Things San Franciscans Like: Commenting On Stuff

San Franciscans are lucky to have an over-abundance of many things: green space, sunny days, tech companies, restaurants that get all their meat from fewer…

Preparing for Takeoff at House of Air

Remember the grown-up moon bounce we first heard about back in March? Well, in case you haven’t been keep a close eye on all the…

Previously On San Francisco: Romeo Must Die

After a couple weeks watching mumblecore and reality TV, it’s time to get back to the badass side of the Bay, because there really ought…

Previously On San Francisco: Fly Girls

Previously On San Francisco: Fly Girls

Previously on The SF Appeal, we discussed the seminal sex romp movie: 40 Days and 40 Nights, and Lauren Conrad’s short stint in SF on…

Talking Booze And Barbecue With Kings Of Leon And Gogol Bordello

Last week, the PR firm for the Outside Lands Music Festival invited members of the press to a conference call, which is exactly like being…

Previously On San Francisco: Medicine for Melancholy (Also: Some Stuff On TV!)

Previously On San Francisco: Medicine for Melancholy (Also: Some Stuff On TV!)

This week, before we dive in, I thought I’d take a moment to recognize these National (Entertainment) Media mentions of San Francisco: My sources (OK,…

Previously On San Francisco: Laguna Beach

Previously On San Francisco: Laguna Beach

Previously on The SF Appeal, we discussed the seminal sex romp movie: 40 Days and 40 Nights. This week, we look towards television: Last week,…

Previously On San Francisco: 40 Days and 40 Nights

Previously On San Francisco: 40 Days and 40 Nights

Previously on The SF Appeal, my predecessor and esteemed sex-columnist, Christine took on the burden of evaluating our fair city’s performance in TV and Film….

Appalling Events: Trash Humpers at YBCA

Hey everybody, Harmony Korine made another film! Remember that guy? He wrote the script for Kids, Larry Clark’s depressing bit of verit

DPT Street-Level Corruption Creates Offensive Parking, Not Parking Offenses

DPT Street-Level Corruption Creates Offensive Parking, Not Parking Offenses

Appeal reader and disgruntled parking-hunter Jim brought us an account of a free-parking scheme being run out of a DPT Officer’s Cushman Interceptor. In February…

Globetrotting Across the Golden Gate

Globetrotting Across the Golden Gate

If you commute via Golden Gate Bridge and you felt the ol’ international orange shaking a little bit more than usual yesterday, well don’t worry…

Riding the Zip Line at Justin Herman Plaza

Riding the Zip Line at Justin Herman Plaza

This morning I headed down to Justin Herman plaza to be among the first to ride San Francisco’s: British Columbia: The Ride: A Real Life…

Nash Bridges Revisted: Key Witness [Season Finale!]

Nash Bridges Revisted: Key Witness [Season Finale!]

Here we are at the end of Season 1! We made it! Although, to be honest, they probably should have ended the first season on…

Nash Bridges Revisited: Aloha Nash

Nash Bridges Revisited: Aloha Nash

In what might eventually prove to be a feeble attempt at connecting with his adopted city, Andrew is watching every episode of Nash Bridges’ inaugural…

NoisePop MetaRecap: Lennon, Ono, And Dog Debate

Due to some logistical errors, the Appeal will be covering this week’s NoisePop festival as civilians rather than members of the Press. So, in the…

Nash Bridges Revisited: Vanishing Act

Nash Bridges Revisited: Vanishing Act

In what might eventually prove to be a feeble attempt at connecting with his adopted city, Andrew is watching every episode of Nash Bridges’ inaugural…

SF IndieFest: Easier with Practice

I met Kyle Patrick Alvarez, whose first feature film Easier with Practice was shown at the Roxie last Saturday night as part of SF IndieFest,…

Nash Bridges Would Like to Wish You a Happy Valentine’s Day

Nash Bridges Would Like to Wish You a Happy Valentine’s Day

So the Nash Bridges recaps will return next week after this brief hiatus, but in the spirit of the corporate holiday season, why not show…

Appealing Events: Rods & Mods at the Exploratorium

For three days only, the Exploratorium will be running a temporary exhibition showcasing the “innovations and outlaw aesthetics of custom computer culture.” The exhibition, Rods…

Liveblogging My Free Grand Slam Breakfast at Denny’s: Mission Accomplished

Please scroll down for updates Every so often, an event comes around that is so monumental it causes droves of people who generally have the…

Nash Bridges Revisited: Javelin Catcher

Nash Bridges Revisited: Javelin Catcher

In what might eventually prove to be a feeble attempt at connecting with his adopted city, Andrew is watching every episode of Nash Bridges’ inaugural…

Nash Bridges Revisited: High Impact

Nash Bridges Revisited: High Impact

In what might eventually prove to be a feeble attempt at connecting with his adopted city, Andrew is watching every episode of Nash Bridges’ inaugural…

Nash Bridges Revisited: Skirt Chasers

Nash Bridges Revisited: Skirt Chasers

In what might eventually prove to be a feeble attempt at connecting with his adopted city, Andrew is watching every episode of Nash Bridges’ inaugural…

Nash Bridges Revisited: Home Invasion

In what might eventually prove to be a feeble attempt at connecting with his adopted city, Andrew is watching every episode of Nash Bridges’ inaugural…

Nash Bridges Revisited: Genesis

Nash Bridges Revisited: Genesis

The other day, in the midst of a holiday season hangover, I happened upon a midday re-run of Nash Bridges – that mid-90’s, buddy-cop, dramedy…

San Francisco Mime Troupe’s 50th Anniversary Birthday Bash

San Francisco Mime Troupe’s 50th Anniversary Birthday Bash

As evidenced by my Appealing Events post for the SF Mime Troupe’s 50th Anniversary party, I wasn’t really sure what I was getting into at…

Appealing Events: Artists’ Television Access 25 Year Anniversary Party

Appealing Events: Artists’ Television Access 25 Year Anniversary Party

Before there was YouTube, homegrown Scorseses would put their masterpieces on VHS tapes and stand in front of cameras for Public Access TV. Despite the…

Appealing Events: SF Mime Troupe 50th Anniversary Birthday Bash!

Appealing Events: SF Mime Troupe 50th Anniversary Birthday Bash!

Did you know San Francisco had a mime troupe? Me neither! Even more surprising (or perhaps not surprising at all) is that the troupe is…

Divisadero Art Walk: Success!

“This neighborhood is smokin’!” Other neighborhoods have their “street fairs” or their “pub crawls” or “pillow fights” on regular intervals (Lower Haight has one tonight…

Appealing Events: Divisadero Art Walk

Whether you call it NoPa or Western Addition or Alamo Square or you’re Craigslist and you split it up into two sections just to make…

Appealing Events: The Recess Ends Screening

Back in September I attended a screening of The Recess Ends – a documentary culled from footage shot by brothers Austin and Brian Chu as…

Big Idea Night Party at YBCA: Sounds Like A Great Idea To Me

Big Idea Night Party at YBCA: Sounds Like A Great Idea To Me

This past Saturday night I attended the Big Idea Night party at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, which is by far the best Queer…

Very Postmortem, Very Post-Boredom

First, some context: I attended a press review of Very Postmortem, which opens on 10/31 at the Legion of Honor. A friend of mine who…