As a native New Yorker who has lived here for almost a decade, it still amazes me how San Francisco’s nightlife comes to a screeching halt at 2 a.m. At even the liveliest est... Read More
If the decorating fore-casts are accurate, this year’s most stylish homes will be down-to-earth yet high impact. Modern yet vintage. And green in more ways than one. The new ... Read More
Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list CHLOE’S VEGAN DESSERTS, by Chloe Coscarelli CITY OF THIEVES, by David Benioff FRIENDSHIPS DON’T JUST HAPPEN: THE GUIDE TO CREATIN... Read More
Some say it’s a nightlife tradition that’s gone the way of barbershop quartets and burlesque. Thanks to clubs, concerts, and karaoke, San Francisco’s piano-bar sc... Read More
Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list TENTH OF DECEMBER: STORIES, by George Saunders GONE GIRL: A NOVEL, by Gillian Flynn MY BELOVED WORLD, by Sonia Sotomayor TO SELL IS HUMAN: TH... Read More
It is a typical Friday night at the 111 Minna Gallery in SoMA. Hipsters crowd the dance floor, drinks in hand, scanning the room for something or someone interesting. A few gazes l... Read More
Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn CITY OF THIEVES: A NOVEL, by David Benioff TENTH OF DECEMBER: STORIES, by George Saunders A MEMORY OF LIGHT, by R... Read More
Through May 12, 2013, the Legion of Honor museum will feature the art of book design in the exhibition The Book and the Binding. It features unique selections from the Reva and Dav... Read More
Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn THE SIGNAL AND THE NOISE: WHY MOST PREDICTIONS FAIL — BUT SOME DON’T, by Nate Silver HELP THANKS W... Read More
If you’re reading this, then the world didn’t come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012. But was that the real story behind the Mayan calendar end date? My cousin sends me letter... Read More
SFJazz will open the first freestanding building in this country completely devoted to “the sound of surprise.”... Read More
I sit in a salon chair as my long hair is slowly unraveled from huge plastic rollers. I have just spent a half-hour under an old-fashioned hooded hairdryer, so that my locks, satu... Read More
Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list 1. GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn 2. SIGNAL & NOISE, by Nate Silver 3. FLIGHT BEHAVIOR, by Barbara Kingsolver 4. BLASPHEMY, by Sherman Alexi... Read More
“Liberty is about our rights to question everything.” — Ai Weiwei In early 2011, the artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at an airport in Beijing. He was held for months ... Read More
Treasures are found in the strangest and most unexpected of places, sometimes in our own backyard. That’s what a woman in Virginia discovered recently when she found a box in... Read More