Michael Phelps

Limited Perspective Playhouse: The Olympic Diet, Part 2 - Michael Phelps Edition

Breakfast of Champions

SFGate reported last week that two tons of Olympian Michael Phelps' Corn Flakes boxes were donated to the SF Food Bank, and promptly flew out the building. As it turns out, there are other San Francisco businesses who have found new and artistic uses for the now ultra-rare and recalled item. This ... More >>

TiVo Alert: Bacon Comedy!

Pale blond Irish Midwestern comedian Jim Gaffigan likes to talk about food in his act.As Bonnie Hunt introduced him on her show: "He has a wonderful fascination with bacon."Cut to Gaffigan's stand-up, an excerpt from King Baby, currently showing on Comedy Central:"Even the frying of bacon sounds lik ... More >>

Going for Gold

Academy of Art’s new sports program is about spirit, marketing — and the chance to break even more rules.

Tim Lincecum: Come Be the SF Weekly Pot Critic

Tim. We saw that you got busted for pot, and obviously we find it appalling. Will this end your promising young career?Or will your sinewy, 261 strikeout-throwing arm have to atrophy in the dugout for some unspecified amount of time? Hard to say. But if you are out of a job, we'd like to be the ... More >>