Results tagged “bayarea”

There was very little else for Londonist to be concerned with when the threat of a Tube strike became a very unpleasant reality. The inconvenience was extreme: there aren't many alternatives to the Tube in London despite the best efforts of the Londonist team to get everyone from A to B. Brighter news came in the form of the first ever female Yeoman Warder, or Beefeater as the position is more commonly known, and...

After a five-alarm fire that was started by a window air conditioner ravaged a Channelview apartment building last Friday, 100+ tenants are searching for shelter. Although about 20 of the 80 units were untouched by the fire, the entire complex is without running water and electricity, leaving many people wondering what to do and where to go. A temporary shelter was set up after the fire, but was closed on Sunday because it was no...

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...

Seattlest has a talk with the photographer from last week's "Segway Mom" and then experiences some dissension in the ranks over the question of wine vs. beer. It's not West Side Story, but about as close as they'll get. They're also still waiting on some inbox relief after a spammer is arrested. As Chicagoist counts down the days to its third anniversary party, they found all-organic pizza to be underwhelming amidst the hoopla, tried...

There's so much going on across the Ist-a-Verse that it's almost impossible to keep track these days. Fortunately, we do it so you don't have to! Londonist took a walk through Oliver Twist's London, thanks to a gorgeous map layer for Google Earth. They also caught up with modern-day fictional London, with the Fantastic Four and 28 Weeks Later. It was a week of insanity over at DCist. They started the week off with...

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor awhsum2. It's a shot of Bay Area Park after a rainstorm. This photo has a quiet, dark feel to it almost as if it's a scene from a movie. Nice shot awhsum2.

Woe to he who ignores blessings as righteous as these: Ben and Jerry's, the crazy Vermonter ice cream chain, is offering a free cone of ice cream today from noon to 8 PM at all of its area locations. There's no catch; just show up and enjoy. The venerable ice cream makers are marking this year's Free Cone Day by introducing two new flavors, Créme Brulée and Cinnamon Buns, thus propagating the trend of...

The easiest way to give back, or pay it forward, as well as the least expensive, is to give some of yourself and your time to a good cause. We have apprised you of the International Festival's need for bodies to make the festival a success. Now, we have a little environmental action for you, and it's educational, in addition to the warm fuzzy you'll get. Much of the litter that makes it's way...

George Mendes reached the Pacific Ocean yesterday near San Diego after covering over 3,400 miles in 61 days and raising nearly $25,000 for the Lance Armstrong Foundation in the process. Houstonist first introduced you to George Mendes when he'd just left The Woodlands nearly three weeks into his ride, "Tour de Isidro." He may have reached the Pacific, but Mendes plans to continue the journey according to schedule, concluding in the Bay Area around November...

You may remember when Metro OK'd a $20 million surveillance system covering all its park and ride facilities and one transit center, an attempt to fight crime at the locations. But, you may ask yourself, how much crime actually happens at park and rides? Well, thanks to KTRK's Crime Tracker, we have an idea.

HPD gave some details about the city's new red-light camera system yesterday, and now we know a couple of things about Houston's traffic signal scofflaws: A lot of them seem to be in Clear Lake, but overall, there aren't as many as expected. Since the cameras went into operation a week ago, more than 600 violations have been caught on camera, HPD Sgt. Michael Muench said. That's less than the 250 a day police expected,...

Breaking the law, breaking the law We -ist folks love us some crime, and no misdemeanor is too petty for a post on any of our sites. This week, join us for a rogues' gallery of miscreants major, minor, and alleged. Gothamist gets us started with "Law & Order", muppet style. Oh, you know what isn't a crime? Taking pictures on the MTA. So, why are cops stopping photographers? In other Gotham crime, a...

If you're in the habit of sneaking through red lights, enjoy your lawless ways while you can: The installation of Houston's first 10 red-light cameras is almost finished, and the system is expected to go live Sept. 1. The cameras are located at Milam and Elgin, Brazos and Elgin, Pease at La Branch and Travis at Webster in Midtown; Richmond at Dunvale, Richmond at Hillcroft, Bellaire at Wilcrest and Harwin at Hillcroft on the southwest...

Hey, have y'all been using our new "Recommend this" feature at the bottom of each post? This week we're bringing you the "Most Recommended" posts from across the -ist world, as well as recommending some of our own. Phillyist thinks that readers recommended this post the most because "most of our quieter readers (probably) agree with us that rude commenting sucks." Know what else sucks? Philly's not getting the Olympics, but they are getting thinner....

Torontoist immediately wins our heart by using the word "Jackass" in a headline. In fact, we love their use of it so much that we're going to use it as much as possible throughout this post. For example, it looks like there are Toronto-area jackasses besides those who misuse the sidewalk: look at the crap on sale on Toronto's craigslist. But it looks like Toronto doesn't contain the kind of jackasses who pee in public...

A committee studying crash statistics at Houston intersections has picked the first 10 locations for our new red-light camera system, which is scheduled to be up and running this summer — and all but two of them are outside the Loop.

LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark "Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid." Is that a promise? They also give us this week's best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow. Ah, Houstonist. They're biking to work, that is, if they can figure out how to get there. That's right, Mapquest says "Houston had the...

talking about clogged toilets. The news was released yesterday, National Plumber's Day (today is National Zucchini Bread Day, but no one's released information on that, oddly enough).

Tim Westergren wants to introduce you to great music. In early 2000, he founded The Music Genome Project. In 2005, Westergren introduced his mission to the Internet, beginning Pandora, Web radio that utilizes a listener's favorite bands or songs to find similar music based on the components of the song — melody, lyrics, instruments, etc. Westergren hails from the Bay area, is thorough in everything he does and recently embarked on a journey across the...

The bewildering British sport of cricket could soon bring its interminable matches (and frequent tea breaks) Stateside under a plan from the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Houston, New York, Chicago and the Bay Area are all locations tabbed to host one-day exhibition matches as part of an international tour of the Indian cricket team (the team would also hit Toronto, London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai, among other cities).

Torontoist throws down the gauntlet and challenges all comers: pillow fight, bitch. They also stand up for a fellow blogger taking heat from the TTC and welcome city-wide WiFi. SFist can finally admit it: It's possible that Bary Bonds juiced. Is Bay Area artist (tempted to put quotes around that) Thomas Kinkaid "kinda crappy" or "explosively crappy" or does he just like marking territory? SFist wonders. Technology comes in the form of new Mac goodness...

So before you get too excited about Houston's new soccer team, consider this from ESPN's Andrea Canales: "I think [the owners] believe there's a better chance of getting a stadium deal in Houston," [as-yet-unnamed team forward Brian] Ching said. "I don't see much else as a positive, unfortunately. We've got to somehow get situated, and try to make a home there. I'm just going to have to give it my best and try to deal...