Where To Find Tasty "Queso" Dip In San Francisco
More monster truck rally than quinceañera, cheese dips are a perfect example of gringo comfort food. Come on, no authentic Mexican dish involves the lowbrow/high-flavor art of melting cubes of cheese...
View ArticleImagineNations Colors Our World with Decoupage Globes and Pictorial Wall Maps
Each month, San Rafael artist Wendy Goldpainstakingly scours the Alameda Flea Market in search of vintage globes and wall maps for ImagineNations, the map-art studio she launched in 2010. Inspired by...
View Article2014 Hot 20: Open Gov, the Reformers
Nate Levine, Cofounder / 23, Mike Rosengarten, CTO / 27, Zac Bookman, Cofounder and CEO / 34The blinking. There’s so much blinking from Nate Levine, the young cofounder of Mountain View–based OpenGov,...
View ArticleThe Thinking Person’s Bar is Realized at The Interval
Did the advent of alcohol mark the beginning of human civilization or vice versa? That existential question is up for debate, but according to Alexander Rose, executive director of the futurist Long...
View ArticleThe Bay Area’s Top 5 Outdoor Workouts
Ditch the gym and enjoy some fresh air. You'll thank us later.Hike the Iconic DipseaThis 7.5 mile trail (one-way) is a Bay Area classic. It features lush forests, sweeping views of the coastline,...
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Oakland Eats: Two New Coffee Spots and a Friday Night Beer Fest
Guten Morgen, East Bay! Have you kicked off your Oktoberfest celebrations yet? Whatever your answer, we've got a party happening tonight, plus two new coffee options for recovery purposes. First, this...
View Article5 Topics Everyone Will Be Discussing Over Brunch
Quirky conversation starters for the weekend ahead. Reader Reactions to Bay Area Pronunciations and What We Got ‘Wrong’, SF GateLast month we brainstormed with the SFGate team and San Francisco...
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Ride Levi Leipheimer's Legendary GranFondo
2014 marks the 6th year of one of Northern California's premier cycling events, Levi Leipheimer's GranFondo, in Santa Rosa. Held the first Saturday in October, it has quickly become the biggest ride of...
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Editors' Picks: Half + Half Tees, Cannabis Perfume, & More
What 7x7 editors were crushing on this week when they should have been at work. HALF + HALF T-shirtsThis company of cheeky tees — designed by USF alumnae — just launched this week, and I’ve already...
View ArticleTop 6 Wine Country Brunch Spots
The weekend approaches! And with that, here are the top six spots you should try for brunch in Wine Country this weekend.1313 Main/Lulu’s Kitchen, NapaThe entrees at this snazzy, cosmopolitan bistro,...
View Article2014 Hot 20: Cheryl Haines, the Art Scout
Executive Director of FOR-SITE and Curator of “@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz” / age 58Cheryl Haines has a request. She’d very much like a ranger uniform from the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy,...
View Article7 Design-Savvy Ways to Hydrate Once SF Bans Plastic Bottles
Starting October 1, it's going to be illegal to sell plastic water bottles on public property. For now, sports stadiums and food truck vendors are exempt, but seeing that we’re riding a wave of...
View ArticleSweat SF: Everything You Need To Know About SoulCycle
SoulCycle is the toughest workout you’ll ever love. Founded in New York in 2006, the body-rebuilding spinning-meets-support-group craze didn’t hit the Bay Area until 2013. Since then, it’s developed a...
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A Modern Guide to Santa Cruz
For local, design-savvy getaways, San Franciscans usually look north to Napa and Sonoma. But 90 minutes south of the city, Santa Cruz has been quietly redefining a style once dictated by a scruffy mix...
View ArticleWhere to Celebrate Oktoberfest in the Bay Area
The first official Oktoberfest, held in Munich 1810, was a celebration of the royal wedding of Ludwig I of Bavaria to Therese Charlotte Luise of Saxony-Hildburghausen when citizens were invited to line...
View ArticleThis Week in Live Music: Pixies, K.Flay, Lorde, and More
Before you fasten your seat belts for another three-day festival at Golden Park this weekend at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, check out this revealing report on where our Outside Lands dollars end up. The...
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SF Bartenders Create Four Fresh Cocktails for Fall
Even if it doesn't feel like it in San Francisco, we're in the throes of fall, which means it's the perfect time to set aside your summer cocktail standbys and mix it up with something complex and...
View Article2014 Hot 20: Josh Tetrick, the Food Scientist
Cofounder and CEO, Hampton Creek / age 34Think mayonnaise can’t be interesting? Think again. Josh Tetrick, the charismatic cofounder of Hampton Creek, a trailblazing start-up devoted to edible tech,...
View ArticleProperty Porn: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus' Gold Coast Mansion for $18M
Two years ago, Zynga founder Mark Pincus and One Kings Lane founder Ali Pincus put down a whopping $16M for this Dutch Colonial home on one of San Francisco's most prestigious avenues: Pacific.Here are...
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Neighborhood Guide: What to Do in Grand Lake, Oakland
Once just a swampy divide between downtown and East Oakland, Lake Merritt, nexus of the Grand Lake neighborhood, is now a destination-worthy cultural hub, thanks to a recent $122 million renovation....
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