Google Wants to Fund 31 Free Wi-Fi Hotspots Around SF
Imagine setting up lawn chairs on a sunny day at Mission Dolores Park, opening up your laptop and getting to work on the Internet with your co-workers. Or plopping down at Washington Square Park in...
View ArticleThis Season's Wet-Hopped Ales Are Coming to a Glass Near You
While many beers are appropriate to a season, only wet-hopped ales are controlled by it. Normally, when the delicate catkins of the hop plant are at their peak of flavor, they are picked and dried in a...
View ArticleScenes of the City: A Final Goodbye to the Lower Haight's Silly Pink Bunny
When we learned that one of the great pieces of public art in the Lower Haight would soon come down, we rushed over to the 'hood to say our final goodbyes. The wall at Haight and Laguna streets, mainly...
View ArticleOakland's Tribune Tavern Reenergizes Downtown with Artisan Food and Drinks
One of the most historic buildings in all of Oakland is now home to one of the most happening eateries in town. Drop by the just-opened Tribune Tavern, now slinging delicious, artisan plates and...
View ArticleMarket Watch: How Boxing Room's Chef Justin Simoneaux Uses Summer Squash
Summer squash can be found all over the Ferry Plaza Farmer Market this month, and whether you prefer the elegant yellow Crookneck, the squat and spherical Ronde de Nice, or the flat and ridged Flying...
View ArticleWin Tickets to See Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros at America's Cup Pavilion
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.As the America's Cup racing extravaganza nears its end, it's time to get...
View ArticleThis Week's Bay Area Design Agenda
Originally published onCaliforniaHomeDesign.comOne of the biggest design festivals of the year kicks off this week: Architecture and the City. Hosted by the American Institute of Architects San...
View Article650 Eats: Recent Restaurant Openings
Two restaurants are new to the 650 (area code)—and offer ample opportunity for sustenance and multiculti fun—get your napkins ready. There’s meat and lots of it being cooked up in a wild set up at a...
View ArticleTwo Sense: How Do I Start Over at 48?
I'm a 48-year-old woman who just got dumped after ten years with the same guy. We were never married, and never had kids, but I loved him dearly. I won't go into detail about what went wrong, but it’s...
View ArticleDrink Here Now: Five Places to Sip This Week
Almanac Beer and Cheese Pairing at the Ferry PlazaIf you need a good reason to visit the Ferry Building on a non-Farmers Market day, Almanac Beer just gave you one. The Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant (One...
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Party Blotter: Music to Keep You Dancing All Night
As summer comes to an end (calendar-wise, that is, not weather-wise), there are quite a few reasons for celebration in San Francisco: Burning Man, Labor Day, and a weekend-long Bay Bridge closure means...
View ArticleFive New Restaurants Opening in Napa
This fall, a slew of new bars and restaurants are opening in Napa’s burgeoning downtown.The team from Carpe Diem is making a move on the cocktail scene with 2nd & Brown, opening just around the...
View ArticleSan Francisco's Getting Nailed This Fall (By OPI)
San Francisco just got a whole lot shadier (and I mean that in a GOOD way). Straight from nail care leaders OPI come the newest Fall/Winter collection for 2013, simply named “San Francisco,” and it has...
View ArticleFive Picks for Where to Eat and Hang Out on Labor Day
Didn't go to Burning Man or manage to get out of town for the long weekend? Don’t have a backyard, and no one invited you to a barbecue? Wah. Here are five ideas for where you can enjoy your Labor Day...
View ArticleThe Weeknighter: Virgil's Sea Room
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...
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In a Taqueria Rut? Four New Mexican Pop-Ups Will Spice Things Up
The latest pop-ups share a common inspiration–Mexico. While the concepts vary greatly, they are all creating some buzz.Diablo Grillis run by Joel Alvarado, an accomplished grilling enthusiast and his...
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Inside the Wild World and History of SF's Cacophony Society
Imagine a world where mayhem rules. Where tuxedoed men traverse our sewers and insane clown posses parade down Columbus Avenue. Where, under the cloak of darkness, hazmat-suited renegades take siege of...
View ArticleSecret Recipe: Burma SuperStar's Rainbow 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...
View ArticleScenes of the City: America's Cup
We recently we headed out onto SF Bay to catch some of the America's Cup Red Bull Youth racing to give you a bit of a preview of what will happen over this weekend, starting Sunday. It features youth...
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Oakland's Temescal Alley is a Design Diamond in the Rough
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.comA creek once ran through the Oakland neighborhood of Temescal. While long gone, if you look in this neighborhood’s back alleys, you can find a strong...
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