By Jordan MacKay | San Francisco Magazine | September 2, 2010
Bay Area barkeeps tend to bounce from place to place, taking their shakers and recipes along with them. Here are five drinks from some of the region’s best bartenders who have recently taken up new posts.
By Diane Dorrans Saeks | San Francisco Magazine | September 1, 2010
In retrospect, it seems inevitable that Juan Carlos Fernandez’s newest project would include a dramatic blue stucco wall. The 40-year-old architect grew up in Guadalajara admiring modernist Luis Barragán, who made structures of shocking pink, indigo, yellow, and orange—all beloved, essential hues in Mexico’s design vocabulary. Barragán’s blocks of color signified joy and vibrant life, and they changed his country’s built landscape forever. read more
By Kevin Gray | Images by Sheryl Nields/Copious Management | San Francisco Magazine | September 1, 2010
The alluring Naomi Watts has seduced David Lynch, Woody Allen and... King Kong. But can the famously fragile beauty kick it up Angelina-style in her next role as real-life spy Valerie Plame? read more
By Erin Magner | San Francisco Magazine | August 26, 2010
Judith Leiber and actress Maria Bello have unveiled the “Don’t Forget” pendant ($95) in support of the Haiti chapter of women’s rights charity Vital Voices. All profits will help bring education, networking opportunities and other initiatives to Haitian women.
Joanne Furio | San Francisco Magazine | August 25, 2010
The recession has inspired a cadre of designers to bring back versatile separates. Now Lily Samii, whose custom gowns dominate the S.F. gala scene, has joined the fray. read more
By Ramona Saviss | San Francisco Magazine | August 24, 2010
Go Dutch! Netherlanders have long piloted baby-friendly cargo bikes called bakfiets, and now the concept hits the states with the Taga three-wheeler (starting at $1,495) that transforms into a stroller in as little as 20 seconds. Early adopters include celeb mamas Tori Spelling, Kelly Rutherford and Denise Richards, as well as shirtless pop Matthew McConaughey.
By Jordan MacKay | San Francisco Magazine | August 23, 2010
Randall Grahm stands high in the hills above San Juan Bautista, looking northeast out over a farming valley to a dramatic craggy peak rising from the mountains in the distance. “This is what I dreamt,” he says, indicating the steep, north-facing incline covered with poison oak. “It was really just a mild recognition, but I remember the poison oak. And when I actually came here, I thought, ‘Oh, yeah, I’ve seen this place before.’” read more
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