A Felicitous Dinner
On Saturday evening, Felicity Huffman dined at Venticello with her daughter in tow. My trusted spotter says they were both gorgeous, and dressed nicely.…
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Felicity Huffman
A Felicitous Dinner
August 31, 2010
On Saturday evening, Felicity Huffman dined at Venticello with her daughter in tow. My trusted spotter says they were both gorgeous, and dressed nicely.…
August 31, 2010 - This week's tablehopper: dispatch from the desert.
This week's tablehopper: dispatch from the desert.
A Cavallo, from 2007.
I can’t believe I am having to write two tablehoppers in one day, but such is my “boss of me” life. By the time you get this, I will already be kickin’ it in my camp…
This week's tablehopper: dispatch from the desert.
I can’t believe I am having to write two tablehoppers in one day, but such is my “boss of me” life. By the time you get this, I will already be kickin’ it in my camp in Black Rock City, blissfully unaware of my exploding inbox, RSS feed, Twitter…
September Is Salmon Month at Aquarium of the Bay
It’s time for an SOS: Save Our Salmon. And to that end, SalmonAID is hosting SALMON MONTH at the Aquarium of the Bay, with a variety of special events aimed at celebrating the West Coast’s iconic wild salmon. SalmonAID, a West Coast-wide coalition of conservation organizations, fishing…
Venticello
This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles...
Stars Sighted
* Peter Thiel
* Morley Safer
* Monica Potter
* Marc Cohn
* James Spader
* Josh Lucas
* Ann Coulter
* Felicity Huffman
* Michael Ovitz
* Sofia Vergara
* John McEnroe
* Robin Williams
* Ricki Lake
1257 Taylor St. San…
August 27, 2010 - This week's tablehopper: rider on the storm.
This week's tablehopper: rider on the storm.
Szechuan pickles at Mission Chinese Food.
Well, yesterday was fun: I was invited to return to Michael Krasny’s Forum on KQED to discuss the local restaurant scene, along with Jan Newberry of San Francisco magazine, Jonathan Kauffman of SF Weekly,…
This week's tablehopper: rider on the storm.
Well, yesterday was fun: I was invited to return to Michael Krasny’s Forum on KQED to discuss the local restaurant scene, along with Jan Newberry of San Francisco magazine, Jonathan Kauffman of SF Weekly, and Stett Holbrook of Metro Silicon Valley. We probably could have rapped about our favorite…
Don Pisto's
We all have obsessions. Some, for Italian vehicles. Others, for stamps, or horses, or burritos, sad clown artwork, big breasts, chocolate chip cookies, Hummel figurines, pickles, ice cream. Or, in the case of Pete Mrabe, the chef-owner of DON PISTO’S in North Beach, Rosarito. Which is why he…
Antica Trattoria Is Being Sold to New Owners
Back in March, I heard word that Ruggero Gadaldi was potentially selling his restaurant on Russian Hill, ANTICA TRATTORIA. After months of waiting for an official update, yesterday he called to let me know the restaurant is now in escrow, and if the deal goes through, the potential new owners…