I’ve been to gay bars. I’ve seen transvestites entertain. But I’ve never seen anything quite like Asia SF, a SOMA bar and restaurant featuring “gender illusionists” — the scene of my twin David’s and my birthday bash last night. The waiters are “girly men” — males who’ve had cosmetic surgery, breast implants and other nip/tucks…
A few miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge is the Buckeye Roadhouse. It’s also a mile downhill from the scene of a horrendous 28-car pile-up last Saturday morning from a rare 3-6″ snow and ice storm that hit the area. The Buckeye has been a fixture on the side of Highway 101 for many…
On the same day that the real race kicks off in Alaska to brave 1,150 miles of icy trails, San Franciscans hold their 12th Annual Urban Iditarod version. Show up at noon. Mush at 1. Last year, it drew more than 600 human “dogs” to pull the grocery cart sleds — four dogs per cart….
When you walk by the heralded San Francisco corner of Hyde and Beach Streets, you hear the whine of the cable that propels the Hyde Street Cable Car at 9 mph in its subterranean slot. You hear the “clang-clang-clang” of these renowned national landmarks. You hear the flow of pedestrians at the confluence of Fisherman’s…
At Golden Gate Park’s Steinhart Aquarium, I once saw a python in a terrarium squeeze a chicken so hard, its head exploded. No lie. So that’s the image I see in my mind’s eye when I view this beautiful Adrienne Vittadini Colette Python Satchel. This uber stylish, embossed python handbag with a $278 US price…
Though I’ve lived in the San Francisco area all but four years of my life, I’ve only ventured a mile and half into the Bay to Alcatraz Island twice. Once was earlier this week when I played tourist with my wife Ellen, my daughter Sara and her friend Julienne. “The Rock” was first built as…
When I was a 9-5er in SF ad agencies, I worked near Levi Square, the Financial District and North Beach. One of my favorite haunts has always been the Fog City Diner at the corner of The Embarcadero, Lombard and Battery. Plus, last time I was here, Danielle Steel was at the next table. (How’s…
I love watching surfing on flat screen TVs. I love rock ‘n’ rock music. I love relaxed family-style restaurants. At Wipeout Bar & Grill on San Francisco’s popular Pier 39, you can get a heaping helping of it all. I’ve been to thousands of eateries worldwide, but as a California-themed surfing restaurant, this one is…
SF hosts The Black & White Ball every other year in its Civic Center area — an all-night, black-tie extravaganza featuring gourmet food, fine wine with tents and tents to hold 10,000 hoity toity people, celebs and politicos. Now, the San Francisco SPCA and CLAW (Critter Lovers at Work) are hositng the Bark & Whine…
I used to live in Sausalito, but I was on the north side of this bucolic coastside hamlet, a few miles away from the touristy Bridgeway, where a dozen or so restaurants have breathtaking views of San Francisco Bay and the city a few miles south. Last Saturday night, we met a couple of old…
Get ready to sip, swish and spit to your palate’s content. Because on Saturday, February 25, Fort Mason’s Festival Pavillion, with killer views of SF Bay, Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge, will host the 2006 SF Chronicle Wine Competition Public Tasting from 1-5 pm. Here, you can taste award-winning entries from the world’s largest…
A few years ago, I had the pleasure to meet the founder of San Francisco’s Pentagram Design Group while we were both judging an advertising awards show in Sonoma County. She was one of the most artistic and talented people I’ve ever known. Now, the 8th edition of Feedback, a worldwide guidebook from Pentagram, is…