Christmas

Here's How to Keep Your Badly Behaved Pup From Making it Onto Dogshaming.com

Of course you were stoked to find the adorable pup with a bow around its neck under your Christmas tree. But as the New Year kicks in (and it has kicked pretty hard), so does the reality of owning a new pet. That reality comes in the form of dog shit on your carpet and a cat that's clawing away at ... More >>

Don't Forget to "Treecycle" Your Holiday Bush

Christmas is over, and unless you got a fake tree with plans on being those people and decorating it for every holiday in 2013, now's the time to get rid of your festive fern. Starting Wednesday, Jan. 2, trash collectors will be picking up your Christmas trees along with the regular curbside garba ... More >>

Amazon's Cloud Fails Yet Again, Taking Down Netflix

Forget Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' clumsy public utterances, which turned so many of his customers against the company. And forget the modest price increase that sent even more of them in the direction of competitors or even pirate sites. Hastings' biggest mistake might turn out to be signing on 100 ... More >>

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Holiday Theater: Audio-Visual Magic in Berkeley and Marin

Watch Talking Goats Dressed as Elves Sell California Goat Cheese

We get a lot of press releases here at SFoodie, and it's the rare pitch that stands out from the pack. Harley Farms in Pescadero got our attention this morning with a video promoting its goat cheese that features goats dressed in elf costumes lamenting the fact that reindeer get all the glory during ... More >>

Give a Little, Get a Lot

Here's Your Chance to Help Kids and Dogs This Holiday Season

So 2012 was a bad year for you -- you lost your job or your home, or maybe you lost both your job and your home -- in that order. But here's your chance to end the year on a good note and do something great for everyone, yourself included. You can start by donating some new toys to San Francisco's ... More >>

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Hog Island Oyster Co. Now Accepting Limited Holiday Mail Orders

Fresh oysters are a time-tested holiday tradition in homes across the country, and as of yesterday the superlative Hog Island Oyster Co. started accepting orders for nationwide Christmas and New Years Eve shipping. The farm only has capacity for 100 orders per holiday on a first-come, first-serve ba ... More >>

Ryan Gosling Loves Animals, Baby Goats Are the New Baby Jesus, and Banana Nog!

​ ​• Ryan Gosling wrote a letter to McDonald's about the heinous animal abuse on their chicken farms. He did this because he really knows how to get into my pants. Actually, I'm not sure he does. Ryan, call me for directions! My pants are easy to find! They are very large and usually have ... More >>

Changes in North Beach

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. As some restaurants gear up for their Christmas dinners, and others prepare to bow out before the end of the year (such as 2223 Restaurant, Citizen Cake, Leticia's, Namu, Spork), today brought a couple sn ... More >>

A Second-By-Second Breakdown of the Worst Christmas Music Video Ever Made

​In case you missed all the twinkling lights and massive, decorated trees everywhere, the holiday season is well and truly upon us. And, as you already know, that means it's also the season for awful, cringe-worthy music you can only listen to for -- at most -- one week of the year (the only excep ... More >>

The Trappist Brings Belgian Holidays to Oakland

​Did you know that in Belgium, people leave mugs of rich holiday ale for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve? Actually, we made that up. But it surely sounds plausible. Enjoying "Kerstbier" seems to be an annual national pastime, culminating in a world-renowned festival that boasts upwards of 150 w ... More >>

Digitalism Excites a Sold-Out Mezzanine Crowd

Take us into the light​ Digitalism Data Romance Anna Lunoe Wednesday, Dec. 14th, 2011 Mezzanine Better than: Sitting in a plastic rocket and pretending to go to the moon. While a typical midweek party at Mezzanine might see the opening DJs playing an indulgent set to a small group of friend ... More >>

Holiday in the Margins

"Period of Adjustment": Romantic Holiday Comedy Achieves Lyrical Poignancy

Ugly Thanksgiving Sweaters: Tonight Is Your Last Chance to Find Them on eBay

​The hours until Thanksgiving morning are nearing, and soon you will awaken to the smell of turkey and stuffing wafting through a house chock-full of relatives and the sound of football droning from the television. You'll hop out of bed and reach for that one perfect Turkey Day sweater. Wait -- no ... More >>

Five Hip-Hop Album Covers That Would Make Insanely Difficult Jigsaw Puzzles

This week, a new candidate emerged for the spot of hip-hop's fabled fifth element: The jigsaw puzzle. With a canny eye on the not-too-far-off Christmas season, the Boston-based Get On Down Records has released jigsaw versions of classic rap album covers by Biz Markie, Kool G Rap, Boogie Down Produc ... More >>

Bouncer Plays Grown-Up at CyBelle's Front Room

Calm Between the Storms

Ho Ho Ho Bang, Black X-Mass, Radioactive's Holiday Extravaganza, Free Jewish Museum and More

Hanna QuevedoThis Saturday marks the 13th annual Black X-Mass with Karla LaVey at the Elbo Room.​Can't stand another minute of the eye-drooping boredom of this whole holiday family time thing? Or are you stuck in town due to circumstances beyond your control? Either way, to fix the problem, here's ... More >>

Pink Christmas: Spumoni Ice Cream from Mitchell's

Alex HochmanSsshhh! Mitchell's seasonal spumoni contains a secret.​Ornamented with electrically vibrant candied fruits, plump brown raisins, and crunchy golden almonds, Mitchell's spumoni ice cream (available from November to January) looks like the artificial pink Christmas tree that graced o ... More >>

Cool Food Gifts from La Cocina's Holiday Fair

Sean TimberlakeSuprise: Sweets Collections' decorative gelatin creations are completely edible.​I know, I know, I'm supposed to be mister DIY, eschewing packaged goods so I can toil away in the kitchen milling my own flour, harvesting local sugar cane, and carefully tending orchards of orchids ... More >>

Bazaar Bizarre, Holiday Pups & Kitties, Mission Block Party, Silver Swans, and More

Photo by Holden PumphreySilver Swans play Milk this Friday​ This weekend you can scour cool handmade gift ideas, check out cute puppies and kitties in holiday-decorated windows, or dance in sweaty packs at a barrage of city clubs -- all for less than $10. Mission Holiday Block Party @ Mission Dis ... More >>

SFoodie Advent Calendar, Day 5: Panettone from Dianda's

Jonathan KauffmanOne-pound panettone from Dianda's, $5.25. ​The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one treat at a time.SFoodie can't tell you how many loaves of imported Italian panettone we bought over the years before we admitted to ours ... More >>

Saturday Night: DJ Brenmar Burns Off the Turkey Day Calories at 222 Hyde

Brenmar at 222 Hyde on Saturday​Icee Hot w/ BrenmarDisco ShawnGhosts on TapeSaturday, November 27@ 222 HydeBetter than: Trading new recipes for that 20-pound turkey sitting in your fridge. Thanksgiving weekend is infamous for "not tonight" excuses of the food coma variety, coupled with an onslau ... More >>

Ten holiday shows to suit any mood or creed

See the Black Lips, Thee Oh Sees, and Bare Wires for Free Next Month

All the Black Lips' mayhem can be yours, free -- egg nog optional.​This latest show-as-free-advertising at least has good taste -- and we're talking about the bands, people, not the booze. (Nothing against rum; sorry, Maroon 5!) Sailor Jerry is paying your way to a good-ol' garage-rock slam with A ... More >>

Muni Goes Topless! (Video)

The Christmas lights are a nice touch, too...​Muni' car No. 228 is certainly the most eye-catching in the fleet -- which is a tactful way of stating it's not the most conventionally attractive. The open-topped, English-built "Blackpool" car is a green-and-cream blunderbuss resembling a pair of Vol ... More >>

A Little Indulgence, with a Side of Fish Sauce: Your SFoodie Lunch Planner

Isherman/FlickrFried whole trout with fish sauce and black pepper: Worth the calorie splurge.​Friday, Dec. 18, 2009 We got no beef with our office mates, but seriously: What with the Xmas gift tin of chocolate-covered, crack-dusted caramel corn near the copier, or the bacon snickerdoodles Hea ... More >>

10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10

EpiscoDisco hits Grace Cathedral on Sat.​The holidays make everyone broke. First there's all the money you spend on loved ones, and then there's all the money you spend drinking as you think about all the money you spent on loved ones. Luckily, you can still give yourself the gift of entertainment ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Re: Gifting

Lick My SpoonHoliday truffle collection from Socola.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Sweat-shop: We used to have this recurring nightmare: It's Christmas morning, and we haven't bought a single damn present for anyone. Not one. In a panic, we grab crap around the house, frantically wrappi ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Liquorvore

nullalux/FlickrBuddha's hand infusing vodka at St. George sib Hangar One.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Grog blog: At the Bold Italic, Jon Korn belts a few with local distillers and brewski makers. Korn's is a short crawl, from Alameda's St. George Spirits to Distillery No. 209 on S.F.' ... More >>

Track of the Day: SpongeBob SquarePants' Jerky X-Mas

​Normally I'm not a fan of cartoon music, but SpongeBob SquarePants is one of those characters that walks the fine line between kiddie and adult humor. Plus, what can I say, I'm a sucker for funny novelty holiday tunes. So today's Track of the Day is SpongeBob's "Don't Be a Jerk (It's Christmas)." ... More >>

Here Comes Christmas: Your Seasonal Nightlife Picks

The Golden Girls, S.F.-style​It's a shame to start the holidays with so much news about shopping when there are plenty of other ways to milk December for all its worth.Personally, I'm a big fan of The Golden Girls - The Christmas Episodes. In the hands of comedic drag queens Cookie Dough, Matthew ... More >>

Sacrilegious Satire Comes to Town

Seen In San Francisco: A California Noel With AT&T Park's Christmas Palm Trees

Joe EskenaziWorkers string Christmas lights on AT&T Park's palm trees, proving once and for all we cannot ever say "It's cold today!" in this city with a straight face​My uncle from Brooklyn with a way with words once described a New York City winter to me thusly: "I looked outside and I didn' ... More >>

Dancing of a White Christmas

Merry Fucking Christmas

Holiday Hootenanny

Dan Zanes kicks off an international seasonal celebration.

David Sedaris: Grinch?

Smuin Cracks Christmas

Moonbat Is on the Air

Conservative radio host tries to teach Infiltrator rules of right-wing punditry

You Shouldn't Go Hungry

East Coast West Delicatessen

Beach Blanket Babylon

This 28-year-old musical isn't just for tourists

Nosh Till You Drop

Union Square noshes

Side Dish

Sno-Drift, Hall of Fame and Cain Vineyard and Winery