Market Watch: Little Apple Granola
In 1999, Dan Lehrer and his wife Joanne Krueger (of Flatland Flower Farm), moved to Sebastopol and took over a small apple orchard. They then converted the land to organic, planted new varieties of...
View Article650 Eats: Bundt Cakes, Smitten Ice Cream & Jook
You can now have delicious Bundt cake or custom nitrogen processed ice cream at the new dessert spots in the 650, hooray! In Burlingame, a hot new café has great options from jook to pizza, and...
View ArticleFoodie Agenda: Make Kimchi Dumplings, Super Bowl Feasts and More!
Friday, January 31If you're looking to start your Super Bowl celebrations a little early, Chef Francis Hogan of Bluestem Brasserie is pitting cuisine from the Broncos’ and Seahawks’ home states head to...
View Article5 Spots to Sip and Drink in Carmel
It used to be shopping was the thing to do when you went to Carmel-by-the-Sea. Though you can still do some serious damage at the likes of Tiffany & Co., Coach, and Kate Spade, there are plenty of...
View ArticleA Dating Game for San Francisco Bike Lovers
Lovelorn bachelors and bachelorettes, this is your week to find love. And the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is going to help you. On Wednesday, February 5, the SFBC is hosting its annual dating game...
View ArticleLook of the Week: Make it Rain
Last night's drizzle was just a tease, but we'll take any excuse to stomp around in these rainy day stunners. For those braving trips back East, heading to Tahoe for the weekend, or keeping fingers...
View ArticleYour Guide to Napa's Premier Wineries
Napa Valley is just a short jaunt up north for San Franciscans seeking an authentic Wine Country experience that blends the rustic traditions of agriculture with world-class drinking and dining. This...
View ArticleSweets for Your Sweet: Valentine's Day Chocolates
While any day is a fine day to buy chocolate, Valentine’s Day is definitely the time to step it up. It may be traditional to buy chocolate for your sweetheart, but you can also get a box for your BFF,...
View ArticleKickstarter Campaign ‘Art on BART’ Hopes to Create Moving Galleries
Commuting on BART every day can be tedious. Most of the time I hurry, drone like, through the motions – use Clipper Card, wait in line, get on train, avoid eye contact, repeat – and I rarely look...
View ArticleWine of the Week: K is for Kesner
It doesn't happen often enough, but every once in a while a wine speaks to you. In a lineup of a dozen or more wines, at a dinner party so crowded with and food and conversation that there is no room...
View ArticleWe Wanna Be Friends With: Srijith Gopinathan
Our city is chock-full of interesting people and wild personalities. Overwhelmed by the coolness? Every week we'll pick one standout local we'd love to be friends with to answer seven essential...
View ArticleSeven Favorite Things: His & Her Valentine's Day Gifts from Plastique
Jen Murse approaches jewelry design with a sense of humor, a modern attitude, and an innate graphic design perspective. The result is Plastique, her line of whimsical-minimal bits a baubles (often made...
View ArticleOpen House Obsession: Whiteout in Cole Valley, $2.7M
Where: 710 Cole Street, Cole ValleyWhen: Saturday February 1, 1:00pm to 3:00pm/Sunday, February 2, 12:00pm to 3:00pmHow Much: $2.699MWhat: San Francisco traditionalists most likely won't approve, but...
View ArticleStuntin' Like My Daddy: 7 Films to Watch this Week
Late January is a notoriously slow period for film releases, but as ever when major studios lag, decent indies crop up to pick up the slack. Check out our rundown of this week's offerings:Millennium...
View ArticleBlinded By The Signs
Dear Parking Guru,I’ve lived in SF for a couple of years, am inundated with work, need a car most days to make my life work, and after two years, am still overwhelmed by all of the traffic and signs...
View ArticleA Custom Made Cake to Match Your Personality
Spoonful of Sugar knows that every modern San Francisco bride wants her wedding to be a unique affair, that's why they create custom cakes to match your personality. Each cake is made to order using...
View ArticleMust Read: Local Author Molly Antopol's The UnAmericans
In her incredible first book, The UnAmericans (W.W. Norton) out February 3, local author Molly Antopol has established herself as a key player in the Bay Area literary scene, and the whole country has...
View ArticleMarin Eats: Short Ribs, Rabbit Two Ways and Hilltop 1892
Do the shuffle: Management and chef changes in Marin translate into new experiences for customers. Sometimes that means what’s old is new, as well as the chance for one noted chef to return and cook in...
View ArticleFoodie Updates: The Square Takes Shape In North Beach, Joe's Cable Car...
In this week's bevy of restaurant news we have the closing of a 50-year-old institution in outer Mission, the relocation of popular spot Lolo in the Mission, an update on two new bars opening this...
View ArticleThis Week in Local Music News
Let your freak flag fly: It’s the return of the Space Lady! Her Elbo Room performance is a ways off (March 14), but this past week I was listening to KUSF-in-Exile (technically getting renamed San...
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