The Socialite

From June 10th through June 12th, visit participating local restaurants for DINE OUT FOR THE GULF COAST, a benefit for the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund. Participating restaurants will set aside a portion of their profits to help those directly affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf…

DINE ABOUT TOWN SAN FRANCISCO returns June 1st through June 15th. This is a great, affordable opportunity to try out new summer menus from the over 100 participating chefs and restaurants. Consider it a “culinary stimulus package”—a two-course lunch menu for $17.95 or a three-course dinner menu for…

5 chefs, 5 pigs, 5 winemakers. This can only mean one thing: COCHON 555 is coming back to San Francisco. On Sunday June 6th at The Fairmont San Francisco, experience a tribute to heritage pork like no other: watch whole-animal butchery demonstrations by acclaimed butchers, dine on head-to-toe preparations from…

CUESA (the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture) invites the community to come to the breakfast table on Saturday May 29th for its ninth annual SPRING BREAKFAST, a fundraiser for CUESA’s educational programs. The Spring Breakfast menu is all feast and no fast, and will feature the best…

If you’ve ever wondered what’s behind the pages of Sunset magazine, this is your chance to find out. On Saturday June 5th and Sunday June 6th, Sunset will open its seven-acre Menlo Park campus to the public for its 13th annual CELEBRATION WEEKEND 2010: THE WEST ON-THE-GO. The…

On Friday June 4th, local restaurants and farmers’ market chefs will serve specialty hors d’oeuvres and signature martinis at ECS’s annual fundraiser, SUMMERTINI 2010, to be held this year at the Galleria. You can support a great cause while enjoying delicious fare from participants like 4505 Meats, A16,…

It’s no newsflash I am completely sandwich obsessed (I even included a favorite sandwich section in my book, of course!). But with so many new places popping up all the time, and perhaps your place of work being in one spot but a sandwich shop you’ve been wanting…

Have you made a reservation for MOTHER’S DAY yet? No? Come on, you know she raised you better than that. Anyway, here is a lineup of some options where you can raise a glass to the first (and most important) woman in your life. ~SPRUCE~ is perfect for posh…

Fans of chef Traci Des Jardins (Jardinière, Mijita, and Public House, and Manzanita in Lake Tahoe) may want to take this opportunity to venture out of the city for FARM TO FEAST, an evening of biodynamic food and wine plus an auction held on the grounds of idyllic Summerfield Farm…

It’s time for Creativity Explored’s annual fundraiser, and this year it’s called ART CHANGES LIVES 2010: COLOR. The event takes its title from Creativity Explored’s positive impact on the lives of artists with developmental disabilities working in their studios, and the community of people connected to…