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Now that we're on the hunt for the perfect gifts for everyone on our list, there's no better time for there to be a weekend chock-full of events showcasing SF's best and brightest designers. We plan on starting out at Lightbox: The Hoilday Crafty Hour where unique gifts will be mostly under $50, perfect for people (like us) shopping for creative types on a serious budget.

Photography courtesy of John Varvatos

Outside, it may be cold and dreary. But these weekend deals are bright and cheery...

John Varvatos: The fall-winter collection is 40 percent off through Tuesday. Visit the San Francisco store in Union Square or use online code F09PRS.

Is this the perfect San Francisco shoe?

Photography courtesy William Hamilton for Martha Davis

Hear, ye! Hear, ye! We may very well have found the perfect San Francisco shoe – no easy feat in a town where hills, fierce winds and flirtatious pockets of summer sun are all in a day’s walk.

The hot-stepper we’ve set our sights on is an open-toe, open-heel leather boot courtesy of local footwear designer Martha Davis, whose wedge-heavy debut collection ($270-$750) for spring summer 2009 has garnered much praise since its launch earlier this year.