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This week's tablehopper: it's only wafer thin.                     Baccalà: it’s not Christmas Eve without it. I decided to take it a little easier this week and only try to stay up until 11pm writing this thing instead of my usual 2am or 3am on Monday night.…

This week's tablehopper: up on the top shelf, click click click.                     Our cat Merna on last year’s tree-decorating day. (So over it.) Yup, I survived my epic holiday par-tay weekend, although I’m not so sure about my waistline (it doesn’t help matters to…

This week's tablehopper: bossy girl.                     The uni and cauliflower pizza at Cotogna. Time to flip on those afterburners. Do I really have three parties I’m going to on Sunday? The calendar says, “Yes, Marcia, you sure as hell do.” And one on Saturday. And one tonight. I…

This week's tablehopper: a very busy (and boozy) elf.                     “Who, me? I didn’t burn down the tree! I only look evil.” Yay, my Fodor’s deadline is ALL DONE, so now I am free to get into the full holiday swing. Someone is ready to par-tay!…

This week's tablehopper: bubble head.                     One of my favorites at the Champagne tasting. Such a beaut. Nothing quite like running stairs on a drizzly morning, with your head still fuzzy from a night of drinking bubbles. (Yeah, my life is a vicious cycle of pleasure and then punishment.…

This week's tablehopper: extra sauce, please.                     Dungeness crab cocktail and martinis at Tadich Grill. Hey—how you doin’? Keeping warm and well-fed, with maybe a little sauce thrown on top? I am definitely going to be enjoying some sauce this Thursday at Arlequin’s annual Champagne tasting.…

This week's tablehopper: strike it rich.                     The South Side at Comstock Saloon. Oh, hello rainy weekend. I’m going to consider it a productivity booster. But right now, here’s your little afternoon tablehopper break, which will not be contributing to your productivity. To your waistline, yes. To…

This week's tablehopper: another notch in our belts.                     Cecina and suadero tacos at Rico’s Tacos. That four-day weekend was delicious in many ways: it was wonderful to hang with the family over a simply outstanding Thanksgiving meal, and according to what I was reading on Twitter,…

This week's tablehopper: giving thanks early.                     Last year’s plate o’ plenty. The interwebs are blowing up with Thanksgiving discussions, from tweets about people brining their turkeys, to small businesses reminding you they will be closed on Thursday and Friday (including yours truly—no Friday column from me!…

This week's tablehopper: let it rain.                     A Dining By Design table by Billy Cook, Taste Catering, and Gump’s. Oh yeah, a doozy of a storm is getting ready to roll in, and I’m already strategizing the weekend around the weather (open-toed shoes for the Red…