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Stop us if you've heard this one: A developer and a city planner walk into a bar ... Actually, it's not so much a bar but a "gala." And all the drinks are free — paid...
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An ascent up the 250-odd steps of Harry Street — a street in name only — carries you past wildly painted cottages, verdant gardens, and, finally, lush vegetation...
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Life seems so much simpler when you only read press releases. Take the one issued last week by the United States Postal Service. The residents of the Tenderloin wanted their...
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While it may not rise to the level of Fajitagate, a series of local advertisements have some San Francisco taqueria owners crying Burritogate.
You may have noticed the...
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A beer bottle cap sails off the porch and glides toward Baker Beach far below. Videogame music and howls of trash talk waft downward, along with the odor of kerosene-doused...
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In the next few weeks, you may receive a telephone call from someone making two claims: 1. He or she is a television producer; and 2. You look like shit.
Well, don't be...
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1. He wants to get out of politics.
2. His experience being vastly outspent and losing will prove invaluable.
3. He needs a bigger Wikipedia entry.
4. Lesson learned: When...
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Until quite recently, if I had been asked what would have to be in a cup of coffee to warrant a $12 price tag, I'd have answered, "About 10 bucks."
And yet earlier this...
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On Tuesday, Feb. 5, millions of Californians strode to the polls, casting their votes for the candidate whose message and platform encapsulated their own vision of a better...
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Mom, apple pie, and public lavatories. Okay, restrooms don't possess the same hold upon Americans as the bonds of motherhood or baked goods — but, really, who goes out...
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It's not every day that members of a city department send a letter to the mayor stating, in essence, "Investigate us. Audit us. We're doing a horrible job!" And yet, last...
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In the year that saw its mortal coil unwind on Dec. 31, a 900-foot-long ship ploughed into the Bay Bridge, baseball presented Barry Bonds with its home-run crown (of thorns...
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Structural engineer Patrick Buscovich grabs an oversize metal ruler and stands it upright atop the table like Christopher Columbus planting a flag on the shore of the New...
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By Eliza Strickland, Will Harper, Aaron Farmer, Michael Fox, Meredith Brody, Talia Kennedy, Anneli Rufus, Jennifer Maerz and Joe Eskenazi
Published:
December 19, 2007
Shortcomings
By Adrian Tomine ($19.95)
Bay Area comic artist Adrian Tomine collected a fan base over the past 15 years with his Optic Nerve series, first published in zine...
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After AsianWeek made national headlines in February by running a column titled "Why I Hate Blacks" from an avowed Asian supremacist, the newspaper threw a changeup earlier...
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Those in the YouTube crowd may have seen the clip of supporters of fringe Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul (dubbed "Paultards" by Wonkette) inundating a recent San...
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Amid countless cameras and sign-waving fans with nowhere better to be on a working day, a woman wearing only a leaf of lettuce over her tomatoes handed out Vegan sandwiches at...
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15. Actually enforced drug laws
14. Guest-hosted for Rush Limbaugh
13. Pardoned Ed Jew
12. Dissed Liza Minnelli and/or Melissa Etheridge
11. Kicked the homeless out of...
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In his spare time, Kelenna Azubuike has a hobby: He makes beats. "Yeah, I make music just for fun on my computer. I've been doing it for a while and I've gotten pretty good at...
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Orlando Cepeda is at bat with the bases jammed/Orlando Cepeda with a wham! bam!/He hit a grand slam/In the very first inning/But it’s only the beginning. — Danny Kaye, “...
