Piedmont

Land and Sea: The Rare Local Label That Can Claim SFMOMA as a Regular Customer

Name: Land and Sea Headquarters: Piedmont, Oakland Owners: Chris Duncan and Maria Otero Founded: 2009 Label one-sheet: Land and Sea is an independent record label and publishing house helmed by husband and wife Chris Duncan and Maria Otero. Its releases include consumer-level records, records as ... More >>

Obama to Give Oakland Some Lovin'

Oakland has long been considered the dumpy stepsister to San Francisco. And yeah the city doesn't have a kick-ass ballpark on the waterfront, but Oakland does have the East Bay Rats fight night, an evening filled with blood, babes, and booze. President Barack Obama's recent nonstop trips to San Fran ... More >>

Edibles: Burned Out on Sweets? Cheesy Popcorn is a Savory Solution

I'll admit, the whole drama that erupted between Anthony Bourdain and Paula Deen this year fascinated me. If you're not as gossip-driven as I am, here's a summary: Bourdain called out his fellow Food Network star Deen when she came out as a diabetic, despite pitching recipes like the one where she ... More >>

Toffee Times Two: Sampling Toffeology and "toffee talk"

​At the SF Chocolate Salon, we encountered two new-to-us top toffees, both from local ladies, worth adding to our sweet treat list: Toffeeology and "toffee talk". Toffeeology is run by three women, two of whom are sisters and fourth-generation California candy-makers focused on English toffee -- ... More >>

"Casa de mi Padre": Making the Will Ferrell-in-Spanish Movie

Wine of the Week: Blue Plate Chenin Blanc Is Worth Getting to Know

Each wine region of France is home to a variety of grape used in wines bearing that region's name. From Vouvray comes chenin blanc. If you're a dessert wine-enthusiast, you probably know that chenin makes for exceptionally sweet wines, including Quarts des Charmes from the Loire, which are among the ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Kreayshawn's Nardwuar Interview: Dissing Zachary's Pizza, Doing Homework Around Dildos

Is Kreayshawn's mom cooler than she is? Maybe. In a new interview today with the Vancouver journalist/DJ/troublemaker Nardwuar, the Oakland-raisedKreayshawn spends approximately half the time talking about her mom, Elka Zolot, and the numerous bands she played in while Kreayshawn was growing up. As ... More >>

Scotch and Cheese? Try It at Quince

​We've had a lot of cheese and a lot of Scotch, but we've never thought to try them together. That's because we lack the imagination of Quince general manager Katrina Parlato, who is running a bar special this week: a Scotch and cheese pairing flight.It's not cheap, at $36. But these are not cheap ... More >>

Taiwanese Food Blogger Gets Jail, Trader Joe's Should Stop Feeding Dumpster Divers

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Why I'm never becoming a restaurant critic in Taiwan. The Taipei Times reports that a local food blogger was just sentenced to 30 days in jail and almost $7,000 in fines for writ ... More >>

San Francycle: Did David Chiu Drive on Bike to Work Day?

​Wasn't Bike to Work day fabulous this year? We certainly saw a lot more cyclists out than usual, and we hope to see them out again on the remaining 364 days until next year. Let's do a quick roundup of the best of the bikes. According to the Chron, the mayor and "almost every member of the Bo ... More >>

Show preview: Carolina Chocolate Drops

Clipd Beaks soar to new heights with To Realize

Affordable Organic Prosecco Just Might Spark an Import Trend

Green sparkler.Italy's wine industry is no stranger to biodynamics. Hilberg-Pasquero and Cascina degli Ulivi, both from the Piedmont region, are leaders in the movement that grows grapes holistically and naturally, often with the influence of astronomy on planting and harvesting. But these wines are ... More >>

Again? Gunn High School Students' Moth-Like Attraction to Caltrain Tracks Has Grown Surreal

We're living through the "interesting times" of the apocryphal malevolent Chinese proverb when folks' first reaction to hearing that Caltrain plans on raising fees while cutting services is "thank God!" The fewer trains running on the tracks, the fewer Gunn High students can end their brief lives be ... More >>

$1 Wine-Tasting for Broke-Ass Romantics

A Lake Merritt momentBrave the wilds of Oakland tonight, and you can savor $1 tastes served by a straight-up Italian gondolier. Franklin Square Wine Bar in restaurant-frenzied Uptown is pouring wines from the Roero region of Piedmont. Mario Roagna, winemaker for Cascina Val del Prete, will be uncork ... More >>

Tackled By National Federation, Creators of Two-Quarterback Football Offense Look Downfield

As SF Weekly foreshadowed, the National Federation of State High School Associations last month voted, 46-2, for rule changes that effectively kill the innovative, two-quarterback A-11 offense -- which is every bit as lopsided a tally when it comes to governing high school sports or playing a foot ... More >>

S.F. Creator of Two-Quarterback Football Offense Threatens Lawsuit, Secession if Governing Body Outlaws His System

Steve Humphries is facing 4th-and-very, very long. A few years back, the San Francisco mortgage broker devised a football offense that forever altered the prevailing paradigm of who the head cheerleader is supposed to date. Humphries and fellow Piedmont High School football coach Kurt Bryan's A-11 ... More >>

Last Night: Live 105's Battle of the Opening Bands

(Dizzy Balloon gets crafty with the merch setup)Live 105's Not So Silent Night Local Band Competition Finals with: Picture Atlantic, Please Do Not Fight, Go Kart Mozart, Music For Animals, and Dizzy BalloonMonday, Dec. 7, 2008Cafe du NordWords and images by Jennifer MaerzLast night, Live 105-suppor ... More >>

Home studio inspection with Dominique Leone

Hayward Fault Ready to Rock the East Bay, Nerds Warn Today at Moscone

The Devil Makes Three

The Devil Makes Three (Milan)

Weekend Guide: What to do tonight!

Yes, It's Still the Haight

Summer Listings

Music Highlights

Bands reunited, sock-stuffing legends, and chanteuses from Charo to Chaka? It could only mean summer sounds in the Bay Area!

Cast Away

Antonioni's neglected oeuvre

A New Light

Relax, Subtle's A New White isn't going to change hip hop as we know it. It's just a great record.

In Memoriam

A dance for the dead

San Francisco

The Milky Way

In which we troll the warm city for cooling scoops of ice cream

Letters to the Editor

Week of August 20, 2003

Unterman on Food

Our critic falls in love with a local guidebook

Cheeseburger Cheeseburger Cheeseburger

Trying a burger (or four) at favorite joints old and new

Gone With the Wind

Fly high at the Zeum

Reps Etc.

Reps Etc.

Best Panna Cotta

Antica Trattoria

Great Escapes for Lovers

Night + Day

Night + Day

Night + Day

Night Crawler

Letters

Night+Day

Letters

Reel World

Fire Trek

Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?

The Dating Blame

The Bay Area's Together Dating Services franchise regroups in the face of lawsuits and investigations

Sylph discovery

Roan Inish rescues the fairies from the Industrial Revolution; ugly duckling finds herself in Muriel's Wedding