Meet the New Pup at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Every week, we'll be featuring a guest post from the travel writers behind Worth the Drive, a blog featuring nearby getaways, festivals, and sweet travel deals on NBC Bay Area.
Foodie Agenda: CCA Cook-Off and More
Saturday, Feb. 25
St. Anthony's Dining Room is getting ready for a major upgrade after more than 60 years of serving meals to the homeless. The space is having a lunchtime open house, speakers, and group wall demolishing to say goodbye to the dining room, which is set to reopen in 2014.
Monday, Feb. 27
Looks by Academy of Art Grads at NY Fashion Week
Last week nine graduating students from the Academy of Art University showed their fall 2012 collections at Lincoln Center. The air in the tents was the typical fashion week frisson; the palpable energy, the buzz of the “it” crowd, the flurry of producers attempting to control the politics of seating, while everyone air kisses before settling into position crossed limbed to leer, pout, and keep that camera poised. It's an atmosphere that captures the frivolity (and at times absurdity) of the fashion industry but once the lights dim and the first look hits the runway it’s all about the clothes.
Noise Pop's Best Local Acts to Catch This Week
Noise Pop could only look as far as its own backyard to get exactly what it wants: Raucous bands willing to cut it up on stage, kick over equipment and dominate with equal doses of feedback and catchy hooks. A ton of shows are sold out, but there are still radical shows going down that you won't have to pay an arm and a leg for via Craigslist (Imperial Teen, Thao, John Vanderslice and Two Gallants, we're lookin' at you).
Taking Lip Gloss to the San Francisco Streets
Everyone talks about how inspiring San Francisco is, but not everyone walks the walk. Kelly Crispen, Proprietress of Elizabeth Street Cosmetics, took that inspiration and turned it into a beauty business where lip balm, lip gloss and lipsticks are named after the streets of San Francisco; they're also paraben-free and loaded with natural antioxidants.
Drink Here Now: 5 Places to Sip This Week
1. Yelp Drinks Week: Just when your liver thought the Beer Week coast was clear, Yelp has launched another salvo with their annual week of 50% off cocktails, starring the "greatest hits" of some of SF's best bars. With 30 watering holes participating, choices abound, but a few of the drinks that caught our eye include the $5 Mikael's Moondance at 15 Romolo (white whiskey, apple-honey shrub, angostura bitters); the $5 Wry Rajah at Dosa on Fillmore (rye, vermouth, cherry liqueur, mango, chili); the $6.50 sage Sazerac at Fifth Floor; and $2.50 pints of Fat Tire at Hobson's Choice. The full list has even more great options. (Monday, February 27 - Sunday, March 4, various bars.)
Fedele Bauccio: The Man Who Cooked Up 136.5 Million Sustainable Meals Last Year
The entire time we’re touring the University of San Francisco kitchen, which produces 4,000 meals a day for students and faculty, Fedele Bauccio holds my hand. It’s unconscious, but as he gets more excited—pointing out boxes of locally grown vegetables in the walk-in refrigerators and stopping at one of the food stations to taste the chile verde—his grip tightens.
Two Sense: Dealing With A Boyfriend's Many Exes
I’ve been with my first serious boyfriend for nine months. Long story short, he’s still friends with many of his exes, which doesn’t bother me except for one girl. He frequently goes to her house to hang out with her brother, and he’s admitted she comes on to him and he brushes her off. She also texts him; just last week he asked me to check his phone for a message from his mom and I saw a text from her asking him to hang out because he’s so much more fun than her new boyfriend. FYI, I’ve also caught him sexting with another random girl on Facebook a few months back. He apologized, and I’m over that, but I don’t know how to handle his friendship with this ex. She lost her virginity to him and maybe that’s why she’s so stuck on him. He says she’s like a sister to him at this point. Should I just try to get past it or should I be more stern?
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AQ (SoMa)
Since opening on this quiet block of SoMa, AQ–with its rustic-industrial chic interior–has been bringing in the foodies for the type of food that could easily find its way to a white table cloth in any other scenario. Chef Mark Liberman cooks seasonal, elegant food at a reasonable price point. 1085 Mission St. (at 7th), 415-341-9000
Ken Ken Ramen (Mission)
This former pop-up is now brick-and-mortar. Diners in the minimalist white dining room order ramen one of five ways: in a rich white-red miso, soy sauce base, a clearer salt base, or a vegan broth. Piled on top are tender pork, baby corn, sprouts, nori, and bok choy. The ramen itself, made in house with flour imported from Hokkaido, is slender and springy. 3378 18th St., 415-967-2636
Parallel 37 (Nob Hill)
Chef Ron Siegel and the Ritz Carlton team have transformed what used to be the stodgy Dining Room into a hipper restaurant both in the design and on the plate. Still sophisticated enough for a business dinner, the menu includes a delicious ravioli stuffed with carrots, rosy slices of duck with salsify, and slow-cooked pork with butter beans. Start with a cocktail in the bar. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 600 Stockton St., 415-773-6168
Roostertail (Pac Heights)
This roasted chicken joint cooks up row upon glistening row of Mary's free range, air-chilled birds seasoned with spices and black pepper which you can order quartered, half or whole in white meat or dark. Don't forget their housemade dipping sauces and ample sides–sumptuous mac n' cheese that's made crispy in the oven, feathery onion strings and bacon-laced brussels sprouts. For healthier options choose a salad and for dessert, they offer Straus swirl cones. The dining experience leans toward family- and casual date-friendly, so popping in and out on the regular is a breeze. 1963 Sutter St., 415-776-6783
State Bird (Fillmore)
Kitchen power couple pastry chef Nicole Krazinsky and chef Stuart Brioza made magic at the now-closed Rubicon in its final days. Now they've taken over a sliver of a space in the funky Fillmore District to serve what might be called fine-casual food of a very eclectic sort, from potato chips with créme fraiche and salmon eggs to cured beef-tongue pastrami sandwich to a dessert of peanut milk. 1529 Fillmore St. (at Geary), 415-795-1272
2/23 Built to Spill @ Fillmore (get tix)
2/23 W. Kamau Bell @ Hemlock Tavern ($8)
2/24 Death Angel @ Slim's (get tix)
2/24 Adam Ant @ Regency Ballroom (get tix)
2/29 Hank IV @ Hemlock Tavern (sliding scale donation)
3/1 Zola Jesus @ Great American Music Hall (get tix)
3/2 Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin @ Great American Music Hall (get tix)
3/3 Roky Erickson @ Great American Music Hall (get tix)
3/3 Cloud Nothings @ Bottom Of the Hill (get tix)
3/5-7 Cold War Kids @ Bottom Of the Hill (on sale Jan. 20)
3/6 Hapa @ Great American Music Hall (get tix)
3/6 Thee Oh Sees @ Independent (get tix)
3/10 Saul Williams @ Slim's (get tix)
3/20 Deicide @ Regency Ballroom (get tix)
3/21 Of Montreal @ Slim's (get tix)
3/21 Sharon Van Etten & War On Drugs @ Independent (get tix)
3/23 Lucero @ Fillmore (on sale Jan. 12)
3/24 Y&T @ Fillmore (get tix)
3/28 Dirty Ghosts @ Hemlock Tavern ($7)
3/31 Glitter Wizard @ Hemlock Tavern ($7)
4/1 The Wedding Present @ Independent (get tix)
4/5 Cults @ Slim's (get tix)
4/8 Bear in Heaven @ Independent (get tix)
4/12 Band Of Skulls @ Fillmore (get tix)
4/12 Metronomy @ Slim's (get tix)
4/13 Youth Lagoon @ Independent (get tix)
4/17 WU LYF @ Independent (get tix)
4/16-20 Godspeed You Black Emperor @ Great American Music Hall (Mon/Tues/Weds/Thurs/Fri)
4/18 Refused @ Warfield (on sale Jan. 20)
4/18 Wild Flag @ Fillmore (get tix)
4/22 Robert Plant & Band Of Joy @ Greek Theater (tix TBA)
4/22-23 M83 @ Fillmore (Sun/Mon)
4/24 Japanther @ Hemlock Tavern (TBA)
4/24 Neon Indian @ Fillmore (get tix)
5/2 Overkill @ Regency Ballroom (get tix)
5/7 Atmosphere @ Greek Theater (tix TBA)
7/30 A Perfect Circle @ Greek Theater (tix TBA)
8/14 Adele @ Greek Theater (tix TBA)
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