Posted in food, italy, san francisco, wine, tagged 10th Victim, Bisson, fembots, pigato on June 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(Above: an Italian poster for Elio Petri’s 1965 film, “La Decima Vittima”, or “The 10th Victim” 
I love Saturdays. Even in the middle of a crazy busy deadline period (and a trip to Seattle early this week for the second installment of Wine & Spirits’ Hot Picks event), there’s just something magical about Saturday. It helped, [...]
Posted in san francisco, wine bars, wine events, tagged Cav, Heidsieck & Co Monopole, June 17th, same-sex marriage, wine bar on June 16, 2008 | No Comments »
I don’t usually post about wine events, but I thought this was pretty cool. Cav Wine Bar & Kitchen here in San Francisco will host a reception beginning at 12 noon tomorrow for all the June 17th newlyweds married at nearby City Hall (map), as well as any well-wisher who wants to stop by and [...]
Posted in san francisco, tagged San Francisco Olympic Torch Run on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Today’s the Olympic torch relay here in San Francisco. The city has already played host to anti-China protests over the course of the past week, everything from a massive rally at the Civic Center to the daredevil antics of three protesters who scaled the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge to hang Free Tibet banners.
Following [...]
Posted in food, i *heart*, restaurants, san francisco, tagged Conservatory of Flowers, Dios Baco, Golden Gate Park picnic, Gutierrez Colosia, Jardinere, Sherry, Spanish Table on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Simon and I were joined by the Third Degree last Saturday in Golden Park for some serious picnic action. Food spread: a garlicy saucisson, St. Marcellin, crusty bread. Washed it all down with a couple bottles of ‘06 Willamette Valley pinot gris (which to me is looking like a lovely vintage for Oregon gris) while [...]
Posted in rants, san francisco, tagged Critical Mass, Do The Test London bicycle video, Domaine de Fontsainte, San Francisco biking, SF biking fatalities on March 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Remember kids: Always wear your helmet.
Public safety message here, partly inspired by some comments to my earlier post that mentioned the dangers of fixed-gear bikes. Now, I love riding my bicycle in San Francisco, and I wouldn’t hesitate to describe this city as a bicycle paradise. And I’ve been known to fill my water bottle [...]
Posted in san francisco, wine, tagged Mare Island Fire, Presdio, Presidio Wine Bunkers, Sausalito Cellars, Selbach-Oster, Wine Storage on January 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(Above: It took several trips with my 1976 Datsun 280ZX to get my wine home from the bunker.)
When I moved to Rome a few years ago, I did what a lot of people leaving the country for an unspecified period of time might do: I sold my stuff. Well, a lot of it. A couple [...]
Posted in friday linkfest, italy, san francisco, wine industry, tagged Best Burrito, Best Meat, gentrification, Graziano Cecchini, kink.com, Mavericks, mozzarella, Rome, San Francisco Neighborhoods, Spanish Steps, the Hub, Trevi Fountain, Wine Fraud, Zeitgeist on January 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Haven’t done a linkfest in a while (see previous post for my excuse), so this one’s over due. But I am managing to get it together on a Friday! And I haven’t been drinking either! So, on we go…
Naming Game
We here at the W&S west coast hq often amuse ourselves by looking out the window [...]
Posted in friday linkfest, humor, san francisco, wine bars, tagged Art, Development, High Alcohol Wines, restaurants on January 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Okay, I’m getting closer to posting the linkfest on a Friday, although you wouldn’t know it with yet another Saturday posting. Anyway, a short one this week, but all good stuff.
San Francisco’s Skyline Fever
If you live in San Francisco or have visited anytime in the past two years, you’ll have noticed the numerous cranes [...]
Posted in food, san francisco, wine, tagged Christmas Wine, Holidays, New Year's Champagne, Tacos on January 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Happy New Year!
My apologies for not posting in over a week–the holiday period for me is always a blur of friends, food and various wines. This year was no exception and fortunately I remembered to write things down and even took some pictures. So, before I get back to some more serious posting, a montage [...]
Posted in italy, natural wine, restaurants, san francisco, wine bars, tagged san francisco, Terroir, wine bars on December 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Apologies to Gang of Four…
So Monday night found me out on the town with the Third Degree. I was at the magazine until late trying to come up with something timely to say about the American Biodynamic movement, specifically following the Biodynamics Forum held here in San Francisco this past November. I managed about a [...]
