Had a few Red Bulls today? Tap into the jittery energy of Disco Volante (347 14th St., 510-663-0271). Not feeling like yourself tonight? Down beneath the Tribune Tower, in the suggestive glow of Radio...More»
It’s not as big as Marc Jacobs’s string of stores in SoHo or Ralph Lauren’s domination of Madison in the low Seventies, but San Francisco definitely has its own version of the phenom: shops that create their...More»
After the Fishers lavished their collection on SFMOMA, their peers also started throwing their art largesse at director Neal Benezra the way Jackson Pollock tossed paint on a canvas. The donors include household names—...More»
Bay Area baseball has always had attitude and always demanded ad campaigns to match: a dose of magic, a little swagger, and drollery to spare. Back at the height of 1980s mascot madness, Giants commercials gave the finger to the...More»
Who could have predicted that polished jeweler Melissa Joy Manning would choose the city of Berkeley for her first retail space? After all, her magazine-hyped creations have been worn by many cover girl megastars (Giselle, Cameron...More»
When Twitter threatened to pack up its toys and move to Brisbane, San Francisco supes quickly floated the idea of a huge tax break to keep the company here—and all hell broke loose. But Twitter got its way, taking new digs...More»
When trendy home furnishings retailer H.D. Buttercup held a grand opening for its first store north of Venice Boulevard, housed in the 30,000-square-foot SoMa storefront formerly occupied by Limn, the crowd lined up full of...More»
It was only a matter of time before Lake Tahoe’s last remaining time warp was taken over by developers with big dreams and deep pockets. Yes, the West Shore—the most pristine residential section of the lake—is...More»
Stretching interminably along Mount Diablo Boulevard, downtown Lafayette was always a middle finger to Ecco-wearing window shoppers—until the hub around Mount Diablo and First arrived this year as a legit strolling zone, with...More»
In a yellow painted lady on Fulton, called the Sunshine Castle, a few dozen Panhandlers are sick of hearing people refer to their turf as a flyover zone, so they’re fighting back—and collecting an army. Modeling...More»
What’s flying off the racks here right now is not one of the usual New York labels—it’s homegrown (again, almost) designer Dean Hutchinson’s new a’bout clothing line at the Grimm sisters’...More»
Over the past few months, I’ve spent a lot of time at Starbucks and Peet’s, talking with men and women who used to have stable careers but now have migraines, insomnia, depression, and the gnawingrealization...More»
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