Hello and welcome to Uppercasing, a brand new blog all about the Upper Haight. We're so glad you've found us.

One brave man armed with a slew of data has done a scientific comparison of the Upper and Lower Haights. The results may surprise you.

Less than a week after Martin Mack's Pub closed its doors unexpectedly, the bar is back in business under new management.

In Upper Haight news, Martin Mack's, a staple of the neighborhood for 22 years, unexpectedly closed its doors earlier this week.

Today at noon, proprietress Juliet Pries will open the doors of the latest culinary venture to hit the Upper Haight and Cole Valley.

Many prominent sites are going dark today to protest S.O.P.A., an awful piece of legislation. It got us thinking: what happened to SOPA the microhood?

A three-alarm fire broke out on Masonic between Waller and Frederick last night, injuring one resident and displacing ten.

Hey Upper Haighters, or Lower Haighters willing to venture west: Ben & Jerry's wants to give you a free slice of ice cream cake today.

What was merely a depressing possibility in May is about to become reality: the Upper Haight's Red Vic Movie House closes for good on Monday.

It has not been a good week for Buena Vista Park.

Yesterday, KQED News reported that the Red Vic Movie House at 1727 Haight Street will likely close in July, absent a last-minute financial windfall.

A new Whole Foods opened at Haight and Stanyan yesterday. Anybody prepared to ditch Safeway for it?

In maybe the most ridiculous crime we've ever covered, an Upper Haight shop worker shot a man in the back yesterday, apparently over a fat chihuahua.