Profile: Set, Owner, La Bijouterie

WHAT MAKES YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT DIAMONDS AND JEWELRY? I am passionate about diamonds because each diamond is like a snowflake or a fingerprint, distinctly unique. You can spend a l... Read More

On and Off Chestnut

Marina beauty is more than skin deep

By Jim Maxwell

Living in the most beautiful neighborhood in the City, Marina dwellers strive to maintain a similar beauty in their personal lives. A number of new businesses have recently opened ... Read More

On the Bay

Wings on and over the bay

By Jim Maxwell

The second installment of the America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) 2012-2013 season returns to San Francisco Bay Oct. 2–7, together with the ever-popular Fleet Week &ndash... Read More

Travel/Sports

Dew Tour brings BMX heat to town

By John Zipperer

The America’s Cup isn’t the only high-profile sporting event in San Francisco this month. The City will host a four-day action sports event in October, drawing athletes... Read More

Finance

It’s not cricket

By Alan Silverman

The game of cricket has been played in England since at least the 16th century. It is played with a bat and ball, and a match can last as long as five days. As the British spread t... Read More

Less Taxing Matters

Upcoming estate tax changes could affect you

Now is the time to review your family’s current estate plan

By Andrew L. Jones

On Jan. 1, 2013, estate-planning attorneys will be greeting not just a new year, but the fact that the estate tax may apply to any estate of more than $1 million. Whether you find ... Read More

La Deliziosa Vita, Recipes

Rhode Island ‘clear broth chowda’ a perfect base for clam chowder three ways

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

When the weather gets crisp in the fall, I crave my mother’s clam chowder. The rivalry on the East Coast is fierce over the proper way to make clam chowder; so fierce, in fac... Read More

New & Notable

Winners of ‘Cupcake Wars’ come to California Street

By Julie Mitchell

You may have thought the cupcake trend had slowed down, or at the very least thought, they can’t possibly open another cupcake shop in San Francisco. You would be wrong. The ... Read More

The Tablehopper

International flavors Korean, Italian & more

By Marcia Gagliardi

Big chef change news: chef Ron Siegel is now the executive chef of Michael Mina (252 California Street, 415-397-9222) after eight years at the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco. I talked ... Read More

A & E

Marina author Kimberly Lovato lands travel writing awards

By John Zipperer

Proving that a lifelong love of France can pay off, Kimberley Lovato received two awards in September from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation. Lovato’s book Wa... Read More

Bellingham by the Bay

One sip at a time The best of saloon culture

By

San Francisco has cultivated such a saloon culture over the years, yet there are very few bars open at 6 a.m. In the Marina, there used to be a few taverns that were open that earl... Read More

Back Story

A short history of bordellos in San Francisco, part 3

By Ernest Beyl

Lest readers think this series on the bordellos of San Francisco is never-ending, let me assure them that I am running out of madams and this will be the end of it. Unless, by popu... Read More

The Best of Books

What people are reading

By Sandy Mullin

Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list CITY OF THIEVES, by David Benioff GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn NO EASY DAY, by Mark Owen TELEGRAPH AVENUE, by Michael Chabon 50 SHADES DARKER,... Read More

Book Notes

‘I Am a Beautiful Monster,’ by Francis Picabia

By Sharon Anderson

“Picabia has destroyed ‘beauty’ and built his work with the leftovers.” — Tristan Tzara A self-declared poet, painter, idiot, failure, pickpocket, and anti-a... Read More

Caring For Our Kids

Halloween by the bay

By Maryann LoRusso

Halloween is one of my favorite seasons in San Francisco. When I first moved here from New York almost a decade ago, I was impressed by how seriously Bay Area residents take this h... Read More

Issue October 2012