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The Starlet

Duncan Donuts

A tablehopper reader writes in: “Just saw Duncan Sheik, and probably some members of his band, dining at Absinthe. Presumably it was after his show at the SF Symphony. He appeared to be accompanied by Megan Morris from Cycle 7 of America’s Next Top Model.”…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Duncan Sheik

Duncan Donuts April 13, 2010 A tablehopper reader writes in: “Just saw Duncan Sheik, and probably some members of his band, dining at Absinthe. Presumably it was after his show at the SF Symphony. He appeared to be accompanied by Megan Morris from Cycle 7 of America’s Next Top…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
La Festa di Primavera Returns
The Chatterbox

La Festa di Primavera Returns

The second annual FESTA DI PRIMAVERA returns to the Grand Hallway (upstairs in the Ferry Building), a “Spring Celebration of Food, Wine and Music.” There are over 25 merchants participating, including Acme Bakery, Blue Bottle Coffee, Boccalone Salumeria, Cane Rosso, Ciao Bella Gelateria, Cowgirl Creamery, Far West Fungi, Ferry Plaza…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Touring Without the Band

Pete Wentz of the (former/on hiatus) band Fall Out Boy and four friends dined at Bistro Boudin for lunch. Pete and his friends had a crab cake sandwich, Boudin’s Dungeness crab mac & cheese, a baguette burger, clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl, and a club sandwich.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Pete Wentz

Touring Without the Band April 13, 2010 Pete Wentz of the (former/on hiatus) band Fall Out Boy and four friends dined at Bistro Boudin for lunch. Pete and his friends had a crab cake sandwich, Boudin’s Dungeness crab mac & cheese, a baguette burger, clam chowder in a…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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…
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…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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