Tastemade is Changing the Way We Interact With Food, One Video at a Time
YouTube—fame-maker for how-to beauty vloggers and venue for the irresistibly viral antics of “What Does the Fox Say?” ilk—is also a new outlet for the food world. Tastemade, the YouTube channel...
View ArticleArtist and Scientist Phil Ross Wants to Make Buildings Out of Fungal Bricks
Artist, scientist, and madcap inventor of sorts—Phil Ross is known for his unusual work with mushrooms, which you may have seen in the form of trippy furniture at the Workshop Residence and the...
View ArticleTake Home Tasty Fungi On a Mushroom Hunt With Forage SF
Mushroom season has been slow in coming, but despite the dry and warm weather this winter, there are still some worthy fungi ripe for pickin' to be found on Pt. Reyes and the Sonoma Coast. The expert...
View Article3 Reasons to Cross the Bay Bridge: Oakland Eats, Pop-up Shopping & Epic Vistas
The weekend’s here again, and it’s time out for excuses. Get on over the Bay Bridge so you can check out some of the East Bay’s most underrated gems.DuendeOakland’s Uptown district is a hotbed of...
View ArticleIn Photos: Seven Days of San Francisco Music
This town knows music. On any given night, you can find whatever genre you're jonesing to hear, sing, or dance along with. Here's a taste of what happened in the San Francisco music scene over the past...
View ArticleBest Bets This Week in Live Bay Area Music
Before we get in the mood for the heaven-sent Noise Pop Festival next week (more to come tomorrow), let’s get in another mood. A weirder mood, perhaps. Like this:Monday: Miley Cyrus at Oracle...
View ArticleStellar Songstress Paula West Comes to Feinstein's at the Nikko
Known for her rich, powerful, contralto voice, Paula West has been delighting audiences with her smooth jazz vocals for over three decades. Although she's most known for her memorable jazz standards,...
View Article13 Items to Keep You Looking Haute in Winter
Winter? Whatever! It's haute in here. We rounded up the top, locally-sourced, must-have items to keep you looking chic in the cold. 1. Quilted Parka and Masculine Trousers, Hermes ($4475, $1,725) 2....
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Street Style Report: A Local Blogger Turns Up the Heat in The Marina
When you think about sexy clothing, knee-length skirts and sweaters aren't typically the first items to come to mind. And yet, local blogger Jessica Wolfrom nails it with her coy red pout, and...
View ArticleEdgy, Art-Rock Goddess St. Vincent Comes to the Bay Area
Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) is having her limelight moment. Since the New Yorker’s 2012 collaboration with David Byrne on Love This Giant, she has emerged as an edgy, art-rock goddess. Nowhere is...
View ArticleThis Week's Hottest Events: Dr. Dog, Girl Talk, and A Foodie Weekend Getaway
The shortest month of the year is almost over, but there are still a couple of rad events left to make sure February gets done right. Celebrate another year of Noise Pop with the smooth stylings of Dr....
View ArticleScenes of the City: China Beach
For this week's Scenes of the City we headed out to China Beach, a small cove in San Francisco's Sea Cliff neighborhood.This perfect pocket of sand features a picnic area, ample room for sunbathing,...
View ArticleThree S.F. Chefs Discuss the Joys and Burdens of Their Constantly Changing Menus
It's not unreasonable to say that nowhere else in the country are there so many menus that are in a constant state of flux as there are in San Francisco. Maybe it's because nowhere else do the talents...
View ArticleInsider Picks: Ben Flajnik's 7 Favorite Wine Country Spots
7x7 asks Bay Area insiders to tell us the tricks of their trade, secret spots, and most beloved mainstays. Want to know where local tastemakers spend their time? Email edit@7x7.com, and we'll get the...
View ArticleBe a Part of Noisepop 2014 With Free Tickets to See Bleached!
Every year Noisepop brings some of the best underground, up and coming, and slightly over the radar bands together to perform on the stages of San Francisco's most iconic venues. Here's your chance to...
View ArticleYour Ultimate Guide to Noise Pop 2014
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Bay Area underground music junkies. Noise Pop, San Francisco’s pared-down version of SXSW, returns for its 22nd installment with its most ambitious program...
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Endless Powder, Cowboy Grub, & Ice Climbing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Despite the recent inches of snow accumulated in Tahoe these past couple of weeks, the less than optimal snowpack pales in comparison to Jackson Hole’s 358 inches of total snowfall this season. With a...
View ArticleDesign Icon Shows Her Full Range of Talent at New SF Showroom
Gypset glamazons are already well versed in the textiles of Madeline Weinrib: She’s known for bringing Indonesian ikat back into vogue with her lacquered trays for Barneys New York and boho-fabulous...
View Article13 Ways to Laugh Your Ass Off: David Alan Grier, Dana Gould, and More!
From '90s comedians who blazed the trail for sketch comedy in In Living Color to the godfathers of alternative comedy, the next couple of weeks is a great mix of the trendsetters of funny.Bryan...
View ArticleWin Tickets to the Bark & Whine Ball and Meet 49ers Cornerback Chris Culliver!
Welcome to Ticket Tuesdays, your weekly chance to score entry to some of the hottest shows and events in the Bay Area.The annualBark & Whine Ball, benefitting the San Francisco SPCA, is Friday,...
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