http://sfist.com/ SFist is a website about San Francisco.Editor: Brock Keeling Publisher: Gothamist en Copyright 2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:15:32 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=6bede3b41aa8e877bbbcbc2fd983f6df http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/this_week_in_willie_brown_52.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/this_week_in_willie_brown_52.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/this_week_in_willie_brown_52.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-03T18:15:32-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=5496c145061ec2cabbe0427f1dc1a6bd http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/day_around_the_bay_854.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/day_around_the_bay_854.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/day_around_the_bay_854.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-03T17:50:39-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=ee75b97b92b9c5c795b3020232f26131 http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/sf_restaurants_doing_pretty_well_al.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/sf_restaurants_doing_pretty_well_al.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/sf_restaurants_doing_pretty_well_al.php#comments ]]>this bit from the Chron about how well Bay Area restaurants did in the fourth quarter of 2011. Rob Black, executive director of San Francisco's Golden Gate Restaurant, says that local restaurateurs say it was the best quarter they've had in years. [ more › ]


]]> Food 2012-02-03T17:10:50-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=90b53adf0527fda00491e1c740ac86b7 http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/sfist_reviews_the_bacon_shake_by_ja.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/sfist_reviews_the_bacon_shake_by_ja.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/sfist_reviews_the_bacon_shake_by_ja.php#comments       ]]>The Laundry," the latest obscure Mission District restaurant, or, far more obnoxious, an Oakland food truck. Aside from gastronomic trends that we enjoy, and then enjoy making fun of others for enjoying, we have a profound fondness for any sodium-rich treat that reminds us of our upbringing — e.g., Jeno's Pizza Rolls, Ding-Dongs. So it was with much anticipation that we headed out the door today and into San Francisco's Union Square to buy ourselves Jack in the Box's latest concoction, the Bacon Shake. Boy, was that a tummy error. [ more › ]


]]> Food 2012-02-03T16:45:54-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=d77b892b8063d99dd83213ec6c03939c http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/house_republicans_trying_to_kill_ca.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/house_republicans_trying_to_kill_ca.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/house_republicans_trying_to_kill_ca.php#comments ]]>adopted an amendment late last night that "would prohibit California from receiving any high speed rail money in a huge five-year transportation bill headed to the House floor next week." Terrific. [ more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-03T16:25:42-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=bdcbe228ea79a2e87ec57689b2669e29 http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/sfist_tonight_1216.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/sfist_tonight_1216.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/sfist_tonight_1216.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-03T16:01:39-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=88dbbbad27954264c7e0b9da22e76bda http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/thanks_to_this_weeks_advertisers_158.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/thanks_to_this_weeks_advertisers_158.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/thanks_to_this_weeks_advertisers_158.php#comments ]]>

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• American Apparel, with 3 stores in San Francisco, you can look your best any time.
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If you're interested in advertising on SFist or any other site in our network, check out our online mediakit. [ more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-03T16:00:00-08:00 http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=88dbbbad27954264c7e0b9da22e76bda&p=4 88dbbbad27954264c7e0b9da22e76bda ]]> 2012-02-03T16:00:00-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=4186d79d83535c3fd0fb112ab491a13b http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/violin_playing_werewolf_spotted_around_town.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/violin_playing_werewolf_spotted_around_town.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/violin_playing_werewolf_spotted_around_town.php#comments ]]>a tumblr blog documenting the travels of said wolfman/violinist. Today, according to the Violin Monster twitter feed, we learn the hirsute violinist has been busking around San Francisco lately despite the currently not-quite-full moon. On Wednesday, he entertained tourists at the Powell Street Cable Car turnaround/Gap flagship store and today, he can be found lurking in the tunnels of the Embarcadero BART station. If anyone gets close enough to spot him, do let us know how it goes. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-03T15:46:22-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=fea88ca055c34bb2b1a989d3ec2193c4 http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/behold_dolores_parks_new_footbridge.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/behold_dolores_parks_new_footbridge.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/behold_dolores_parks_new_footbridge.php#comments ]]>Dolores Park Works notes: "The new Dolores Park Helen Diller Playground will be 'substantially complete ' by the end of this month and ready for a spring opening. This according to Nancy Gonzalez-Madynski, chair of the Friends of Dolores Park Playground. Rec and Parks capital division confirmed today a March completion in the Project Status Report." [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-03T15:10:57-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=f149aa960cf06e0a7ec3245c8cf33f88 http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/7_photos_of_the_metreon_makeover.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/7_photos_of_the_metreon_makeover.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/7_photos_of_the_metreon_makeover.php#comments          ]]>the Metreon, struggling early aughts mall fortress at Fourth and Mission, will open a new set of "reimagined" restaurants and shops on Saturday. Among the reworked ideas: a simpler, cleaner tone to the place; easier entry; and stores that—get this—one can enter without having first to walk through a human maze. Which is to say, many retail stores will now be accessible from Fourth Street. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-03T14:30:27-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=55961a0056482796aa0aa15c1d7081aa http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/please_enjoy_this_7-minute_video_of.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/please_enjoy_this_7-minute_video_of.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/please_enjoy_this_7-minute_video_of.php#comments ]]>this guy is.) So why not take a journey down to the soothing, screensaver-esque vistas and squawking seagull sounds of San Francisco's very own Baker Beach? Presented in a ridiculously high definition video seemingly designed for a sleep clinic waiting room. We feel like it is best enjoyed when you should be finishing up some expense reports or something. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-03T13:45:01-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=e2331950cf863e59498e56faa5d24c99 http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/jack_in_the_box_unleashes_a_bacon_m.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/jack_in_the_box_unleashes_a_bacon_m.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/jack_in_the_box_unleashes_a_bacon_m.php#comments ]]>Bacon Milkshake. Why? Because you secretly want one, that's why. Shame on you. The noted fast food chain, it seems, wanted to create bacon-tinged buzz. This will probably do the trick. It's all part of a new ad campaign that asks: If you like bacon so much, why don't you marry it? SFist called our local Jack to ask more about the porky dessert. When we asked if it had real bacon in it, the store manger explained, "Real bacon? Ugh no. It's just a flavored shake, flavored with syrup, I think." [ more › ]


]]> Food 2012-02-03T12:52:21-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=b0f9641f977d74c70afdd257988aa0c9 http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/weekend_top_5_best_in_show_giants_f.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/weekend_top_5_best_in_show_giants_f.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/weekend_top_5_best_in_show_giants_f.php#comments ]]>As you'd expect, there are lots of Super Bowl festivities happening on Sunday. We've highlighted a couple, along with a few other non-sports items. Enjoy! [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-03T12:45:53-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=38afd82a14898c3467a7d5f103c6d26c http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/livestream_sfg_live_interviewing_sf.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/livestream_sfg_live_interviewing_sf.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/livestream_sfg_live_interviewing_sf.php#comments ]]>SFG Live, and we're already antsy and elated for Giants season 2012. Which: Rad. As some of you know, Giants Fan Fest Day is tomorrow. And it's free! In anticipation of tomorrow's fanboy and fangirl festivities, SFG Live is interviewing a slew of Giants teammates for your viewing pleasure. If you're watching a live right now — and you should be — send in your questions via Twitter with #sfglive. Watch it live here. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-03T12:20:51-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=c2abb50b82e9244814c87b0abbfcaa7b http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/meanwhile_in_berkeley_midnight_matt.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/meanwhile_in_berkeley_midnight_matt.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/meanwhile_in_berkeley_midnight_matt.php#comments ]]>convicted yesterday in an Alameda County court of two misdemeanor counts of of illegal lodging and pointing a laser at a police officer, following a three-day trial. Dodt began his occupation of a platform in a cedar tree in People's Park in November 2010, and stayed there until January 27, 2011, when he stabbed a man who climbed the tree to try to talk to him. [ more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-03T12:06:55-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=59d4e5c4ff3097b592e2097d8ada62b6 http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/bicycle_speedometer_signs_appear_on.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/bicycle_speedometer_signs_appear_on.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/bicycle_speedometer_signs_appear_on.php#comments ]]>stifled by outspoken cyclists last year, the bridge district has struck a friendly compromise: digital speedometer signs. The first sign, which is more or less the same as one you might see on a busy street gently reminding motorists that they are driving way too fast, appeared in December on the west sidewalk and another will pop up soon on the bridge's east sidewalk. [ more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-03T11:45:43-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=e7f05b835dbae83cbe8f9c36c215ee8c http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/photo_du_jour_10sne1.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/photo_du_jour_10sne1.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/photo_du_jour_10sne1.php#comments ]]>Brandon Doren. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-03T11:19:34-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=b6c61c7cf8ea3fd52c263c0eb2b52643 http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/the_chuck_nevius_morning_commute.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/the_chuck_nevius_morning_commute.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/the_chuck_nevius_morning_commute.php#comments ]]>sit-lie advocate listen to while riding his bike to work? Jimmy Buffet's finest album of country music collaborations from 2004, of course. As Nevius himself tweeted from his morning commute earlier: "Another sunny day in San Francisco. Riding to work listening to Jimmy Buffett's 'License to Chill.'" [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-03T10:55:46-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=01c67f2b36d030267cdea338df2e68c2 http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/three_overnight_shootings_in_oaklan.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/three_overnight_shootings_in_oaklan.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/three_overnight_shootings_in_oaklan.php#comments ]]>the shootings on this side of the Bay last night, three separate shootings in Oakland left one 48-year-old man dead and two others wounded. The fatal incident occurred around 8:45 p.m. Thursday when the identified man was shot and killed while walking down the 800 block of 26th Street in West Oakland. It was the 11th homicide of the year thus far. [ more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-03T10:30:20-08:00 http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=01c67f2b36d030267cdea338df2e68c2&p=4 01c67f2b36d030267cdea338df2e68c2 ]]> 2012-02-03T10:30:20-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=0c8f1a30c80da820a5f0d9a7ad4b1b3c http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/acquerello_fleur_de_lys_named_top_r.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/acquerello_fleur_de_lys_named_top_r.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/acquerello_fleur_de_lys_named_top_r.php#comments ]]>OpenTable's diners voted on the 100 most romantic restaurants in the United States — and San Francisco came up with only two. So, you know, grain of salt time. [ more › ]


]]> Food 2012-02-03T10:05:20-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=6468d051687e67277d65cc3c04de22b2 http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/friday_morning_constitutional_39.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/friday_morning_constitutional_39.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/friday_morning_constitutional_39.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-03T09:30:25-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=2fa455466fd92ce7e6f278c49d6edaf6 http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/more_bayview_shootings_erupt_last_n.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/more_bayview_shootings_erupt_last_n.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/03/more_bayview_shootings_erupt_last_n.php#comments ]]>SF Examiner reports, "Police said [they had] no one in custody, but San Francisco Police officers remain on the scene to investigate the incident." [ more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-03T09:02:09-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=0eeeb9cb27865d2f09a853f95bc4638f http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/day_around_the_bay_853.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/day_around_the_bay_853.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/day_around_the_bay_853.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-02T17:20:53-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=21b6b3c8e5bdfb527dcecd1efb66bba9 http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/muni_fail.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/muni_fail.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/muni_fail.php#comments ]]>mechanical problems at Church station are delaying inbound K/T, L and M lines on the Muni Metro. If you're headed from West Portal to Van Ness, you'll want to stay above ground and hop one of the replacement shuttles to get you downtown. [ more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-02T16:40:13-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=2bf056bda80c37cc41d1f83cdc9646ce http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/white_girl_mobster_v-nasty_gets_pro.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/white_girl_mobster_v-nasty_gets_pro.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/white_girl_mobster_v-nasty_gets_pro.php#comments ]]>Kreayshawn, Oakland rapper, and unapologetic user of the N-word, V-Nasty (born Vanessa Reece) got her very own SF Weekly profile yesterday. Allow us to sum up: [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-02T16:00:43-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=7ee9cc69e576809f485002ec900136da http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/oakland_taco_truck_stickup_ends_in.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/oakland_taco_truck_stickup_ends_in.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/oakland_taco_truck_stickup_ends_in.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-02T15:35:58-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=9957ccbee88841f40fe364e13a882505 http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/sean_penn_pow-wows_at_tosca_with_th.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/sean_penn_pow-wows_at_tosca_with_th.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/sean_penn_pow-wows_at_tosca_with_th.php#comments ]]>released from that Iranian prison where they sat for two years: Sean Penn claims some credit for negotiating their release. The actor/activist met with his dictator buddy (and leftist hero) Hugo Chavez in Venezuela last year and put a bug in his ear to talk to his pal Ahmadinejad and get the boys released, allegedly. And last week Penn apparently had a little gathering with the kids, including Sarah Shourd who had been released earlier, at his favorite haunt Tosca Café, as Leah Garchik tells us. [ more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-02T15:15:38-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=c02b4db0757482e6c781dd4098afa0ed http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/sfist_tonight_22_dengue_fever.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/sfist_tonight_22_dengue_fever.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/sfist_tonight_22_dengue_fever.php#comments ]]>MUSIC: A transcendental evening will be had tonight and tomorrow night at Great American Music Hall, as the infectiously (pun intended) charming and poppy with Cambodian pop band Dengue Fever shares the bill with Secret Chiefs 3, an instrumental rock group led by guitarist/composer Trey Spruance (formerly of Mr. Bungle and Faith No More). (7:30 p.m., Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell Street) [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-02T14:45:47-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=901933a183e643bdc9657fe9ee12db14 http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/callers_on_kqeds_forum_whine_about.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/callers_on_kqeds_forum_whine_about.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/callers_on_kqeds_forum_whine_about.php#comments ]]>Facebook IPO today on Forum (a morning talk show on NPR's Bay Area affiliate), and not surprisingly, the call-in audience had A LOT to say about how Facebook has affected — and ruined — their lives. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-02T14:15:03-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=ba6aa3e49d5f8696aeabf26e5e0f70b0 http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/cindy_sheehan_would_support_roseann.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/cindy_sheehan_would_support_roseann.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/cindy_sheehan_would_support_roseann.php#comments ]]>Cindy Sheehan let it be known that she would back Roseanne Barr, famous for being Darlene Conner's sarcastic mom, for President on the crunchy Green Party ticket. Noting that the Green Party is "not entirely functional," Sheehan says that, even though Barr isn't part of the 99%, the comedian would still make an excellent great candidate. [ more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-02T13:31:31-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=eb633f1781dd12cb61053f028daf4db1 http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/are_you_the_next_rainbow_honor_walk.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/are_you_the_next_rainbow_honor_walk.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/are_you_the_next_rainbow_honor_walk.php#comments ]]>20 recipients of the upcoming Rainbow Honor Walk installation — think Hollywood Walk of Fame, only vastly more important — last year. The installation wil stretch from the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy on 19th Street at Diamond down to Castro, continuing up to Market and along 18th Street and over near the LGBT Center at Octavia Boulevard. But they need someone to create a superb design to compliment the honor and people it commemorate. Might that someone be you? [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-02T12:48:58-08:00 http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=eb633f1781dd12cb61053f028daf4db1&p=4 eb633f1781dd12cb61053f028daf4db1 ]]> 2012-02-02T12:48:58-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=82e366b2a15b46b25d8714ae16d701d4 http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/sfpd_hopes_to_nab_marina_revelers_w.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/sfpd_hopes_to_nab_marina_revelers_w.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/sfpd_hopes_to_nab_marina_revelers_w.php#comments ]]>SFPD has announced they'll be running a special Superbowl Sunday DUI checkpoint at Lombard Street and Divisadero in the Marina following the football festivities. Those of you hoping to swerve your way back over the Golden Gate Bridge Sunday evening, should not only be admonished for even allowing that idea to cross your brain, but you should also consider taking a ferry home. [ more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-02T12:20:00-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=8a2a81d55f8a49b36343e8e19d8cadf1 http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/photo_du_jour_pink_bags_dim_sum.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/photo_du_jour_pink_bags_dim_sum.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/photo_du_jour_pink_bags_dim_sum.php#comments ]]>Looking for Dimsum" by Mark.2000. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Entertainment 2012-02-02T11:50:36-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=0d592933b7102fce0e48e43f558d0cd5 http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/oakland_teen_arraigned_admitted_gui.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/oakland_teen_arraigned_admitted_gui.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/oakland_teen_arraigned_admitted_gui.php#comments ]]>horrific and sad deaths of Robert Kamin and Susan Poff of Oakland, whose adopted son Moses Kamin, 15, confessed to killing them on Friday. But the younger Kamin, who will be tried as an adult in the double-murder, was arraigned Tuesday in an Alameda County court in front of some of Poff's family members who traveled up from L.A. in order to make funeral arrangements. Further details have emerged about his motives, which he himself was vague about, and the initial incident — the strangling of Poff on Thursday afternoon — appears to have been prompted by an argument over Kamin's having been suspended from school on January 25. Kamin had earlier run away from home in November and lived among the Occupy Oakland campers in Frank Ogawa Plaza and at Snow Park. [ more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-02T11:25:20-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=f09b4b5f73edbab9f0104531a3a3bd7d http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/facebook_ipo_graffiti_artist_stands.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/facebook_ipo_graffiti_artist_stands.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/facebook_ipo_graffiti_artist_stands.php#comments ]]>publicly trades later this year, scads of people will turn into billionaires and millionaires seemingly overnight. One person who stands to gain an estimated $200 million is graffiti artist David Choe, who, in lieu of payment, was given shares of Facebook after his work adorned the walls at the first Facebook headquarters back in 2005. According to Fast Company, "In 2005 Sean Parker commissioned Choe to paint more provocative art, in the form of graphic sexually-themed murals on the walls of Facebook's early Silicon Valley HQ, and in 2008 Mark Zuckerberg asked him to paint more restrained ones on the new HQ's walls." [ more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-02T10:50:52-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=588f5de38a01d83900f52a65c78e5697 http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/man_who_drove_through_muni_tunnel_b.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/man_who_drove_through_muni_tunnel_b.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/man_who_drove_through_muni_tunnel_b.php#comments ]]>40-year-old man from Sebastapol who tried to take a shortcut to the Embarcadero from Church Street in his Ford SUV last month, had a blood alcohol concentration nearly three times over the 0.08 legal limit in California. According to an assistant district attorney, Mitchell's BAC tested at 0.20 three hours after he finally rammed his vehicle in to the side of the tunnel. [ more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-02T10:20:44-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=f18c007c8d975a14c83a3eae3ecc4d3c http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/map_12_gay_bars_in_the_castro_drawn.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/map_12_gay_bars_in_the_castro_drawn.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/map_12_gay_bars_in_the_castro_drawn.php#comments ]]>Nate Padavick drew this precious map showcasing 12 of the Castro's most popular bars. And he drew it on a cartoon man's abdominal six-pack. It was unleashed last year around Gay Pride season, but, in classic San Francisco fashion, we just discovered it now. Anyway, it's fun. Even if it is a bit dated, information-wise. (Daddy's is called 440 and The Bar has been Q Bar for four years.) [ more › ]


]]> Food 2012-02-02T09:53:44-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=c6a66b3a13c0fdb6e31261ffe8afdf18 http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/thursday_morning_roundup_38.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/thursday_morning_roundup_38.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/thursday_morning_roundup_38.php#comments ]]>not to eat, transit archeology in the Richmond, the medical marijuana licensing program returns, and the debut of the Oakland Iced Tea. [ more › ]


]]> News 2012-02-02T09:20:50-08:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=8c689ec261eca1cc5f0a9093f3a183ca http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/gold_dust_rush_on_saturday.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/gold_dust_rush_on_saturday.php http://sfist.com/2012/02/02/gold_dust_rush_on_saturday.php#comments ]]>recent declaration by Sam Singer, spokesman for Jon Handlery, that the The Gold Dust Lounge is definitely closing on March 6th, the folks behind Save the Gold Dust Lounge haven't given up. As the Snitch reports, the group filed paperwork yesterday requesting that the city recognize the space as a historic landmark. [ more › ]


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