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Labor Day

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    No Tickets? Nine Ways You Can Still Get Into Burning Man 2012

    Whatever else history might say of the Burning Man Ticket Fiasco of 2012, it offers the community that puts on the festival one more brute lesson in market economics. For attendees at the longtime countercultural arts festival held annually in the desert near Reno, news that four-fifths of the ticke ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 14, 2011

    Fire in the Sky

    Whatever else history might say of the Burning Man Ticket Fiasco of 2012, it offers the community that puts on the festival one more brute lesson in market economics. For attendees at the longtime countercultural arts festival held annually in the desert near Reno, news that four-fifths of the ticke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Thanksgiving: A Deadly Day on the Road

    ​I don't know about you, but at our Thanksgiving dinners there's always that one person who consumes more Wild Turkey than turkey. And thinking of this made us wonder: Why hasn't the San Francisco Police Department made any plans for DUI checkpoints this Thursday?San Francisco Police Captain Al Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Pension Wars: This Was No 'Backroom Deal'

    Charlie PowellEd Lee will shuffle the cards right in front of you. No tricks. ​It's a scientific fact: Attempt to comprehend the fetid relationship between pensions and politics in this city and a substance resembling guacamole will begin oozing from your ears. Finally, a tangible reason not to we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Castagnola's Kitchen Walkout, Ryan Scott's New Place, and Groceries by Boat

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. A packed restaurant with a kitchen staff walkout is among a manager's worst nightmares. Inside Scoop reports that Castagnola's kitchen staff walked out on the Fisherman's Wharf restaurant on Saturday at 7 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Weekend Parties: Virgo Four at No Way Back, Paul Devro at Tormenta Tropical, and More

    araabMUZIK is at Lights Down Low this Friday​ With the passing of Labor Day, we've finally moved through summer and hit fall. Now that the agony of that realization is over, we can finally look back and appreciate just how good Summer 2011 was for San Francisco nightlife, with huge bookings, r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Expelled from Southwest Flight for Sagging His Pants

    Christopher VictorioGreen Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, in better-belted times.​ Safe to say your Labor Day weekend is off to a better start than Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's: On Thursday night, Armstrong was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for sagging his pants.

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Devices That Will Help Women Pee Standing Up

    If you can't hack this, you can resort to some cheating devices.​Ms. Georgia returned this morning with another query from the vanguard of women's alternative peeing. Yesterday, she e-mailed us for advice on peeing standing up, a subject we are uniquely experts in after having reported on "Stand2P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Gone Fishing: Have a Good Holiday

    We gave you plenty of news to chew on over the weekend -- the iPhone 5 saga, a finger-snapping show gone bad, and a quick lesson on how to pee standing up if you are a woman. So we're taking off for the weekend and we won't be around to inform or entertain you Monday, because we don't want to do lab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Sandwiches Are Hot, and People's Catches Fire

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Sandwich lovers rejoice! Three new spots will be serving up anything but the hum-drum PB&J. Eater SF shares that Hot Press will be toasting paninis at 2966 Mission (at 26th St.), but no word yet on an ope ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Gay Blogger Calls for Boycott of Retail Stores Supporting Christian Values Network

    Now gays are really going to be bad for business​It wasn't enough that Apple pulled its iTunes store from the Christian Values Network, which is decidedly antigay. A San Francisco blogger is now asking people everywhere to boycott those retailers that are still enrolled in the Christian shopping w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    It's All About Meat: A Bacon Truck, Beef Sandwiches, and Pig and Pie

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The smell of bacon is wafting through the city air today, as Bacon Bacon Truck, which we mentioned earlier, parks in SOMA for its first day. SFist shares the news that bacon lovers can pick up lunch this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Take the Best G-Rated Cock Ride This Weekend

    What a ride ​It's Friday, and judging by the last five days, who knows what the weather will bring this weekend. But while tossing around some ideas of what to do this weekend, we came across one idea that seems like something every San Franciscan -- young and old -- should try:The G-rated cock ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Two Haters, a Home-Burner and a Skyscraper Climber in Court Today

    Not above the law in SF​Say what you want about District Attorney Kamala Harris -- the Attorney General candidate is a "different kind of prosecutor," according to a lengthy profile published in today's Los Angeles Times, and true to form, her office prosecutes different kinds of cases. And how. F ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2010

    Head Case

    Experts say ex-football players with head injuries often end up in the criminal justice system. Former USC lineman Chris Brymer is exhibit A.

  • News

    September 8, 2010

    'Bait Car' comes to San Francisco

    Experts say ex-football players with head injuries often end up in the criminal justice system. Former USC lineman Chris Brymer is exhibit A.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Una Pizza Napoletana Spins Its Pies, Citizen's Band Strikes Up Lunch and Brunch Service

    ​ ​The past 96 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.It looks like all the local paid bloggers (including SFoodie's staffers) took Labor Day off, an acknowledgment that blogging is real work. Congratulations to all of you, and may the afterglow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Panda Bear Previews 'Tomboy' at the Fox Theater

    Richard Haick​Panda Bear@ The Fox Theater, OaklandSeptember 6, 2010 Better than: Camp counselor-ing on shrooms, which could be cool. It's becoming increasingly clear that Noah Lennox, known to animals and hipsters as Panda Bear, is to experitronica champions Animal Collective what Jonny ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Skylite Snowballs, a Taste of Baltimore in the East Bay

    Tracey Taylor​Berkeleyside reports on the Labor Day weekend debut of the Skylite Snowballs truck, which parked in front of Berkeley's Star Grocery on Sunday and hit up Oakland's Lake Merritt on Monday with Baltimore's answer to syrup-drenched shaved ice. Though the name is a nod to an artific ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    The Week in Event Names: YouTube Bestiary Edition

    Well, that's it. The week in music has been overrun by creatures great and small. Even on Labor Day, that hallowed sabbath of secular holidays, we were forced to contend with Panda Bear at the Fox. Is nothing sacred?But press on we must. To prepare you for the faunal frenzy in performance spaces acr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Magic Kids, ZineFest, Prince vs. Michael, Doin' It in the Park, and More

    Magic Kids plays Bottom of the Hill this Sunday​It's Labor Day! Meaning: an extra day to your weekend, 10 percent more texts than usual and even more chances to nurse epic hangovers. Have fun San Francisco, you deserve it. Here's our list of fun things to do this weekend for less than a ticket to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Fitz and the Tantrums Play to a Tame Crowd at Popscene

    ​Fitz & The Tantrums @ PopsceneSeptember 2, 2010 Better than: Refusing to allow Thursday to function as the new Friday. Fitz and the Tantrums are an anomaly in the indie music scene. All the super-serious Canadian post-rock bands, shy-spoken Midwestern pretty boys, and unmovable ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Beer Truck Overturns, Ruins Morning Commute

    When beer trucks lose their load during commute hours, we all lose​Tragedy has enveloped both beer-drinkers and commuters today in the Bay Area. A truck carrying a purported 43,000 pounds of beer has hit an embankment and overturned on Highway 17. Its precious, precious payload is now leaking alon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Nopa, Spire, Maverick: Labor Day Weekend's New Brunch Options

    alisa g./YelpNopa fires up the French toast griddle this weekend.​Three brunch newcomers for those of you already making plans for the holiday weekend: Nopa enters the brunch column Saturday, with an opening menu that lists house-made granola, smoked trout with a house-baked bagel, pain de mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Hapa Ramen Adds Tuesday Ferry Plaza Market

    John BirdsallBeginning next week, Hapa Ramen is expanding exponentially.​Hapa Ramen doubles its cumulative presence at Ferry Plaza next week. Starting Sept. 7, Richie Nakano's traveling noodle shop will sell at the Ferry Plaza Tuesday market, in addition to Nakano's regular Thursday slot. Knif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Chairman Bao Throwdown Is On; Le Truc to Host Pissed-Off Baohaus NYC Owner

    Hugh Schick's Le Truc bustaurant expects to host New York's Eddie Huang on or around Labor Day.The above is a mockup.​Eater SF reported Tuesday that pissed-off Manhattan baoman Eddie Huang was proposing a throwdown with Chairman Bao, the Mobi Munch-operated S.F. truck Huang had accused of name ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Mission Beach Cafe Brings Back Tuesday Smokers, Part of S.F.'s Upscale BBQ Trend

    ifoodufood/FlickrMission Beach Cafe and Town Hall BBQ (pictured) are part of the seasonal pop-up trend.​We don't know if Mission Beach Cafe's Bill Clarke and Alan Carter hold to the no-white-shoes-before-Memorial-Day rule, but they do believe the holiday marks the beginning of barbecue season. For ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Bridge Expert: I'll Still Drive Bay Bridge -- But Break Is Baffling

    ​Whenever something goes wrong with a bridge here or elsewhere, one of the first people we call is Mark Ketchum -- one of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California's designated experts on bridges. So, for what it's worth, Ketchum said he will unhesitatingly drive his car across t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 2, 2009

    Feed the World

    ​Whenever something goes wrong with a bridge here or elsewhere, one of the first people we call is Mark Ketchum -- one of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California's designated experts on bridges. So, for what it's worth, Ketchum said he will unhesitatingly drive his car across t ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 19, 2005

    Cinema Chow

    Discovering the delights of DeLessio while searching for a good sandwich to take to a movie

  • Dining

    December 1, 2004

    For Health and Pleasure

    After a quarter of a century, S.F.'s venerable vegetarian restaurant is still leading by example

  • News

    July 7, 2004

    Don't Park There

    The Unwritten Rules of Parking in San Francisco

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