Cruises

Cruise Ship Terminal Finances Terrified Port Director

The news that the city's nascent cruise ship terminal could well lose the city boatloads of money is disturbing -- but hardly unanticipated. Last year, SF Weekly obtained a January 2012 e-mail from Port of San Francisco Director Monique Moyer to members of her staff lamenting the proposed cruise shi ... More >>

Seven Hospitalized After Cable Car Accident

Muni officials confirmed that a group of cable car passengers are being treated at the hospital after a trolley accident this morning near Fisherman's Wharf. The accident happened about 10:18 a.m. at Washington and Powell streets when the cable car made a sudden stop, injuring seven people includi ... More >>

Pop-Up Planner: The Best Temporary Restaurants, Nov. 12-18

A Taste of Modern Luxury: Celebrity Cruises Pops Up in San Francisco Where: Stable Cafe, 2128 Folsom (at 17th St.), 552-1199 When: November 15, 12:15 p.m. and 1 p.m. seatings Cost: $25 (purchase in advance via Eventbrite) The rundown: A two-day run of Celebrity Cruises serving lunch and dinner on ... More >>

The Freshest's DJ Marvel Used to Party-Rock the Cruise Ships

The term "party-rocking" has taken quite a beating in recent years, after artists like LMFAO turned it into something downright terrifying. But prior to its corruption, "party-rocking" meant a DJ mixing genres, like moving from hip-hop to disco to house with the only goal to ensure that everyone has ... More >>

The Cup Runneth Over: S.F.'s America's Cup Decision Looms

Cocaine Seized from Cruise Ship at Pier 35

​Federal agents announced today that they seized 13 kilograms, or close to 29 pounds, of cocaine from a cruise ship docked in San Francisco last month.According to a statement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a joint operation among federal agencies and local law-enforcement led to two sep ... More >>

Bouncer Finds Solace in a Sea of Misery at Twin Peaks Tavern

From this week's Bouncer column: The Twin Peaks is soothing. It is soothing from the outside, where the amber-lit patrons look like San Francisco's answer to Edward Hopper's Nighthawks. It is soothing from the inside, where older men huddle around tables and talk about neighborhood gossip. If I am ... More >>

Finding Solace in a Sea of Misery at Twin Peaks

SF Weekly Webcam Show: Kinda Boring, Not Very Hot

Since SF Weekly staffers are always the ones looking and observing, it was a delight for us to get our 15 minutes of fame this afternoon. From our quaint offices in Fisherman's Wharf, we were able to spot ourselves via the Princess Cruise webcam while the cruise ship was docked along the Embarcadero ... More >>

Swans: Show Preview

Sound and Vision: Take the Bruise Cruise

In Print: The xx on a Victory Lap, Behind the Bruise Cruise, and a Not-So-Fragile Perfume Genius

The xx​The xx: ""Standing on that stage was incredibly surreal," The xx's Jamie Smith tells SF Weekly's Rae Alexandra in our print edition this week about winning the prestigious Mercury Prize two weeks ago. Now the xx is on its last U.S. tour for a while -- what Smith calls "a proper party," ... More >>

S.F. Government Runs Its Own Giants Ticket-Scalping Operation

Matt SmithWe're all on the same team, after all...​Did you know the City and County of San Francisco of San Francisco runs a ticket-scalping operation, much of which is routed through the online reseller StubHub?The enterprise is run out of the Port of San Francisco, which is landlord to the San F ... More >>

Catch Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall on ... A Cruise Ship?

If the Eagle Tavern isn't your style, you can catch Thee Oh Sees' John Dwyer on a cruise ship next year.​We are not kidding. San Francisco garage rock kingpins the Thee Oh Sees and rising star Ty Segall will issue their gorgeously gritty live shows on a three-day cruise next year, along with the ... More >>

Tim Luym Planning New Restaurant That Looks Back at Poleng, Pushes Filipino Cuisine

Tim Luym.​What's Tim Luym been doing since January, when Poleng Lounge closed? Plotting the ascendancy of Filipino cuisine, mostly. Luym cooked for Melissa Perello at Charles Nob Hill and Fifth Floor, but it was as chef of Poleng that he found his voice. Starting in 2006, his emphasis seem ... More >>

Jubilee

San Francisco Slips Beneath the Waves -- But This Is a Good Thing

U.S. NavyThe U.S.S. San Francisco rides againJust as cranks who warn us we're playing with our lives for living in the natural disaster Mecca that is California predicted, San Francisco yesterday sank beneath the waves of the Pacific and headed for the bottom of the ocean. But that's okay. San Franc ... More >>

Not Spaced Out Enough

Daly City Man Accused of Stealing $10,000 Worth of Le Corona

Galáp

Kurt Vonnegut's story makes a great book, but not great theater

Redemption Thong

Salma's shorts get top billing in an otherwise unwatchable caper

Best War Relic

S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien

Holiday

Checking In

A drinking tour of swanky hotel bars

Traveling Companions

Gray whales are leading tourists, conservationists, and business operators on a rocky voyage toward economic and environmental salvation

The Price of Journalism

The Hearst Foundation's Annual Awards

Best Place to Day-dream About Faraway Places With Strange-Sounding Names

The Middle of the Golden Gate Bridge