Jul 29, 2007
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
While SFist cringed at the fatal dose of crime littering the Bay Area, it found solace in Hillary Clinton’s San Francisco campaign headquarters opening, which featured loads of exposed mammary glands. In other news, SF Taxi Commission ruled that Satan’s cab must keep its (in)famous medallion number, 666; and in an un-fashion-forward frenzy, San Francisco Fashion Week (chortle) bars bloggers from covering and getting smashed at their shows and parties, respectively. Also, they found a…
May 04, 2005
On the Road in Michigan: Part Two
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — If it weren’t that this DCist ran across additional snow flakes yesterday driving through the unseasonably cold spring weather, Lake Michigan looked down-right enticing when we went to the beach. Calm water, some sun, and the summer tourists from Chicagoland were nowhere in sight. And for $1.50, a bag of chocolate-covered peanuts from Fortino’s on Washington Street was welcome treat. But we should have gotten a Pronto Pup, which is “a…
Oct 15, 2004
Mutant Fish and Other Creatures
Human hormones and chicken estrogen dumped in the Potomac River watershed might be the reason why male bass in West Virginia are producing eggs. The Post explores this odd environmental development. While there isn’t any reason to believe that this could affect humans in the near-term, scientists think that “fish might be the first to absorb any dangerous chemicals that might later affect humans.” This news comes after news that the dangerous northern snakehead is…