"It's a hard time to be a lawyer, no doubt about it." "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." -- Henry VI, Act IV, Scene III. Mr. Shakespeare was wrong in his chronology. The first thing you do, if you want to kill the lawyers, is kill the economy. Then the attorneys will wither and die like bees barricaded out of the hive and its honey.A growing caravan of lawyers are watching San Francisco recede into nothingness in their rearview mirrors, and, this week, the international firm De
Stacey PalevskyRabbi Joshua Strulowitz of San Francisco's Orthodox Adath Israel watches as Supervisor Carmen Chu and Police Chief Heather Fong sign papers granting Jews the right to carry objects on the Sabbath. The chances are exactly 100 percent neither Chu nor Fong ever thought they'd be called upon to do this.In a story that may have slipped under the wire -- somewhat literally -- San Francisco last week got its first eruv since at least the days when Levi Strauss decided to make pants out o
Officially speaking, the Tour de France -- which finished Sunday in Paris -- was brought to you by sponsors Carrefour supermarkets, Skoda cars and Vittel bottled water. Behind the scenes however, the physiology-defying, mountaintop-finish action of the race through the Pyrenees and the Alps may have actually been brought to fans thanks to a relatively-unknown Palo Alto biotech firm.So says Pierre Bordry, the head of the French anti doping agency, who believes new, undetectable drugs, such as
Looking for fresh meatInsert a feline roar here. Later this month, in a spectacle that will surely be much-anticipated by single dudes striking out with chicks their own age, older single women from across the country will gather at Dinah's Garden Hotel in Palo Alto for an event billing itself as the nation's inaugural National Single Cougars Convention. Someone's gotta say it: Whoa.Sponsored by the Society of Single Professionals, American Laser Centers, and other indispensable enablers of t
Double-take? Think triple-take. The above cover of the current edition of Palo Alto Weekly grabbed our attention in a powerful way. But, alas, we were disappointed. Despite what your eyes tell you, this is not an article about a century of attractive women jogging but sadists who willingly choose to run 100 miles, with neither the police, Bigfoot, or a Chronicle subscription cold-caller on their heels.
fraicheyogurt.comDairy-free froyo is available at Fraiche.A San Francisco location of Palo Alto frozen yogurt shop Fraiche (1910 Fillmore at Bush) might be open as soon as Friday. With approximately 50 million froyo joints in town, this probably doesn't sound too exciting. But, as local vegan chef/blogger the Urban Housewife reports, there's one big reason to rejoice Fraiche's S.F. debut: Vegan froyo. The 99% fat-free, lactose-free soy yogurt is in the tart vein (as popularized by Pinkberry).
Mission MissionNoooooooooooooooooooooo! Palace Family Steakhouse closes. [Mission Mission]Yikes. We weren't the only ones who didn't like Kylie Minogue's U.S. debut. [Merc]Ruh-roh. Scientologists suck in an unwitting passerby. [SF Citizen]Dude behind the Obama "death poll" is from Palo Alto. [Baynewser]SOMA, meet NOMA, not to be confused with NOPA. [Eye on Blogs]Baked goods and Obama. [People Reading]European cyclists poo-poo our grand plans for increasing ridership. [Daily Clog]Everyon
Daniel C. BrittDrool Brittania: British cougars Rita Sangha (left), 39, and Bea Cameron, 45, make nice to the camera during August's "National Cougar Convention" Do people complain to Rich Gosse about the use of the term "cougar" -- previously applied to a 1970s-era muscle car and, of course, a beast -- for older women with a yen for younger men? Yes. Yes they do. All the time. But he doesn't care. "We used to have cougar parties in San Francisco before the term 'cougar' was invented," says G
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