Alcatraz

C'mon, Everypony -- Let's Explore My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Together

As I've hinted at once or twice on the Exhibitionist, I'm a huge My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fan. Though it doesn't unseat the oft-mentioned Mystery Science Theater 3000 as my all-time favorite, it's my top currently running scripted show and is likely to remain so until Breaking Bad returns ... More >>

This Land is Our Land

As I've hinted at once or twice on the Exhibitionist, I'm a huge My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fan. Though it doesn't unseat the oft-mentioned Mystery Science Theater 3000 as my all-time favorite, it's my top currently running scripted show and is likely to remain so until Breaking Bad returns ... More >>

Feds Subpoenaed San Francisco for Medical Marijuana Records

THCfinder.comBusting you -- with public records.​Fifth SF Dispensary Likely To CloseIt wasn't Tommy gun-toting agents who finally put Prohibition-era bad boy Al Capone behind bars on Alcatraz: it was paper-pushers from the Internal Revenue Service who busted the syphilitic mobster on tax fraud.In ... More >>

Doughnuts, Skimpy Shorts on Cafe Menu

Stuffed with jelly?​Pairing a doughnut with most any food item other than coffee can lead to meals even Elvis couldn't countenance. But San Francisco's Alcatraz Landing Cafe has broken ground by creating a pairing even Elvis would not wear. It's the doughnuts and tight, short shorts one-stop shopp ... More >>

Blue Angels Noise Level Is Somewhere Between Annoying and Buzz Saw -- Are You Deaf Yet?

​Our view here at the SF Weekly office usually offers a calming view of Alcatraz, sailboats cutting through the surf, and the Yang Ming cargo ship making its way into the bay each afternoon. Coworkers have mentioned the dramatic view could be mistaken for a giant screensaver. But this week, o ... More >>

New SFoodie Editor Out to Lunch

​Hi. I'm the new SFoodie Editor. I should probably use this post to introduce myself, but Jonathan Kauffman, who has the desk next to mine in this spacious office overlooking Alcatraz, already did that. Or maybe I should use this post to deliver my food manifesto. But I put the manifesto down ... More >>

San Francisco's Last 'Disappearing Gun'

'Sittin' by the dock of the bay...'​San Francisco, as any local knows, is being besieged by an invasion force. The hordes' uniforms and accouterments are easy to spot: Horrible "Alcatraz Psycho Ward" T-shirts, ubiquitous maps, and guidebooks that lead them to Fourth and King when they're seeking P ... More >>

McCormick & Kuleto's Wants You to Soak Up the Booze

Robin C./Yelp​The place: McCormick & Kuleto's, 900 Northpoint St. (at Larkin, in Ghirardelli Square), 929-1730, www.mccormickandkuletos.com. The hours: 3-6 p.m. Mon.-Fri. The deals: Hefty snacks for $2-$5 apiece;  $6.50-$7 cocktails. The digs: The view's stupendous from the cocktail lou ... More >>

Vote To Fund Desperate San Francisco Schools' ... Field Trips?

​Three San Francisco schools are competing for Big Lots Lots! To Give contest for up to $10,000 to make their educational dreams come true. You can view the trio of videos outlining their projects and vote three times a day until July 5. Yet, in a time of massive state cutbacks, two out of the thr ... More >>

'The Stinkin' Giants, Give 'Em The Big Blue Finger.' Boy Am I Glad I Went to the Library Today!

Say what?​Remember, in England, Benedict Arnold is a hero. That helps put one in mind for the just-unveiled exhibition at the Burbank Central Library -- enemy territory, sports-wise -- "Love to Hate: The Dodgers-Giants Rivalry."Library-goers can be treated to memorabilia like the signs illustratin ... More >>

June Book Events: Ayelet Waldman, Barry Gifford, Alice Waters, and more

Say what?​Remember, in England, Benedict Arnold is a hero. That helps put one in mind for the just-unveiled exhibition at the Burbank Central Library -- enemy territory, sports-wise -- "Love to Hate: The Dodgers-Giants Rivalry."Library-goers can be treated to memorabilia like the signs illustratin ... More >>

Examiner Typo Renders San Francisco One of the World's Cheapest Tourist Destinations

Even he's spending more than $23.33 a day in S.F.We were befuddled by one statistic in the Examiner's article on how tourism to the city grew in 2008: "About 131,000 people visited The City daily last year, spending an average of $23.33 a day."Huh -- $23.33 a day?! Who are these frugal travelers? An ... More >>

The 10 Best Movies That Wreck San Francisco

Paramount PicturesThe CoreIn real life, people are always fighting to preserve the beauty of San Francisco, but through the magic of the silver screen we can get the slightly wrong thrill of watching it get messed with just a little bit. We don't really want the Golden Gate Bridge to explode, crumbl ... More >>

Don't Shop Till You Drop

Save yourself (and our economy) with holiday shopping nourishment.

Land Ho!

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Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts

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And On The 8th day, SF Government Rested -- Serious InAction

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Chronicle Bitches Out and Doesn't Publish 'Howl'

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Repertory Film Listings

Save yourself (and our economy) with holiday shopping nourishment.

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Fresh Fare and Oxygen

A salad, a pastry, a perfect plum, consumed in the open air: Sometimes it doesn't take much to make us happy.

Repertory Film Listings

A salad, a pastry, a perfect plum, consumed in the open air: Sometimes it doesn't take much to make us happy.

Repertory Film Listings

A salad, a pastry, a perfect plum, consumed in the open air: Sometimes it doesn't take much to make us happy.

Teeny-Boppers

Bust out a can

Bay City Love

A black film festival tugs at your intellect and heartstrings

Best Only-in-the-Bay-Area Pastry

A black film festival tugs at your intellect and heartstrings

Bruin Mob

Bear lovers coalesce in S.F.

Ouch, My Third Eye Hurts!

Infiltrator visits a New Age convention. Open-mindedly. In a man-dress.

Light Meal

Infiltrator visits a New Age convention. Open-mindedly. In a man-dress.

Rite of Night

Infiltrator visits a New Age convention. Open-mindedly. In a man-dress.

Five Best San Francisco Movies

Infiltrator visits a New Age convention. Open-mindedly. In a man-dress.

Best Place to Forget the Other 49 States

Coit Tower

At Play on the Bay

Coit Tower

Seven Stops on a North Beach Pub Crawl

Coit Tower

Best Customer Service by a Government Agency

National Archives and Records

Administration

Pacific Sierra Region

Reps List

Film Reps List for 1-30-2002

Best View

Golden Gate Ferry

Social Grace

Sometimes a Co-worker Is Just a Co-worker

Dog Bites

Caen and Less Than Able

And to All a Good Night

Neecha Thai Cuisine

Here's Looking at You

Neecha Thai Cuisine

Reel World

Neecha Thai Cuisine

Night + Day

Neecha Thai Cuisine

Local Yokels

Neecha Thai Cuisine

Boondoggle by the Bay

Why the tacky political giveaway called Pier 39 shouldn't be used as a model for the coming redevelopment of San Francisco's waterfront

Stage

Why the tacky political giveaway called Pier 39 shouldn't be used as a model for the coming redevelopment of San Francisco's waterfront

Night Crawler

Why the tacky political giveaway called Pier 39 shouldn't be used as a model for the coming redevelopment of San Francisco's waterfront

Slap Shots

Why the tacky political giveaway called Pier 39 shouldn't be used as a model for the coming redevelopment of San Francisco's waterfront

Ship Happens

"Traffic," Bar Pilot Donald Hughes barks. "I need some help." The tanker Mundogas Europe has just lost her steering beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, and if the anhydrous ammonia she's carrying hits the water a toxic cloud could cloak San Francisco. A di

Lash Them With the On-Line!

"Traffic," Bar Pilot Donald Hughes barks. "I need some help." The tanker Mundogas Europe has just lost her steering beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, and if the anhydrous ammonia she's carrying hits the water a toxic cloud could cloak San Francisco. A di