http://sfist.com/ SFist is a website about San Francisco.Editor: Brock Keeling Publisher: Gothamist en Copyright 2013 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:22:11 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=56f804ca5ec5b795f2a99ea1879cb5a2 http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/day_around_the_bay_1106.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/day_around_the_bay_1106.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/day_around_the_bay_1106.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-23T17:22:11-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=810af0940184a7f7bde25c9ef4557bfb http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/guy_fieri_update_flavortown_camaro.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/guy_fieri_update_flavortown_camaro.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/guy_fieri_update_flavortown_camaro.php#comments  ]]>SoMa StrEat Food Park this afternoon, Guy Fieri, controversial host of Triple D, had his bitchin' Camaro ticketed by the fuzz. [ more › ]


]]> Food 2013-05-23T16:50:20-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=a1848b414cd0cb53e29c970e3ff8a226 http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/new_menus_barbaccos_regional_italia.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/new_menus_barbaccos_regional_italia.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/new_menus_barbaccos_regional_italia.php#comments ]]>Barbacco (220 California Street) is doing a series of menus the next few months focusing on some of the more under-represented regions of Italy. [ more › ]


]]> Food 2013-05-23T16:25:56-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=30b6764ac46307bacc6f35b87e4dc6ed http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/boy_scouts_voted_to_allow_gay_youth.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/boy_scouts_voted_to_allow_gay_youth.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/boy_scouts_voted_to_allow_gay_youth.php#comments ]]>voted on Thursday to allow openly gay youth in the Scouts. But they will keep the ban on gay leaders. [ more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-23T15:55:51-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=9eab34718825054dedf16b366173014b http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/x_signs_youre_a_true_local.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/x_signs_youre_a_true_local.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/x_signs_youre_a_true_local.php#comments ]]>Here in San Francisco, locals are a rare breed. So just what makes you a "true local"? Wars have been fought over less. Here are 20 signs you just might make the cut. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-23T14:40:16-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=7ac88c07037f15922ed6c23ac3831b19 http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/sfist_reviews_arcadia_at_act.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/sfist_reviews_arcadia_at_act.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/sfist_reviews_arcadia_at_act.php#comments ]]>Arcadia is one of them. It's dense with language yet buoyant in style, speaking to the present as much as the past, and as light on its feet as its performers must be, waltzing between two centuries, and dancing the fine line between comedy and pathos. A.C.T.'s new production of the play is an honorable revival, neither too ambitious nor too astonishing, but a fine rendition of an extraordinary text. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-23T13:25:39-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=73086d3f78667b3be325b05ba2fbf418 http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/x_other_free_seasons_marin_county_s.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/x_other_free_seasons_marin_county_s.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/x_other_free_seasons_marin_county_s.php#comments ]]>Summer without soda, we couldn't help but wonder what other suburban Northern California issues our neighbors on the other side of the Golden Gate could solve with a simple county-wide resolution. We came up with six: [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-23T12:50:31-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=5c17a8567f9250142e2e39e01be4ada5 http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/lets_welcome_guy_fieri_back_to_san.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/lets_welcome_guy_fieri_back_to_san.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/lets_welcome_guy_fieri_back_to_san.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> Food 2013-05-23T12:30:16-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=4d69032c172179d13b6b8f958409b796 http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/photo_du_jour_sofa_city_sweetheart_1.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/photo_du_jour_sofa_city_sweetheart_1.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/photo_du_jour_sofa_city_sweetheart_1.php#comments ]]>Erik Wilson. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-23T12:05:46-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=f236b980d137c9fb366a8afcaab0a9af http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/divisadero_shooting.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/divisadero_shooting.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/divisadero_shooting.php#comments ]]>Haighteration reports neighbors in the area heard five or six "large caliber" shots and bullets pierced a wall a block away near Alamo Square. [ more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-23T11:45:35-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=a205c42a1316b1409abd267d16e3a650 http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/body_armor_scuba_gear_now_recommend.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/body_armor_scuba_gear_now_recommend.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/body_armor_scuba_gear_now_recommend.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-23T11:25:25-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=0631935ffe3a938a1213bbb2792c44db http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/marin_county_declares_soda_free_sum.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/marin_county_declares_soda_free_sum.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/marin_county_declares_soda_free_sum.php#comments ]]>Mr. Pibb. No more Diet Rite. No more Shasta. No more Slice. This summer in Marin, soda is as out as driving a black 1999 Range Rover. [ more › ]


]]> Food 2013-05-23T10:58:22-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=dbfac3fcb77b88ca1847cf71f2b629cf http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/muni_meltdown_hobbles_commute_this.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/muni_meltdown_hobbles_commute_this.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/muni_meltdown_hobbles_commute_this.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-23T10:25:26-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=fb530bc32c683b7779b123283c8cdf9f http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/goofball_mayor_misses_easy_layup.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/goofball_mayor_misses_easy_layup.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/goofball_mayor_misses_easy_layup.php#comments ]]>previously mentioned, Mayor Ed Lee held a special ceremony Monday to prop up the Warriors Arena announce the Super Bowl in Santa Clara celebrate Stephen Curry's three-point record with a key to the city. What we missed was the mustachioed mayor's goof: mispronouncing Curry's first name. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-23T09:55:11-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=876d27f2c9395da114afb42cea579c98 http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/thursday_morning_roundup_100.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/thursday_morning_roundup_100.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/thursday_morning_roundup_100.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-23T09:05:47-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=ab36fe67b8c61a9dd2feb437562cff4b http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/cyclist_killed_at_16th_and_south_va.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/cyclist_killed_at_16th_and_south_va.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/23/cyclist_killed_at_16th_and_south_va.php#comments ]]>16th and South Van Ness. [ more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-23T07:57:10-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=35cc4f401ab8ffd1b5f7d8e5c1b9efd0 http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/day_around_the_bay_1105.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/day_around_the_bay_1105.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/day_around_the_bay_1105.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-22T17:15:16-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=c49a45f9761683caf6c6f82893b2f40e http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/food_writer_jason_kessler_receives.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/food_writer_jason_kessler_receives.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/food_writer_jason_kessler_receives.php#comments ]]>Jason Kessler, who writes The Nitpicker for Bon Appetit, warmed our heart after he was rudely dismissed by the host and manager of a "20-year-old spot" across from the Ferry Building that "had just lost its Michelin star." (We'll let you figure out which restaurant.) And then wrote about it. [ more › ]


]]> Food 2013-05-22T16:20:24-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=2955b39e41a3dcbf9e7db12fb13f0ed4 http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/man_jumps_off_golden_gate_bridge_re.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/man_jumps_off_golden_gate_bridge_re.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/man_jumps_off_golden_gate_bridge_re.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-22T15:05:26-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=a1907865b916cf2c6808686778e30445 http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/afternoon_palate_cleanser_a_disney.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/afternoon_palate_cleanser_a_disney.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/afternoon_palate_cleanser_a_disney.php#comments ]]>Deeper Understanding. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-22T14:40:16-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=c231bfc6f9871612a8aee8d2ba6356e1 http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/straight_person_speaks_out_about_ov.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/straight_person_speaks_out_about_ov.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/straight_person_speaks_out_about_ov.php#comments ]]>To Stir a Movement: Life, Justice, and Major League Baseball, Giants pitcher and noted Jesus fan Jeremy Affeldt describes his experience coming out as a straight icon in a town full of homosexuals. [ more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-22T14:05:51-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=7a13437567aec2313cf073ce67ece02c http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/second_bank_robbery_in_a_month_hits.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/second_bank_robbery_in_a_month_hits.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/second_bank_robbery_in_a_month_hits.php#comments ]]>happened again on the same block, and this time the perpetrator was a man in his 40s or 50s. [ more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-22T13:40:25-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=947ea71479aa2c90cb1c20fd907bc77b http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/go_do_this_thing_tonight_academy_of.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/go_do_this_thing_tonight_academy_of.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/go_do_this_thing_tonight_academy_of.php#comments ]]>Academy of Art are putting their semester's work on display starting tonight at the Palace of Fine Arts for the 2013 Spring Show. There's an opening reception tonight from 7 to 9 p.m., and works on display will be from 21 different art and design disciplines. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-22T13:18:32-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=7440e9190f131262fcda13a3f9824bee http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/chez_panisse_reopening_slightly_del.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/chez_panisse_reopening_slightly_del.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/chez_panisse_reopening_slightly_del.php#comments ]]>Chez Panisse from the ashes of the small but destructive electrical fire the restaurant suffered on March 8. It was initially announced that the restaurant would return by June 10, but now as Eater and the LA Times report, that date has been pushed to the summer solstice, on June 21. [ more › ]


]]> Food 2013-05-22T12:50:54-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=fdf392395c3e6ec5add2bf613e76c6ef http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/best_way_to_treat_yo_self_in_san_fr.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/best_way_to_treat_yo_self_in_san_fr.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/best_way_to_treat_yo_self_in_san_fr.php#comments ]]>No longer just for Tom Haverford and Donna Meagle, here are a few affordable (and not-so-affordable) ways in San Francisco you can treat yourself. From spas to juicing to a day in the park, we have you covered. Why? Because you deserve it. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-22T12:30:44-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=57196a67902fb5d4f99edd41fd738edb http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/free_fills_at_contraband_coffee_bar.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/free_fills_at_contraband_coffee_bar.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/free_fills_at_contraband_coffee_bar.php#comments ]]>This post is paid for by our advertiser, Genuine Thermos Brand. [ more › ]


]]> Food 2013-05-22T12:00:00-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=09ebf26f264cb3b7e66cc87de8087fe6 http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/google_glass_hits_craigslist_6000_t.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/google_glass_hits_craigslist_6000_t.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/google_glass_hits_craigslist_6000_t.php#comments ]]>Google's technofocals and become one of the first to have Google search shoved straight into your retina? (Or maybe you cheated?) Well, here's your second chance to chance to become a next-generation geek. A pair of Google Glass have popped up on Craigslist for the small price of $6,000. [ more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-22T11:50:27-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=4a324fa84abd7199778c4cacc2f6636d http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/photo_du_jour_babel_of_the_millenni.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/photo_du_jour_babel_of_the_millenni.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/photo_du_jour_babel_of_the_millenni.php#comments ]]>united nations--babel of the millennium by Catherine Sparacino. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-22T11:00:53-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=0e542631b34d784126200cffbf0092c8 http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/john_mccain_iphone.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/john_mccain_iphone.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/john_mccain_iphone.php#comments ]]>Senator John McCain used the Q&A session with CEO Tim Cook to ask a few questions about his phone. (Ingeniously skirting the need to schedule an appointment at the Genius Bar.) Basically, the former Republican presidential candidate asked Cook why he couldn't get his gosh darn flibbertigibbet to update properly. [ more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-22T10:24:39-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=cc6c9d37e9e1cb0710eed2f3464e6e93 http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/wednesday_morning_link_dump_98.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/wednesday_morning_link_dump_98.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/wednesday_morning_link_dump_98.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-22T09:11:19-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=50e2c44fcbdda9c1529c04557dac258a http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/brace_yourselves_for_the_battery_an.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/brace_yourselves_for_the_battery_an.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/22/brace_yourselves_for_the_battery_an.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-22T08:25:31-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=e52c225b2af4d3450046587842fb69df http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/day_around_the_bay_white_night_riot.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/day_around_the_bay_white_night_riot.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/day_around_the_bay_white_night_riot.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-21T16:50:00-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=9b248c67d3d031c0b63a574e62796467 http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/afternoon_palate_cleanser_the_san_f.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/afternoon_palate_cleanser_the_san_f.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/afternoon_palate_cleanser_the_san_f.php#comments ]]>Peaches Christ Productions, and you can think of it like Trannyshack, except instead of "Cher Night" they'll be doing nights devoted entirely to great albums of the past. Sunday's event at The Chapel (777 Valencia) was all songs from seminal 1982 New Wave record, Upstairs at Eric's by Yaz. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-21T15:55:33-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=f902e8a6e5743850e18399b21c8b9f5c http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/supervisors_push_to_lift_ban_on_bee.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/supervisors_push_to_lift_ban_on_bee.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/supervisors_push_to_lift_ban_on_bee.php#comments ]]>we learned of Supervisor David Campos's push to loosen Planning guidelines and the 17-year-old moratorium on certain types of liquor licenses in the Mission. One reason that so few new restaurants have been able to open with full bars in the Mission in the last few years is because of this same moratorium, but the thrust behind the changes is in the interest of letting small neighborhood markets sell beer and wine, which they were not able to do before. [ more › ]


]]> Food 2013-05-21T15:10:34-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=47b0e3b87b779a5dfefd127c95342e88 http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/stephen_curry_receives_the_key_to_s.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/stephen_curry_receives_the_key_to_s.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/stephen_curry_receives_the_key_to_s.php#comments ]]>Warriors Arena campaign, Mayor Ed Lee presented star three-point shooter Stephen Curry with a key to the city earlier today. A sort of consolation prize for not making it past the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Semifinals, but still turning out a winning season that went "beyond expectations." [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-21T14:40:00-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=cfb166afb4df561da0a747a968490ed0 http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/nevius_chimes_in_on_bacon_bacon_con.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/nevius_chimes_in_on_bacon_bacon_con.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/nevius_chimes_in_on_bacon_bacon_con.php#comments ]]>C.W. Nevius weighs in on the Bacon Bacon controversy, following SNL acknowledging that it is, in fact, quite funny. [ more › ]


]]> Food 2013-05-21T14:00:42-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=0cb27353b1a1523611c4d262e7d6472a http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/7_reasons_to_love_san_francisco_121.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/7_reasons_to_love_san_francisco_121.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/7_reasons_to_love_san_francisco_121.php#comments  ]]>7 Reasons. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-21T13:25:09-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=b3ef3cd6f9ff19c43cc944e14454ac06 http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/video_people_behaving_badly_at_bay.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/video_people_behaving_badly_at_bay.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/video_people_behaving_badly_at_bay.php#comments ]]>ongoing chronicle of local people behaving terribly. As Stanley told SFist on the phone late last week, Bay to Breakers is "like my Christmas." Unfortunately for Stanley (our Santa), he had to skip Bay to Breakers 2013 due to complications from that run-in with some hippies in Berkeley, but a team of KRON4 cameramen still went out into the field to see what they could capture. Which begs the question: If there's no Stanley Roberts, are people still behaving badly? Yes. Of course they are. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-21T12:55:30-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=0c36ef2d6eeddc6f24a00f2ac09ef3eb http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/levis_stadium_wins_2016_super_bowl.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/levis_stadium_wins_2016_super_bowl.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/levis_stadium_wins_2016_super_bowl.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-05-21T12:26:48-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=b6b5a7a30be8c97d1f27f528cc6b110e http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/man_found_in_suspicious_marina_hote.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/man_found_in_suspicious_marina_hote.php http://sfist.com/2013/05/21/man_found_in_suspicious_marina_hote.php#comments ]]>found dead inside a room at the Francisco Bay Inn on Lombard Street last Thursday morning has been identified as 45-year-old Jaisingh Pawar. Police are saying little else about the incident so far, however, except to say that the death deemed suspicious by the medical examiner was possibly caused by some sort of assault. [ more › ]


]]> News 2013-05-21T12:00:49-08:00