories, the birthplace of Combots and Robolympics, and the location of Fucking Machines secret lair, we have to wonder just what is in that
Arts & Entertainment Happy Holidays from SFist: Win a "Zatch Bell" DVD! What works well in Japan sometimes doesn't exactly translate over here. "Zatch Bell" passed its hundred-episode mark overseas, but it's made a much more modest splash stateside. The story concerns a race of
Arts & Entertainment Bike Likers Unite That climatic consistency, we assume, is one of the reasons bicycle culture is so very strong in San Francisco. Take part in this cultural force at tonight's Winterfest 2005, the San Francisco Bicycle
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Would You Like Some Cicciolina With That Wine? An advance edition due to the upcoming holiday. Happy Thanksgiving to you all! We cannot find a link to it, so take it with a grain of salt, but we read recently that,
SF News R.I.P. Sam Admirers of non-traditionally attractive animals mourn the recent passing of Sam, 3 time winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog title at the Sonoma-Marin fair. We had been worried about Sam since hearing
misc SFist Answers Pities The Fool THIS WEEK: Fools, border crossings, weed vs. your heart, bikes on BART, and an easy way for SFist Answers to make millions. We took our title this week from Yueben Duped from Los
SF News Ode To Skull : Beethoven's skull...... Beethoven's skull..... So it turns out some guy in Danville's had fragments of Beethoven's skull sitting in a safe-deposit box, and he's turned them over to San Jose State, which apparently
