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Wine & Spirits Magazine Top 100 Tasting
The Socialite

Wine & Spirits Magazine Top 100 Tasting

100 premier wineries from around the world convene in San Francisco once again for ~WINE & SPIRITS MAGAZINE'S SIXTH ANNUAL TOP 100 EVENT~. Selected by W&S editors, the wineries honored at the event have consistently delivered the best overall performances in the magazine's tastings…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Sunday Supper
The Socialite

Sunday Supper

It's time for the seventh annual ~SUNDAY SUPPER~, an important fundraising event to benefit The Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA), the operator of the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. It's quite the shindig, starting with a gala reception at 5:30pm in the Ferry…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Lush

Lower Bakery

I also noticed there's a ~BAKERY~due to open just next door to the bar Underground SF. According to an article posted in the window, it's affiliated with Phil Roland from Escape From San Francisco bakery up north in Willits, and according to the article, he&…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

Jane Wiedlin

Jane Wiedlin September 20, 2009 Jane Wiedlin from the Go-Go’s and her family came in to dine at Absinthe. They shared a variety of dishes, including crudo, stuffed chicken, and my fave, the pork confit. It ends up it was a mutual love-fest, because Wiedlin and chef…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Jane Wiedlin

Jane Wiedlin September 20, 2009 Jane Wiedlin from the Go-Go’s and her family came in to dine at Absinthe. They shared a variety of dishes, including crudo, stuffed chicken, and my fave, the pork confit. It ends up it was a mutual love-fest, because Wiedlin and chef…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Gavin Rossdale

Gavin Rossdale September 20, 2009 Another reader wrote in: “Gavin Rossdale of Bush and married to Gwen Stefani fame was having dinner at Orson this past Saturday with what I presumed to be his band mates. They enjoyed a bottle of red wine in at the bar and then moved…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Gavin Rossdale

Gavin Rossdale September 20, 2009 Another reader wrote in: “Gavin Rossdale of Bush and married to Gwen Stefani fame was having dinner at Orson this past Saturday with what I presumed to be his band mates. They enjoyed a bottle of red wine in at the bar and then moved…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
What’s Cookin’

Captain Beefheart

So, I am back from the mountains, and if I didn’t have my photoshoot for my book scheduled last week, I would have been making as many excuses as possible to stay up in Tahoe—it’s beyond gorg up there in August. But about the photoshoot: whoa. Talk…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
September 15, 2009
What’s Cookin’

September 15, 2009

I know, you didn't expect to hear a peep from me, right? Because at this moment I most likely have my nose in a glass of oloroso (I'm in Jerez!) and am not back until this weekend. Well, my faithful bookworm writer, Pete Mulvihill of Green…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
September 8, 2009
The Chatterbox

September 8, 2009

~THE CARNELIAN ROOM~, the old-school restaurant known for its mega views (and Grand Marnier soufflés) at the top of the Bank of America building will be closing after almost 40 years in business. From what I heard, the restaurant is serving its last Caesar salad on December 31st, 2009…
Marcia Gagliardi
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