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Sleepy Sun

Death Cab For Cutie

Vetiver

Thieves' Highway

Guess Which State Has the Greatest Percentage of Cyclists and Walkers?

​The Alliance for Biking and Walking is out with its biannual report on the state of cycling and walking in America, and the results are surprising. Everyone and their mother probably assumes bike-obsessed Washington or Oregon have the highest percentage of walkers/bikers among states and Seat ... More >>

Weekend

​The Alliance for Biking and Walking is out with its biannual report on the state of cycling and walking in America, and the results are surprising. Everyone and their mother probably assumes bike-obsessed Washington or Oregon have the highest percentage of walkers/bikers among states and Seat ... More >>

San Francisco's Super Schmear

​The Place: A cousin's wedding in wine country led Holey Shit to the Bay Area this weekend and I found myself wondering how San Francisco's bagels stack up against those boiled in the Emerald City. Naturally, I sought advice from the illustrious SF Weekly food critic, Jonathan Kauffman. With ... More >>

San Francisco to Propose Ban on Circumcisions

​When we last checked in on our brethren by the Bay, San Francisco had just voted to forbid fast food joints from putting toys in kids meals. Thankfully, the city isn't only about depriving children of items, it also wants to ensure that kids are able to keep certain things--mainly their fores ... More >>

San Francisco Bans Happy Meal Toys--Four Loko Still Available

Mom, I may have accidentally eaten the toy too.​Speaking of banning things. Anyone who finds it a travesty that Washington State lawmakers may soon tell you that you can't napalm your insides with caffeinated alcohol had ought to be glad they don't live in San Francisco. The City by the Bay ju ... More >>

Laughter Against the Machine

Mom, I may have accidentally eaten the toy too.​Speaking of banning things. Anyone who finds it a travesty that Washington State lawmakers may soon tell you that you can't napalm your insides with caffeinated alcohol had ought to be glad they don't live in San Francisco. The City by the Bay ju ... More >>

San Francisco Models "Don't Sit on the Sidwalk" Law After Seattle's, Where It's Almost Never Enforced

Don't worry, San Francisco. Even though this will soon be illegal in your town, it won't damage your image too much.​Citizens of the Most Liberal City in America are freaking out. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is putting to a vote a law that would make it illegal to sit or lie down on a sid ... More >>

Jacuzzi Boys

Don't worry, San Francisco. Even though this will soon be illegal in your town, it won't damage your image too much.​Citizens of the Most Liberal City in America are freaking out. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is putting to a vote a law that would make it illegal to sit or lie down on a sid ... More >>

I've Been Listening To: BOMB - San Francisco's Version of Grunge

Hits Of Acid​In the late 1980's and early '90's there was this great band from San Francisco called Bomb. I never got to see them live. Jack Endino did and his comment was, "The drummer is amazing". They made this great record called Hits of Acid and one of my favorite tunes of all time is "I ... More >>

Friday Food Freak-Out: Former Vegan Activist Receives Cream Pie Facial From Current Vegan Activists

​I don't want to give the impression that I think unprovoked assault is acceptable. I don't want you people to think that I'm in favor of hooded hooligans attacking writers in public. I don't want anyone to to construe my barely suppressed giggling here as a tacit endorsement of the tactics ... More >>

My Trip To California

Rainy Day In SanFrancisco​I'm in San Francisco today as part of a short trip to California. I left on Wednesday to beat the weather out of the Northwest. I piloted my trusty Cessna 182 down the coast pushed by the weather front hitting the Washington and Oregon coast. Great tailwinds for an e ... More >>

Grayceon

Rainy Day In SanFrancisco​I'm in San Francisco today as part of a short trip to California. I left on Wednesday to beat the weather out of the Northwest. I piloted my trusty Cessna 182 down the coast pushed by the weather front hitting the Washington and Oregon coast. Great tailwinds for an e ... More >>

A Preliminary Farewell From Jonathan Kauffman

I'm both sad and excited to announce that on January 1, 2010, I will be moving back to San Francisco to become the restaurant critic for the SF Weekly. For the past three and a half years, I've had the privilege of writing about food in Seattle at a time when this city's restaurant scene is explodin ... More >>

The Food Section: Local Foods vs. European Wines, Dying Trappists

​In the debate of the week, NY Times wine critic Eric Asimov challenges San Francisco restaurants: If you're so devoted to local ingredients, why are your wine lists dominated by European bottles? (The same could be said for many Seattle restaurants.) The response from one sommelier: European ... More >>

Decibel Fest Announces Changes to Roster

The Decibel fest's principals recently fired off a release containing an array of additions and changes to the four-day, electronic-music event's schedule. As far as I can tell, there's way more good than bad here. Roster additions, of course, are almost always preferable to drop outs, especially th ... More >>

Derrick Carter and Pezzner to Perform July 31 at Neumo's

To celebrate its 15-year-anniversary, San Francisco-based Om Records recently dropped a compilation disc featuring fresh joints by the dance music label's old standbys and newcomers, according to a release posted on its site. There's a Seattle connection here, too, as Uniting Souls are promoting an ... More >>

I Saw This: Aletteration

Tauba Auerbach at Western Bridge.

LoveLikeFire

Saturday, February 28

PICK Medicine for Melancholy: Young Black Bohos in Love

Saturday, February 28

Dialing for Light

As I've written before, the slow, inane city process for changing out dead streetlight bulbs seems to drag on for months (though a new scheme is planned). Meanwhile, The New York Times reports here that in tech-savvy San Francisco, municipal authorities are switching smart LED streetlights on and of ... More >>

Top Chef's Seattle Casting Call Set for Feb. 11

According to the press release from Magical Elves, the production company behind Top Chef, Seattle's open casting call for Season 6 contestants will be held next week:Wednesday, February 1110:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.Canlis Restaurant, 2576 Aurora Ave. N., 283-3313

Farewell, Fair Ferries

The Chinook will be taking its understated sleekness to the San Francisco Bay The Chinook and the Snohomish, the Washington State passenger-only ferries whose impending sale Chris Kornelis has covered here and here, have finally been officially sold. The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportat ... More >>

Barrington Levy Comes to Nectar Lounge January 27

One of the greatest voices in the history of reggae music undeniably belongs to Barrington Levy. He's the man behind some of the greatest '80s dancehall tunes of all time: songs like "Here I Come," "Murderer," "Too Experiened," and a litany of others. No proper reggae collection is complete witho ... More >>

Magic Bullets

Thursday, January 22

Mime Kampf?

A few months ago, a meeting of the mimes was held at Stumptown Roasters near the Seattle U. campus, where it was agreed that the pure art of whiteface was pretty much dead. There was also something of a consensus reached as to who should be blamed for mime's demise: Shields & Yarnell, a Marceau- ... More >>

San Francisco's Bag-Ban Fiasco: A Cautionary Tale

While Seattle attempted to take the step of taxing all disposable bags (the rule is on hold pending an a public vote), regardless of their material, San Francisco decided instead simply to ban plastic ones. According to this story in our sister paper, San Francisco Weekly, Seattle saw San Francisco' ... More >>

San Francisco Looks at Congestion Pricing; Maybe We Can Look at Parking Requirements

San Francisco is doing preliminary studies for what would be the US's first congestion pricing scheme. With about half of San Francisco's density, we're still struggling with ideas like congestion parking. But we certainly have a stake in San Francisco's experiment. Having a nearby city that has ta ... More >>

Bad News For Moneytree: The City of Seattle Wants to Steal Its Customers

Seattle-based check-cashing and payday-loan giant Moneytree is a homegrown success story that has made great strides in changing the shady reputation of its industry, as Laura Onstot described in a cover story last March. And some thanks it gets!

Thee Oh Sees

Thursday, October 9

Why Doesn't the Puget Sound Have a Local Food Month?

Thursday, October 9

My Neighbor's Review Of Outside Lands Fest, Part 2

Thursday, October 9

Seattle: More Walkable Than Portland?

Thursday, October 9

We're Not New York... Yet

Thursday, October 9

Free Parking That's Not Free

Thursday, October 9

Heart and Soul

Eleven artists on a familiar vessel

The Food Section: August 8, 2007

Eleven artists on a familiar vessel

Drift-ing Away

Eleven artists on a familiar vessel

Betty Is No-Frills, to the Point, Plain Done Right

Call me a Californian, but I’ll pick uncomplicated food prepared well over byzantine food prepared sloppily any day.

San Fran's Waterfront Sucks

Call me a Californian, but I’ll pick uncomplicated food prepared well over byzantine food prepared sloppily any day.

Rich Man, Poor Man

Taking their cues from San Francisco, both sides of the condo conversion debate say they're looking out for Joe Six-Pack.

Cara cara mia

Taking their cues from San Francisco, both sides of the condo conversion debate say they're looking out for Joe Six-Pack.

No Great Shakes

Science, drama, travelogue—there's a jumble of themes in this quake book that would be more solid told separately.

Whadchagit?

Science, drama, travelogue—there's a jumble of themes in this quake book that would be more solid told separately.

Making a splash on the Hill

Soak your cares away at the Hothouse, Capitol Hill's new public bathhouse for women.

Weird Like Us

An esteemed rock critic gauges her free-spirited community's place in mainstream culture.