Midinettes of San Francisco, Unite at midi

Lunchtime in Paris comes at midi – noon, and a French brasserie-style “midi” – a new restaurant in the Galleria Park Hotel on Kearny and Su...

I Can Hold My Chocolate… Not If It’s SOCOLA

So, a month after the San Francisco International Chocolate Salon (Presented by Taste TV) I find myself not able to toss a little teal and ...

Between Art and Coffee at SFMOMA, or Through the Roof in Blue Bottle

Entering fifth-floor galleries at SFMOMA now is like visiting a whole new museum on the top of the [not so] old one. A gently curved enclos...

Eifman Ballet Revolutionizes Russian Classic With Mixed Results

Onegin, staged by Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg and based on a classic poem by Alexander Pushkin and music by Tchaikovsky, premiered at C...

Berkeley Rep Special: IRA and Box of Kittens Mix in Bubbly Bloody Cocktail

It takes some guts to stage a real black comedy in the nation raised on Hollywood and Broadway. And it takes 12 gallons of blood (made of c...

School of Fashion Graduation Show

Academy of Art University, San Francisco, presented its School of Fashion (one of the very best in the nation) at the 13th annual graduatio...

Where California Ends Oregon Begins

A five-hour trip from the City by the Bay grants mostly spectacular views of the emerald hills, patched with purple lupines and studded wit...