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The Lush

New Wine School Opens in SF

A year-round wine school opens in San Francisco on April 17th, THE WINE SCHOOL AT SAN FRANCISCO WINE CENTER, with Director of Education Catherine Fallis, one of the world’s few female Master Sommeliers, who has partnered with San Francisco Wine Center owners Brian and Hillary McGonigle. Classes begin on…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

With My Very Own Eyes

While I was signing books on Saturday at The Pasta Shop at Market Hall in Rockridge, Norwegian singer Erlend Oye came in for a coffee from Peaberry’s. He’s singling/playing guitar as part of the group The Whitest Boy Alive, on their first U.S. tour, at Slim’…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Erlend Oye

With My Very Own Eyes April 13, 2010 While I was signing books on Saturday at The Pasta Shop at Market Hall in Rockridge, Norwegian singer Erlend Oye came in for a coffee from Peaberry’s. He’s singling/playing guitar as part of the group The Whitest Boy Alive,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Flacos of Berkeley Now Has a Restaurant
The Chatterbox

Flacos of Berkeley Now Has a Restaurant

An East Bay tablehopper tipster wrote in to let me know: “FLACOS, which is a regular at Berkeley farmers’ markets, has a new brick and mortar outpost on Adeline, in the small place that used to be Jamaican.” Yup, Flacos’ organic-vegan-Mexican pozole, tamales, and more are now available at a…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Five Reasons to Say Viva Italia at Barbacco
The Lush

Five Reasons to Say Viva Italia at Barbacco

Next Tuesday April 20th, ~BARBACCO~ is hosting five of the most unique wine producers from Italy for an informal evening totally dedicated to traditional and natural winemaking: Saşa Radikon (pouring orange wine), Francesco Maule, Arianna Occhipinti of Sicily, Alessandra Bera of Asti, and Mauro Vergano (who left chemistry for…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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