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This week's tablehopper: teach me how to Dougie.                     This is how The Douglas Room pairs party snacks with a whisky tasting: smoky duck confit, Comté cheese, fig jam, and watercress on brioche! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hey y’all. Thanks to all 40 of you who attended the tablehopper…

This week's tablehopper: pie in the sky.                     Bless the friends who show up with two homemade pies with fruit from their land. And two tubs of vanilla ice cream. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy. How was your weekend? I had a long one up in Bolinas to celebrate a…

This week's tablehopper: high-minded.                     Beautiful squash and blossom frittata with carrot top pistou by Pesha Perlsweig for our elevated brunch with Pot d’Huile. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hey there! Hope you had a smashing, sunny weekend. Mine was definitely busy. I helped plan and cohost a 60-…

This week's tablehopper: set it off.                     The Corn Husker (whiskey, corn water, honey) is one way to get your heat on with Lord George’s latest Mavericks menu, Summer Road Trip! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Wait, what? What’s that? You can’t hear me? Or wait, maybe I…

This week's tablehopper: sun chaser.                     SF, I’m blowing you the biggest kiss from a fantastic Pink Saturday—and of course Karl the Fog came to celebrate Pride. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hey San Francisco, that was one hell of a Pride celebration this year, well done. Strong community,…

This week's tablehopper: hot town, summer in the city.                     Keep these boozy ice creams comin’! This is a rosé ice cream at Petit Marlowe, a collaboration with Scribe Winery and Smitten. Photo: © tablehopper.com. SF, way to rock the sunny weekend! So good to play in a pool…

This week's tablehopper: sawatdee-kaaaaaaaaa!                     Megawatt smiles and cuteness during a Pencils for Kids visit to the Praratchadamri Church Project in Chiang Rai. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hiiiiii! I’m back from the land of smiles, and I really do feel like I have been living in a happy…

This week's tablehopper: in pane, vita; in vino, letizia.                     Alfred’s dug out the Blue Fox valet parking sign for our event! Photo: Blair Heagerty Photography. That’s what the menu and matchbooks of the former Blue Fox say (“In Pane, Vita; In Vino, Letizia”), and on Friday…

This week's tablehopper: there will be baked Alaska.                     Garden magic at Filoli. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, hoppers. How you doing out there? I feel a little bit like Princess Leia in the trash compactor scene, but I’ve got this. Over the weekend, I led a 28-person…

This week's tablehopper: starry nights.                     The sun was just setting while the fires were burning at Long Meadow Ranch’s Live Fire guest chef series this weekend. Photo: © tablehopper.com. It was such a pleasure to watch the James Beard Awards while I was eating my fava bean…