Scenes of the City: Skating around San Francisco
You've seen them - the skaters blazing down the steepest of San Francisco streets - and wondered, how the hell do they do that? We caught up with some local skateboarders in this week's Scenes of the...
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Four Gallery Openings This Week
It’s that time of year, and this week a host of vibrant city galleries are getting in the holiday spirit (well, only one of them in an explicit sense, unless you count wacky Dutch New Wave film...
View ArticleTwo Sense: When Can I Start Accepting Gifts Without Being A Gold-Digger?
I've been seeing a man for several months. He has gobs more money than I do, which is fine, but I am uncomfortable when he offers to pay for expensive things I could never afford on my own (i.e....
View ArticleFoodie Agenda: Per Diem Opens Downtown (and more)
Thursday, December 15 Culinary world hero and NY Times columnist Harold McGee comes to the Jewish Community Center of SF to enlighten foodies and speak on the science behind cooking and all things...
View ArticleLowering the Bar: 5 Places to Drink For Cheap (or Free) This Week
Each week, we bring you our top picks for the best places to booze on the cheap in SF. Editor's note: This will be the last edition of Lowering the Bar. Starting next week, this column will be...
View ArticleIs That Squash In My Cake?
Pastry chefs are reaching for unexpected ingredients—from bitter honey to smoky cardamom—with sweet results. Sugar and spice and everything nice are so last season. 1. Black Cardamom, Caitlin Williams...
View ArticleCelebrate Cabernet Season at the Westin Napa Valley
Now's the time to escape across the bridge to Napa Valley and celebrate Cabernet season amongst the rollings hills of vineyards and world class restaurants. Make it easy: just grab a few friends, hop...
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Moonlight Flight: Catalina Island Opens Night Zip Line
Every week, we'll be featuring a guest post from the travel writers behind Worth the Drive, a blog featuring nearby getaways, festivals, and sweet travel deals on NBC Bay Area. Zip lines? They're...
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Sonoma’s Best Eco-Friendly Wineries
Everyone seems to have an eco-friendly angle these days, but the wineries of Sonoma (and the area itself) have long been committed leaders within the movement. Many Sonoma wineries use a combination of...
View ArticleReal Estate Report: The Perfect Kitchen For Holiday Entertaining, No. 1
If you're like us, you've been looking around your kitchen, thinking about the holidays, and wondering how you're going to pull it off. This week we'll be looking at entertaining-ready kitchens that...
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SF Street Style: A Local Model and Designer at the Ferry Building
This week, we spotted two fashion industry professionals, Robin Ayers-Lee (left), a model, and Nancy Salumbides (right), a designer, outside the Ferry Building. Robin is blessed with naturally...
View ArticleFirst Bite: Roostertail, Pac Heights Rotisserie Dining
Roostertail (1963 Sutter St.) is the two-week-old, quick-service roasted chicken joint in the space that saw Café Kati come and go. When you walk in, a beast of a J&R rotisserie from Texas...
View ArticlePacifica’s Sharp Park Golf Course Faces Possible Closure
One of the many beautiful things about living in the Bay Area is the possibility of playing a pleasant 18 holes of golf a stone’s throw away from the Pacific Ocean (in the middle of December no less)....
View ArticleKimpton Hotels' Red Ribbon Gala, Benefiting REAF
It's truly the season of giving, a fact that was on full display this past Thursday at the Kimpton Group's Harbor Court Hotel's swanky Red Ribbon Gala to raise funds and awareness for the Richmond...
View ArticleThis Week's Hottest Events: Bob Seger, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and...
If, by chance, you've finished your holiday shopping and are not headed out of town for Christmas, we've rounded up a few fun events for your calendar.Food+Lit SOMArts Feast of Words Literary...
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. Today, we give you our last batch of Christmas songs before the big day. http://youtu.be/E8gmARGvPlI 1....
View ArticleA Fall Fort Mason Wedding
Click through to see the entire gallery! You can see it in the way their eyes sometimes lock– they’ve found their sense of home in one another. Catherine and Joe first met when they worked together at...
View ArticleFive Bay Area Art Shows to Catch Before 2012
While we’re kicking unhealthy habits and chalking up our New Year’s resolutions, local gallerists are preparing to be out with the old and in with the new, as well. If you’re looking for a last-minute...
View ArticleTreatful, the "Anti-Groupon," Brings Online Gift Certificates to Acclaimed...
According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), we Americans are in the process of spending around $28 billion on gift cards this holiday season, with 80 percent of us choosing to buy at least one,...
View ArticleThree Stress-Relieving Christmas Drink Recipes
Sometimes, reveling in the holiday atmosphere of the city is what keeps us warm at night. Other times, it feels like Christmas headaches are never-ending, and the big day can't get here fast enough....
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