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My Two Favorite SF Fabric Stores
Whenever I move to a new city, one of the first things I search for is a good fabric store. When I worked in Midtown Manhattan, I had the world of the garment district at my fingertips. I’d spend...
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Have a Good Weekend: Cooking for a Blizzard and Dolores Park Opening Night Party
As I type, a heavy fog is draping San Francisco; a misty rain pelting my window. After years of drought, these past few weeks have felt so comforting and hopeful. Six years ago, when we finally...
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Have a Great Weekend: Super Bowl City Starts and a Bad Week For Tech Stocks
Still sick. Still have a toddler preschooler enjoying the hysterical faces I make when she screams in my ear at just the right pitch. The same preschooler who can’t nap/won’t nap/too much fun...
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I’ve Missed You, Primary Season
Oh, primary season, you are fantastic. As we hunker down in our San Francisco apartment, primary night coverage brings me right back to the low ceilings and wood panels of our favorite DC taverns....
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Have a Fun Weekend: Oakland Rentals and an Adorable Mini Kid’s Room
We are planning on hunkering down and riding out the Super Bowl storm this weekend. We’ve got a full pantry, friends over for breakfast tomorrow, snacks already purchased for Super Bowl on Sunday....
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How Much More Would You Pay For a View? (Or Any Dazzling Amenity?)
A friend is debating whether to move into an apartment with a view today, which is pushing this question from the theoretical into the concrete. Nora Ephron once gave this tidbit of real estate...
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Have a Good Weekend: Mavericks, El Nino, and More Bad Tech News
It’s a day of fevers and puffy eyes, and so we’re all cuddled up on the sofa with pillows and blankets watching Mavericks. How to be sick, California-style. From around the web this week: So,...
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Date Night: Outerlands
On our last date night, Dave and I headed westward to Outerlands, the nearly seven year old critic darling out in the Outer Sunset. It was one of the most relaxing, delicious meals we’ve had in...
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Have a Great Weekend: Yosemite’s Firefall and Other Beautiful Photos
Any fun weekend plans? We’ll be recuperating from our latest bout of fever and colds (seriously, this winter) and seeing a friend off to the East Bay. After seeing other friends off to Marin just...
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All Your 2016 San Francisco Bay Area Food, Wine, and Art Festivals: Spring &...
Here’s our annual Bay Area Spring and Summer Festival guide! I’m always amazed a) by the sheer number of festivals in the Bay Area and b) that I still find more and more each year. We are up to...
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Have a Great Weekend: Muni/BART news and Spring Fashion 2016
Any fun weekend plans? We’re off to Sacramento tomorrow to see friends and tour around. I’ve kind of fallen in love with its tree-lined streets, Victorian cottages, and vintage shops. And, of...
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Now’s the Time to Get Your Voice Heard on Dog Walking Within the Golden Gate...
Last week, the GGNRA dropped a bit of a bombshell on the San Francisco Bay Area: dogs will no longer be allowed off-leash except for a few defined areas. In fact, dogs won’t be allowed at all in...
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Friday Link Roundup: SF Neighborhood Names and What to Watch on HBO This...
Back in high school, a friend surprised me with a subscription to a model train photography enthusiast magazine. HA, we thought! Isn’t that a touch specific? THIS IS SO FUNNY. Who knew such a thing...
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Rainy Day San Francisco Adventures
Well, San Franciscans, the forecast is calling for rain for the foreseeable future. The city has disappeared into white outside my window, and the drumbeat of rain drops is really the most lovely...
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Friday Link Roundup: About that Dream House Raffle and Donald Trump, as...
How were all of your weeks? I had a tough one on the mom front. The kind of week where you can’t even hide it from friends who ask innocently/pleasantly “how’ve you been?!” Because the stress and...
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Friday Link Roundup: BART Troubles and Japan’s New Wildlife Cafes
How did we wake up to Spring this week? How lovely is this? Bean and I spent our week chasing each other through the poppies at the Conservatory of Flowers and watching gardeners do their magic,...
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Friday Link Roundup: ‘Silicon Valley’ Cracks Us Up and Some Insane Photography
I’m currently working on my website while eating a hot bowl of cioppino from Tadich Grill. I am the San Francisco stereotype. Do you have any fun plans this weekend? For a family that doesn’t...
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Our Take-Out and Delivery Go-Tos: In the Mission
Over the last few years, sites like GrubHub and Eat24 have expanded delivery options way past pizza or Chinese. Pretty much any restaurant in SF is now affiliated with a delivery service, and...
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Friday Link Roundup: SF Neighborhood Personality Quiz and the Best Soup...
These early Spring weeks have been so chill and mild for us. Lazy, slow damp hikes through California poppies. Baseball at the beach. I just saw my first pod of whales for the season this morning....
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Bunnies
Twenty three foot bunnies have taken over Civic Center Plaza. Running from April 4th to the 25th, the bunnies are part of an installation called Intrude by Australian artist Amanda Parer. The...
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