Posts Tagged ‘San Francisco’

Sunset Magic!

Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Inspired by last night’s epic sunset, I decided to collect my favorite sunset viewing spots from my new books to Oakland and Berkeley, San Francisco, and Northern California Wine Country. Head out to these ideal vistas, or follow your nose to discover new panoramic points! Daniel, GrassRoutes illustrator, got a great shot of it from [...]
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Deep Fried Vegans

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Hey all you Bay Area Vegans! Looking for a non-conformist way to celebrate slipping your tax returns in the post office drop box? Tomorrow is your day! SF Food Not Bombs presents an allpout fried cookout at UN Plaza April 15, starting at 5:30pm. Bring your own fry-able food (as long as it is vegan) [...]
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Happy Green Day!

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Instead of green beer this St. Patties Day, why not green tea? The Japanese fukujuen organic green tea, bottled by Iyemon Cha, is all I want this evening. And what better to pair it with than a world premier film? White on Rice, Dave Boyle’s new comedy follows a Japanese immigrant family as they grapple [...]
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Human Rights Films

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
USF HOSTS 7TH ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESITVAL FEBRUARY 24-26 The Festival will include films focusing on Chile, Iraq, Afghanistan, Argentina, Mexico, Congo, and the U.S., as well as a selection of USF students’ shorts. The festival will feature an interview with Alex Gibney, an award-winning film director and producer. Gibney will also lead a [...]
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Clink Clink Drink

Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Its been quite a week, the kind that surprises me every day, and calls for a bottle of delicious wine for celebration and for commiseration. I’m happy to have discovered Terroir in San Francisco, a self-proclaimed natural wine store that specializes in hard-to-find biodynamic blends and varietals. First of all its in a great hood, [...]
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A Site for Sore Eyes

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
I’ve been telling people about San Francisco’s cool alternative energy/green building map for almost a year – the google map that shows all of the solar and alt en build ups citywide. Now I discover Rebar, an independent art and design collective (the same Rebar who’s project COMMONspace inspired SF Urban Planning and Research {SPUR}), [...]
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Back to Work

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Today is the day to shed idealism a bit and get to the grind stone. I’ve got my sleaves rolled up over here, but I’m still not done celebrating. What to do? Dinner? Toasts? Cocktails? Dosa. Dosa, San Francisco’s premier South Indian kitchen has joined the new Fillmore elite. With a completely green rebuild of [...]
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Where to work

Monday, January 19th, 2009
MLK DAY has arrived at last! I have many fond memories of this community-centric holiday – all the places I’ve been for this day, the people I’ve met, the jobs I’ve helped complete. Today you can lend a hand (a lot or a little), here are some resources for select West Coast Cities: San Francisco, [...]
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Capricorn Rising

Friday, January 16th, 2009
Dax Presents is hosting yet another fun-filled Friday with hottie Capricorns, (like Dax himself), the Audio Soul Project, and more music at SF’s Mighty going down tonight 9p-4a! Check: Hipp-e, Jeno, Galen, Worthy, Heather B, Ana Sia, Mozaic, Little John and The Scritch, of course layered up with VJ Science by Dax – that’s magic, [...]
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Gitane is for Gypsy

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Opening a new restaurant is nothing short of amazing – landing the perfect location, designing the ambiance, meeting health and building codes, finding the right employees, pulling off a menu that can be served night after night, arranging the line behind the scenes so ingredients are at their best before they hit the pan and [...]
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