Reading Roundup: This Week's Top Literary Events
Each week, we offer a roundup of the best literary events in the city. All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Want to submit an upcoming event for consideration? Go...
View ArticleWin VIP Tickets to Outside Lands 2013
Welcome to Ticket Tuesdays, a new weekly chance for you to score entry to some of the hottest shows and events in the Bay Area.With the majority of Outside Lands 2013 tickets already gone, you'll want...
View ArticleMarket Watch: The Herb Celebration Comes to the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
One of my favorite things about being at the market in the wee hours of the morning is the mouthwatering smells you encounter as the farmers unload their goods. In the summer months, it’s the...
View ArticleKentucky Meets France for A Presidio Wedding
Katherine met Richard when she least expected it. She was studying for an art history exam in college when he approached her on the quad. After a marathon first date, the rest was history, and the...
View ArticleFifteen Decadent Alternatives to Foie Gras
It's one year into the foie gras ban. While some restaurants may still be serving it surreptitiously, it’s mostly history. So what’s being serving instead? Here are some dishes that help us get through...
View ArticleScenes of the City: Beer On Wheels Aboard the brewtruck
We hung out with the brewtruck crew a couple times recently, once while driving around our beautiful city, and again at Fort Mason. Either way, we thoroughly enjoyed the world’s first mobile...
View ArticleA Revamped Mattei’s Tavern Brings Serious Food Whimsy to Santa Barbara County
The town of Los Olivos in Santa Barbara County used to be little more than a stage coach stop — a resting place for cattlemen and miners and cowboys. It still feels that way, in spite of the region’s...
View ArticleDrink Here Now: Five Places to Sip This Week
1) SF Jewish Film Festival Opening Night BashThe San Francisco Jewish Film Festival kicks off this Thursday, and the Swedish American Hall is hosting the Opening Night Bash. Start the night at the...
View ArticleA Guide to Wholesome Fun at the Sonoma County Fair
The fever set in at the first sign of the Ferris Wheel going up. The countdown to the Sonoma County Fair is officially underway. This marks its 77th year, and anyway you look at it, that’s a lot of...
View Article12 Ways to Laugh Your Ass Off
When it comes to comedy, there is never a shortage of shows in San Francisco. In the next two weeks, we get blessed with Police Academy royalty, Shakespeare's version of a romantic comedy and a history...
View ArticleRob Prideaux Photography Brings Businesses to Life
If you're looking for a photographer to bring your business or product to life, Rob Prideaux is your guy. This San Francisco-based photographer, who's worked with the likes of Google and Wells Fargo,...
View ArticleFive New Cafés to Check Out
You'd think San Francisco is trying to have a café on each block or something with all these new openings every month. (Not like we're complaining.) Here's your recap of five new cafés that have...
View ArticleArt Purchase Made Easy Through New iPad App
Several companies, including Amazon, are trying to move the art market online, connecting buyers with gallery owners and offering diverse collections of artwork, ranging in mediums, genres and prices....
View ArticleColorful, Clean Designs Update a 1959 San Francisco Abode
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.comA previous victim of tight spaces and an outdated atmosphere, this three-story house underwent a design revival that hit the perfect chord of maintaining...
View Article15 Minutes with Toast Kitchen + Bar's Rebecca Boice
After ten years cooking at Zuni Café, Rebecca Boice, executive chef of Oakland’s Toast Kitchen + Bar, is still getting comfortable with the “exec” part of her title (food notwithstanding). But the past...
View ArticleAlex Karpovsky of "Girls" Brings His "Red Flag" to SF Jewish Film Festival
"In my mind it sounded so different from the way it came out. It sounded hilarious. But it came out so not hilarious."Way back in 2009, when "mumblecore" was still a word you might say without being...
View ArticleThe Weeknighter: Aunt Charlie's Lounge
Weekends are for amateurs. Weeknights are for pros. That's why each week Stuart Schuffman will be exploring a different San Francisco bar, giving you the lowdown on how and where to do your weeknight...
View ArticleGetGoing Adds Hotels to its Discount Flight-Finding Platform
Besides quickly finding discounted flights, travelers using the online travel startup GetGoing can now book hotels as well.That’s through a new partnership with the Expedia Affiliate Network (EAN),...
View ArticleSFPride: San Francisco Icons
To celebrate arguably the best month of the year, we asked you to submit your favorite Instagram photos of what makes you proud of our gloriously fog-filled, dazzling city. From scoping views to gritty...
View ArticleSecret Recipe: Fang's 8 Treasure Salad
7x7 asks the city's chefs for the recipes to their most loved cocktails, bar snacks, starters, mains, and desserts. If there's a dish you can't stop thinking about and want to make at home, email...
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