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The Socialite

Dine About Town

Coming up soon, The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB) will offer a second run this year of its popular ~DINE ABOUT TOWN SAN FRANCISCO~ program. More than 100 of San Francisco's restaurants, plus a few beyond the Bay, will offer three-course prix-fixe lunches for…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 12, 2008

The Wino

Duggan McDonnell of Cantina on Stardom

Duggan McDonnell is a partner in the Latin cocktail lounge Cantina, educator, consultant, as well as a candidate for an MFA in Writing from the University of San Francisco. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â A few weeks ago I taught a cocktail class at…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 12, 2008

The Regular

Orson

[Be sure to read the update at the end of this review--the menu has changed significantly.] Are you naughty or nice? Are you chocolate experienced, or just fairy experienced? Do you like to be teased? Wanna explore, or explore deeper? If you're eating at ORSON, you better…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 12, 2008

The Chatterbox

May 6, 2008

Plenty of local folks were upset when ~COCO500’s~ Jen Biesty got cut from Top Chef a few weeks back (I hoped to see her in the final three). More departures are in her future: she is also leaving Loretta Keller’s Coco500 at the end of May, just shy…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 06, 2008

The Lush

May 6, 2008

Some changes have been in the works at ~15 ROMOLO~ in North Beach, and now it’s official: Scott Baird, the former bar manager at Coco500, and Aaron Smith, a former manager at Coco500 and currently a bartender at Rye, have partnered with Greg Lindgren and Jon Gasparini (Rye, Rosewood,…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 06, 2008

The Health Nut

May 6, 2008

Spring is here, and my trainer Jeremy Manning of Titan Fitness has some positive thoughts to share, and hopefully get you motivated! Top Ten Ways to Get Off Your Butt and Into the Groove 1. Take action by setting a few small tasks in motion. Make a list of five…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 06, 2008

The Starlet

May 6, 2008

I heard that Margaret Cho and her entourage were downing vodka sodas by the barrel-full at Cantina last week. Follow the orange clogs! Mario Batali was in town for his new book, "Italian Grill,” and after his book signing at Book Passage in Corte Madera, he went by…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 06, 2008

What’s Cookin’

May 6, 2008

So, did you pop a flat during Cinco de Mayo last night? I ended up eating some leftover pork tinga from a weekend dinner party and writing this column, so that was the extent of my fiesta. Uh, arriba. However, I was beyond thrilled to be featured on The View…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 05, 2008

The Socialite

Creativity Explored 25th Anniversary at Foreign Cinema

~CREATIVITY EXPLORED~, San Francisco’s premier gallery and art studio for artists with developmental disabilities, is celebrating its 25th birthday at Foreign Cinema. Hosted by supporter and legendary maven of the silver screen, Peaches Christ, the evening features a screening of selections from Ben Wu’s Academy Award-winning student…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 05, 2008

The Socialite

San Francisco Cocktail Week

Get your liver ready for the second annual ~SAN FRANCISCO COCKTAIL WEEK~, a week to celebrate the culture and history of dining and drinking, with daily events and festivities! Co-founded and organized by San Francisco mixologists, Jeff Hollinger of Absinthe Brasserie & Bar, Duggan McDonnell of Cantina, and H.…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 05, 2008