This just in from Brooke Arthur, bar manager at Range — where the cocktail selections are some of our favorite in town: more ›

A patriotic skeleton sax player. more ›

Uptown Almanac has word that "up to 14 acres" of Dolores Park could close for up to two years while the much-loved park undergoes a city-approved $11.7 million renovation. Kevin Montgomery reports: "New bathrooms, better tennis courts, new playground, better grass for me to be cool on, and the clubhouse (that is currently full of asbestos) will be rebuild and open for community events/soirees/romantic evenings gazing at the skyline/epic keggers. You can read more about it in the official Dolores Park Works document here (warning: PDF!) more ›

On this tepid news day, we came across a joyous new game to expedite your problem with alcohol. Chowhound had posted a new drinking game, which has since been removed (boo!), involving North Bay dreamboat/Food Network personality Tyler Florence. Eater, thankfully, saved it for all to enjoy. Check it: a reader said, "I have tried several different times to follow Tyler Florence Ultimate but I can't get past the fact that he uses the phrase, 'all right', at least 5 times a minute. It would make for an interesting drinking game...take a shot every time Tyler says, 'all right.'" We concur. more ›

Produced in part by the fine folks at SPUR (San Francisco Planning & Urban Research Association), this map indicates POPOS (Privately Owned Public Open Spaces). Many of them, it seems, are not visited nearly enough. more ›

Look for local glossy 7x7 to receive a fresh new tone and feel. Maybe. Because the two top leaders there are gone. Todd Sotkiewicz is now the magazine's president, replacing Tom Hartle. Sotkiewicz comes from such esteemed media as Lonely Planet and Wired. more ›

MUSIC: The Winter Music Festival, presented by SF Indiefest, begins tonight with a show at Bottom of the Hill. Moody, lounge-y, goth singer Rykarda Parasol performs. Daughter of a Swede and a Holocaust survivor, her songs are stories about cold, death and isolation, among other subjects... more ›

"City Reflections" by kapshure. more ›

As a John Cusack character once said, "The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem." Regardless of how you might feel about High Fidelity, which trust me--is just as loved by music nerds as it is hated by others, Cusack's line remains pretty indisputable... more ›

Three women, ages 37, 77 and 34, have disappeared since January 10. The locations are "approximately 60 miles apart if you take Highway 1 straight up from Pt. Reyes to Calzadero." Sleuth Beth Spotswood has a theory that this might be the work of a serial killer. Which, of course, we hope isn't the case. more ›