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5 Great: Cocktails! (By bartenders on the move)

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.

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Blue Note: Juan Carlos Fernandez

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

Celeb Profile: Naomi Watts

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?
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Make The Cut

Photography by Warwick Saint | Styling by Gianne Couji at Kramer + Kramer | San Francisco Magazine | September 1, 2010

Form follows texture...dare to rock it this fall!

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The High Life: Bluemarine & Michael Kors

Photography by David Drebin, daviddrebin.com | Styling by Mindy Saad, celestineagency.com | San Francisco Magazine | September 1, 2010

As luxury returns, the drama unfolds...

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The Drinker: SFVodka

By Jordan Mackay | San Francisco Magazine | August 26, 2010

A humble spirit distilled in a former Navy jail is breaking out and winning awards. read more

Help for Haiti: Don't Forget Pendant

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.

Available at judithleiber.com. read more

Style Cousel: Lily Samii

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

Precious Cargo: The Taga Cargo Bike

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.

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Profile: Terroiriste Randall Grahm

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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