Photog extraordinaire Darwin Bell (for The Sword) managed to make it to yesterday's sex-and-fetish gala, the annual Folsom Street Fair. Lucky You. But let's skip the innuendos, explanation, and body-odor hate, and just get to the good stuff: fellatio, fisty sex acts, Sarah Palin drag, mommy parts, butts, boobs, bits, beer, same-sex sex, porta-potties, leather, and family fun. (Need some more Folsom Street Fair imagery burned into your brain? Oh, and these images are all......

A reader sends us info (and several images) on a shooting that occurred early this morning in front of an apartment on Hyde between O"Farrell and Geary streets. Here's all we know so far. I can't find any reports of this anywhere, but last night/early this morning, a man was shot in the doorway of an apartment on hyde st. between o'farrell and geary streets at 1:30am. There was a single shot, no screeching of......

This weekend's Anti-Scientology protest, held by the brave kids at Anonymous, encountered some equally scary enemies: zombies. Check out some scene's of the protest in action, actual Scientologists, fake blood, amusing signage, and meeting and eating of the minds. Looks like the best protest yet! Thanks to everfalling, Steve Rhodes, jasonleigh57, and TopGunXenu for taking the following shots. Good job, guys.......

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/world_news/Anonymous_Scientology_Protest_Pics_Mountain_View_CA_8_3'; Yay! We get nervous and saddened when the SFist Flickr pool isn't brimming with anti-Scientology protest pics. But today? It is! Well, there are a few of them, anyway. It all went down in Mountain View, with Anon protesting the IAS (International Association of Scientologists) Anniversary. (CoS seems to have some sort of worldwide birthday or anniversary celebration at least once a month. We're not sure why.) All images credited to......

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Photos_Dore_Alley_Fair_San_Francisco_s_Leather_Sex_Fair'; (By Joe Kukura) Yesterday's Up Your Alley Fair is what the Folsom Street Fair used to be before all the tourists pushing baby strollers started showing up. More than 8,000 leather daddies -- and as many as perhaps a dozen biological women -- braved the cold fog wearing little more than a gimp mask and a smile to benefit PAWS, the AIDS Emergency Fund, and others. We tried to limit the......

While not nearly as exciting as Anonymous' cheeky Scientology protests, this little BofA rally managed to voice its distress with the banking company's lack of environmental consciousness. It seems BofA is, like, using coal to run their ATM machines. Or something like that. Who knows. But you can go here and here to find out more about yesterday's skirmish in front of a downtown SF Bank of America. Special thanks goes out to Steve Rhodes,......

Oh wow. You've got to check out some of these photos from the Crucible's 8th Annual Fire Arts Festival, which sparked up in fine fiery glory earlier this month. These shots were snapped up by getinet (Flickr). And the ones involving Bay Area Rapid Transit train are priceless. While the adult in us worries about the Bart train and its riders catching fire, the kid in us wants to see the thing catch fire and......

(By Joe Kukura) It was good times yesterday at the AIDS Walk San Francisco (expect for the parts where we were freezing our asses off, or sobbing at the AIDS Quilt). The annual event raised a whopping $4.5 million-plus for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, though you may wish to add to that total. As usual, the Bluegrassrave Backroom was on the spot -- operating a mobile whiskey bar and serving up endless complimentary whiskey......

Our delightfully insane friends over at Anonymous held a semi-regular protest this weekend, aimed at the frighteningly insane Church of Scientology. But we have to admit: we're sometimes confused as to the message running throughout their rallies. Take, for example, this past weekend's protest, which was heavy on themes of rape, masks, thin girls wearing multiple prints, bubbles, dancing, sheep sodomy, bare chests, screwing, and anal sex. We don't know what you're saying, but we......

Mark Leno and Carole Migden, please step forward....

Here they are: images fro this past weekend's Bay To Breakers--the race the SFPD doesn't want you to know about! Also, there are a few NSFW images in here, so... you've been warned. Steve Rhodes......

photo credit: Omega it's jameth Math, it seems, is the latest thing in graffiti.......

Photo credit: George Nikitin/AP Photo, San Francisco Zoo, 3/15/08 Cute, yes? The San Francisco Zoo just released images of the newborn Sumatran tiger cub triplets born this past week to Leanne and George. Here are a few shots of the new kittens waiting for their first health exam. For a few more photos of small cat preciousness, follow the jump.......

(Check out the actual chin scratching occurring, lower right, at an intelligentsia event. Har!) Here we have novelist Dave Eggers at the National Book Critics Circle nominee announcement at City Lights. We're in love with his bulky v-neck sweater. Very nice. Image credit: Flickr user Steve Rhodes.......

We have a love/hate relationship with Muni fare inspectors. We hate them when we can't find our Fast Pass or transfer stub. We love them for the entertainment they provide while busting someone else riding for free. Go figure. Image credit goes to Omega it's jameth.......

Viral marketing returns to our sidewalks. ...

Huge Chunk of the Bay Bridge sitting on a beach in Half Moon Bay...

Vote early, vote often...

[Ba-da-bum (rimshot)] This sign means either no fellatio or no breech babies. We suspect the former. Also, where was this taken? Is it a real request or is it being ironic? Again, we suspect the former. Image credit: Omega it's jameth......

They still make phone books?...

Guess when the Busan leaves S.F. Bay!...

"Architecture of Density" -- Fox Plaza Apartments First, this a phenomenal shot, found in balmes' Flickr page. He or she managed to make crack towers look almost aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Really, a great picture. Second, "crack towers." As someone already mentioned in the comment section here, "some of those people up there must be clinically brain dead already to actually decide to live there." Close. replace "clinically" with "chemically" and you're in......

Tons of Santas invade our Hooters....

Photos of Santarchy 2007...

Photo of GM's new plug-in electric car concept...

The feds have gotten big bucks for the value of the Busan, so it now has one less hurdle to jump before heading home. ...

What? Come on, cats are %100 swell. (Crazy cat lady syndrome be damned!) In fact, felines kicking it in windowsills should have its own site as far as we're concerned. Very SF. This image was taken in Nob Hill. And the added touches of graffiti and cheap Levelor horizontal blinds (in Nob Hill!) make it that more melancholic. Image credit: SFist's Leanne Maxwell......

Everyone -- that's right, everyone -- is talking about the camel toe costume Marc Jacob's sported during his annual holiday party. Outrageous. But this here, we think, is the best costume in this collection of pics from said party. And it's a cobra! Which is awesome! Ssss! New York fashion folk: what won't they do? Image credit: Tracey Lomrantz / Elle.com......

A photo of the FiDi at night with holiday lighting...

Granted, Gap, Inc. will one day tenderize, marinated, season, sear, let rest, carve, and then eat your first born -- that is, if they are in fact as diabolical as we're led to believe -- but their store's window (at Powell and Market) is most stellar. Here's an image of it in all its vertical multi-colored glory. An added bonus: the Hitchcockian silhouette. Image credit: Dead Slow's Flickr page (which we recommend for choice......