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 | Top quality fashion with a personal touch The avid San Francisco shopper knows her hotspots. She finds the hidden gems in Hayes Valley and North Beach, and steers clear of department stores at all cost. And if she's really on top of her game, she's already discovered Femme, an exquisite boutique that sits alone on Van Ness at Pacific. More » |  |  | Slick Summer Styles in Your Own Backyard It's June, and if you're in your thirties like me, you've been invited to at least one wedding this summer. You have absolutely nothing to wear, not a lot of time to trudge all over San Francisco, and you're on a budget. Don't be enticed by the easy way out; steer clear of department stores. It's not worth the risk of showing up at the wedding to find your new hard-earned sundress walking around on another woman. Trust me on this one, ladies. It has happened to me. San Francisco is full of unique boutiques for women's wear and if you know where to go, you won't have to spend a fortune. More » | |  | Where to get a used bicycle in San Francisco For those who don't know a Huffy from a headset, buying a used bike can be as daunting as buying a used car. You have your choice of road, cross, cruiser, mountain or hybrid bike. Do you want flat, Maes, or mustache handlebars? Center pull, side pull or V-brakes? Knobby, slick, racing, or touring tires in size 18, 23, 28 or 32? And more importantly, what size frame do you need - 18" or 57 cm? And is that frame measurement center-to-center or center-to-top? More » | |  | For many of us, or at any rate for me, the occasional fried potato repast is a requirement for happy living. Fortunately, San Francisco offers more than a few excellent possibilities; I've reviewed several, below. More » | |  | The Week in Food This week in food: 2-for-1 pizzas, hoofing it out to a cool spot in Oakland, rolling south city for BBQ ribs, how to make chicken paprikash, and taco night. More » | |  | The Week in Food This week, the foodie life in San Francisco yields ramen noodles and creature-features, rice-n-beans and comedians, a love affair with brunch casseroles, and quickie seaweed snacks for you big city food lovers. More » | |  | The Week in Food This week, we share a few recent dining highlights: once-trendy tuna towers in Cole Valley; a great deal on mimosas in the Mission; a savory vegetarian winner in Bernal; tiny meat treats from a skillet; and free food for your downtown happy hour. More » | |  | When sushi came into American vogue during the mid-eighties, it was heralded as ‘the food of the gods.’ Raw fish was new to the American palate, and even more than most new ethnic cuisine, seemed dangerous and decadent. It was the sustenance of brokers and starlets, dignitaries and diplomats, and not necessarily intended for consumption by the mortal remainder of the population. Like the raw egged Caesar salad of the thirties, sushi in the eighties embodied a paradoxical duality of classic s.plicity and eccentric frivolity. More » | |  | The Week in Food Mango sticky rice with extra coconut sauce, and green curry with pork, peas and bamboo shoots at the [b]Thai Buddhist Temple[/b]'s Sunday brunch in Berkeley (on Russell near MLK, a block from Ashby BART) More » | |  | The Week in Food Filet mignon, pommes frites, and mussels to share at [b]Garcon[/b], then a show at the [b]Makeout Room[/b] and drinks at the [b]Latin American Club[/b]. More » | |
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