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(Sponsored): Global Chic Goods for Beach + Home, Lovingly + Conscientiously Procured

Nomadic Thread Society is a dedicated purveyor of key lifestyle accents for the chic adventurer: a collection of beautiful bits inspired by NY stylist Nicole Gulotta’s travels. Traditional and exotic textiles are gathered from artisan collectives and small producers around the world. Sourcing is done with fair trade and…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 16, 2013

The Chatterbox

510 Tidbits: Cafe Valparaiso, Café La Peña, and Brazil Café, and More

Some ABC license activity pointed to the opening of CAFE VALPARAISO in a new location (1403 Solano Ave. in Albany), serving their variety of empanadas, and Chilean sandwiches and entrées. Meanwhile CAFÉ LA PEÑA has opened in Valparaiso’s previous location in the La Peña Cultural Center. 3105 Shattuck Ave.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 16, 2013

The Lush

Winemaker Dinners (La Clarine) and the Urban Wine eXperience in Oakland

On Monday July 22nd, join ~BAR AGRICOLE~ for a winemaker dinner with Hank Beckmeyer, winemaker at La Clarine Farm. The farm is located in the Sierra Foothills, and Beckmeyer and his wife, Caroline Hoel, farm according to the principles of Japanese farmer and philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka. The technique involves minimal…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 16, 2013

July 16, 2013 - This week's tablehopper: feelin' foggy.

This week's tablehopper: feelin' foggy. Behold: the soft-shell crab salad special at Fable. (You won’t want to share.) Photo: © tablehopper.com. Nothing like having your Rio tan sucked away in mere days of being home, I swear. Thanks Karl the Fog! However, the peaches I have…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 15, 2013

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: feelin' foggy.

Nothing like having your Rio tan sucked away in mere days of being home, I swear. Thanks Karl the Fog! However, the peaches I have been scarfing on say summer to me, and that was certainly the vibe at CUESA’s Summer Celebration on Sunday evening (my tablehopper table was…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 15, 2013

The Socialite

James Beard Foundation's Taste America Tour Coming to Town in October

The James Beard Foundation’s national tour, Taste America, is coming into town October 4th-5th. The event, which travels through 10 cities across the country, starts in San Francisco with a benefit dinner at the St. Regis on Friday October 4th. The eight-course dinner will be hosted by Wylie Dufresne,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 15, 2013

The Socialite

Mark Your Calendar: Mega Street Food Coming to Your Belly REAL SOON

One of San Francisco’s most vibrant, flavorful, and fun food events is fast approaching: La Cocina’s fifth annual SAN FRANCISCO STREET FOOD FESTIVAL is coming on Saturday August 17th, and once again this year there will be a Night Market on Friday August 16th. The Night Market, which…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 15, 2013

The Starlet

Swoon for the Swan

The gorgeous Natalie Portman has been spotted around the city the past 24 hours. Last night she was seen at Contigo with her hubby (Benjamin Millepied) and friends—my spy spotted her dining on the pa amb tomàquet (Catalan tomato toast), cojondongo (gazpacho salad), and patatas bravas. Then today she…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 12, 2013

(Sponsored): Last Call for Tickets to CUESA's Summer Celebration This Sunday July 14th

For one night only the Ferry Building is transformed for a fabulous summer soirée: CUESA’s Summer Celebration. This year the focus is on the various “families” that have made the market a success over the years. Star chefs (like Lolinda, Central Kitchen, barbacco) and bartenders (Rye, Bourbon and Branch)…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 12, 2013

The Lush

Soft Opening Tonight: Mikkeller Bar

Last night I was rolling deep in the Tenderloin to check out the new MIKKELLER BAR, the first U.S. location of the famous Copenhagen beer bar (it’s a partnership from Chuck Stilphen of The Trappist/Trappist Provisions and Mikkel Borg Bjergsø of Mikkeller). The former Crash Nightclub is…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 12, 2013

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