Pedal Power: The Amgen Tour of California, Feb. 19-26
Seven seconds. That’s all the time you have to see the riders cycle past you at 20-30 mph in a time trials or a stage. But that seven-second rule is…
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Like A Rock: Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay
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…
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A Shining Beacon of Quality: Fog City Diner, San Francisco
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…
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Mighty Marshall Field’s To Metaphorize Into Macy’s: Chicago
In the world of retail shopping, nothing, but nothing, epitomized fashion, style and first-class service over the past 154 years like Marshall Field’s in Chicago. With a 13-story atrium, a…
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Avert Seasickness, Eat Chocolate: The Dive Bar
I’ve chewed on sports bars for running. I’ve wolfed down sports bars for hiking. But I’ve never thought of a chocolate sports bar to ward off seasickness after scuba diving…
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Gallery Crawl in Paradise
Art Walk nights on St. Croix, USVI are quite an event. Enjoy warm Caribbean breezes, friendly people, free wine, cheese, and lovely displays of local artists’ work as you wander…
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Family-Friendly, Oceanfront Ultra Luxe Hotel: Aqualinia Resort, Sunny Isles, FL
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts builds high-end properties around the world, from Las Ventanas al Paraiso in Los Cabos, Mexico to the Hotel Seiyo Ginza in Tokyo. But their new property…
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A Woof Over Your Head: Bark & White Ball, March 2, SF
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…
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On the Hunt for The Perfect Bag
Definition Bag-a-holic: “one afflicted with the compulsive desire to acquire new bags (purses, briefcases, backpacks, etc). Symptoms: caches of little-used luggage paraphernalia; subconscious gravitation to travel-related stores. Treatment: sfbags.com.” I…
