Nicolas Cage - turns 47 Coming up with a list of "did you know?" weirdnesses pertaining to oddball Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage might seem like shooting very strange fish in a very abnormal barrel. But how better to kick off our long-overdue Nicolas Cage Week than by assembling the most p
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01/08/2011
Urbane Studies With The Tenderloin Geographic Society, Volume 1: The Hyper-Local 70s January 6th, 2011 San Francisco (as you very well know) is a city rich with history and tangled with politics. With a collective attention span of roughly 6 months, it can be easy for many of us to lose sight of
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01/08/2011
Chick-fil-A Backs Antigay Group January 6th, 2011 You know what we’ve always wanted to try? A Chick-fil-A sandwich, which sounds both moist and delicious. Sadly, we cannot. Why? Because they support anti-gay and anti-freedom of religion groups. And, in the interest of the greater good, that woul
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01/08/2011
Police Shoot Knife-Wielding Man In SoMa January 6th, 2011 After a man in a wheelchair had been allegedly “slashing tires on parked cars” with a knife, police shot the suspect after “attempts to control the man with a bean-bag gun failed,” reports The Chronicle. The shooting occurred at around 10
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01/08/2011
Ben Lewis and Lake Merritt January 6th, 2011 The People’s Guide is Curbed SF’s tour o’ the nabes, lead by our most loyal readers, favorite bloggers, and other luminaries of our choosing. Have a piece to say? We’ll be happy to hand over the megaphone. This week, we welcome Ben Lewis, Curbed SF re
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01/08/2011
34th America’s Cup Race: A-Cup coming to SF: Rhode Island Feeling Slightly Soiled “Larry Ellison on the Joystick” Photo Credit: Sail World So yes, it’s on. San Francisco was officially anointed the venue for the 34th America’s Cup. Not that Team Ellison had much choice. Rhode Island gracefully
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01/08/2011
34th America’s Cup Race: A-Cup coming to SF: Rhode Island Feeling Slightly Soiled January 6th, 2011 “Larry Ellison on the Joystick” Photo Credit: Sail World So yes, it’s on. San Francisco was officially anointed the venue for the 34th America’s Cup. Not that Team Ellison had mu
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01/08/2011
Time Travel: Take a Trip Through Civic Center History January 6th, 2011 credit: Bancroft Library, Jesse B. Cooke Collection via Up from the Deep The beginning of a new year is as good a time as any for a field trip through San Francisco history and this morning the folks at Up from the Deep took
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01/08/2011
Construction Watch : 88 King Gets Some Botox January 6th, 2011 [photo via Matt Fuller] Though not quite a facelift, 88 King Street in South Beach is definitely getting some work done. Matt Fuller was on the scene to report that there’s cranes, pulleys, and workers working on the exterior of the
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01/08/2011
PriceChopper: Buena Vista: Bathtub With A View Now $500,000 Less January 6th, 2011 Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Was: $2,595,000Now $2,095,000You Save: $500,000 We covered this house last September when it first came on the market (well, since 2008, when it sold for $2,200
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01/08/2011