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The Health Nut

September 18, 2007

After returning from Burning Man, it ends up the Titan Fitness Camp I was all set to start was postponed until the end of September. I can’t say I was too bummed since all I wanted to do was sleep my first week back. A lot. But alas, no…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 18, 2007

The Starlet

September 18, 2007

Le Colonial was like the United Nations or something: last Monday the consulate general of Mexico hosted a dinner there, which included Kamala Harris, Phil Bronstein, George and Charlotte Schultz, the guest of honor, the Ambassador of Mexico to the United States Arturo Sarukhan, along with four other guests. The…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 18, 2007

What’s Cookin’

September 18, 2007

So last week I had one of the most humbling dining experiences ever: dining in the dark at the SF Dark Dining event at Ft. Mason. All manners and grace are out the window as you try to gauge a proper bite by the weight on your fork, you accidentally…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 17, 2007

The Socialite

Toast of the Town

There’s more to food and fashion besides edible panties (yes, really): the Golden Gate Restaurant Association’s annual ~TOAST OF THE TOWN EVENT~ is themed “Where Food Meets Fashion” this year, with an all-star line up of chefs, and the first-ever edible catwalk. The event will showcase cutting-edge edible…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 17, 2007

The Socialite

Cortez Mushroom Dinner

Cortez Restaurant will host a ~MUSHROOM DINNER~ (no, not the kind that will make everything start moving and fizzing and morphing around you, that would be illegal). This dinner is featuring mushrooms from purveyor Todd Spanier from King of Mushrooms who will be in attendance to answer questions about the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 17, 2007

The Regular

Sudachi

You know that feeling when you walk into a place and you're like, "uh oh--this does not bode wellâ€¦" SUDACHI set all my "Danger, Will Robinson" bells ringing, starting with a front room that was dark and total crickets, with just a lonely projection…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 17, 2007

The Chatterbox

September 11, 2007

So word on the street is executive chef ~MICHELLE MAH~ is leaving Kimpton’s Ponzu, and has a project in the works with Joie De Vivre Hospitality. I’m not allowed to say what the project is yet, but there are six new sites JDV is working on, and three…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 11, 2007

The Lush

Metro

Change-up in the Castro: due to their lease not getting renewed, the ~METRO BAR~ chaps, Mario Enriquez and Richard Pearson, have taken over the divey Expansion Bar down Market Street and are renaming it Metro. (Not sure what the landlord of the Metro Bar space is going to do with…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 11, 2007

The Starlet

September 11, 2007

LarkCreekSteak knows how to draw a hodgepodge of diners: Dante Culpepper and Jerry Porter from the Oakland Raiders and Steve Jobs of Apple were all spotted eating there. See, it’s not just a restaurant in a mall! We’re talking about fine dining in a shopping CENTRE, people. Joan…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 11, 2007

What’s Cookin’

September 11, 2007

Okay, I think I finally have my head back on. The dust is out of my hair, my cell phone is no longer a foreign object, and I’m almost back to my usual typing speed. (Almost.) Oh yeah, and that enormous pile of emails has been attended to! Poof!…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 10, 2007