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A Fundraiser for Alec Buenaflor
The Chatterbox

A Fundraiser for Alec Buenaflor

I received this notice about a FUNDRAISER FOR A READER’S NEPHEW, named Alec Buenaflor, and I wanted to put the word out in order to help this young man who is waiting for a double lung transplant. He is currently a patient at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. His…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Lush

Dubbonet Aperitif Hours This Week

There are a couple special APERITIF HOURS this week in the city, courtesy of Dubonnet Rouge. This Wednesday March 24th, you can swing by CODA (1710 Mission St. at Duboce) from 5:30pm-7:30pm, and then this Thursday March 25th at ~BRUNO’S~ (2389 Mission St. at 20th St.) from…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Kevin Spacey

Additional Spacey Sightings March 23, 2010 A few more Kevin Spacey sightings rolled in from last week: he popped in for a drink at FRANCES, and was also spotted at W San Francisco (he was seen stepping into Bliss spa). Kevin Spacey on the Scene March 16, 2010 A reader…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
I Heart Eggs
The Chatterbox

I Heart Eggs

Anyone who has taken a cooking class at Tante Marie probably knows Jodi Liano, who is going to to be doing a book signing of her second book, eggs, at the Chestnut Street Williams-Sonoma store on Saturday March 27th from 12pm-2pm. There will most definitely be samples of some of…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Rhone Rangers Giddy Up Into Town
The Lush

Rhone Rangers Giddy Up Into Town

It’s that time of the year again, when more than 100 vintners gather in San Francisco for the 13th annual RHONE RANGERS TASTING of American-produced Rhone wines, the largest American Rhone wine event in the country. The Rhone Rangers Grand Tasting takes place at Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Gaga for Gomez

Last Wednesday evening, I enjoyed a delish dinner at the bar with a friend at FRANCES, and at the end of service, got to watch a very excited chef-owner Melissa Perello run off with her boyfriend, Danny Dunham of Sebo, to see Gomez perform at the Great American Music Hall…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Gomez

Gaga for Gomez March 23, 2010 Last Wednesday evening, I enjoyed a delish dinner at the bar with a friend at FRANCES, and at the end of service, got to watch a very excited chef-owner Melissa Perello run off with her boyfriend, Danny Dunham of Sebo, to see Gomez perform…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Scribe Winery and Bar Tartine Special Event
The Chatterbox

Scribe Winery and Bar Tartine Special Event

If you looked at your April issue of Food & Wine, you probably noticed a lot of local folks in the feature article, Sonoma’s Wildest Wine Party. And so on Monday March 29th, Scribe Winery vintner Andrew Mariani and ~BAR TARTINE~ chef Chris Kronner will be celebrating Spring’s…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Lush

New Happy Hour at Local

LOCAL KITCHEN AND WINE MERCHANT in SoMa is kicking off a new happy hour, with $1 oysters and half-off all wines by the glass Tuesdays through Fridays from 5pm-7pm. Cheers! 330 1st St. at Folsom, 415-777-4200.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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