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Question: My husband and I have a company of friends with whom we spend most of our free time together, and go on vacation. I like it, but m...

August: Osage County. As American as Apple Pie

The premise of the Pulitzer Prize and multiple Tony Award-winning play by Tracy Letts is hardly surprising. Long-distance members of a larg...

Pier 39 Uniquely San Franciscan

Pier 39 is a place where the city dwellers go to gawk at tourists. Hanging over the railing by the sea lions’ platform, queuing for a Bay c...

There is Happiness Beyond Golden Gate Bridge – Behold Novato

Used to the embarrassment of riches, San Francisco dwellers would advise tourists to cross The Bridge, look out from the lookout, and turn b...

A Perfect Getaway is Perfectly Entertaining

During the energetic and cinematographically engaging opening scenes you wonder how Milla Jovovich could possibly be cast in a demure role ...

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Question: I’ll have a preliminary meeting with my potential employer before the job interview. The meeting is in a restaurant. I have no me...

Metro Café Finds its Niche

An unassuming street sign over a storefront entrance is a sort of “Sesame” leading to a hidden gem. The new incarnation of a neighborhood d...