Greetings dear readers! I’m happy to present to you a weekly addition to SF Metblogs! Every Wednesday, I’ll pick a bar to write about and present my take and experience in hopes of giving you options for your everyday after-work Happy Hour needs (continue reading)

(Photo from my BlackBerry. Sorry about the blur: I was walking!) Well, the line wrapped around the block and extended well down 19th Street, and they had to delay the start of the performance in order to get the capacity crowd into the theater. (continue reading)

The San Francisco Giants have started to host Heritage Nights, bringing a taste of ethnic culture to a few special nights of baseball. Heritage Nights include pre-game and in-game cultural entertainment, and a commemorative t-shirt. Upcoming (continue reading)

Here is the current state of affairs in SF. Gas = $4.41 / gallon Parking ticket = $50 (minimum fine, sfgate story) "Raising parking fines will lead to more abuse on the streets," said Luis Estrella, a San Francisco parking-control officer (continue reading)

It was recently brought to my attention that tonight diminutive Jamaican based musician Half Pint is appearing @ tiny lil' Pier 23 as part of Club Dread. Unlike many of the popular dancehall scene faves currently, he's one of the few successful (continue reading)

I'm sitting for 20 minutes on Embarcadero, trying to get to work. There are about 100 people slowly taking up 3 lanes, bright pink banners and a flag- though I couldn't read any of the writing. I sat there, patiently, fixating on a toddler tripping (continue reading)

The Stop AIDS project's biggest annual fundraiser is Thursday night April 24th, and to participate all you have to do to help is something you were likely to do anyway... eat. Many local restaurants will donate 25% of your check to the Stop Aids (continue reading)

Tomorrow at 3:15 PM, the film 1000 Journals will screen at the Kabuki. It's a light but inspiring documentary about an experiment in collaborative art; it first attracted my attention because the creator of the project (the prime mover, if you (continue reading)

The SF Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) community meetings kicked off this week. On 4/19 at West Portal Elementary was the first meeting, with meetings upcoming on the following dates/places. In April and May, the TEP will share preliminary (continue reading)

111 Minna Who says your after-work happy hour excursion needs to be at the closest pub from your office building, or at the cantina at your local Chevys Fresh Mex. (These are all valid choices, mind you.) But, every now and then when the (continue reading)

The West Coast premiere of The Yellow Handkerchief takes place tomorrow as a part of the 51st Annual San Francisco International Film Festival. Starring William Hurt and Maria Bello, this film is a soulful tale of love, loss and redemption set (continue reading)

Mark your calendars! Later this week, The 51st Annual San Francisco International Film Festival begins! SFIFF 51 kicks off this Thursday at the Castro Theatre with a showing of the 19th Century period French drama The Last Mistress, a (continue reading)

Just got a chance to pre-screen The English Surgeon, which is having its West Coast premiere at the Kabuki tonight at 9:15. I plan to write an actual review of it in the morning, but for the moment just let me say that it is a wonderful and (continue reading)

The landlord has taken another victim, a Triathelete was killed this morning in North County San Diego. Sincere condolences to the family. While San Diegans search for the "killer shark" the rest of the nation looks on with morbid curiousity. (continue reading)

After dropping the kids off at school, I strapped on my crash helmet and pedaled through Golden Gate Park towards Trouble Coffee, which according to the map on the website is somewhere in the neighborhood of Judah and 46th Ave. I could tell you the (continue reading)