Five Spots For Festive Holiday Cocktails Around Union Square
It's an annual challenge: Where to make a pitstop, or where to end the day, after a harried holiday shopping trip around Union Square? There are, in fact, a handful of good and civilized options.Harry...
View ArticleJams We Love: 7x7's Weekly Playlist
For our column Jams We Love, we're turning you onto the songs that keep us going every day. We can't believe it's already DECEMBER (what happened to the rest of the year?!), so we're listening to this...
View ArticleScenes of the City: Woodcut Maps
This SF-based company allows you to get a laser cut wood map of your San Francisco neighborhood, a European city where you proposed, or pretty much any neighborhood around the globe. Woodcut Maps will...
View ArticleTop Gifts for Bay Area Techies
For the tech lover, getting a sweater for a present doesn’t cut it anymore. Nor do socks, hand-me-downs and anything that's close to a coupon for a free hug. Instead, our interests lie in the hundreds...
View ArticleZuni Café's Chef Judy Rodgers Has Died
Judy Rodgers, the chef-owner of Zuni Café (1658 Market St.), has died at age 57. Rodgers had been sick for over a year and a half with a devastating form of cancer and her acolyte and friend chef Gayle...
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Keep it Blue: Five Great Tahoe Gifts
Show your love of Big Blue by shopping locally and picking up a holiday gift that not only screams "I Love Tahoe!", but supports Tahoe shops, vendors and non-profits. These five gifts will keep your...
View ArticleThe Podolls' Family Business Opens on the Peninsula
For the Podolls, fashion is all in the family. The husband-and-wife duo Joshua and Lauren Podoll, who launched their self-titled brand of mens- and womenswear 10 years ago, are officially all grown up....
View ArticleBay Area Native Kara Walker Challenges Assumptions on Race and History
For her provocative subject matter and young age, Kara Walker is an unusual artist.Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power, on view at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento...
View ArticleWin Tickets to See Arcade Fire!
Welcome to Ticket Tuesdays, your weekly chance to score entry to some of the hottest shows and events in the Bay Area.If you're not able to catch Arcade Fire at this Saturday's sold out Not So Silent...
View ArticleLocal Sports Lovers Marry in East Bay
These local sports fans had a beautiful ceremony at Rolling Hills Church followed by an elegant reception at Diablo Country Club. Everything was done elegantly with impeccable taste, from the Jimmy...
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Five Things to Do in Wine Country in December
Holiday shopping destinations, uniquely Napa Valley Christmas events, and a new restaurant in Downtown Napa, all happening in December in Wine Country.Discover Downtown Napa’s latest restaurant, TorcIn...
View ArticleSecret Recipe: Bergerac's Duchess & Canals Cocktail
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 ArticleFormer Cotogna Chef Opens ‘TORC’ in Napa
A former chef at Cotogna and Quince, Sean O’Toole has moved into the space on Downtown Napa's Main Street that once housed the ill-fated Michelin-starred vegan eatery and yoga studio, Ubuntu.His first...
View Article650 Eats: Quail, Sexy Soup and More
A taste of quail and sexy soup are part of new restaurants popping up in the 650. That's happening at a va-va-voom revamped spot that is getting a little help from a big culinary star in San Carlos....
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Party Blotter: Music to Keep You Dancing All Night
Winter is usually a slower period for touring DJs, but fret not: we’re featuring a handful of the city’s best local parties, perfect for dancing the night away. There’s a couple marquee names in here,...
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Bay Area Design Agenda
Originally published on California Home + DesignThe first Thursday of the month is devoted to transforming the Tenderloin into the “Trendyloin,” and you can experience it all on the Upper TL Art Walk....
View ArticlePet Gift Guide: The Top 10 Must-Haves From K9 Scrub Club
Your loyal pet shares unabashed love and affection with you throughout the year, why not give your best bud a special present or two to show your appreciation?K9 Scrub Club has the best pet gift items...
View ArticleDrink Here Now: Five Places to Sip This Week
1) Take a Holiday Tasting Tour with Liam MayclemLocal television personality and “foodie chap” Liam Mayclem is leading two holiday tours that take guests behind the scenes of SF’s most influential...
View ArticleTwo Sense: Guess Who I Found on a Cheaters Website?
A friend told me she signed up at Ashley Madison, the site for cheaters, and that she was meeting all kinds of interesting (married) men on it, so I went and checked it out, more out of curiosity than...
View ArticleThe Weeknighter: Clooney's
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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