Small Plates, Big Tastes :: Picco, Larkspur (SF Bay Area)
We met our friends Michael and Susan at Picco last weekend. This newish place is spacious, warm and friendly with a brick and wood setting. That alone would make you…
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Sake With A Punch :: Sake2me, Sausalito
If you’re old enough to remember Richard Nixon saying, “Sock it to me!” on ABC-TV’s “Laugh-In”, you’ll get a kick out of this new line of sake products. Created by…
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A Left-Handed Complement :: Mollydooker Wine, Australia
We’ve all seen left-handed scissors, left-handed keyboards, left-handed computer mice, even left-handed pencil sharpeners. Now, Sparky and Sarah Marquis of the McLaren Vale Winery in Australia, are offering a wine…
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Flying High Even If You’re Just Sipping a Virgin Mary! :: Rise Bar & Terrace, New York City
If you’re visiting the Big Apple this summer (only open May-September), be sure and have a drink at the Rise Bar & Terrace, located on the 14th floor of the…
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Check Into Rehab: Half-Naked Pool Party, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
“What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” is never more true when you visit the weekly Rehab Party at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Every Sunday, from noon to…
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SummerTini, The Annual FUNdraiser for the CHEFS Program! San Francisco
Enjoy infused vodka martinis, gourmet Farmers’ Market hors d’oeuvres created by the Bay Area’s leading restaurants and a dazzling live auction. Even if you don’t have the winning bid for…
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Wine By The Sea: First Annual Signature Event, Mendocino, CA
If you’re in Northern California on June 22-23, you should make reservations now to attend a collaboration of more than 70 Mendocino County growers and vintners who will come together…
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The Millionaire Fair :: Shanghai, China
From June 1st thru 3rd, the Shanghai Exhibition Centre (SEC) hosted one of its most popular trade shows. In a city where tradeshows are big business, this one stands above…
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How To Become A Cheese Whiz :: Sara Vivenzio’s The Cheese School, San Francisco
If Pink is the new Black, then Cheese is the new Wine, and Sommeliers will have to make room for Affineurs*. And if you don’t know what an Affineur is,…
