4 Ways to Spice Up Your Drink this Holiday Season
Raise a glass to clever boozy spins on celebrating the season.Have Bar, Will TravelSanta Rosa-based Libations Unlimited brings the party to you in a handcrafted wood-and-copper teardrop camper...
View ArticleEditors Pick Their Must-Haves for December
7x7 editors pick their favorites from the latest shops, goods, and happenings in the Bay Area and beyond.EXPERIENCEInto The WoodsFrom Alite, the SF-based adventure gear company that brought us the...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Love: The Pax
We're just going to say it—San Francisco is a town of gadgets. From a sea of smartphones and white headphones on MUNI to hand-crank artisanal coffee grinders popping up in apartments around the area,...
View ArticleEscape From SF: The Redwood Treehouse
For this week’s Escape From SF, we headed to the Santa Cruz Mountains to nest inside the Redwood Treehouse, hidden in a forest just outside of Corralitos.This delightful treehouse is equipped with a...
View Article2014 Gift Guide: Eat
Unique accessories, handsome wares, and catered extravaganzas for the gourmand you thought had everything.1. EDITOR'S PICK:State Bird Provisions' Exclusive Movable FeastPining for a table at...
View ArticleA Designer-Friendly Alamo Square Home
On the border of Alamo Square Park (overlooking the Full House family's famous picnic spot!) lives Janette Yost Crawford, head of expansion for Homepolish and mother to 3-year-old Viv. With a deep love...
View ArticleSprig Delivering ICHI Sushi + NI Bar All This Week
Continuing their guest chef series, Sprig will deliver ICHI Sushi + NI Bar dinners all this week, care of chef Tim Archuleta. Which is great, since this glorious rainfall does not make one want to hoof...
View ArticleCyndi Lauper's Broadway Smash, Kinky Boots, Stomps Into SF
Unlike Stephen Sondheim or Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1980s pop icon Cyndi Lauper, who conceived the score to 2013’s Tony Award–winningKinky Boots, uses her iPhone to record songs. “If an idea jumps into...
View ArticleSecret Recipe: FIVE Restaurant's Wild Boar Ragu
There's no better way to spend a rainy evening than cozied up with a plate of decadent comfort food. Here to help you forget the wet weather is FIVE Restaurant's exotic and savory wild boar ragu....
View ArticleFoodie Agenda: 12 Nights of Chocolate, Off the Grid Food Drive, & More
December is here. Celebrate with these choice offerings. Toast the Roast Hopscotch's Kyle Itani and Jenny Schwarz have put together a six-week Christmas menu (with different weekly offerings) that...
View ArticleSnow, Reindeer, and Albino Alligators at the California Academy of Sciences
Breaking news: It's snowing in Golden Gate Park! Seriously, folks—there's some snow a-fallin' inside the California Academy of Sciences, and that's not the only festive touch happening at The Academy...
View ArticleWe Wanna Be Friends With San Francisco Social Founder Anderson Pugash
San Francisco Social founder Anderson Pugash was not always as concerned with charity and giving back. It was his late-father's unexpected battle with pancreatic cancer that pushed Pugash to reconsider...
View ArticleWest Coast Craft, Manly Pop-Up Shops, Holiday Parties, and More
All the best in Bay Area retail therapy. After much anticipation, West Coast Craft is finally here this weekend. Look for a carefully selected roster of designers, artists, and craftspeople including...
View ArticleWhat We're Reading Now: Exotic Travel Essays and Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit continues to be one of San Francisco's literary treasures, as her new collection, Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness, amply illustrates. There are a whopping 29 essays in the book,...
View ArticleGift Guide 2014: His
Sporting finds for the man about town. 1. EDITOR'S PICK:Boosted BoardsPerfect for shredding on city pavement, Boosted Boards takes the au courant skateboarding movement to another level of ease: BB...
View ArticleDrink Here Now: Prohibition Pints & Barbary Coast Cocktails
Exercise your 21st Amendment rights by drinking more than your fair share of booze this week.Drink to the Repeal of ProhibitionFriday, December 5 marks the 81st anniversary of the 21st amendment, which...
View ArticleNew Levi's Collection Brings "California Cool" to the Rest of the World
The new Levi's California Collection is a sweet throwback to the Golden State's Golden Age. The iconic San Francisco-based label is letting the world in on our little slice of heaven, summing up modern...
View ArticleThe Bay Area’s Best Beach Hikes
Saying that this is beach weather is probably taking SF’s Indian Summer a bit too far, but we’re actually a big fan of heading to the beach when the weather turns cold and moody. It’s less crowded,...
View ArticleArt With Heart Returns to San Francisco
By now you’ve seen them around the city, popping up in unexpected places to provide a welcome dose of vibrant color in the smile-inducing shape of a heart. For the 10th year in a row, the San Francisco...
View ArticleFinding San Francisco's Unexpected Music Venues
Some of San Francisco’s most prized institutions are its live music venues. Think about it: The Fillmore, Great American Music Hall, Davies Symphony Hall and others have all served as proving grounds...
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