Paris

Jim Morrison Died on Nightclub Shitter: New Book Reveals

Beirut in Paris

January Movies To Watch - 'Cassandra’s Dream' and What the TIFF Told Me

Tonight on the SFFS Screen: Before I Forget

Toronto International Film Festival: Day 1

Wine Bar of the Week: Hôtel Biron

Drinking here feels almost like hanging out in a friend's living room.

Willie's Birthday Plans

Drinking here feels almost like hanging out in a friend's living room.

Behind the Caftan

Drinking here feels almost like hanging out in a friend's living room.

Paris

Acid Reflex (Guerilla Funk)

Paris in the City

The charming L'Ardoise Bistro turns the Duboce Triangle into the 21st arrondissement.

Modern R&B balladeer Ne-Yo slides into S.F.

The charming L'Ardoise Bistro turns the Duboce Triangle into the 21st arrondissement.

Hypnodrome Head Trips

The Thrill Peddlers are up to their usual shocking mischief in their latest production, a package of six twisted shorts

Face the Music

Cabaret provides lots of energy, but not much story

Traces

A gorgeous circus of real people, with an indie-rock soundtrack and impressive acts

Various Artists

Hard Truth Soldiers Vol. 1

Public Enemy Featuring Paris

Rebirth of a Nation

Fêtes de la Nuit

A gorgeously packaged promenade of clichés about France

The Ladies' Delight

Neiman Marcus' refurbished Rotunda prices its fancy fare like the Manolos downstairs

Best Restaurant for Girlfriend Maintenance

Cafe Jacqueline

Capital Rap

From revolutionary rapper to stockbroker to rapper again -- the long, strange trip of Paris, aka Oscar Jackson Jr.

Best Place to Pretend You're in Paris

The Butler & the Chef

Best Eurotrash Hangout (After North Beach)

Belden Place

French Fried

San Francisco and Paris are sister cities, but that doesn't mean the natives can't pull each other's hair out

Malambo

A celebration of the passionate dances of Argentina

Best Place to Feel as If You Are in Paris

Belden Place

Esprit de Corps

Hotel Biron is a little bit of Paris in San Francisco

Visionary Thinking

The "X Plan," a draft of Muni's hopes for the future, offers a glimpse of transit utopia

Sweet Musette

The Baguette Quartette keeps French accordion music alive -- with a little help from Gypsies, tramps, and thieves

Pop Philosophy

Retro Sheik; Bruno's lives!

Best Place to Feel Positively Gallic

La Boulange de Polk

Par Avion

"Postcards From Paris"

Hard Truth Soldiers Tour Takes Over SF, Major American Cities

dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

Second Time Around

dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

French Impressionism

dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

Sex and Death

Brando inhabits a man hellbent on his own destruction in Last Tango in Paris

Guerilla Funk Releases Two New Albums

Hard Truth: T-K.A.S.H. in AustraliaThough the postponement of the Hard Truth Soldiers Tour--featuring acts signed to Paris' Guerilla Funk label, along with national artists like Pete Rock, dead prez, Planet Asia, Immortal Technique and Kam--was disappointing, that hasn't deterred the indie label f ... More >>

Summer in the Cité

Hard Truth: T-K.A.S.H. in AustraliaThough the postponement of the Hard Truth Soldiers Tour--featuring acts signed to Paris' Guerilla Funk label, along with national artists like Pete Rock, dead prez, Planet Asia, Immortal Technique and Kam--was disappointing, that hasn't deterred the indie label f ... More >>

Fighting in 'Nam

Hard Truth: T-K.A.S.H. in AustraliaThough the postponement of the Hard Truth Soldiers Tour--featuring acts signed to Paris' Guerilla Funk label, along with national artists like Pete Rock, dead prez, Planet Asia, Immortal Technique and Kam--was disappointing, that hasn't deterred the indie label f ... More >>

A Taste of Paris, Drinking the Excelsior, and Mission Boho: A Foodie Day Planner

Thursday, July 23, 2009 Let's do lunch: Eat like you're in Paris, or, anyway, like the Vegas resort and casino of the same name. SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody counsels salade niçoise and a Nutella crepe at The Butler and The Chef (155A South Park at Third St., 896-2075). Drink therapy: Ha ... More >>

Cinema Mon Amour

Thursday, July 23, 2009 Let's do lunch: Eat like you're in Paris, or, anyway, like the Vegas resort and casino of the same name. SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody counsels salade niçoise and a Nutella crepe at The Butler and The Chef (155A South Park at Third St., 896-2075). Drink therapy: Ha ... More >>

Pop Review: Panam in the Castro

J. BirdsallThe darkly autumnal duck ravioles with porto-raisin jus.​The good news: Panam is like a little neighborhood place in Paris. The bad news: Panam is like a little neighborhood place in Paris. You know -- one of those mid-price eateries with a thick veneer of artifice, but not much su ... More >>

Why Chew When You Can Toke? Le Whif Takes Chocolate Airborne

LeWhif.comYou can totally suck on 70 percent bittersweet.​The bar has passed. The kiss is over. Make way for Le Whif, the chocolate you puff. Available since April, Le Whif uses particle engineering to break fine organic chocolate down to a powder small enough to become airborne yet too large ... More >>

List: Checkout time

LeWhif.comYou can totally suck on 70 percent bittersweet.​The bar has passed. The kiss is over. Make way for Le Whif, the chocolate you puff. Available since April, Le Whif uses particle engineering to break fine organic chocolate down to a powder small enough to become airborne yet too large ... More >>

Why Are Only Some Food Vendors Okay for City Parks?

Alarzy/FlickrInformal chestnut vendor in Paris.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. So Blue Bottle won't be driving its Third Wave trailer into Dolores Park after all. James Freeman told us whatever benefit the company could scrape together from setting up in the park would be more than oblit ... More >>

S.F. Rising: Olive Ciabatta from Bakers of Paris

Jonathan KauffmanBakers of Paris's olive ciabatta.​A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the fried, the artisan and the novelty.Olive Ciabatta Source: Bakers of Paris stand, Inner Sunset Sunday farmers' market (also at Upper Haight, Divisadero, and Fort Mason markets) Price ... More >>

Village Voice's Lauren Shockey Dishes Kitchen Gossip at Omnivore Books

​What: Lauren Shockey at Omnivore Books Where: Omnivore Books When: Fri., October 21, 6-7 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: Village Voice's Lauren Shockey, she of the Really Great Name, will be in town to talk about her new book, Four Kitchens: My Life Behind the Burner in New York, Hanoi, Tel ... More >>

"The Three Musketeers": Remake is Gorgeous, Shallow Fun

​What: Lauren Shockey at Omnivore Books Where: Omnivore Books When: Fri., October 21, 6-7 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: Village Voice's Lauren Shockey, she of the Really Great Name, will be in town to talk about her new book, Four Kitchens: My Life Behind the Burner in New York, Hanoi, Tel ... More >>

M83: Show Preview

​What: Lauren Shockey at Omnivore Books Where: Omnivore Books When: Fri., October 21, 6-7 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: Village Voice's Lauren Shockey, she of the Really Great Name, will be in town to talk about her new book, Four Kitchens: My Life Behind the Burner in New York, Hanoi, Tel ... More >>

R.I.P. Rapper Special One, of Oakland Duo Conscious Daughters

Special One (left) and CMJ​Special One, a rapper in the East Oakland hip-hop duo the Conscious Daughters, passed away on Saturday. Initial reports say the woman born Karryl Smith was found dead at her apartment by her rhyming partner CMJ (Carla Green); according to Green, the cause of Smith's ... More >>

Hear Ashkon's Awesome 49ers Anthem, "Niners in Paris"

​You almost certainly remember "Don't Stop Believing," Ashkon Davaran's Journey-flipping SF Giants anthem from 2010. Well, the master of SF sports remixes is at it again: He just dropped "That Smith Cray," a 49ers jam based on Jay-Z and Kanye West's ubiquitous "Ni**as in Paris." The man behi ... More >>