Results tagged “wine”

ART: It's the first annual Passport, in which the SF Arts Commission invites the public to stroll through one of San Francisco’s neighborhoods to create their own limited edition art book by collecting “passport stamps” made by local artists. This year's featured event is located in the Mission. Tonight is the Kick-Off Party, and the main event is tomorrow from Noon to 4 p.m., with Mission Playground as home base, Valencia between 19th & 20th. (Passports for tomorrow's event are $25 and are available for purchase at various locations. Check the SF Arts Commission Gallery's site for more info.) Tonight's Kick-Off Party will feature live music by The Old Fashioned Way and tunes by DJ Sharbaugh.

Eater has word, via Thrillist, that the Four Seasons bar, succinctly called Seasons, has reduced the price of their wines by half until the end of September. (Blessed be!) That is to say, they've sliced the price of "once pricey action like Francois Jobard Chard, and Stag's Leap Cabernet." And what with a new bar menu--which we'll review and post at a later date--this means more tastiness, not to mention tipsiness, for your dollar. Seasons, 757 Market, Sunday to Thursday: 2:30 pm - midnight; Friday and Saturday: 2:30 pm - 1 am.

Plug 1 of What I'm Seeing came across this scene at the Whole Foods located a block away from SFist HQ, over on Fourth Street and Harrison. He explains:

       

That's right. SFist classed up its act last Friday when we jumped into a cab, threw our hair back, and deadpanned to the driver, "Take us to the Ritz." Yes, we went to the famed and supposedly inaccessible Mobil Five-Star awarded The Ritz-Carlton Bar and Dining Room, and thank God we did. It was remarkable -- surprisingly so.

News of Sonoma County’s “Really Goode Job” first hit SFGate on April 28. Since then, hopefuls coveting the $10,000/month, half-year gig for Murphy-Goode have been applying online and uploading videos for consideration for the position. While most of the applicants are from out of state, one of the very few (thus far) Bay Area applicants is SFist contributor Deborah N . While we are, of course, ecstatic of the idea of one of our own winning the grand prize, (yet sad and depressed at the thought of her moving to an albeit free and glamorous house in Healdsburg for six month), we are curious about Deborah’s motivation for applying for the position. (Aside from the fact that we want an SFister to land this oddly, at least according to many MSM outlets, newsworthy job)

Via City Dish, FuncheapSF, and Eyes on Blogs: Get a free glass of wine in the Marina this afternoon from 4 to 8:30 p.m. at Bin 38 Wine Bar (warning audio), located at 3232 Scott St. @ Lombard St. We hear it's good wine too! The party goes until Midnight.

Stock up for Easter and the impending apocalypse (you can use the wine for bartering with looters) during BevMo!'s "Buy One Bottle Get the Second for $0.05" sale this weekend. The list includes over 150 different wines, which cover all ends of the spectrum, from Chardonnays and Savignon Blancs to Malbecs and Bordeauxs to Tawney ports. Many of the wines have ratings above 86 points. There are three BevMo! locations in San Francisco: Van Ness at Post, Geary at Stanyan, and Bayshore Blvd.

Americans drank 467 million gallons of California wine the past year, up 2% from the previous fiscal year, despite the deepening recession/depression gripping our great, drunk nation. Retail value of CA bottles was down from 2007, as were restaurant sales, reflecting budget concerns. But rest assured that inexpensive wine-swilling remains in the budgets of many Americans. Incidentally, sales of CA wines to foreign countries are up 8%.

Jon Bonne, wine editor at The Chronicle [ed note: we were trying to come up with a clever nickname, something along the lines of calling the NY Times "The Gray Lady," but more appropriate to the old sinking ship herself... maybe The Dying Hag, or The Faded Floozy? Help us out. Maybe we'll take a poll later.] decided to review some Bay Area wineries based solely on the ambiance and offerings of their tasting rooms. The list turns out to be pretty long, covering Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Santa Cruz and even Livermore.

This Sunday afternoon, Eight Arms Cellars will celebrate the release of their first vintage, 2006 Eight Arms Syrah, at the beautiful Riva Cucina in Berkeley. The Eight Arms Syrah, which is handcrafted using sustainable practices, will be paired with local and seasonal foods prepared by Executive Chef, Massi Boldrini. The event is free and open to the public, kids welcome.

With our obsessive fascination surrounding the electoral candidates and the roller-coastering economy, who has the time and money for anything other than a Double-Double and a Diet Coke? You do, of course, and it’s quite simple to turn supper and libations into a delightful, palatable evening with family, friends, a partner, or just yourself without spending a ton of cash.

It's going to be a busy, warm, and wily weekend. First, the Asian Heritage Street Festival, which takes place on Saturday, May 17 from 11:00AM to 6:00AM, around Japantown will result in the following closures from 3:00AM. to 10:00PM:

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Well, this is amusing and slightly erotic. And, yes, kids, it's almost over a year old, but for your entertainment, foodies of the Bay Area, check out the Sunday Drinker Wine Review. Joanne Weir should totally have this guy on her show. It would be a good balance. (We love Joanne Weir for reasons we can't really explain or understand.)

We knew we'd rope you in with the use of the word porn!

We came back from taking down the recycling yesterday evening to find we had locked ourselves out of our apartment. "Noooo!!" [Insert Emo Darth Vader ballad here. Warning -- audio.] We dialed the apartment manager on the call-box but got his voice mail. Lucky for us, the manager, who wouldn't be back until 10:00, called our s.o., who wouldn't be back until 8:00, and our s.o. called our friend who lives a few blocks away. So, instead of being forced to sit on our lobby stairs all night, uncomfortably greeting all of our neighbors, we were soon whisked away and served pasta, wine, and a couple of episodes of the BBC version of "Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares."

Ragnar left Sweden to join the SF Symphony as Chorus director in March this year. And did we throw a welcome party for him? Did we ring his door with a cauliflower casserole and a bottle of wine to ease his arrival in the neighborhood? Nope. Nada. We must have been booked when he threw his housewarming or something, but so far, search for him here and you'll find only one single measly hit. Luckily for us, that one post heaps praise on Ragnar, otherwise we'd be accused of ignoring him.

-- "Punk Rock Karaoke": Damnit all to hell. We can't believe that we have to miss this: members of the Adolescents, Bad Religion, and NOFX perform live while "singers" drunkenly slur along, karaoke-style. But you shouldn't miss it! Starts tonight at 9 p.m. at 111 Minna Gallery; $10.

Why, what a delightful holiday refreshment table shot. Found in our Flickr page, and taken at some festive party this weekend, it has all of the staples of an imminent San Francisco gathering: hummus (thank you for remembering the olive oil drizzle!); simple crudité orbiting a coffee mug used to hold, ugh, dip (a most vile word for such a critical item); wine; chives used to accent; whimsically out-of-season platter holding the baked goods; those fattening tortilla wrap things; and most importantly, mother's little helper. What would the holidays be without it?

Judging from the range of performers this week, there is something for everyone. Starting first, in our weekly recommendations, is New Zealand singer-songwriter, Brooke Fraser. Prior to this post, we knew nothing about this accomplished 19 year-old but a quick visit to her MySpace page and we were hooked. Tuesday, you can catch this gorgeous, pop-writing sensation at Cafe du Nord. If not, download her latest release, Albertine on iTunes. Wednesday, we are welcoming...

Care to avoid be ridiculed by your Thanksgiving hosts following your departure after din din? Good. Then pay attention. (For those of you who have T-Day hosts who regularly gulp Chuck Shaw or Yellowtail, ew, feel free to ignore this post. You're screwed anyway.)

Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Standouts: (There are no major standouts this week) Please Let Us Know What You Think About: 1. Amy Winehouse - Frank: Winehouse doesn't have much luck - her last single, "Rehab," was so deliciously repetitive that it apparently drove her into exhaustion rehab. Will her next single be "Fuck Me Pumps" or "Amy Amy Amy"? We hope that nothing gets...

Without a doubt, we think that every Australian in San Francisco was at Bottom of the Hill last Wednesday to rock it out with Australia's hit band, Eskimo Joe. We speculated when we first walked in but weren't positive - the "background" music was too loud to actually positively i.d. an accent. Halfway through the show the lead singer, Kavyen Temperley, asked for all the Australians in the house to scream. We were the only...

Back in high school, we had an English teacher who really drilled the Transcendentalists into our brains, especially that one Thoreau Emerson quote: "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."

It's here, it's here! Pinot on the River. The Russian River, that is.

Anyways, Sean saw this, failed to see any humor in it, and made his offer to be the money bags to everyone's favorite "hunky-hipster attorney". Again, we don't know if this is true or what the what is with the story. It could be a joke, a crazy rumor, or something Sean and Matt jokingly talked about while drinking some wine and discussing the finer points of Costas Gravas's L'Aveu.

-- Tastes of the City: Help raise money for the George Mark Children's House in San Leandro by attending this culinary bash. Young and "philanthropic-minded" guys and gals meet and mingle while binge eating on food and wine from such places as Andalu, Jack Falstaff, and more. Goes from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Forum at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; $60. (!)

We had an interview lined up, and were instructed to call his hotel at the agreed time, and ask to be transferred to Christopher Hampton. What? The guy won an Academy Award for writing the screenplay for Dangerous Liaisons, won a Tony award for the libretto of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard, wrote the script for, and directed tons of movies involving Leonardo di Caprio, Richard Gere or Gérard Depardieu, and he checks in the hotel under his real name? We're glad to be of help, so we put his name into the Ron Mexico name generator: Christopher, you'll be Fausto Tobaggo on your next trip.