Piff! Pow! Zwap! On Valentine's Day at precisely 6 p.m. at Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco will play host to its third annual public pillow fight. And they're looking for a few good men and women. The rules of the fight are as follows: 1) Tell everyone you know about Pillow Fight! 2) Tell EVERYONE YOU KNOW about Pillow Fight!!! 3) Nothing in your pillow but pillow. 4) Don’t hit anyone with out a......

Conceited much? This year's abortion bash, Walk for Life-West Coast, will take place tomorrow, Jan 19, on the lawn area of Justin Herman Plaza down by the Embarcadero from 10:30 a..m. to 1:30 p.m. And we can't wait! What are you going to wear? We're going to sport our beaver fur-trimmed coat, because...well, we're sure there's a smug murder joke in there somewhere. But if you're able to get up that early on a Saturday......

Welcome back, little piggies, from your night of binge eating and sipping. (That is, if you were fortunate enough to do so.) Why not get up, out, and about tonight to work off that meal, hangover with the following: -- Kristi Yamaguchi Holiday Ice Rink at Embarcadero Center: Our Kristi, our Kristi, why hast thou forsaken us? Alas, although no longer branded with Olympic gold-medal allure, you'll still have a blast at the holiday rink......

image credit: apbh2's Flickr account Writing in SFGate yesterday, CW Nevius tells us that the "Rights of Mentally Ill Street People Thwart Efforts to Prevent Harm." Those pesky rights! What happened was that the "Sign Guy" of Justin Herman Plaza was arrested after attacking a police officer, when it was pretty clear that someone (the City? Men in white coats?) should have intervened sooner. Let us be clear that this Sign Guy is not......

-- This could very well be the most exciting extracurricular activity in the world, ever. Next to building a fort out of couch cushions and blankets, that is. (Why, yes, we are in fact five-years-old. Thank you.) Her's the deal: Simply show up, receive your free cardboard tube, and start whacking away at your fellow Bay Area residents with impunity. So simple. Really, this needs to happen at least once a week. When: Sunday,......

Not since peanut butter and chocolate have two such conflicting tastes been bought together to (what will be) major acclaim: baseball and dance. Sure, Damn Yankees did it, and did it well. But there are no Faustian themes in this show, or worse, the Yankees; it's just about the all-American Pastime. (Hey, the name of the show!) Local, Izzie Award-winning choreographer Chris Black takes nine dancers and breaks down the game of baseball into......

If there's a widespread contingent of San Franciscans that feel Bonds is a cheater unworthy of praise, that sure wasn't reflected in the celebration down at Justin Herman Plaza today. Music, tons of fans in the orange and black, Old people, young people, tall people, most in ballcaps. Plenty of police to ensure nobody gets injured should a fan go into a 'roid rage....

-- Daft Punk's Electroma: Pinocchio-ish road movie about two robots -- played by Daft Punk members Peter Hurteau and Michael Reich -- and their quest to become human. Riot In Belgium, the Bang Gang DJs, Dandi Wind, and Richie Panic & Jefrodisiac perform tonight before and after the movie. Doors open at 7 p.m. at Mezzanine, 444 Jesse (at Mint); free with RSVP at going.com. -- Justice League Wiffle Ball Game: According to Laughing......

Okay, we're not sure how this is going to play out, but: apparently BART is giving away free tickets at Justin Herman plaza today at 1:30. (Just in time for the lunch crowd to have left.) According to someone -- the Chron doesn't cite sources -- they're hoping that a $5 bribe is all it'll take to get people to give up their cars, and ride BART into the city. Of course, once they're here,......

Lotta stuff going on today, a lot of which we've mentioned before: Another Hole In The Head continues and the Black Film Festival gets started! Also, it's the Berkeley Edge Fest. Here's some other stuff too. --Ha ha ha ha ha ha!! It's Critical Ass! There's a naked bike ride to protest overuse of fossil fuels. Noon, starting at Justin Herman Plaza. Don't forget the sunscreen. --Well, this is an unfortunate segue: SF Recycling is......

We always thought Chinatown would be a great place to do a Treasure Hunt as we're pretty sure you could find anything there-- artwork, toys, opium, you name it. Well, there is an official Chinatown Treasure Hunt, the 17th annual Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt, and we just happen to be holding a contest to giveaway tickets to take part....

As we discussed earlier today, PG&E and ReadyMade magazine are co-sponsoring "Let's Green This City," which is aiming to raise environmental consciousness by putting sofas covered with grass around the city. Sure, why not? (Will Ross Mirkarimi be involved? And what's the Bay Guardian's public power-oriented stance on this?) As SFist Jim Herd saw, there's couches outside City Hall (and word is that Gavin Newsom braved grass stains on the back of his pants......

It's that anti-war protest time of the year again! Traffic in the city will be tied up tomorrow as your favorite scruffy kettle-drum wielding and peace-flag waving World Can't Wait-ers march up and then down Market Street at noon. Oh, we love The World Can't Wait folks -- remember Bush Ter Down? This is part of an international 190-city protest against the Iraq War (with 70 of the cities are in states that voted for......

In training for the first ever pillow fight club at Justin Herman Plaza yesterday evening, we upped our protein intake and worked on our cardio and conditioning. We honestly did not know what to expect, all we knew is that we didn't want to be out of breath, like so many laps around the school yard we completed in elementary school. Arriving thirty minutes early, we started warming up, roadwork, push-ups, a couple of......

When SFist was a young child, we'd always get sent home from preschool with a note that said, "Did not nap today." Man, we didn't know how good we had it! Nowadays, what can you do if you're fighting off a food coma, or a hangover from the night before? You gotta barricade yourself in your office behind a huge stack of boxes, or feign an "upset stomach" and crash on the couch of the vice-president who's out of the office this week, or, if you're like us, zone out quietly for 2 hours and call it "internet research." Well, hide no more, closet nappers! Monday the 24th is Take Back Your Time Day (to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the 40 hour work week), and to celebrate, the folks who brought you the book "Time Off!: The Unemployed Guide to San Francisco" are holding a nap-in in Justin Herman Plaza at 1 p.m. Now, we're all for taking more time for self in life, but, being cranky (we could probably use a nap) -- isn't this just going to look like kind of a die-in? Also, won't it be too sunny to get a real good siesta going anyways? And would you really want to stretch out for 40 winks in Justin Herman anyways? There's an awful lot of pigeon guano there. Maybe they should just call it a goof-off-in instead (which we are totally for!) ...

So good luck dealing with any state agencies tomorrow -- they'll be shut down in observance of Cesar Chavez Day (though that could all change if the Governator has his way). So if you just have to find State Comptroller Steve Westly, he'll probably be sipping cocktails at the 19th Green somewhere -- we mean, uh, reflecting upon and honoring the life of one of America's greatest folk heros on what would be his......

This Saturday, there will be a big abortion protest taking place in the city in response to it being 32nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. We know- big yawn. Except it’s not what you think, it’s an anti-abortion rally. At first, when SFist heard about this, we thought it was a joke, you know ironic- kind of like all those Billionaires for Bush protests. But it’s not a joke, it’s real. There will be a......

Plan your movements accordingly on January 22nd, the day of a "walk for life" stretching from Justin Herman Plaza to the Marina Green. Hey, try not to wear yourselves out with that gruelling hike, there, walkers. As Dan Lopez of Selma, CA puts it in the January issue of San Francisco Faith, "I cannot stand it when I hear women say they can do what they want with their own bodies." Yeah, pesky women! With......

Well, we just heard Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" on the radio the other day (the kickoff song for the season), so it's official -- Santa Claus will be coming to town. And with him comes an assortment of Bay Area secular holiday entertainment -- kittens in the windows of Macy's, the Kristi Yamaguchi ice-skating rink at Justin Herman Plaza, caroling children thrown out of Union Square and then shamefacedly reinvited at the command of Mayor Gavvie Gav to sing at City Hall instead..... and how could we forget? Tap-dancing Christmas trees! The Oakland Trib profiles some of the more unique Bay Area Christmas entertainers, including the 28-member strong tap-dancing Christmas tree troupe, the trumpet-playing gorilla Santa Claus (he dresses up as Vampire Gorilla for Halloween), the Incredible Hulk Santa, and the Nerd Elf, among others. And The Standing Room gives us the lowdown on the itinerate life of the seasonal Dickensian caroler. (Who knew there were four verses of Jingle Bells?) So while you're frantically trying to get all your presents purchased (maybe at some of the stores we're profiling?), don't forget to kick back for a bit and enjoy the scene -- over a cup of scammed free cider from Williams-Sonoma. Pictures courtesy of The Standing Room. Check out that sexy tap-dancing Christmas tree hip-wiggle!...