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This week's tablehopper: I leave my heart in San Francisco.                     At SF Amatrice with our guest of honor: the new Consulato Generale d’Italia, Lorenzo Ortona, and his wife, on day six of living in San Francisco (with their pooch, Brie!), with Montesacro/54 Mint’s Gianluca Legrottaglie…

This week's tablehopper: Sunday forecast says aperitivo.                     SF AMATRICE image and website design courtesy of Bureau Jules. Ciao amici! As you probably know, I’m crazy busy promoting and planning our big fundraiser this Sunday September 25th, SF AMATRICE, which is now at 54 MINT. We are going…

This week's tablehopper: #SFAMATRICE                     SF AMATRICE image and website design courtesy of Bureau Jules. Ciao tutti! I want to keep this week’s intro really short and sweet, because I want your full attention on what I’m promoting this week! On Sunday September 25th, I am cohosting…

This week's tablehopper: let it happen.                     The chilled nopales salad at El Buen Comer, which can instantly turn anyone into a nopales lover. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Mmmm, how did that three-day weekend work for ya? Mine included an epic and confetti-loaded Tame Impala show at the Greek, dancing…

This week's tablehopper: homeward bound.                     Lake Tahoe, always a study in blue. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hey. How you doin’? Already daydreaming about the three-day weekend? In case you want to get some ice cream this weekend, my post on “7 ice cream spots you’ll want to hit…

This week's tablehopper: Tahoe tawk.                     The tomato and mozzarella flatbread sandwich from Tartine Manufactory. (I could use this in my Tahoe beach bag each day.) Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from Lake Tahoe, which I am ready to call Armageddon based on the unbelievable number of yellow jackets swarming…

This week's tablehopper: fleeing Fogust.                     One of my wood-fired pizzas from the weekend, with a mushroom medley (including chanterelles), black olives, spinach, and crema di peperoncino. Photo: © tablehopper.com. How you doin’? You have Olympic fever like this guy? Crazy frog! Can’t stop laughing. And then there’…

This week's tablehopper: gypsy queen.                     Raw gamberi rossi from one of my favorite meals in Sicily (at Da Vittorio in Porto Palo). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Ciao, tutti! Yes, your tablehopping zingara (gypsy) is back in San Francisco for the next month or so before I head back to…

This week's tablehopper: when in Rome.                     The massive serving of rigatoni in Frankie’s famous ragù at F & J Pine in the Bronx (you even get your own meatball). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Ciao ragazzi! I’m down to my last few days in New York, and am…

This week's tablehopper: a knife, a fork, a bottle, and a cork, that's the way we spell New York.                     The brilliant frozen Negroni at Alta Linea. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello there! Greetings from humid New York, where my hair is growing in volume by the hour.…