Decorator Showcase goes off the wall

The Decorator Showcase is always fun, but this year’s event is a colorful, decade-surfing ode to the good life that shouldn’t be missed. Some 38 designers put their per... Read More

A & E

Yule rules: Decoding holiday etiquette

By Maryann LoRusso

When my son was a toddler, someone bought him a holiday T-shirt that said, “Dear Santa, define naughty.” Everywhere he wore that shirt, people got a kick out of it. Why... Read More

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Have a more meaningful holiday

By Maryann LoRusso

The holidays are right around the corner, and the race is on. Year after year, we struggle to get everything done before Christmas, but the lists seem to grow longer every December... Read More

A & E

Fashion, fun and philanthropy: The fall fundraising season begins

By Maryann LoRusso

Summer’s over. You’re back from that final vacation, you’ve finished that last novel, and your tan is finally fading. It’s back to work, back to school, bac... Read More

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Summer concerts in the city

From Macklemore to McCartney, great music abounds this season

By Maryann LoRusso

I love to attend concerts year round, but there’s just something about catching a show in the summertime that feels so good. It could be the memories of all those high school... Read More

Style

Design fusion on display

Decorator Showcase: Presidio Heights mansion transformed into an eclectic work of art

By Maryann LoRusso / Photos by Inga Lim

A highly anticipated annual event, the San Francisco Decorator Showcase outdid itself this year as an array of local talent transformed a 9,000-square-foot Presidio Heights mansion... Read More

Style

From boardroom to basketball court: this spring, fashion takes you places

By Maryann LoRusso

It’s that time of year when spring fashion hits the stores and the weather warms up just enough to inspire us to buy something new. This season, shopping will be especially satis... Read More

@Nite

Have a cool yule in the city

By Maryann LoRusso

As the holidays blow into town, so does the frantic holiday rush, starting right after Halloween and not ending until the last pieces of confetti have been swept from the floor on ... Read More

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Fall into romance

By Maryann LoRusso

Artwork by S.F. artist Nidhi Chanani at www.everydayloveart.com Right after I moved here from the East Coast, San Francisco’s mixed-up seasons really threw me off. One eve... Read More

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Home is where McCartney is

By Maryann LoRusso

I moved to San Francisco a decade ago, and it’s taken me almost that long to start calling it my city. But after attending my first Outside Lands music festival in Golden Gat... Read More

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Midnight in the garden of Gose and dunkel

By Maryann LoRusso

Beer gardens are becoming increasingly popular, especially during the warmer seasons. In San Francisco, it takes a fine assortment of food and drink, as well as a strategic locatio... Read More

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Summer Concerts

By Maryann LoRusso

For many of us, summer hasn’t arrived until we’ve attended a concert or two. Whether your musical tastes veer toward jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, international folk... Read More

A & E

Tracking down post-club grub in a city that sometimes sleeps

By Maryann LoRusso

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

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From vintage to va-va-voom: Decorator Showcase has it all

By Maryann LoRusso

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

A & E

In the mood for a melody? Hit the City’s last piano bars

By Maryann LoRusso

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

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