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  • Blogs

    January 17, 2013

    Talking Coffee With Hanna Neuschwander, Author of Left Coast Roast

    In advance of her new West Coast coffee travel book, Left Coast Roast, author and coffee professional Hanna Neuschwander will be storming San Francisco the week of January 21st. To prep ourselves for the trio of Neuschwander events, we sat down with the author to talk West versus East, caffeine as a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2012

    Announcing the Winners of the First Voice Media Group Music Writing Awards

    Each week in our print editions and every day on our blogs, the 13 Voice Media Group papers feature some of the best music writing in the country. That's why we're excited to announce the winners of our first VMG music writing awards. The honor goes to the authors of one blog post and one print pi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2012

    San Francisco Is More Naughty Than Nice, Study Says

    Just in time for Christmas, a new study revealed San Francisco is the 9th most sinful city in the nation, with some 48 percent confessing to committing one of the seven deadly sins -- lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, pride, greed, sloth -- at least five times a week. And just guess what we're most gui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2012

    Surprise, Surprise, San Francisco Is Among the Dirtiest Cities in America

    Yesterday, we enlightened readers with the unsavory news that Californians (that includes you health-conscious San Franciscans) are getting fatter by the minute. Don't believe us? Look no further than the empty food container next to you. Along with getting fat, we're also getting filthy. According ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2012

    Continental Airlines Allegedly Humilates Gay Couple With Dildo

    A gay couple has accused Continental Airlines employees of making their trip home less than satisfying, using the couple's own private dildo.  Christopher Bridgeman and Martin Borger filed a lawsuit against United Continental Holdings and Continental Airlines in Harris County Court this week, c ... More >>

  • Music

    July 11, 2012

    Aesop Rock Climbs Back into the Spotlight with "Skelethon"

    A gay couple has accused Continental Airlines employees of making their trip home less than satisfying, using the couple's own private dildo.  Christopher Bridgeman and Martin Borger filed a lawsuit against United Continental Holdings and Continental Airlines in Harris County Court this week, c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2012

    California Law Now Says You Can Park for Free at Broken Meters

    To those city drivers dragged into teeth-grinding anguish by this morning's KQED report that SFMTA is hiring 14 new meter maids to take your money, there's some soothing news coming out of Sacramento: Free parking at broken meters is officially legal.Sponsored by state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concor ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 13, 2012

    Book 'Em

    To those city drivers dragged into teeth-grinding anguish by this morning's KQED report that SFMTA is hiring 14 new meter maids to take your money, there's some soothing news coming out of Sacramento: Free parking at broken meters is officially legal.Sponsored by state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Guerrilla Knitting: Castro Gets Yarn Bombed

    Who's to say the Castro isn't colorful enough? It appears the city's most flamboyant neighborhood has become the victim of "yarnbombing," a trend that was popularized in 2005 in, of all places, Houston, Texas. Now that's a state that could arguably use some more color. We thank knitting observer Mat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Jeremy Lin Latest One Who Got Away from Warriors

    ​The Golden State Warriors' transcendent moments have resonated so strongly because the team's status quo is unmitigated failure. Failure has built up atop failure, creating a rich loam with which to grow more failure. The franchise that traded Robert Parrish and the draft pick that became Kevin M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Five Reasons San Franciscans Have No Style

    San Franciscans might be total sluts, but we definitely do not attract our partners based on the way we dress. According to GQ magazine, San Francisco ranked No. 20 on the list of the worst-dressed cities in America. It seems like a head scratcher to us, considering we are No. 1 in so many other way ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    No Fireworks For You, San Francisco!

    Our buddies in HoustonUSA! USA! USA! ​Somewhere in the primordial id of every American lurks a deranged teenage boy. He likes blowing things up. And that means he loves the Fourth of July -- and since he is us, so do we. Large-scale fireworks shows all tend to blend into one; like Barack Obama spe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    DVR Alert: S.F.'s LIBA Falafel Features on the Cooking Channel Tonight

    Luis ChongLIBA Falafel owner Gail Lillian.​Set those recorders: San Francisco food truck LIBA Falafel will be featured on the Cooking Channel series Eat St. tonight alongside Portland's Garden State Cart, Seattle's Skillet Street Food, and Houston's Oh My! Pocket Pies. The episode premieres at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Fiona Ma Demands State Boycott of Southwest Airlines After Pilot's Rant About 'Gays and Grannies'

    Fiona Ma is not taking shit from Southwest​Assemblywoman Fiona Ma isn't going to stand for trash-talking. The San Francisco Democrat slammed Southwest Airlines today, asking her fellow lawmakers to stop flying Southwest after a pilot was busted for bashing gays, women, and overweight people via a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    You Know You Love it: 7 Best Chain Restaurants in S.F. Bay Area

    We love fancy food as much as the next San Francisco asshole, but there are times when we just wants an enormous plate of mediocre slop. Every now and then we need to walk into a place that looks the same in S.F. as it does in Des Moines, and we need to order 52 plates of mozzarella sticks and a sma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Mayor Ed Lee: City Will Shield Some Illegal Immigrant Youth from Deportation

    Supervisor Campos after his law policy passed two years ago. Now it will be enforced - for some. ​Mayor Ed Lee announced Tuesday that he will begin implementing the city's controversial Sanctuary City law, only reporting illegal immigrant youth to federal immigration authorities if they have been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Ritual Takes Sixth Place in National Barista Contest

    Ritual Coffee RoastersRitual barista Kevin Bohlin, left, and Ben Kaminsky, Director of Quality Control.​There may be no ticker-tape parade through the FiDi, but Ritual Coffee Roasters just made San Francisco proud at the United States Barista Championship in Houston this weekend. Cutely, the i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Bevan Dufty: Is He Making a Comeback in the Mayor's Race?

    Looking for money in all the right places​Just last month, Bevan Dufty admitted that his mayoral campaign was foundering; he dropped his pledge to hit-up only local donors and has since been taking red-eye flights back-and-forth to the nation's capital.  And now we know why.In his effort to r ... More >>

  • News

    March 9, 2011

    Terry Helbling's Tenderloin Flat Full of $200K in Stolen Art

    Looking for money in all the right places​Just last month, Bevan Dufty admitted that his mayoral campaign was foundering; he dropped his pledge to hit-up only local donors and has since been taking red-eye flights back-and-forth to the nation's capital.  And now we know why.In his effort to r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 16, 2011

    Message Machine

    Looking for money in all the right places​Just last month, Bevan Dufty admitted that his mayoral campaign was foundering; he dropped his pledge to hit-up only local donors and has since been taking red-eye flights back-and-forth to the nation's capital.  And now we know why.In his effort to r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Vandals Get Two Free Hours of Parking When They Break Meters

    Motorists, start your sledgehammers!​Vandals who break meters will get rewarded with two hours of free parking under a new system being installed this spring, sf.streetsblog.org reports. According to the Metropolitan Transportation Agency, vandals are breaking between 240 and 450 parking meters ea ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2010

    Just Deserts

    Motorists, start your sledgehammers!​Vandals who break meters will get rewarded with two hours of free parking under a new system being installed this spring, sf.streetsblog.org reports. According to the Metropolitan Transportation Agency, vandals are breaking between 240 and 450 parking meters ea ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2010

    If It’s Too Loud ...

    Motorists, start your sledgehammers!​Vandals who break meters will get rewarded with two hours of free parking under a new system being installed this spring, sf.streetsblog.org reports. According to the Metropolitan Transportation Agency, vandals are breaking between 240 and 450 parking meters ea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    Investors From Mumbai, Houston, L.A., Behind $2.33B purchase of State Buildings

    Meet the new landlord​The California Public Utilities Commission's San Francisco headquarters is among 11 state buildings that will soon be owned by a consortium made up of investment groups hailing from Houston, Los Angeles and Mumbai, the state Department of General Services Reported today.The b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    The On Land Experimental Music Festival: What's Burning Man, Anyway?

    ​From this evening through the weekend, Café du Nord and its upstairs annex the Swedish American Hall are hosting the On Land festival, a dazzling array of ambient, psychedelic, improvisational, and straight-up noise performances. Much of the lineup testifies to the Bay Area's vibrant experimenta ... More >>

  • Film

    August 4, 2010

    "Middle Men": Luke Wilson brings hardcore porn to the masses

    ​From this evening through the weekend, Café du Nord and its upstairs annex the Swedish American Hall are hosting the On Land festival, a dazzling array of ambient, psychedelic, improvisational, and straight-up noise performances. Much of the lineup testifies to the Bay Area's vibrant experimenta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10: Gastronomic Adventures, Free Comics, Electro-disco Noiseniks

    Clipd Beaks​Were those glorious super-warm days of last weekend simply a tease? Are we doomed to a more traditional mid-season S.F. weekend of half-sunny, half-windy days? Well I hate to say it fellow park-dwellers, but if you don't like the weather in our oft-overcast city, perhaps you are in the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    Life-Fi

    Clipd Beaks​Were those glorious super-warm days of last weekend simply a tease? Are we doomed to a more traditional mid-season S.F. weekend of half-sunny, half-windy days? Well I hate to say it fellow park-dwellers, but if you don't like the weather in our oft-overcast city, perhaps you are in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    'Where Can I Get Tex-Mex Food?'

    Houston PressBeef Enchiladas From Larry's (in Houston): Real Tex-Mex​This week's reader question comes from E.T., who moved to the Bay Area from Houston a few years ago:I totally have a question, but after three and a half years of asking it, I'm beginning to suspect that the answer is "no." Is th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Everything Dandy For Giants in World of Fashion, Too

    First, the bad news...​Without a doubt, the San Francisco Giants' top sartorial story of the young season has been utilityman Eugenio Velez taking the field last week outfitted in a jersey reading "San Francicso." More than any bullshit orbiting around Janet Jackson's ta-tas, this truly was a ward ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Scalpel! is a Camped-Out, Crowd-Pleasing Hit at Brava

    Emily McGowan, Cindy Goldfield, & Arturo Galster ​If you're looking for a way to honor the legacy of Designing Women star Dixie Carter (she passed away in Houston on April 10), you could do worse than spend an evening with the ladies currently on stage at Brava Theater Center. Brava's ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2010

    A Hopey, Changey Day on the Diamond

    Emily McGowan, Cindy Goldfield, & Arturo Galster ​If you're looking for a way to honor the legacy of Designing Women star Dixie Carter (she passed away in Houston on April 10), you could do worse than spend an evening with the ladies currently on stage at Brava Theater Center. Brava's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Ex-Supe Candidate Spanjian Says She'd Have Quit Even if She Were Front-Runner

    We're not in District 8 anymore, Toto...​When Laura Spanjian drops out of a contest, she certainly goes whole hog. Yesterday we reported that not only is the longtime city politico exiting the race for District 8 supervisor, she's also exiting San Francisco. Spanjian will next month take over as t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    It's Your Petite Friday Morning News Quiz -- With a Prize

    Sorry, the other pictures would have given away the answers​It's even more simple than the answer to the question, "Is Gavin Newsom gonna run for lieutenant governor?" Answer the five questions correctly, send me the answers here, and you win a little prize. Comprende? 1. Who is Deborah J. Madden? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Palin's Palm: What Pearls of Wisdom Lie Within?

    It takes guts to criticize the president for using teleprompters while taking advantage of the manual version on the end of your wrist. But, then, Sarah Palin certainly has plenty of guts (seriously -- they've run out of refrigerator space. Todd had a field day out on the last hunting expedition). A ... More >>

  • News

    September 2, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    It takes guts to criticize the president for using teleprompters while taking advantage of the manual version on the end of your wrist. But, then, Sarah Palin certainly has plenty of guts (seriously -- they've run out of refrigerator space. Todd had a field day out on the last hunting expedition). A ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2008

    Roller Girls Play Dirty

    It takes guts to criticize the president for using teleprompters while taking advantage of the manual version on the end of your wrist. But, then, Sarah Palin certainly has plenty of guts (seriously -- they've run out of refrigerator space. Todd had a field day out on the last hunting expedition). A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2008

    Oakland Non-Profit Sold Illegal Drugs

    It takes guts to criticize the president for using teleprompters while taking advantage of the manual version on the end of your wrist. But, then, Sarah Palin certainly has plenty of guts (seriously -- they've run out of refrigerator space. Todd had a field day out on the last hunting expedition). A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2008

    Dengue Fever Plays Independent in April

    It takes guts to criticize the president for using teleprompters while taking advantage of the manual version on the end of your wrist. But, then, Sarah Palin certainly has plenty of guts (seriously -- they've run out of refrigerator space. Todd had a field day out on the last hunting expedition). A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2008

    Radiohead Tour Dates Leave Out SF

    It takes guts to criticize the president for using teleprompters while taking advantage of the manual version on the end of your wrist. But, then, Sarah Palin certainly has plenty of guts (seriously -- they've run out of refrigerator space. Todd had a field day out on the last hunting expedition). A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2008

    Xiu Xiu To Release "New Women as Lovers Double LP" and 2008 Tour

    It takes guts to criticize the president for using teleprompters while taking advantage of the manual version on the end of your wrist. But, then, Sarah Palin certainly has plenty of guts (seriously -- they've run out of refrigerator space. Todd had a field day out on the last hunting expedition). A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2008

    Dead Meadow Announce Tour Dates and New Album

    It takes guts to criticize the president for using teleprompters while taking advantage of the manual version on the end of your wrist. But, then, Sarah Palin certainly has plenty of guts (seriously -- they've run out of refrigerator space. Todd had a field day out on the last hunting expedition). A ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 7, 2007

    Del and Devin

    It takes guts to criticize the president for using teleprompters while taking advantage of the manual version on the end of your wrist. But, then, Sarah Palin certainly has plenty of guts (seriously -- they've run out of refrigerator space. Todd had a field day out on the last hunting expedition). A ... More >>

  • News

    November 1, 2006

    Drawn Together

    Why the surging popularity of yaoi — graphic boy-on-boy comics — might be the source of the genre's downfall

  • News

    April 12, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Wednesday, April 12, 2006

  • News

    April 5, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, April 5, 2006

  • News

    October 9, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of October 9, 2002

  • Dining

    March 13, 2002

    Theatrics

    The Gold Dust's bartenders don't just mix drinks, they put on a show

  • Music

    February 23, 2000

    Three Day Stubble

    The Figshta Diaries!

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